Wellness Natural Pet Food will be using Velcro’s Press-Lok closure for packaging its premium TruFood line. Wellness TruFood is the newest line of pet food recipes for dogs and cats with nutrients of whole prey protein, raw ...
US based Ball Corporation has revealed plans to build a two-line beverage can manufacturing plant in Monterrey, Mexico. The new project will create more than 200 jobs, with the company saying it is its first such venture in Mexico. ...
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Australia’s packaging company Amcor will be acquiring the internal tobacco packaging operations of Souza Cruz in Brazil for $30m (BRL96m). Majority-owned by British American Tobacco, Souza Cruz is considered to be one of the ...
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Catalent Pharma Solutions, a US-based provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, has acquired Australian pharmaceutical packaging business, Pharmapak Technologies, ...
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Philippines-based food, beverage and packaging company San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has acquired Australia’s Vinocor for an undisclosed amount. Vinocor specialises in supplying wine bottle closures and customised bottles in ...
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US-based packaging company Sonoco will acquire a majority interest in Brazilian flexible packaging business Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens for an undisclosed amount. Located in Pinhais, Curitiba, Graffo specialises in producing flexible ...
Producer and supplier of paper and packaging products Sappi North America has launched LusterCote, a superior C1S paper for labels and other related end use applications to cater to global consumer demand. Sappi will produce LusterCote at ...
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German industrial specialty glass products manufacturer Schott is set to launch adaptiQ ready-to-use pharmaceutical vials to streamline syringe production. The adaptiQ system full-scale production is being advanced at the company's US ...
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MeadWestvaco Corporation has announced that its board of directors has approved a plan to fully separate its Specialty Chemicals business from the rest of the company. The separation is expected to be executed by means of a tax-free spinoff ...
Reusable passive packaging is an economic option and is preferred by the healthcare or pharmaceutical industry, according to a survey conducted by global provider of temperature assurance packaging Sonoco ThermoSafe. The 2014 survey was ...
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Packaging solution providers Amcor has entered into an agreement to acquire Chinese flexible packaging business Zhongshan Tian Cai Packaging Company for $34.04m (RMB211m). The company said that the purchase price represents 7.1 times ...
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Ohringen based Huber Packaging Group is set to acquire the locations of Crown general line tinplate packaging in Switzerland, Finland, Great Britain and France. Financial details of the purchase remain undisclosed, with the acquisition ...
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Melbourne-based OCA which provides print management, warehousing and logistics services has installed a third big offset press at its Print Bound subsidiary. The acquisition of the Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 six colour LED UV press ...
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It’s the world’s largest manufacturer of carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. Toronto private equity firm, Onex Corporation, the largest buyout firm in Canada, has agreed to buy SIG Combibloc from Rank Group New ...
UK-based Plastics Capital has agreed to acquire packaging manufacturer, Flexipol Packaging, for a maximum consideration of £10.64m. Based in Lancashire, Flexipol produces plastic packaging products like vacuum bags, block bottom ...