Paper and packaging manufacturer in the US, RockTenn has announced the permanent closure of its Matane, Quebec containerboard mill acquired in May 2011. The mill, which was acquired as part of the Smurfit-Stone acquisition, had 176,000t ...
Tags: Quebec Containerboard Mill, Paper and packaging, Smurfit-Stone
UK-based pulp‚ paper and packaging group Mondi has announced that it successfully acquired Nordenia‚ a worldwide operating manufacturer of flexible packaging‚ technical films‚ and product components for €259m. ...
Tags: packaging, Mondi, technical films
South African paper and packaging company Mondi Group has secured European Union (EU) regulatory approval for its $782m acquisition of packaging company Nordenia in Germany from private equity firm Oaktree Capital. According to Mondi, the ...
Tags: paper and packaging, flexible packaging, consumer products
Irish corrugated paper and packaging company, Smurfit Kappa has completed its previously announced acquisition of Orange County Container Group (OCCG) for a total cash consideration of $340m. Smurfit Kappa CEO Gary Gann said the ...
Tags: paper and packaging, acquisition, OCCG, containerboard
Paper and packaging manufacturer in the US RockTenn has reported net sales of $2.3bn for the third quarter of fiscal 2012, which increased $921.1m over the same period of fiscal 2011, primarily due to the acquisition of Smurfit-Stone in May ...
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK, which represents Elopak, SIG Combibloc and Tetra Pak, and paper and packaging producer Sonoco Alcore have teamed up to establish a beverage carton recycling facility in Halifax, ...
Tags: Carton Recycling, beverage cartons, paperboard products
Global paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) proposes to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2020 and use 15% less energy, as part of its sustainability goals. The company will achieve the reductions by increasing ...
Paper and packaging company in the US, International Paper (IP) has signed an agreement with Brazilian corrugated packaging producer Jari Celulose, Embalagens e Papel in a bid to expand its global corrugated packaging platform in Brazil. ...
Tags: Corrugated Packaging, industrial packaging, box plants
Paper and packaging company International Paper is set to introduce a new 350gsm heavy weight paper to its PRO-DESIGN range in August 2012. The paper is ideal for printing applications. The range has environmentally friendly manufacturing ...
UK packaging firm Rigid Containers, part of Belgian paper and packaging company VPK Group has invested GBP4m to upgrade corrugating and casemaking capacity at its Desborough, Northamptonshire site. The company has installed a new 2.8m BHS ...
Tags: rigid containers, packaging
Global paper and packaging company International Paper has released its 2011 Sustainability Report that features the company's new suite of 12 voluntary sustainability goals, which it expects to achieve by 2020. The company plans for 15% ...
Spanish firm SAICA has acquired Stirling Fibre Group, the UK-based independent provider of waste management solutions. The acquisition is expected to boost expansion of SAICA's Natur business in the UK. The latest acquisition is a part ...
Tags: waste management solutions, Cutts Recycling, Recycled Paper
Wacker in Germany has developed a vinyl acetate-ethylene copolymers (VAE)-based dispersion suited for bonding various surfaces in the paper and packaging industry, specifically. The new VINNAPAS EP 8010 with good heat resistance, ...
Tags: Wacker, packaging industry, dispersion
Downtown-based PPG Industries is sitting on about $2 billion in cash as it goes into the fourth quarter, which is usually a cash-generating quarter, said Chairman and CEO Charles Bunch, and how the coatings and specialty materials company ...
Tags: PPG Industries, Acquisitions, titanium dioxide raw material
PPG Industries' board of directors has elected John V. Faraci as a member of the company's board. He also has been appointed as a member of the board’s audit committee and nominating and governance committee. Faraci is chairman and ...