Naturepak Beverage Packaging is installing Heidelberg Intro Web-Printing technology at its manufacturing plant in Casablanca, Morocco. The investment in the Heidelberg Intro Web-Printing-Press machine with 6 front-side Print Units and one ...
LyondellBasell has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in Netherlands-based plastics recycling firm Quality Circular Polymers (QCP). The remaining 50% stake in the plastics recycling firm will be owned by French water and waste management firm ...
Tags: plastic products, food packaging
Europac Group has exhibited its packaging solutions at this year’s Europack Euromanut event in Lyon, France. At the event, the company has exhibited packaging items, which are targeted at the consolidated heavy duty sector. The ...
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US-based paper and packaging solutions provider WestRock plans to invest $410m at its kraft linerboard mill in Florence, South Carolina, US. The two-year investment plan will see installation of a 330” kraft linerboard machine and ...
American meat processing company Tyson Foods has selected western Tennessee as the location of its new $300m chicken production complex. Tyson Foods had originally planned to construct the project in eastern Kansas, near Tonganoxie in ...
Toyo Printing Inks, a Turkey-based inks and coatings manufacturer and a unit of Toyo Ink, is expanding its operations in the country with an investment of $26.7m. As part of this effort, the company purchased a 62,000m² plot of land ...
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Putting aside nearly NT$4 billion (US$132 million), Hiwin, a Taiwan-based leading firm that manufactures precision machinery components, inaugurated a new plant in Suzhou, China. Market insiders forecasted that, plus the production ...
Titan Hemp, a provider of hemp commodities and extracts, and Green Growers Technology Alliance (GGTA) have partnered to develop plant-based materials for a range of manufacturing applications including packaging. As part of this effort, ...
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Goya Foods, a Hispanic-owned food company in the US, has expanded its North American Processing Center in Brookshire, Texas with the addition of 324,000ft2 of production warehouse, distribution warehouse, auxiliary buildings and production ...
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New Zealand-based Fonterra has announced its plan to further expand its Waitoa UHT site to meet the growing demand for its products. The site currently has production capacity of more than 80,000 cartons of UHT milk and cream every hour. ...
US-based Alpha Packaging has acquired Graham Packaging’s blow molding facility located in Etten-Leur, Netherlands, in a bid to expand its operations in the European market. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The acquired ...
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Europe-based manufacturer of films and bags EcoCortec is building a new facility in Beli Manastir, Croatia. Co-financed by Croatian Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts within European Funds Programme, the expansion project ...
UPM Raflatac has partnered with Dutch metal packaging and closures supplier, Mus Verpakkingen, to test a biobased film solution for can labeling. The companies tested the new RafBio PE material, which is said to be more sustainable ...
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Simmons Pet Food has broken ground on a facility expansion at its flexible packaging plant in Emporia, located in the US state of Kansas. The $38m expansion project will increase the space at the facility to around 200,000ft², and ...
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Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has reported revenue of €2.12bn for the third quarter of 2017, representing a growth of 4% compared to the same period last year. For the full year that ended 30 September 2017, the company reported revenue ...
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