Graphic Packaging International has completed the previously announced acquisition of Carton Craft and its affiliate Lithocraft. The deal, which was signed last month, was subject to standard closing requirements and regulatory review. ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, paperboard
UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith is set to showcase e-commerce packaging solutions at Deliver #2 event in Germany. Deliver #2, which will take place on 27 and 28 June in Berlin, is an event that will bring together online ...
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Coca-Cola HBC has invested €7m to upgrade to its bottling plant in Timisoara, Romania. The high-speed bottling line, compatible with 330ml and 500ml formats, will enable the company to reach a capacity of 90,000 bottles an hour. ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, soft-drinks
Sonoco-Alcore said that it will again increase prices by a further €50 per tonne (£40 / tonne) on all recycled paperboard grades sold in its European regions. The price change is effective with shipments on or after 17th July ...
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Jakob Mosser is to leave the Schur Flexibles Group, who founded the company in 2012 and has managed the company as CEO since that time. Following the company’s successful expansion, he provided support last year in the sale of the ...
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UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has signed a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in US packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $920m. DS Smith and its US subsidiary DS Smith Holdings have signed the ...
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As demand for LED end devices has resumed growth amid shortages of LED chip supply, China's LED makers have recently begun expanding their capacities and local governments are also planning new subsidy and investment programs to assist the ...
Tags: LED chip, LED packaging
Flexible packaging products manufacturer Bemis is planning to close two manufacturing facilities and separately cut about 300 jobs as part of its measures to reduce cost structure. The company unveiled its restructuring and cost savings ...
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Daimler's division Mercedes-Benz has started production of the new E-Class Cabriolet at its Bremen plant in Germany. The new E-Class Cabriolet comes integrated with latest technology and offers long-distance comfort for its occupants. ...
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Sonoco has agreed to acquire Clear Lam Packaging for about $170m to expand its global flexible packaging and thermoforming plastics operations. Clear Lam Packaging, which was established in 1969, develops and manufactures flexible and ...
PureCircle has developed the first commercially viable stevia antioxidant product providing food and beverage companies new access to health and wellness ingredients for their consumers. While researchers have known that antioxidants are ...
Canadian agribusiness Richardson International has acquired European Oat Millers for an undisclosed price to expand its oat milling business. European Oat Millers, based in Bedford, England, is considered to be the second largest oat ...
Tags: Oat Millers, crop inputs
The Can Manufacturers Institute (CMI) has told the US Commerce Department that aluminum can sheets and aluminum ingot, which are used to make beverage cans, are not a security risk that requires intervention in the form of tariffs or trade ...
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Mercedes-Benz, a division of German firm Daimler, is commencing construction work for a new passenger car plant in Russia. “Establishing a passenger car production in Russia is a strategic investment in an important sales market for ...
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A Brazilian federal court has blocked meat processing giant JBS’s proposal to divest its beef operations in three South American markets. JBS’ $300m sale of the select South American beef processing operations to rival ...
Tags: meatpacker, Minerva