DS Smith has completed the acquisition of North American packaging company Corrugated Container Corporation (CCC) for an undisclosed amount. The CCC, which is a family-owned business, has around 190 employees across its four operations in ...
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America's oldest brewery D.G. Yuengling & Son is adding a beer to its year-round lineup for the first time in 17 years. The new beer, Yuengling Golden Pilsner, will be available in cans and bottles from 1 April 2018. It will be ...
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US-based Atlantic salmon producer Whole Oceans has unveiled plans to open a land-based salmon farm in Bucksport, Maine by using a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS). The company purchased a former Verso paper mill location for its new ...
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Pearson Packaging Systems, a producer of secondary packaging equipment, has completed the acquisition of robotic automation specialist Flexicell. Established in 1992, Flexicell provides end of line automation equipment for manufacturing ...
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Custom Printed Products, a manufacturer of label and flexible packaging, has purchased a Mark Andy Digital One label press, to add digital capability to its business. The entry-level Digital One label press is designed for short and micro ...
Plastic packaging solutions provider Graham Packaging is planning to invest $6.7m to expand its plastics manufacturing operation in Campbell County, Virginia, US. The new investment is expected to create eight new jobs while training 37 ...
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Researchers from the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and experts from industry and academia have developed software tools, which can predict the fiber orientation and length distribution of ...
UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has completed acquisition of a 80% stake in American packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $835m. DS Smith holds the option to buy out the remainder 20% stake in Interstate ...
Drytac, an international manufacturer of adhesive-coated products and laminators, has partnered with printer manufacturer Roland DGA to create a portfolio of print media color profiles and cross-promote products. The two companies have ...
NXT Capital has provided a senior secured credit facility to support Oliver Printing & Packaging’s acquisition of Pohlig Packaging. Oliver Printing & Packaging is a portfolio company of Pfingsten. NXT Capital acted as the Sole ...
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Impossible Foods says that it has passed important milestones for food safety, including a unanimous expert-panel affirmation of the safety of a key ingredient used in its products. A panel of food safety and allergy experts at three ...
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Vibrant Health Products has voluntarily recalled one lot of liveGfree Gluten Free Classic Soft White Hamburger Buns because of a packaging error. As a result, this product may contain undeclared egg. The precautionary recall was ...
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Tyson Foods will invest $59.7m to expand its distribution center in Pottsville, Pennsylvania which would create more jobs, improve efficiency and support its growth plans. The project, which will begin this summer, includes construction ...
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Budweiser has released a new summer packaging lineup of bottles and cans inspired by local breweries of the US. This new packaging style, as per the brand owned by Anheuser-Busch, was inspired by 12 local breweries. From now on 11 ...
The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment (EUROPEN), along with other 66 EU and national industry associations, are urging the EU to protect the free movement of packaged goods. The loss of the internal market legal base ...
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