Electronics For Imaging (EFI) is exhibiting its corrugated packaging technologies at this year’s iCorrugated Asia Expo in Shanghai, China, which is being held between 21 March and 23 March. At the event, the company is showcasing ...
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Belgium-based VPK Packaging Group has agreed to acquire a 30% stake in corrugated sheet manufacturer CorrBoard UK for an undisclosed price. As part of the transaction, VPK Packaging has agreed for a capital increase and will acquire the ...
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Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has acquired UK-based firm Escada Systems for an undisclosed sum. Escada, which also carries out operations in the US, provides corrugator control systems for the packaging market. The acquisition will ...
Corrugated shipping containers manufacturer Rusken Packaging has acquired Great Southern Industries. Founded in 1962, Great Southern Industries manufactures corrugated containers in its 189,000 square foot facility located in Mississippi. ...
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US corrugated packaging firm WestRock has agreed to acquire all the assets of New York-based Island Container and an affiliate named Combined Container Industries. Island Container and Combined Container are independent producers of ...
Industrial packaging services provider Greif has reported a net income of $36m, or $0.61 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $31.4m, or $0.53 per diluted share, for the same period in 2016. The company’s ...
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VPK Packaging is investing €20m to improve both the quality and capacity of the firm's corrugated packagin solutions, in response to growing customer demand. A brand new corrugator and an additional boxmaker were already brought into ...
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Spanish containerboard and corrugated packaging manufacturer Europac Group has acquired packaging plant in the town of Lucena, in Cordoba, for €9.8m to boost its packaging operations. The firm acquired two companies that jointly own ...
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Packaging and paper producer Mondi is set to invest in its Mondi Simet plant near Pozna, Poland to strengthen its heavy duty corrugated capabilities in Europe. The investment will see installation of a 2.8m corrugator with three single ...
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North American provider of packaging and specialty products Supremex has acquired all of the assets of Durabox Paper, a Canadian manufacturer of specialty corrugated paper boxes. Founded in 2002, Durabox Paper serves customers primarily ...
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Valmet has developed a totally new concept for quality oriented process control of corrugating machines. This includes cost- and space-efficient Valmet IQ Multipoint Moisture Measurement system and a new camera based Valmet IQ Warp ...
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Thimm Verpackung is building a corrugated cardboard plants in Europe between Nuremberg and Munich. The plant is being built on a 90,000 square metre site near the Holledau motorway interchange. Operations are scheduled to start in early ...
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VPK Packaging has commissioned a new Mitsubishi EVOL flexo folder gluer started at Rigid’s corrugating plant in Selby. The new converting machine further increases site productivity and capacity of what is probably already the most ...
Green packaging maker Cascades is investing $26.4m on a new corrugator, which will be installed at its Norampac corrugated board conversion plant in Drummondville, Quebec, Canada. The announcement follows Cascades' recent plans to expand ...
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DS Smith’s UK packaging division has made a £12m investment within its sheetfeeding business. The development features a new £2.8m corrugator, installation of high-tech materials handling lines together with the ...
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