NAPCO has agreed to purchase the assets of Vulcan Information Packaging (including Binders.com), a subsidiary of EBSCO Industries, for an undisclosed sum. Post acquisition, Vulcan Information Packaging will function as NAPCO’s ...
Imperial Bag & Paper has completed its acquisition of Dade Paper & Bag, a US-based distributor of food packaging, paper products, and foodservice disposables. The acquisition will bring the revenue of the combined business to more than ...
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US-based Imperial Bag & Paper has acquired Florida-based Peninsular Paper Products for an undisclosed sum. It is the ninth acquisition under the leadership of Imperial CEO and President Robert Tillis and Jason Tillis, respectively. Both ...
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A new research from market intelligence firm Infiniti has revealed that green packaging taking the reins from plastic. The world is turning green: from environmentally-friendly energy sources, cosmetics, food products, and electronics, ...
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Melbourne-based company Frank Green Pty Ltd has launched a ‘SmartBottle’ which allows customers to pay for beverages through an embedded microchip in the bottle. It is also marketed as an environmentally friendly alternative to ...
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Vegware, a foodservice packaging provider, has expanded its product range with the introduction of a new Tasting Notes collection for street food packaging. The new compostable plastic-free eco range includes neutral-toned coffee cups, ...
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US Foods has opened a new distribution center in Seabrook, in the US state of New Hampshire, a move that will allow the company to cater to 3,000 customers throughout the New England. Said to be LEED-certified, the new 500,000ft2 facility ...
INDEVCO‘s subsidiary INDEVCO Plastics has forayed into Texas, US, with its first manufacturing plant in Longview to produce petrochemical packaging products. The investment is part of INDEVCO's strategy to meet the expected surge in ...
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Environmental packaging specialist Biopac has launched a new range of compostable containers with clear RPET lids which are said to be suitable for food outlets which would like to show off their culinary creations. The range has been ...
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UK-based eco packaging specialist Biopac has developed a range of environment-friendly disposables for the Sustainable Restaurant Association (SRA) in support of its new, 'Cafe Rating'. The SRA has launched a new cafe rating to improve ...
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Energizer Holdings, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2014 of $0.50 per share of Common Stock, payable on September 10, 2014 to all shareholders of record as of the close ...
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Little Falls, NJ–based Cantel Medical Inc. appears to be doubling down on on its already burgeoning endoscope business with its latest acquisition. Cantel recently announced that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase ...
Northwest European styrene monomer prices fell $91.50/mt or 5.5% from the start of May to close Thursday at a one-year low of $1,553.50/mt FOB ARA, Platts data showed. The last time it was lower was April 23, 2013 at $1,544.50/mt FOB ARA. ...
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Tony Mitchell Pharma Tech Industries (PTI), the largest pharmaceutical contract manufacturer and packager of powder products in the world, has hired management veteran Anthony (Tony) Mitchell as its new president and chief operating ...
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