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Bio-on Develops Bioplastic for Food Packaging Materials
May 15, 2017Italian intellectual property firm Bio-on has developed bioplastic material aimed at creating new sustainable and biodegradable food packaging materials in the future. Developed with a budget of €4m, the bioplastic will be featuring ...
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Cascades Invests in Expansion of Food Packaging Plants in Canada
Nov 4, 2015Green packaging maker Cascades is to invest in the expansion of two of its packaging plants in Quebec, Canada. The company plans to invest around $4.5m in its Plastiques Cascades plant in Kingsey Falls and its Cascades Inopak plant in ...
Tags: Green packaging, Food Packaging, fresh food
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Wilkins Invests $3m in New Sri Lankan Factory
Oct 27, 2015The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
Tags: Wilkins Group, LEED certification
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Silver Nanoparticles Can Extend Shelf-Life of Milk to 15 Days
Aug 6, 2015Researchers at agricultural firm Agrindus in Brazil have discovered that the shelf-life of milk can be extended up to 15 days, by embedding silver nanoparticles in plastic bottles. The shelf life of grade A pasteurised fresh whole milk ...
Tags: PVC film, wrapping food, Milk
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Tetra Pak Sets a Record
Apr 10, 2015There is neither doubt nor dispute that the last financial year tested the grit and resourcefulness of the packaging industry. Tetra Pak achieved a 1.7% in sales nonetheless. Tetra Pak’s ‘challenging year’, the ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, packaging industry
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Tetra Pak Is Planning a Push in The Food Packaging Market
Mar 23, 2015Tetra Pak is planning a push in the food packaging market with its cartonboard packaging offering. Tetra Recart was the first retortable carton package which enabled filled product to be sterilized within the package. A direct ...
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British Market Research Firm Forecasts The Global Market Will Peak in The Next Decade
Sep 12, 2014According to Visiongain, a British market research firm, the global flexible packaging market has reached some US$143.83 billion, mostly driven by growing sales of consumer products in emerging nations. In the next decade, the firm ...
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Henkel Aims to Promote Information Interchange and Cooperation
May 16, 2013Adhesives manufacturer Henkel has announced the launch of a new initiative ‘Food Safe Packaging Europe’, which has been aligned to enhance safety in food packaging. With its new information platform, the company intends to ...
Tags: food packaging, Packaging
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Redundancy Notices Are Issued to The Entire Workforce at The Crown Plant in Worcester
Apr 18, 2013Redundancy notices have been issued to the entire workforce at the Crown plant in Worcester. The firm confirmed the decision this week following a 90-day consultation process which began in January. The Worcester site, which is one of ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging industry
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Crown Food Europe Is Planning to Eliminate About 116 Jobs
Feb 17, 2013Food packaging company Crown Food Europe is planning to eliminate about 116 jobs at its site in Worcester, UK, as a part of its restructuring plan. The company noted that this decision has been made after changes in the food packaging ...
Tags: Crown Food Europe, Food packaging, jobs
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Food Packaging Company Crown Food Europe Plans to Cut 116 Jobs at Its Worcester Site
Feb 6, 2013Food packaging company Crown Food Europe plans to cut 116 jobs at its Worcester site. A decline in tin can sales has put 116 jobs in danger at Crown Foods Europe in Worcester The firm entered a 90-day consultation last week, after ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Crown, Jobs
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Crown Talks with Trade Union Representatives About Options for The Future of The Site
Jan 31, 2013Bosses at the site in Perrywood, Worcester, are in talks with its 116 staff and have recently begun a 90-day consultation process. Sales decline The site, which is one of four the firm run in the UK, produces two piece and three piece ...
Tags: food packaging, food packaging sector, packaging industry
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Borealis Unveils New Transparent Polypropylene Grade
Dec 4, 2012Austrian chemical and plastics solutions provider Borealis has announced the launch of the new transparent polypropylene (PP) grade, Borpact SH950MO for the frozen food packaging sector. Borpact SH950MO, which is based on Borealis ...
