BancorpSouth Insurance Services has selected the ProspX platform, a web-based, sales collaboration platform to streamline communication and also enhance visibility with its prospects and clients. According to the company, BancorpSouth ...
TerraCycle celebrated a new milestone, after the company’s recycling fundraising Brigade programs hit the 10 million mark in terms of the number of pieces of waste packaging saved from UK landfill. Launched in the UK in 2009, ...
TerraCycle has announced that the Activia Yogurt Brigade recycling fundraising scheme reached the 500,000 milestone. Launched in the UK in September 2010, the scheme has been designed to save empty Danone Activia and Shape yogurt pots as ...
Tags: recycling, Shape yogurt pots, container packaging material
Japan’s Teijin Group has announced that its New York-based holding company, Teijin Holdings will provide reusable eco-bags made with Teijin's recyclable polyester for the Japan Day Festival to be held in New York City's Central Park ...
US private equity firm Sun Capital Partners has received approval from the European Commission for its proposed acquisition of UK's Rexam Personal and Home Care Packaging Business for $459m. Rexam, which manufactures Red Bull and Pepsico ...
Tags: packaging for food, cosmetics, personal care packaging
Speculations about Stratford Blue Box program not meeting its goals have been addressed by several bodies and recycling firms, more so after the latest agreement with Bluewater Recycling Association (BRA). Brian Leyser Recycling claimed ...
Tags: gable cartons, mixed paper, Paper Fibres
UK-based Contego Packaging, acquired by Platinum Equity in 2011, has invested in a new 6,200 sq m factory in Wolfen, Germany to replace its existing facility. The new factory enables production and warehousing to be located under one roof ...
Tags: new factory, packaging, technology
Craft brewery in the US, Sprecher Brewing is set to launch its Special Amber and Root Beer in new 12oz metal cans supplied by Crown Holdings’ business unit CROWN Beverage Packaging North America. The metal cans were manufactured in ...
Tags: Crown Metal Cans, Metal Cans, Beer
US-based Burt's Bees personal care brand, Güd wore a new 'eco-fun' look for its range of natural personal care products. The new bright, contemporary graphics and fun product personalities used for the labeling targets millennial ...
Tags: brand, personal care products, packaging
North American packaging recycler, Sonoco Recycling, a unit of Sonoco has announced that Sonoco CorrFlex's Winston Salem, North Carolina facility has secured a silver-tier Sonoco Sustainability Star Award for diverting a minimum of 95% of ...
Tags: Salem Facility, packaging recycler, recycling containers
UK-based Almac, a provider of contract services to pharmaceutical and biotech industries, has announced that it has expanded its MHRA/FDA approved UK commercial packaging facility, following its acquisition of a Noack N 623 blister ...
Tags: blister packaging, Almac, packaging facility
Irish corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has launched the new range of eco-friendly easy to pour, 1.5 to 3l pouches for the wine market. The new 1.5l Pouch-up has an 80% lower carbon footprint compared to glass packaging, serves ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Pouches, Pouches, packaging
Epson America is set to introduce its ColorWorks C831 Wide Label Printer, in a bid to help chemical manufacturers and transporters conform with globally harmonized system (GHS) labeling standards. ColorWorks C831 is suitable for high ...
Tags: label printer, labeling standards, printer, labels
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment will junk plastic shopping bags at all its theme parks by 2013. Park gift shops will offer paper bags, which are made from 100% recycled paper, or guests can opt to buy reusable bags. According to the ...
IDG News Service-German consumer organizations are suing Facebook because the social network keeps sharing personal data with third-party app makers without getting explicit consent from users. Third party apps often want access to a ...
Tags: German consumer organizations, Facebook, social network, personal data