Constantia Flexibles is planning to close its plant in Bucharest in Romania in a bid to optimize its film-based flexible packaging, manufacturing footprint in Europe. Expected to be finalized by July 2017, the manufacturing site closure ...
Spanish automobile manufacturer Seat has confirmed plans to launch a large SUV in 2018. The model will sit above the newly launched Ateca and be available in both five and seven-seater versions. Seat, which is a subsidiary of ...
Tags: Seven-Seater SUV, Mazda CX-5
Peperami, the pork sausage snack manufactured by Jack Link's, has unveiled new packaging and pack designs. The company said the new design features simplified messaging and the logo has a better impact on pack, which will help in ...
Tags: Peperami, pork sausage snack
Malaysian Bioeconomy Development (Bioeconomy Corporation) and SIRIM Berhad have introduced eco-labelling certification schemes, in a bid to increase the production of eco-friendly products in Malaysia. SIRIM ECO 001:2016 Degradable & ...
Tags: Eco-Labelling, Plastic Packaging
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, ...
Tags: Green Packaging, Plastic
Control Group, a US-based provider of printed packaging solutions, has installed a new Nilpeter press to boost its label and flexible packaging production capacity. The company invested in Nilpeter’s 22-inch FA-6* press, which will ...
Tags: printed packaging, Nilpeter press
China is expected to become the world's biggest producer of semiconductor display panels around 2019, according to Li Dongsheng, chairman and CEO of TCL Corp. "As a major manufacturer of televisions and cellphones, we have a large demand ...
Tags: display panels, semiconductor
The Tisch University Chemistry and Chemical Biology professor Geoffrey Coates and his team has worked with a group of researchers from the University of Minnesota to develop multiblock polymer, which could boost plastic recycling. ...
Tecno, the historic brand founded in the 1950s by the Borsani brothers and led by Giuliano Mosconi since 2010, acquires a majority stake in Zanotta, one of Italian design’s most well-loved and important companies since the 1950s. ...
Tags: Tecno, office furniture
Sappi has announced plans to invest at its facilities in Europe and the US in a bid to increase capacities for packaging and specialty paper. In the next three years, the firm intends to invest $140m in equipment upgrades and production ...
Tags: Sappi, Packaging, Specialty Paper
Stone Canyon Industries (SCI), through its subsidiary BWAY, has agreed to acquire Mauser Group, a rigid packaging products supplier, from private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) for $2.3bn. German firm Mauser operates more ...
Tags: Stone Canyon, Packaging
Intersil has unveiled the ISL78693, a 3.6V single-cell battery charger that extends the life of Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePO4) batteries used in automotive emergency call (eCall) systems. The ISL78693 battery charger offers up to 4x ...
Tags: Intersil, Battery Charger
Toyota said it will boost SUV production at an Indiana factory with a $600m investment, which could add 400 jobs. The investment is part of the company’s strategy of localisation to build vehicles where they are sold. It will be ...
China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) officially released the full articles of the 13th Five-Year Plan, regulating the energy development roadmap and action plan from 2016 to 2020. For solar PV, the basic ...
Tags: low-carbon energy, solar PV
Demax Graphic Arts Group in Bulgaria has invested in a fully-automated Edale FL5 single-pass flexographic press to print sophisticated lottery scratch cards. The press, the first of its kind in Europe, has been installed at the Demax ...
Tags: Demax Graphic, Flexographic Press