Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has invested $7.5m to expand its pharmaceutical manufacturing Centre of Excellence in Hemer, Germany, targeting the preservative-free packaging market. According to MWV, the center is the core ...
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Rondo-Pak, a provider of quality folding cartons to the medical device industry, has appointed Victor Dixon as the company's new president and chief operating officer (COO). Prior to joining the company, packaging veteran Dixon worked at ...
Tags: medical device industry, medical device, Catalent Pharma Solutions
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) is all set to introduce the Aerosense aerosol sprayer at the PCD Congress and Aerosol & Dispensing Forum in Paris on 6-7 February 2013. According to the company, its Aerosense has a new locking ...
Global packaging company AGI-Shorewood has unveiled its new name ASG (AGI Shorewood Group), along with its latest visual identity. ASG marketing and business development vice president John Barker said the rebrand is expected to further ...
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The London-based firm described its storage box as a “greener” alternative to the cardboard box. It said that it is selling its Noboxes via a partnership headed by former Wall Street financier Thomas Hellman. Hellman, chairman ...
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McDonald's is unveiling new packaging designs on all carry-out bags and fountain beverage cups with QR codes. This initiative is the latest step in the company's ongoing commitment to provide consumers with information to help them ...
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Global packaging company, Sonoco will increase the price for all of its paperboard tubes and cores by 4%, effective with shipments in the US and Canada from 18 February 2013. Sonoco Tubes and Cores vice president James Harrell said the ...
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Gujarat government to invest Rs10bn ($183m) over the next three to four years. The latest investment will be used to expand the company's ...
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US-based global packaging company, Sonoco has announced that it will raise the price for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) products by $25 per ton, effective for shipments in the US and Canada from 11 February 2013. Sonoco ...
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Ardagh Group, a global leader in glass and metal packaging solutions, today announced that it has made a binding and irrevocable offer and entered into exclusive negotiations with Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to purchase from it the entire ...
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Ardagh Group has started started 'exclusive negotiations' with France based Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to acquire Verallia North America (VNA) in a transaction worth $1.7bn. Muncie, Indiana headquartered Verallia North America is the ...
Packaging and pressure sensitive materials supplier Bemis will report business segment information for its three divisions including US Packaging,Global Packaging and Pressure Sensitive Materials,as part of its segment reporting ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, sensitive material, business segment
MeadWestvaco(MWV)has announced the launch of a new security packaging solution Intercept that promotes open merchandising while protecting products against theft throughout the supply chain. According to the global packaging ...
Tags: MWV, new Packaging Technology, for Retailers and Brand Owners
The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) in the UK is holding a webinar entitled 'Business Trends and Opportunities in the Global Packaging Market' on 15 January 2013, for new market entrants. To be demonstrated by World Packaging ...
Tags: IoPP, Packaging Professionals, Packaging, Packaging Organisation
If you asked for three words to sum up Britain in the 21st century, a pessimist might come up with 'lonely', 'busy' and 'aging'. Government figures indicate the number of single-person households is increasing by more than 160,000 a year, ...
Tags: popular format, single-serve, snacking trend