US-based paper packaging company International Paper is said to be exploring a takeover bid of over €8.1bn for Irish packaging giant Smurfit Kappa. Sky News quoted a source as saying that International Paper was considering an ...
Australia’s packaging company Amcor will be acquiring the internal tobacco packaging operations of Souza Cruz in Brazil for $30m (BRL96m). Majority-owned by British American Tobacco, Souza Cruz is considered to be one of the ...
Tags: Amcor, Tobacco Packaging, Packaging
Flexible packaging producer Ampac has launched a commercial stand-up pouch using the QuickZip closure that features the Aplix fastener system. An alternative closure to the conventional press-to-close zipper, QuickZip uses a zipper ...
Tags: Flexible packaging, Ampac, QuickZip
Illinois-based contract packaging company Apak will be expanding and moving to Racine that will create around 46 new jobs. The company has also been granted a property tax reimbursement of $85,000 over the next 10 years by the ...
US-based contract packaging company ActionPak has purchased a new Tunnel Tornado from Karville Development Group to respond to the increase in demand for short-run shrink sleeve labelling. The company has invested in the equipment to help ...
Tags: rework projects, Equipment, Packaging
Packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has entered into an agreement with International Paper to buy its Carolina coated bristols brand for an undisclosed amount. International Paper decided to sell the brand as it wanted to convert its ...
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Rigid plastic packaging manufacturer will be acquiring the APPE Packaging Division of La Seda de Barcelona Group for €360m. The amount includes a gross up of €65m of accounts payable that will be discounted from the bid which ...
Tags: Plastipak Packaging, Printing
Specialty chemicals producer Clariant has inaugurated a new manufacturing facility that it acquired through its recent purchase of healthcare packaging company VitaPac. The addition of the manufacturing facility, located in southeast ...
Tags: packets, Manufacturing, Packaging
Japan-based Mitsui has announced an agreement to acquire 15% stake in Turkey’s integrated packaging manufacturer Sarten Ambalaj Sanayi ve Ticaret. In a statement, Mitsui said that it will acquire the stake after accepting a ...
Australia-based packaging solution provider Amcor has announced the acquisition of South African packaging company Nampak Flexibles for $22m (ZAR250m). Amcor specialises in supplying a range of rigid and flexible packaging products to ...
Australian packaging company Orora has secured a new supply agreement with dairy group Fonterra where the former will supply multi-walled dairy bags to Fonterra’s New Zealand operations. Orora will also construct a AU$20m ($15.25m) ...
Tags: Dairy Bags, Orora, Packaging
Sun Branding Solutions has created new pack designs for kids’ food brand Little Fingers. The concept-to-shelf packaging company was tasked to design packs for Little Fingers’ range of organic baby food. The remit covered ...
Germany-based plastic packaging company Sanner has developed Brilliance, a new packaging solution for effervescent tablets. Sanner specializes in manufacturing plastic packaging for pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare products. ...
Tags: Tablets, Brilliance, Packaging
Packaging company Multivac will display new packaging solutions for the seafood and fish products at Seafood Processing Europe in Brussels. Some of the machines to be displayed by the company are a thermoforming packaging machine for ...
Mumbai-based private equity firm Kedaara Capital has forayed into the packaging sector by investing close to $32m (Rs 200 crore) in an unlisted folding cartons and paper packaging company, Parksons Packaging. The company said that it ...
Tags: folding cartons, paper packaging, Packaging