Packaging systems manufacturer Viking Masek Global Packaging Technologies has shifted to its new facility in Oostburg, Wisconsin, US, which will serve as the US headquarters for the company. The 35,000ft2 facility will allow the company ...
Tags: packaging, label, packaging services, food, beverage, pharmaceutical
US-based Global packaging solutions provider MeadWestvaco will display its packaging solutions for the consumer electronics industry at the 2013 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) from 8-11 January in Las Vegas, US. The ...
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Watson Standard has acquired certain assets of Delta Coatings Corporation, a privately-owned coatings company that specializes in the development and manufacturing of coatings for the general industrial and packaging industries. Acquiring ...
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Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
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Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has announced an agreement to acquire Ruby Macons, an Indian producer of corrugated packaging materials. Terms of the deal were not revealed. MWV chairman and chief executive officer John Luke ...
Glass container manufacturer Ardagh has agreed to acquire US-based Anchor Glass Container from private investment funds managed by Wayzata Investment Partners in a deal worth €721m ($880m). Ardagh chairman Paul Coulson said the ...
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Global packaging company Sonoco has announced the commercial availability of its radial crush tester, which simulates the pressures applied during the winding processes of rolled products such as plastic films and measures the radial ...
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Ruby Macons, an Indian producer of corrugated packaging materials. Ruby Macons becomes a central component of MWV's ...
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US producer of primary and fabricated aluminum, Alcoa has taken full control of Evermore Recycling, which is now a part of Alcoa’s Global Packaging group and will continue to be based in Nashville, Tennessee, US. Earlier, Alcoa and ...
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Global packaging company Sonoco has provided Melitta USA with new paperboard composite cans made from recycled and recyclable content to replace with traditional metal coffee cans. According to Sonoco, Melitta has converted its 603 and ...
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Canadian private equity firm Onex has completed the previously announced acquisition of SGS International, a global packaging services provider for $813m. The deal was announced in September 2012. The deal calls for Onex Partners III to ...
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Global packaging company Sonoco's unit Sonoco Recycling has invested $4m in its materials recovery facility (MRF) in Columbia, South Carolina, US allowing it to accept additional types of materials. The facility will enable residents in ...
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Global packaging solutions supplier Shiner International has reported an 8.2% decline in total revenue for the second quarter of 2012 to $16.4m compared to $17.9m in the same period of 2011. According to the company, the fall was mainly ...
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Flexible packaging producer Ampac has announced the addition of the new Pull Tab beverage pouch, which serves as an alternative format to the traditional straw punch-through beverage pouch commonly used in the beverage market. According ...
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Global packaging firm Tetra Pak has unveiled the Guaranteed Performance solution for its customers at the Anuga FoodTec 2012, the international food technology fair currently being held in Cologne, Germany. The comapny said Guaranteed ...