TricorBraun has collaborated with Amfora Packaging to form a new joint venture (JV) company to serve customers in the South American region. The partnership has formed TricorBraun South America SAS, which is a 50-50 JV firm with ...
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Italian flexible packaging firm Corapack has used Futamura Chemicals’ renewable and compostable cellulose films to develop compostable barrier lidding for trays. NatureFlex cellulose film is a lidding material, which serves as an ...
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Non-refillable and aluminium closures manufacturer Guala Closures Group has inaugurated its fifth research center in Luxembourg. Based in Foetz’s Technoport, GCL Technologies aims at the selection, development, assessment, of the ...
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Spanish frozen seafood company Original Gourmet has selected RPC Superfos’ reusable polypropylene packaging solution for its shellfish range. The Spanish firm selected RPC’s injection moulded rigid SuperCube pack to replace ...
Waitrose is trialing a new environmentally friendly pack that is expected to signal the end of plastic packaging for organic tomatoes. A new form of non-plastic punnet which uses tomato leaves is being experimented to help package ...
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Heidelberger Druckmaschinen has introduced new Speedmaster XL 106-DD rotary die-cutter for the in-mould label market. The new rotary die-cutter, which is based on XL technology, can be used for the production of in-mould labels and other ...
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Spain-based Comexi, a machine supplier in the flexible packaging industry, expects a 20% increase in its revenue in comparison with 2015 having expanded its footprint and grown sales in CIS and Russia markets. The machine supplier claims ...
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Stratasys, a provider of applied additive technology solutions, announced that GKN Driveline Florence, a plant of leading global engineering company, GKN, is expanding the deployment of Stratasys 3D printing across the manufacturing floor ...
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Katoen Natie has broken ground on a new advanced plastic packaging facility in South Dallas County, US. The new facility is being developed at the 3,000-acre Prime Pointe Industrial Park, which is adjacent to Union Pacific's Dallas ...
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Glass and plastic manufacturer Bormioli Rocco Pharma has developed advanced packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical market. The new packaging solutions include AccuRec, Delta type I glass vials, Safe&Easy, Nesat and Amber type I glass ...
Clariant is set to showcase new moisture-control solutions for pharmaceutical packaging at this year’s CPhI Worldwide event in Germany. At the event, Clariant Healthcare Polymer Solutions will exhibit new solutions for controlling ...
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Polymer giant Covestro is leading a consortium of 14 partners to study how plastics can be produced from flue gas from the steel industry in an efficient and sustainable manner. The investigation anchored by the materials manufacturer ...
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Rafesa, a Spanish perfumery and cosmetics packaging firm, has introduced a new range of cosmeceutical containers – Alex. The new amber-colored containers are available in different sizes – 100ml, 200ml, 250ml and 500ml. ...
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United Caps, a Luxembourg-based high performance cap and closure systems manufacturer, is set to acquire the plastic closures division of Closures4you. The acquired assets include 28mm caps for re-usable glass bottles as well as for ...
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Netherlands-based Weener Plastics has acquired Brazilian firm Orange Products Plasticos (OPB) for an undisclosed sum. Based in Santo Amaro da Imperatriz of Santa Catarina, the OPB manufactures Roll-on Balls for deodorants. The company ...