US-based packaging company Sonoco will acquire a majority interest in Brazilian flexible packaging business Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens for an undisclosed amount. Located in Pinhais, Curitiba, Graffo specialises in producing flexible ...
Sitemani, a Romanian ketchup, mustard, and sauces producer, has partnered with Greiner Packaging for new packaging for its products. Under the partnership, Greiner will redesign and develop Sitemani's entire range of bottles based on ...
Tags: Greiner Packaging, Sauce Packaging
French investment firm Wendel has acquired the US-based plastics packaging company, CSP Technologies, for $360m. The Wendel Group has invested $198m for a 98% ownership in CSP, which is based in Auburn, Alabama. CSP, which has ...
A report from the nonprofit organisation, As You Sow and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reveals that while there is a rise in the use of plastic packaging across the US market to meet the needs of fast food and consumer ...
Tags: plastic PET bottles, Agriculture
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposed settlement with several companies to address the Pohatcong Valley Groundwater Contamination Superfund site in Warren County, New Jersey. ...
Menasha has completed the acquisition of PearceWellwood, a corrugated and plastic packaging manufacturer and supply chain solutions provider based in Canada on undisclosed terms. PearceWellwood will now operate as part of Menasha ...
Tags: plastic packaging, value system, Agriculture
The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) has approved the expansion plans of EasyPak in Leominster, US. The EACC approved the EasyPak's expansion along with 18 other projects under the Economic Development ...
UK-based plastics recycler Jayplas has completed the installation of a new extrusion and printing plant besides creating a new packaging division. These investments are a part of the company's strategy to grow its nationwide recycling ...
US-based Menasha Packaging has acquired a flexographic press to meet the growth in demand for its products. The company provides graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping ...
Tags: merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging
Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
The plastic pots for Simpson’s of Manchester’s Christmas Puddings that are being sold exclusively through Spar supermarkets for the 2014 season have been supplied by RPC Bebo UK. Simpson's which is a family-run business ...
Tags: Packages, Christmas Puddings
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
West Yorkshire-based thermoformed packaging specialist Leeds Vacuum Formers (LVF) has invested about £530,000 in two new pieces of machinery to increase its capacity by 25%. The investment will also help in creating five new jobs in ...
Tags: packaging specialist, Agriculture
Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
Tags: flexible packaging, landfill, Packaging
Although the market is turbulent, with the political situation in which the country is currently embroiled, the international manufacturing company says there is a space for development and growth of new products, which require high ...
Tags: DuoSmart cup, dairy, instant food, Packaging