US-based rigid packaging supplier Silgan has completed its previously announced acquisition of all the assets of plastic closures producer Portola Packaging for $266m. The acquisition includes Portola's eight facilities that are operated ...
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Rexam has launched a unique and innovative online Design Portal which aims to support its customers in obtaining the best printed design for their cans. The recently launched portal is accompanied by a new Global Can Catalogue that ...
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Intelligrated, a North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, has announced the relocation of its software subsidiary company, Knighted, to a new, larger facility in Elmsford, N.Y. The 26,600-square-foot space is ...
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Soaring demand from China has trigged a surge of exports in Australia's Victoria state. As surging demand for Victorian grain, beef and lamb was registered in China, the value of the state's farm and food exports has hit a record high of ...
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SPX, a US-based manufacturing and industrial equipment supplier, has secured a $26m contract from multinational conglomerate Lotte to provide dairy processing systems for expansion of the latter's manufacturing facility in Japan. As per ...
The Canadian Spirits Industry warmly welcomes the announcement of a successful conclusion of a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the 28 Member State European Union. Building on the progress made in the ...
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The Dow Chemical Company’s Performance Packaging business announced today at the K 2013 fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, it is expanding its portfolio of DOWLEX Polyethylene resins with the addition of the DOWLEX 6001GC grade. This ...
Foolproof Brewing, a producer of hand-crafted beers, has partnered with Northeast Beverage, a Connecticut-based independent beverage distributor, to expand the distribution of its beers across Connecticut from 28 October 2013. The Rhode ...
Profits at Sri Lanka's Piramal Glass Ceylon Plc (PGC) fell 93 percent to 18.7 million rupees in the September 2013 quarter from a year earlier as volumes dropped in a slowing economy but the firm said it boosted exports. The firm reported ...
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The famine that plagued Renqiu County, Hebei Province from 1821 to 1851 forced local residents either to leave their homes or die. Among those that fled was Bian Fu, proprietor of a dumpling restaurant, who traveled with his family to ...
Murray Goulburn, an Australian diary co-operative, has launched a A$420m ($404m) bid to acquire Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB), following Canada's Saputo C$378m bid earlier this month. The proposal would create one of the largest ...
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PepsiCo, Inc. today reported core earnings per share of $1.24 for the third quarter and organic revenue growth of 3.3 percent for the quarter. Organic revenue grew 3.9 percent year to date and core constant currency EPS increased 12 percent ...
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SABMiller plc today provides an update on trading during the six months ended 30 September 2013. The calculation of the organic growth rates excludes the impact of acquisitions and disposals on net producer revenue and volumes. Alan ...
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Xylem Inc. has launched its Goulds Water Technology brand e-HM series stainless-steel, horizontal multistage pump, a water pump for commercial and industrial applications that is up to 30 percent more efficient than most similar pumps ...
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Paxton Products, an ITW company, announces a major step forward in industrial static elimination and air rinsing solutions with the release of the Paxton Ionized Air System. The Ionized Air System offers manufacturers a more effective and ...
Tags: Ionized Air System, Packaging, Printing, water rinsing systems