Global investment firm KKR is set to buy 10.4% stake in Indonesia-based agri-food company Japfa for $81.2m. As part of the deal, Japfa will place 750 million new shares to KKR via a private placement at about $52.9m. Concurrent with the ...
Tags: Japfa group, agri-food
Netherlands-based shelf life extension technology company PerfoTec has introduced a groundbreaking packaging solution for flowers, that will make the use of water in the supply chain redundant. Explaining the technology, Bas Groeneweg, ...
Graphic Packaging International signed an agreement to utilize Merrimak Capital Company for its material handling equipment leases. Merrimak Capital Company, the industry's leading full service equipment management company and equipment ...
Packaging solutions provider Georgia-Pacific (GP) Corrugated has acquired Southern California-based Reliable Container, for undisclosed amount. The deal also includes Reliable Container's converting plants in Santa Fe Springs, California, ...
New Solution, a new original equipment manufacturer (OEM) partner of Memjet, has integrated the new Memjet inkjet printing technology into a new wide format packaging solution, NS Multi. The new wide format printer, which has been ...
Tags: Multi-Layer Printer, Drupa 2016
Global canmaker Rexam has provided new can solutions for British craft beer brand Hobsons’ The Hat Collection. The company offered WeCan Solutions for Hobsons' beer range, including The Skimmer, The Explorer and The Stove Pipe. ...
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EEQO and Seesoo have announced a partnership with companies Avery Dennison and Braskem to use biobased polyethylene self-adhesive labels in their packaging. All EEQO's products use mainly natural ingredients, are biodegradable and, in ...
Tags: Product Labeling, Self-Adhesive
Paper-based packaging solutions provider Smurfit Kappa has signed a collaboration agreement with HP to digitize the corrugated post-print production. The collaboration, which is expected to innovate the way high-value boxes are produced, ...
How do you determine the quality of lighting? You can't squeeze a bulb to gauge ripeness, nor can you take it for a test drive. You can, however, utilize the following criteria to help you differentiate between low and high-quality ...
Tags: High Quality Lighting, LED
In booth 10.2/L36 at the ANGA COM 2016 Exposition & Congress for Broadband, Cable and Satellite in Cologne, Germany (7-9 June), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC and Hillsboro, OR, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for ...
Tags: Qorvo, CATV, MCM Amplifiers
US agricultural commodities trader Cargill has entered into an agreement to acquire Five Star Custom Foods for undisclosed sum. Five Star Custom Foods is a Texas-based food company specializing in cooked protein products and custom ...
Tags: Cargill, agricultural commodities
Investment group Aurelius plans to acquire packaging solutions supplier Abelan Group’s businesses in Germany and the Netherlands, for undisclosed amount. Under the terms of the deal, Aurelius will acquire a paper mill in Viersen, ...
Ferro Corporation announced it has completed the acquisition of Pinturas Benicarló (Pinturas). Ferro has acquired 100% of the equity of privately held Benicarló, Spain-based Pinturas for €15.0 million in cash, on a ...
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Michelman will introduce two new offline applied primers formulated primarily for use by HP Indigo WS6X00 series and the new HP Indigo 8000 digital press owners at drupa 2016. The experimental primers are formulated for flexible packaging ...
Tags: Michelman, Flexible Packaging
Flexible packaging provider Verso has developed a family of lightweight uncoated machine-glazed papers, known as GlazeGuard, for oil and grease resistant (OGR) foodservice applications. An integral part of the broader portfolio of Verso ...
Tags: Verso, Glazeguard Oil, Foodservice Packaging