Mars Food has completed the acquisition of Connecticut-based Preferred Brands International, a manufacturer and marketer of all-natural, ready-to-heat Indian and Asian food products sold mainly under the Tasty Bite brand. Preferred Brands ...
Tags: Mars Food, food products
FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division announces it will be increasing the prices of its offset printing plates. The price increase is a result of raw material cost increases, most significantly driven by substantial ...
Electronics For Imaging (EFI) and Flint Group division Xeikon have signed a partnership deal for digital label printing. As per the deal, Xeikon will provide global sales, service and support for the EFI’s Jetrion digital label and ...
Tags: Digital Label Printing, Printing
Smurfit Kappa has announced the new name for its e-retail offering, eSmart, and said that the service is at the forefront of e-commerce packaging solutions. The company said it is now working with 70% of European e-retail brands and ...
Tags: Smurfit Kappa, E-Retail Offering
Xeikon is set to exhibit a range of digital printing solutions for the graphic arts, label and packaging industries at this year’s IPEX event in the UK. The event will take place between 31 October and 3 November in Birmingham. ...
Tags: Xeikon, Digital Printing
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 ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging
Although the market for RF gallium arsenide (GaAs) devices (merchant and captive, but excluding foundry) rose by just 0.9% in 2016 as an anticipated drop in cellular revenue nearly offset gains in other market segments, revenue still ...
Tags: GaAs RF market, LTE
Master Graphics has invested in Goss Sunday 2000 press system in a bid to enhance its production operations. Goss Sunday 2000 press system has been developed to be used in a range of web offset applications. The system features advanced ...
Tags: Master Graphics, press system
British packaging company Reflex Labels has purchased a new Bar Graphic Machine (BGM) for larger unwinds and also to facilitate more complex substrates in label production. The new equipment is the 25th machine purchased by the packaging ...
Tags: Reflex Labels, Bar Graphic Machine
German spice producer Fuchs Group has acquired UK-based herbs and spices producer Bart Ingredients from private equity firm Langholm Capital for an undisclosed price. Through the acquisition, Fuchs plans to continue its global growth ...
Tags: Bart Ingredients, UK market
Anchor Glass Container has announced the following additions to the Anchor Glass Senior Leadership Team. Steve Stout has been named as Vice President-Engineering. Steve will be responsible for strategic capital investments and developing ...
Tags: Anchor, Glass Container
Vetter has unveiled plans to expand the secondary packaging capabilities at its facility in Ravensburg, Germany. Vetter’s existing secondary packaging facility is being expanded to meet the growing customer needs and market demand ...
Private equity firm Genstar Capital has acquired US-based Tekni-Plex from American Securities for an undisclosed sum. Based in Wayne of Pennsylvania, Tekni-Plex produces products, components and materials for healthcare, specialty ...
Tags: Genstar Capital, packaging
Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA – which provides indium phosphide (InP)-based optical chips, components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets – is sampling its new ...
Siegwerk, a manufacturer of printing inks and solutions for packaging and labels, has agreed to acquire Netherland-based Van Son Liquids, a manufacturer of water-based flexo and gravure printing inks. Under the terms of the deal, Van Son ...
Tags: Siegwerk, printing inks