Glory Farms premium vegetables See-Thru can was named the winner of the 2017 Gama Innovation Award for Packaging at a gala celebration in Manchester, England. The Glory Farms package was chosen by an international panel of industry judges ...
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Simmons Pet Food has broken ground on a facility expansion at its flexible packaging plant in Emporia, located in the US state of Kansas. The $38m expansion project will increase the space at the facility to around 200,000ft², and ...
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Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to acquire Standard Functional Foods Group (SFFG), a unit of Standard Candy Company, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. SFFG is a contract manufacturer of nutritional and ...
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Ecommerce analytics firm Profitero has found the construction toy firm is still number one with consumers. LEGO is the brand leading the ‘most wished-for’ product list in the toys & games category online running up to the ...
US-based Ferris Coffee & Nut has designed new packaging for its specialty line of snacks, Lush Gourmet Foods. The new pouches have been developed for the specialty line of snacks, which are available in combinations such as Coconut ...
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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Autajon (Sinel) has invested in second Domino/ABG hybrid label printing press, as part of its efforts to expand its production operations. The hybrid label printing press incorporates Domino’s seven-color N610i ink jet with an AB ...
Tags: UV Ink Jet, Label Printing
Packaging Corporation of America has reported third quarter 2017 net income of $139m or $1.47 per share and $1.68 per share excluding special items. Third quarter net sales were $1.6 billion in 2017 and $1.5 billion in 2016. Special ...
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Spain-based paper mill company Europac Group has increased its net profit by 81.8% to £58.2m for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period last year. The company made a turnover of €876.9m in the reported ...
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UPM Paper ENA has announced plans to permanently close paper machine 5 at UPM Blandin in Minnesota, US in a bid to reduce graphic paper capacity. The closure plan comes as the firm seeks to reduce its the annual coated paper production ...
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UK-based corrugated packaging company Cepac has completed redevelopment of its Doncaster facility to increase both capacity and capability of its decorative packaging and display operation. The redevelopment project was carried out with ...
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Total global LED chip production capacity has entered a new peak expansionary phase in 2017, according to the latest LED market supply and demand analysis by LEDinside (a division of TrendForce). This recent surge of capacity expansion has ...
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Littlejohn & Co has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Strategic Materials, Inc., a leading environmental services company and the largest glass recycler in North America, from Willis Stein & Partners and Vision Capital. Financial ...
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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 ...
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. ...
Tags: Rafesa, Cosmeceutical Containers