India’s Reliance Industries (RIL) will be commissioning a Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant and a Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) resin plant at Dahej in the western state of Gujarat. The PET plant that has been built with ...
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There is neither doubt nor dispute that the last financial year tested the grit and resourcefulness of the packaging industry. Tetra Pak achieved a 1.7% in sales nonetheless. Tetra Pak’s ‘challenging year’, the ...
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Sappi Speciality Papers has developed atelier, a multi-ply board produced on a single-wire board machine for the packaging industry. atelier is a new hybrid folding box board product that has been made available in weights from 220 gsm to ...
Tags: Sappi Speciality Papers, machine, Packaging
Clariant has launched two new pigment dispersions for the Indian printing industry, at the Asia Coat + Ink Show 2015. With the launch of Permajet IN-C and Flexonyl WF, Clariant will actively demonstrate its commitment to creating value for ...
Research facility plays key role in Finnish paper chemicals firm's sustainability plans At a temperature-controlled Kemira laboratory in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, one can find lab workers and technicians huddled over consoles ...
Market research company Euromonitor International said the stand-up pouch is clearly one of the fastest growing plastic packing used in the food industry. As stand-up pouches continue to become part of many brands’ packaging ...
Tags: Stand-up pouch, Euromonitor, Packaging
Smurfit Kappa has opened a new experience centre in Konin, Poland, eight of its kind in Europe. Each experience centre is meant to provide a range of accessible solutions and services to its customers including how to use packaging ...
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Investment group CorpAcq has forayed into the packaging industry with the acquisition of UK-based Northern Packaging for an undisclosed amount. Based in Altrincham, Northern Packaging operates from two sites in Skelmersdale, West ...
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UK-based testing instruments manufacturer Mecmesin has developed its latest model of horizontal friction peel and tear tester. The pre-programmed FPT-H1 has been designed to simplify the use for main industry standard friction-testing ...
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A partnership between petrochemicals company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and liquid food packaging firm Elopak will help in making available beverage cartons coated with plastic made from SABIC’s certified renewable ...
Hayssen Flexible Systems, a company that designs and manufactures Vertical Form Fill Seal (VFFS) baggers and Horizontal Form Fill Seal (HFFS) flow wrappers for the food packaging industry, has launched a new manufacturing value stream at ...
Axiom has entered into a strategic alliance with Canada-based developer and marketer of innovative and environmentally friendly packaging solutions PaperNuts. The transaction will make PaperNuts a wholly-owned subsidiary of Axiom. Once ...
Packaging solutions provider Glenroy has agreed to acquire the pouch converting operations of PF Flexibles, formerly known as Pouch Converting Technologies. Based in Hartford, Wisconsin, PF Flexibles is a contract manufacturer of ...
Tags: liquids, military applications, chemicals, Agriculture
After 10 years at the helm of Amcor, Ken MacKenzie has decided to retire from the position of managing director and chief executive officer, Amcor chairman, Graeme Liebelt announced on 22 January. “I believe after 10 years in the ...
China-based LED packaging service providers Shenzhen Refond Optoelectronics and Shenzhen Jufei Optoelectronics have signed with Japan-based Toyoda Gosei for license use of the latter's white-light LED patents for application to LED ...
Tags: LED packaging, White LED