Poland-based plastic film producer Ergis group will launch a second PET film production line and acquire a new plastic packaging line in Southern Poland. The company will acquire the packaging line for its Plexergis subsidiary in Nowy ...
RPC Superfos, a unit of rigid plastic packaging business RPC Group, has introduced new packaging for dairy products. In line with consumer demand for easy meals on-the-go, the new dairy packaging includes a spoon integrated into the lid ...
Tags: Dairy Products, Packaging
While this decline was spread across all three market sectors — light metal packaging, steel drums and similar containers, and other containers (of a capacity exceeding 300 litres — it was most substantial in the light metal ...
Tags: Metal Packaging, Falling Demand
Paper and board packaging is the most widely used packaging material in the UK. It has been growing year-on-year since 2009 and in 2013 increased by 1.8% in 2013. Its forecast is healthy too – a growth of 6.3% is expected over the ...
This is according to a new report from business intelligence provider Key Note, which said paper and board packaging remains the most widely used packaging material in the UK. The Packaging (Paper & Board) 2014 report warned, however, ...
South Africa-based paper and plastic packaging manufacturer and paper recycler Mpact has unveiled plans to commence a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling plant for about $33.03m (ZAR350m). The new plant is expected to process close ...
The desire to create packaging that is more beneficial for the environment is certainly not a new trend. For years, designers and manufacturers have worked hard to produce packaging that is easy to recycle and wastes as little material as ...
Amcor Rigid Plastics has joined 'The Recycling Partnership', an industry-funded program designed to increase residential recycling in the US. The program is also supported by Alcoa Foundation, American Chemistry Council, American Forest ...
Tags: Amcor, Recycling Partnership, Packaging
UK-based rigid plastic packaging provider RPC Group has selected Kyriba to provide its Kyriba Enterprise SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) treasury management system. The system will enable RPC to improve its cash visibility, reduce ...
Tags: RPC, Kyriba Enterprise SaaS, Packaging
Plastic packaging company Takween Advanced Industries has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Saudi’s Savola Group to acquire its plastics and packaging business for an undisclosed amount. As part of the deal, Takween ...
Tags: Takween, packaging business, Packaging
Videojet Technologies has announced the launch of a 50-Watt fiber laser marking system to address manufacturers’ requirements to laser mark on plastic packaging, metal containers, and other industrial products. Engineered for high ...
Texen Group (Groupe Texen) has commissioned KraussMaffei’s CX series two-component injection molding machine to use in wide range of technologies. The multi-component machine with advanced refined procedural and mechanical features ...
Tags: Injection Molding Machine, Texen
Consolidated Container (CCC), an investment arm of Bain Capital in the plastic packaging sector, has acquired plastic recycling companies Envision Plastics and Ecoplast from their founders Massoud Rad and Parham Yedidsion. Both the ...
Tags: Consolidated Container, Ecoplast
UK-based packaging firm DS Smith is set to invest in new machinery at its facility in Louth, East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. Around 14 jobs are expected to be affected with the new investment, according to the company. ...
As You Sow, a shareholder advocacy organization, has asked Mondelēz International to phase out unrecyclable packaging from its products and assess the environmental and operational risks associated with it. The move is a part of As ...