The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has launched a new pan-European business called Goodyear Proactive Solutions. It offers a suite of demonstrated Vehicle-To-Fleet operations management solutions featuring advanced telematics and ...
SABIC plans to display an array of innovative packaging products and materials at the K 2016 trade show in Düsseldorf. Despite all available modern technology, about one-third of food produced today for human consumption still is ...
Otto and Anheuser-Busch have completed the world's first commercial shipment by self-driving truck. With support from the state of Colorado, Otto's self-driving truck hauled a fully loaded trailer of Budweiser beer more than 120 miles on ...
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A new market study from Smithers Pira says that demand for cosmetics and personal care packaging will be worth $25.4bn by 2021, growing at 3.6% year-on-year. The Future of Packaging Design: Long-Term Strategic Forecasts to 2026 considers ...
Tags: Beauty Packaging, Packaging
Axalta Coating Systems will build a new manufacturing plant in Nanjing, China, where high-performance automobile, commercial vehicle and industrial coatings will be produced. The facility will be built on more than 170,000 m2 of land ...
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Mars is urging the business community and global leaders at COP22 to take bold action to implement the targets agreed last year in Paris for tackling climate change. Mars combined this call to action with an announcement of plans for a ...
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Coca Cola European Partners (CCEP) has worked with Viridor and plastics recycling company PET UK on a project to reprocess PET liner waste from the product packaging for its Smartwater bottled water range. CCEP worked with packaging ...
Tags: PET bottles, bottles
Bord Bia has launched an Irish beef promotion this month with the Maredo steakhouse chain, a major player in the German market. The Maredo publicity declares Irish beef to be “wholesome, juicy and Irish” and the month-long ...
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Potato processing firm Lamb Weston/Meijer has opened a new €120m production plant in the Netherlands. Apart from the new line, the company renovated the entire production location including the existing production line. The company ...
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TRESU’s F10 iCon Ink Supply System automates circulation of ink, viscosity control and cleaning of chamber doctor blade systems in central impression (CI) and inline flexo printing machines, thereby reducing material waste and ...
The cocoa & chocolate business of Cargill has set up its own licensed buying company (LBC) after securing a licence from the Ghanaian Cocoa Board (Cocobod). The new LBC has started operations and Cargill purchased its initial consignment ...
Olam Cocoa opened a new Cocoa Product Development & Innovation Centre at its llhéus processing facility in Brazil. The announcement was made to mark the 70th anniversary for Olam Cocoa’s leading Brazilian cocoa brand, Joanes, ...
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US based packaging firm Sealed Air has introduced cartoning solution designed to protect package cartons during transit while eliminating the use of outer boxes or additional packaging materials. StealthWrap claims to provide security and ...
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Brazilian company Vigor, a unit of JBS Group, has selected SIG Combibloc’s CFA 812 filling machine for its new dairy plant in Barra do Piraí. Commissioned in June 2016, the $40.5m plant can process one million liters of milk ...
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Bacardi erected several large bat habitats at its rum bottling facility campus in Jacksonville, Florida, US. Within just a few months, the habitats – branded bat caves – will be full of tenants. Together, the organizations are ...