South Korean cement supplier Taemyung Industrial delivered the bags to Ssangyong Cement Industrial in Antarctica. The prime focus of life in Antarctica is scientific research. The population is transient, consisting of scientists and ...
Tags: Cement Bags, Packaging, Printing
European coated fine paper producer Sappi has announced a €61m rebuild at its Alfeld Mill Paper Machine 2 (PM2) in Germany, in a bid to address varying demand for specialty packaging papers. The PM2 rebuild is said to transform the ...
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The Canadian Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) has announced the launch of a new website, which focuses on paper bags. PPEC executive director John Mullinder said that there is information as well as a lot of ...
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Rigid plastic packaging producer Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced that all manufacturing facilities have earned or will earn certification by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), a global retailer-driven program that seeks continuous ...
Cadbury India, a unit of US-based snacks company Mondelez International, plans to establish a new chocolate manufacturing facility in Andhra Pradesh, India, with an initial investment of more than INR10bn ($163m). The new plant will be ...
Containerboard price rises are like buses…nothing for ages and then three come along in quick succession. If you're sat there scoffing at the seemingly incredulous prospect of three rounds of price rises this year, I'm afraid that ...
Tags: Recycled Containerboard, Packaging, Printing
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced the appointment of Debra Berman as senior vice president of marketing, effective Aug. 2. In this role, Berman will be responsible for leading the Company's marketing efforts with a focus on ...
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Global producer of rigid plastic packaging Amcor has received Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification for its all manufacturing facilities. GFSI is a global retailer-driven program that seeks to improve food safety management ...
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Kwikee, a division of MultiAd, has created an Application Programming Interface (API) for retailers and e-commerce developers that need information for consumer products. The interface will provide companies with a relaibale source of ...
Tags: Nutrition Data, Food Product
KapStone Paper and Packaging has completed the previously announced stock purchase of US containerboard manufacturer Longview Fibre Paper and Packaging for $1.03bn. KapStone chairman and chief executive officer Roger Stone said the ...
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Upholstery producer Newport Furniture, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June, has converted its case to a Chapter 7 liquidation proceeding. The switch was approved by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Jason Woodard, who ruled that ...
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Tri-Star Packaging has signed an agreement with PacknWood, the UK subsidiary of a French company, to distribute PacknWood's eco-friendly food packaging concepts. The four ranges including the Buckaty Collection, the Kray Collection, the ...
Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) has received a $100m minority investment from the merchant banking division of Goldman Sachs in a deal that APT describes as the largest investment in predictive analytics to date. Further reading How ...
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Metso is all set to supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line for Zhejiang Jingxing Paper Joint Stock’s Pinghu site in Zhejiang Province in China, as part of a contract. Expected to start-up in 2014, the new production ...
Metso will supply a cooking plant rebuild, a brown stock washing plant and a screening plant for renewable packaging material provider BillerudKorsnäs’ mill in Gruvön, Sweden, as part of a contract. The mill, which has a ...
Tags: Cooking Plant, Paper Mill