Ardo has acquired a majority stake in VLM Foods, a supplier of processed food in North America. Besides VLM Foods, the deal includes a controlling stake in Compañia Frutera La Paz S.A., Costa Rica’s largest frozen pineapple ...
The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has announced that STIHL Inc. and Goodwill Industries International are the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Reusable Packaging award. Two award categories were established in 2017: one to ...
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Labcon received the 2017 Golden Arrow Award from the California Product Stewardship Council for innovative products that incorporate the concepts of "eco-efficiency". The Golden Arrow Award showcases excellence in product stewardship, ...
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US-based private equity firm L Catterton has offered to buy 27.9% stake in Scottish craft brewery Innis & Gunn for £15m. Founded in 2003, Innis & Gunn claims to have risen to the second position for a craft brewer in the UK ...
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The firm is set to reveal the latest innovation in the Hatchimals line at the annual event. Spin Master is set to reveal the next innovation in the Hatchimals line with its annual promotional event Hatchimals Day. The event, set to take ...
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GAC Motor, China-based automaker, has unveiled two SUVs, the 5-seat GS7 and the GS3 in watertown Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province, China. These two next-generation SUVs, which have inherited the excellent genes of the GAC Motor family, are ...
Italy-based Gruppo Cordenons will showcase its Reef paper range at the Packaging Innovations and Luxury Packaging London event in the UK. The event will take place from 13 to 14 September at Olympia in London. Part of the Luxury & Touch ...
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International packaging and paper group Mondi has won two German Packaging Awards 2017 (Deutscher Verpackungspreis) in the “Cost Effectiveness” category for enhancing corrugated packaging efficiency. The competition - ...
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Fiber-based products provider Domtar has opened its second generating unit, which has a power output of 18MW, at Windsor (Quebec) Mill, Canada. The start-up of its second generating unit, built for $36 million, will improve the energy ...
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Seiko Epson manufacturing subsidiary Epson Precision (Philippines) has opened a new inkjet printer facility. The new facility has been developed by investing around $143m to provide extra inkjet printer production capacity. Featuring ...
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Containerboard and corrugated packaging products company Atlantic Packaging Products has entered into a strategic partnership with York Container Company. Stephen Tansey, President and representative of YCC's shareholders, commented "York ...
Toy franchises including Merrythought Bear, Meccano, Action Man and Hornby Dublo trains are back, in stamp form. Royal Mail has announced plans to immortalise some of the most popular toy brands of the last 100 years in stamp form, with a ...
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Fibre paperboards manufacturer Metsa Board said its new paperboard cup design, ‘Lidloc’, has been chosen as a finalist in the prestigious 2017 PPI Awards. The Lidloc design was chosen for the Packaging Innovation category, ...
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Pallidus Inc (a Melior Innovation company) of Houston, TX, USA has launched its proprietary M-SiC silicon carbide source material and technology platform, with the capability to deliver cost/performance parity against silicon devices in the ...
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Packaging solutions provider Parkside has partnered with Australian firm PA Packaging Solutions and US-based The Platinum Packaging Group, in a bid to expand its business operations. Under the deal, both firms will market Parkside’s ...
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