Kellogg Company has set up a new venture capital fund to invest in startups that work on new ingredients, foods, packaging, and enabling technology. The venture fund named eighteen94 capital (1894) will make small investments in companies ...
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Self-adhesive label materials provider UPM Raflatac has unveiled a new range of label stock products for wine industry. The firm's new Ice and Ice Premium products are designed to meet the standards of the wine industry in the European ...
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Stion Energy Services - the turn-key project development arm of Stion Corp of San Jose, CA, USA, which makes CIGS (copper indium gallium selenium) - recently completed the installation of the first utility projects in the State of ...
Coca-Cola South Pacific has launched its Powerade 2016 Rio Olympics marketing campaign. Powerade first debuted at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and has a 24 year cross-promotional relationship with the Olympic Games. The ...
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Australian government agency Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) is calling for submissions on a proposal to consider changing the standards that regulate the issue of chemical migration from packaging into food. Assessing change ...
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Allen Coding has launched the latest Diagraph IJ Series printer, the Diagraph IJ4000 high-resolution large character inkjet system designed to print alphanumerics, barcodes and graphics onto porous substrates. The cost-competitive printer ...
Organic food delivery company Abel & Cole has become the first firm in the UK to use the new transparent compostable packaging, which is developed by Finland's Plastiroll, for its vegetables. Plastiroll's new easily processable ...
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Rigid box supplier Pollard Boxes has acquired the business and assets of Clarke Rubicon, a UK based presentation packaging manufacturer. Clarke Rubicon is engaged in supplying a wide range of products to both the retail and commercial ...
Pro Mach subsidiary Matrix Packaging Machinery is set to exhibit three machines for fresh produce industry at the United Fresh 2016 in Chicago, US, which will be held from 20 to 22 June. The machines can produce film bags, pre-made ...
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Italy's Toscotec has agreed to rebuild the dryer section of Smurfit Kappa Papelsa's paper machine (PM) 1 located at Barbosa mill in Colombia. The dryer section rebuild is expected to improve efficiency as well as increase operating speeds ...
Bericap has developed an ultralight weight closure for the 29/25 PET neck finish HexaLite 29/11 SFB UL 3T. The last few years have seen a significant drive for reductions in the cost of packaging for all beverages alongside with an ...
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US-based Dow Chemical Company has developed new recyclable stand-up pouches using the RecycleReady technology. Made with Retain polymer modifiers, the stand-up pouch features barrier film that can be recycled in a polyethylene recycling ...
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Barkeater Chocolates is set to exhibit its six rebranded gourmet chocolate bars at the Summer Fancy Food Show in the New York, US, which will be held from 26 to 28 June. Quinoa Ka-Pow with crunchy quinoa, Downhill Darksider with Sea Salt, ...
Automation consultancy GB Innomech has developed a new high speed automated product packaging system for global automotive supplier. The high speed customized packaging system will be used by SG Technologies to more than double the ...
US-based Millstone Medical Outsourcing has purchased Epson ColorWorks C7500G inkjet label printer to produce color and black and white packaging labels. The company will distribute these color and black and white packaging labels to the ...