Paper and packaging products supplier Sappi North America has added Somerset 9 point (9pt) Gloss to its Somerset product line. The new line, made at its Somerset mill, will offer an eight percent yield advantage over competitive 9pt ...
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Umicore’s business unit Precious Metals Chemistry of Hanau, Germany has inaugurated its production unit for metal-organic precursor technologies used in the semiconductor and LED markets, respectively TMGa (trimethylgallium) and TEGa ...
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Ireland's Reprographic Systems installed the first Crystal 5080 XPS exposure units in the UK. XPS Crystal is claimed to produce LED UV Exposure that is digitally controlled to result in high quality and highly consistent flexo plate ...
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Mercedes-Benz has started construction on a new engine plant in Poland, which will be the company's second facility for engines outside of Germany. The company is building a 50ha plant in Jawor by investing €500m in the site and ...
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Nestlé USA has forayed into the direct-to-consumer (DTC) prepared meals business by acquiring a minority stake in Freshly. The Nestle subsidiary was the leading investor in a $77m funding round in the DTC healthy prepared meals ...
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Nude Brand Creation has designed two new bottles for Slovenian glass maker Steklarna Hrastnik. Steklarna Hrastnik aimed to expand its glassware offerings, which were limited to glass bottle packaging, glassware, lighting and a small range ...
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PET packaging company Petainer has established an independently operating business in Brazil in line with its expansion plans for the Latin American region. Through its one-way PET kegs innovation, dubbed petainerKeg, the company is ...
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Plant-based frozen smoothie producer Bright Greens has raised a seed round led by Kellogg Company’s venture capital fund eighteen94 capital. Blu Venture Investors, an early stage investment group based in the Mid-Atlantic, also ...
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Packaging and coatings solutions manufacturer Coveris has developed a new multi-layer film for British consumer co-operative, the Co-op. The Co-op recently announced that it plans to have 80% of its own-brand packaging recyclable by 2020. ...
UK-based packaging solutions provider Parkside Flexibles has created a first to market re-close pack for Northcoast Seafoods' frozen foods. Parkside used its laser scribe technology, Parkscribe, to create an easy open and reclosable pack ...
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Design and technology needs funding and young talent needs encouragement for the future of many of UK's industries, says toy design firm, Fuse London. The future of the toy industry may hang in the balance, depending on the ...
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Advent International backed Sovos Brands has agreed to acquire Rao's Specialty Foods, the owner of Rao's Homemade pasta sauce made from natural ingredients. The transaction is expected to be completed during the third quarter of this ...
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RPC Group has reported a 67% increase in its revenue to £2.74bn for full year ended 31 March 2017, compared to £1.64bn for the same period in 2016. The British packaging giant stated that overall like-for-like sales improved ...
Dow Chemical has completed the construction of its new ELITE enhanced polyethylene production facility in Freeport, Texas, US. Part of the firm’s $6bn expansion on the US Gulf Coast, the 400,000 metric ton polyethylene facility is ...
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Spectra Packaging has started expansion work at its manufacturing facility in Suffolk, UK. The company said groundwork foundations have been set for new steel structures at its 17.4-acre site. Building work is expected to be completed ...
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