Stora Enso has finalized the co-determination negotiations regarding the consolidation of manufacturing of corrugated packaging in Finland. Stora Enso’s corrugated packaging plant in Heinola will be closed permanently and packaging ...
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Finland-based pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso is planning to consolidate its corrugated packaging manufacturing in Finland to its Lahti facility. The consolidation plan is part of the company’s plan to improve profitability ...
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Spanish research institute Aimplas has developed a new method to produce polylactic acid (PLA), as part of the European project InnoREX. The institute has used an extruder as a reactor to produce PLA from lactide without using metallic ...
Flexible liquid packaging solutions provider Liqui-Box has signed an agreement to acquire both the engineering and flexible operations of South Africa-based Maverick for undisclosed amount. Liqui-Box is a portfolio company of private ...
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Flexible liquid packaging solutions provider Liqui-Box is planning to invest $4m in advanced packaging production technology at two packaging manufacturing facilities in the US. The firm will upgrade each of the two facilities located at ...
Fresh food packaging manufacturer Linpac plans to invest £1.2m to boost its production at St Helens manufacturing site in the North West of England. With the investment, Linpac will produce a further 200 million expanded ...
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Fresh food packaging manufacturer Linpac is planning to invest €8m in new extrusion and thermoforming capacity in Pravia, Spain, to meet growing demand for PET and rPET. In order to deliver a greater range of lighter, more ...
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Finnish disposable packaging manufacturer Huhtamki has agreed to acquire Fiomo, a multi-layer flexible packaging foils producer in Czech Republic. The transaction, which is expected to be finalized in early 2016, is valued at around 28m. ...
Ball Corporation is planning to invest in the expansion of its manufacturing plant in Velim, Czech Republic, in a bid to cater to increasing demand for its impact extruded aerosol cans in Europe. As part of the proposed expansion, Ball ...
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Finland-based consumer and specialty packaging manufacturer Huhtamaki is expanding manufacturing capacity at its molded fiber packaging plant in Lurgan, Northern Ireland to better serve the growing egg market in the UK and Ireland. Work ...
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Clariant is planning to set up a new healthcare packaging manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. To be built in Cuddalore, the proposed plant will see around CHF10m ($9.7m) in investment. It will cater to the growing ...
Emerald Packaging has procured EFI Packaging Productivity Suite in a bid to optimize operations and provide greater accuracy in pricing. The EFI Packaging Productivity Suite comprises business intelligence and inventory-tracking ...
Clariant, a specialty chemicals company, has announced that its healthcare packaging manufacturing facility in Belen, New Mexico, has achieved ISO 15378:2011 certification for products manufactured for healthcare applications, including ...
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Packaging company International Paper's US corrugated packaging container plants servicing food product customers will soon become Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certified. The certification will be measured against the ...
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For the seventh consecutive year, Menasha Packaging’s Food Packaging facility, located in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, has been recognized by the American Institute of Baking (AIB) International. The Food Packaging facility recently ...
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