Xeikon has ceased the Trillium liquid toner development project due to difficulties in promoting the product as a commercial product. The company has first showcased the liquid toner technology at the last year’s drupa event. ...
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American Packaging Corporation Story City/Flexo Center of Excellence recertifies STAR designation from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as part of the agency’s Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). The VPP program ...
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AR Packaging has initiated a review of its operational footprint to sustainably and professionally meet the growing expectations of its customers on high efficiency, vast expertise and strong innovation skills. As part of the review, the ...
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Inventure Foods has agreed to divest its frozen business unit to Oregon Potato Company (OPC) for $50m as part of its ongoing strategic and financial review. Under the terms of the definitive asset purchase agreement, the Arizona-based ...
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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has proposed a 20% CO2 reduction for passenger cars by 2030, compared to 2021, and said the target should be conditional on the real market uptake of electrically-chargeable ...
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The US House has approved a proposal to accelerate the deployment of self-driving cars. The bill, known as the Self-Drive Act, is yet to become a law. When enacted, the law will enable auto-makers and tech companies to test 25,000 ...
For second-quarter 2017, POET Technologies Inc of San Jose, CA, USA — which has developed the proprietary planar optoelectronic technology (POET) platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated III-V-based electronic and optical ...
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Flexible liquid packaging solutions manufacturer Liqui-Box has earned NSF/ANSI 18 certification for their QCD series connectors from global public health organization NSF International. The Liqui-Box QCD series connectors include the ...
Private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio company Novel Ingredients to specialty ingredients provider Innophos Holdings. Novel Ingredients, which was acquired by GenNx360 in March 2014, is ...
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Packaging materials developer Tekni-Plex is expanding its Tekni-Films operations in Italy via an acquisition. The company acquired the self-adhesive tape substrate operations of Alfatherm SpA of Venegono Superiore (VA), Italy. The ...
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Multi-Color Corporation has agreed to acquire Constantia Flexibles’ labels division for around €1.15bn ($1.3bn). Once the deal concludes, Constantia Flexibles will have 16.6% stake in Multi-Color and two representatives will ...
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Graphic Packaging International has completed the previously announced acquisition of Carton Craft and its affiliate Lithocraft. The deal, which was signed last month, was subject to standard closing requirements and regulatory review. ...
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ZEISS Group of Oberkochen, Germany is fueling its growth strategy by expanding into the process control market. Through its new Process Control Solutions (PCS) business unit - part of the ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) ...
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It’s 2017, so you should probably start thinking about upgrading to a smart home – and what better way to start than with a cracking deal on the Amazon Echo smart speaker? To mark Prime Day, the annual day of digital deals, ...
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Heidelberg UK managing director Gerard Heanue has been elected as the new chairman of Picon, the confederation supporting UK printing industry manufacturers and suppliers. He succeeds Robert Flather, managing director of Kolbus UK. ...
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