Once quitting smoking was simply a matter of a patch, gum or tablet, but new research from Mintel sees smokers in the UK increasingly turning to E-cigarettes to beat the habit, with the market for such products in the UK growing an ...
Tags: E-Cigarettes, UK Market, smoking
In 2012, FlexiCase rewrote speed, footprint and packaging size range for products in the home and personal care markets in particular. The new Flexicase adds an even lower footprint and height. End-of-line compactness is a ...
Private label products are helping some retailers in Western Europe Times are changing for Europe’s retail food market, and operators are consequently finding it increasingly difficult to boost sales, according to findings from ...
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. announces its first-ever matching clothing line for dogs and their owners, American Beagle Outfitters, launching Spring 2014. Designed to perfectly match their owner's on-trend American Eagle wardrobe, ...
Austria-based Mayr-Melnhof Karton has introduced new GC2 quality coating product called Accurate. The new product is said to be the better choice for demanding packaging and has a Robinson value below =1.0, according to the company. ...
Tags: Mayr-Melnhof, Coating Product, Packaging
American consumers powered through the winter weather lifting retail sales in February. According to the National Retail Federation – the world's largest retail trade association – February retail sales, which exclude ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Apparel, Building material, garden equipment
Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has repurchased 254,756 of its own shares in the period from 7 March 2014 up to and including 13 March 2014 at an average price of €47.40. This is in accordance with ...
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Tredegar Film Products, a subsidiary of Tredegar Corporation, today announced plans to expand its manufacturing capacity for apertured film for personal care applications at its Pune, India facility. The expansion will serve the growing ...
Tags: hygiene, personal care, Daily Use
Specialty Packaging Technologies poised to be the leading flexible packaging manufacturer, today announced their doors are officially open for business. Specialty Packaging Technologies focuses on customized premade pouches, including ...
BASF will build a new world scale production plant to manufacture specialty amines at its existing wholly-owned site in the Nanjing Chemical Industry Park in China. The plant, which is scheduled to come on stream in late 2015, will have ...
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The Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) International Working Group is announcing Version 4.0 of its globally-recognized standard for the processing of textiles made from certified organic natural fibers. GOTS' core provisions such as ...
Tags: Organic Textiles, GOTS
Gap Inc. announced that its Board of Directors intends to increase the company’s annual dividend to $0.88 in fiscal year 2014, a 10 percent increase from the company’s current annualized rate of $0.80. This represents more than ...
Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) and consumer packaging manufacturer Chesapeake Services have formally completed the merging of their businesses. The merger has led to the creation of a new firm in the print and packaging industry with ...
Tags: Multi Packaging, Packaging
Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
Tags: Acrylic Resins, coating, Paints, Plastics, Adhesives
Aceto Corporation, a US global leader in the marketing, sale and distribution of products for human health, pharmaceutical ingredients and performance chemicals, has announced that it acquired Inter'actifs, a French distributor of ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use