Swedish food processing and packaging firm Tetra Pak has announced the delivery of more than 26 billion carton packages in 39 countries in 2012 with the Forest Stewardship Council logo (FSC), according to its Sustainability Update 2013. ...
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Fowler Products is all set to exhibit its new capping technology designed for food, pharmaceutical, spirit, and beverage markets at Pack Expo 2013 to be held from 23-25 September 2013 in Las Vegas. At the event, the company will ...
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Packaging Company Saves Big on Vacuum System CostsCharles Landry, Maintenance Manager, Trinity Packaging Corp. Trinity Packaging Corp., a privately held family business, is seeing excellent returns on a new system developed with products ...
Tags: Packaging, Industrial Equipment, Components, Packaging Equipment
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based L.B. Foster Company announced Thursday that it has begun delivery of their largest contract for steel grid bridge decking with the rehabilitation of the New York State Bridge Authority's Newburgh-Beacon span. ...
Tags: Steel Decking, Mineral, New York Bridge
US-based Closure Systems International (CSI) has introduced new lightweight closures, which include Extra-Lok V 38mm ODU and Asepti-Lok V 38mm LF to its non-carbonated beverage closure portfolio. The new two-start closure Extra-Lok V 38mm ...
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The textile and clothing sector in Spain has lost 1,052 companies in 2012, according to the data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). Of this, the textile sector lost 294 companies in 2012, which is 4.6 percent of the total, ...
Evolucia, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has completed the initial installations of its 200 Watt LED cobra head fixtures along the main thoroughfares in Pompano Beach, Florida. The city of 100,000+ is replacing its inefficient 460 ...
Research and Markets estimates that the UK sportswear market grew in value by 5.4% in 2012, with sports clothing accounting for approximately 71% of total market value and sports footwear making up the remaining 29%. Participation in ...
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German plastic closures manufacturer Bericap is all set to launch a new press-in hinge closure for metal cans. For tightness and robustness against counterfeiting, metal can markets traditionally use two-pieces closures consisting of a ...
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It was usually quiet Friday morning at the Baoshan Cement Co., Ltd. factory in east China's Jiangxi Province. The factory's production lines were shut down after it was put on a list of companies designated by the Ministry of Industry and ...
Market research specialist Which? interviewed 2,000 consumers for its latest survey. It said that one in five people claim their food choices are "limited" by complicated packaging when they are out shopping at the supermarket. ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, complicated packaging
With an impressive display of more than 1,600 exhibitors, PACK EXPO 2013 is expecting a full house when the Las Vegas Convention Center opens its doors for three days-Sept. 23-25-to more than 26,000 packaging and processing professionals ...
Silgan Holdings Inc. a supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, announced August 13 that it entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Portola Packaging, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic ...
Silgan Holdings, a US-based supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, has agreed to acquire Portola Packaging, a manufacturer of plastic closures, for $266m. Portola Packaging operates eight ...
Tags: Silgan, Plastic Closures
Easyhome, Canada's largest merchandise leasing company, said a 9.9% uptick in revenue for the second quarter, driven primarily by its Easyfinancial short term consumer loan portfolio, set a new record. Revenues of C$53.8 million were up ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing