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 ...
Sappi is reinforcing the performance capabilities and benefits of its release liner portfolio with several investments and activities. Algro Sol silicone base papers from Sappi have had an outstanding reputation for quality during the ...
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With the Food Standards Agency (FSA) reporting a 78% increase in the number of food and beverage product recalls, Sidel has highlighted the importance of training to achieve effective food and beverage safety. Investing in the skills of ...
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Performance Sports Group Ltd. swung to a net loss in the fiscal third quarter ended February 29 as expected due to a precipitous drop in baseball and softball sales, retail bankruptcies and the impact of currency exchange rates on its ...
US-based private equity firm Wind Point Partners has acquired Evans Food Group and its subsidiaries. The financial terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Evans Food Group, which was founded in 1947 and acquired in 1985, is the maker ...
Tags: Wind Point, Evans Food, Pork Rind Snacks, Acquisition
UPM Raflatac has cooperated with Italian wine producer Cielo e Terra on a life-cycle assessment (LCA) to study the environmental impacts of wine bottles. The comprehensive study took into account the full life cycle of the wine bottle and ...
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Actega North America, a provider of specialty coatings and chemicals, has introduced MotionCoat UV coating system. The patent pending MotionCoat coating system, which is a new addition to the company's specialty coatings portfolio, can be ...
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Commodities trading company Glencore has entered into definitive agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to sell 40% equity interest of Glencore Agricultural Products for $2.5bn in cash transaction. Glencore's ...
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China-based investment firm Legend Holdings has signed a strategic agreement with Australian seafood company Kailis Family. Under the agreement, Legend Holdings and Kailis Family will form a joint venture named KB Food Group, in which ...
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XsunX Inc of Aliso Viejo, CA, USA, which is developing hybrid copper indium gallium (di)selenide thin-film (CIGS) photovoltaic (TFPV) cell technologies and 'CIGSolar' manufacturing processes, has concluded the construction of another large ...
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Soup maker Tio Gazpacho has completed a $1.25m Series A funding round from investors led by 301 Inc, which is a General Mills’ venture capital arm. The Series A round also included investments from other private investors in ...
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Qlik has announced that Danone Spain, a multi-national food products company, is using Qlik Sense and QlikView to improve return on investments (ROI) and the quality of its automated sales order processing. By utilizing both Qlik Sense ...
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The United States is expected to be the most competitive manufacturing nation, moving China into the number two position by 2020, according to the 2016 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index report from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited ...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has agreed to make $100m equity investment in Egypt-based United Sugar Company (USC), which is also a subsidiary of Savola Group, to strengthen the agribusiness sector in the ...
Tags: EBRD, Investment, USC, United Sugar Company, Savola Group
Esko has completely updated its software solutions and relaunched under the umbrella brand name “Esko Software Platform”. It's the next version of the well-known portfolio of integrated software solutions for design, prepress, ...