Costco has broken ground on a $300m poultry processing plant in the US state of Nebraska. Dubbed the Lincoln Premium Poultry facility, the project which will be built in Fremont is Costco’s first-ever chicken processing plant. ...
Adpak Machinery Systems has unveiled a new packaging system for food and drink manufacturers. The new machine, Smipack XP650 ALX-T, has been designed to sort and arrange collations of products before overwrapping and heat shrinking the ...
Tags: Packaging System, Drink Industry
PPG has opened a $49m paint and coatings manufacturing facility and commercial operation in the Lipetsk region of Russia. The site will provide about 200 total positions and produce about 25 million liters (6.6 million gallons) of ...
Nestlé USA has forayed into the direct-to-consumer (DTC) prepared meals business by acquiring a minority stake in Freshly. The Nestle subsidiary was the leading investor in a $77m funding round in the DTC healthy prepared meals ...
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Plastic caps and closures manufacturer United Caps has opened a automated warehouse in Wiltz, Luxembourg. The warehouse is expected to increase the company’s storage capacity by 30%, from 3000 palettes to 4500. The facility is ...
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Installation rush in China ahead of June 30 is about to terminate, so trading volume has significantly dropped. For one thing, there is nearly no product for transaction in the market; for the other, it is meaningless to buy PV products ...
Tags: PV products, PV sectors
Graphic Packaging International has agreed to acquire Carton Craft and its affiliate Lithocraft for an undisclosed sum. Under the deal, Graphic Packaging will purchase all the assets of both firms, helping to expand the operations of ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Packaging
Motorola has just officially introduced its new budget handset series in the form of the Moto E4 and the larger E4 Plus. The company has added a larger model this time around, so users will have the option of either the standard 5-inch ...
Rockline Europe has invested in a fleet of Interactive Coding Equipment (ICE) coders for primary and secondary packaging requirements. Rockline installed 13 ICE Zodiac thermal transfer coders and nine ICE Viper thermal inkjet printers at ...
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CM Equity Partners's portfolio firm Graco Supply Company has divested the assets of the Ball Ground aircraft sealant repackaging business to Royal Adhesives & Sealants. Financial details of acquisition have not been disclosed by both the ...
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LED lighting players have increased LED device inventory levels, and so global demand for LED chips and devices used in LED lighting is likely to decrease in the third quarter of 2017, according to industry sources. In view of growing ...
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Affinity Packaging has purchased a Signature Premier 110 CS folder-gluer machine from ACE Machinery in South Korea, through its Wakefield agent Lloyds Print Services. Folding carton capacity is set to increase by 50% and the new addition ...
Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has launched what it claims is the smallest bulk acoustic wave (BAW) filter available that can handle ...
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Valmet has secured a contract to deliver TwinRoll Evolution wash press (TRPE) for upgrading washing process area of Stora Enso's Heinola fluting mill in Finland. The upgrade will enhance the mill’s Neutral-Sulfite Semi-Chemical ...
Spectra Packaging has started expansion work at its manufacturing facility in Suffolk, UK. The company said groundwork foundations have been set for new steel structures at its 17.4-acre site. Building work is expected to be completed ...
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