US-based corrugated packaging firm WestRock has completed the acquisition of Multi Packaging Solutions International (MPS) for a total enterprise value of $2.28bn. Under the deal, WestRock purchased all of the outstanding shares of MPS ...
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Toray Plastics (America) is now offering its analytic testing of films, laminations, and finished printed structures to all consumer packaged goods companies and converters. Toray’s wide array of sophisticated lab equipment and ...
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A new report from Smithers Pira has revealed that digital print for packaging market will surge to $23.2bn in 2022, from $13.2bn in 2017. The report titled ‘The Future of Digital Print for Packaging to 2022’ explores how the ...
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Technology firm Continental has partnered with Chinese search-engine giant Baidu to work in the areas of automated driving, connected vehicles and intelligent mobility services. The two companies have signed a strategic cooperation ...
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Central National Gottesman’s (CNG) Lindenmeyr Munroe paper distribution division has agreed to acquire Independent Paper Group (IPG), which is based in St. Paul, Minnesota, US. Financial details of the transaction, which is expected ...
Packaging, digital marketing and experiential agency Alliance Creative Group has partnered with Abcon Products, which delivers plastic packaging solutions for produce and packaged food requirements. Together, the companies help their ...
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Everyone's launching an OLED telly in 2017, it seems. Toshiba is the latest in on the act, but there's more to its new TV range than just its 65-inch flagship. Toshiba's been a little quiet in the TV game over the past few years, but the ...
Equipment maker Manz AG of Reutlingen, Germany (which has three Solar, Electronics and Energy Storage strategic business units, and supplies integrated production lines for solar cells and modules) has received the first downpayment of ...
Skype is getting a new update that makes the app more of a social network than a video calling service. Detailed in a post on the Skype Blog, the new update is designed to encourage users to use Skype with the same frequency they use ...
LG has finally launched its Android Pay rival after months of speculation, but the rollout is, shall we say, somewhat limited. Earlier this year Reuters reported the South Korean firm was gearing up to launch its LG Pay service in June. ...
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After announcing last year that Siri was to be made compatible with third-party apps, Apple is reportedly set to expand that compatibility at WWDC 2017 next week. As Reuters reports, Apple will announce plans to make Siri work with a ...
Seaboard Folding Box, a portfolio company of private equity firm Charter Oak Equity, has acquired paperboard specialist Imperial Packaging for an undisclosed price. Based in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, Imperial Packaging manufactures folding ...
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Bosch has partnered with Sony Semiconductor Solutions to develop a camera technology that will allow automated driving cars to reliably sense their surroundings even in difficult lighting conditions Suddenly dazzled, vision restricted: ...
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Conagra Brands (CAG) has signed an agreement to divest its Wesson oil brand to the J.M. Smucker (JMS). The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of any applicable regulatory approvals. The ...
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Plastic processing equipment maker Milacron has exhibited its advanced injection molding machine portfolio at Chinaplas 2017 event in Guangzhou, China. At the event, the company exhibited Ferromatik 160 Series machines, which provides ...