Paper and packaging manufacturer in the US RockTenn has reported net sales of $2.3bn for the third quarter of fiscal 2012, which increased $921.1m over the same period of fiscal 2011, primarily due to the acquisition of Smurfit-Stone in May ...
Graphic Packaging has announced an agreement to acquire the Food and Consumer Carton business of UK's packaging company Contego Cartons for £81m. Graphic Packaging president and chief executive officer David Scheible said the ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, folding carton facilities, paperboard
Graphic Packaging has announced an agreement for one of its subsidiaries to acquire A&R Carton's Beer and Beverage packaging business in Europe for €26m. The A&R Beer and Beverage packaging business includes two folding carton ...
Tags: beverage packaging, packaging, acquire, carton facilities
The Alliance for Beverage Cartons & the Environment (ACE) UK, which represents Elopak, SIG Combibloc and Tetra Pak, and paper and packaging producer Sonoco Alcore have teamed up to establish a beverage carton recycling facility in Halifax, ...
Tags: Carton Recycling, beverage cartons, paperboard products
Tetra Pak has announced the launch of the new OptiSize volume option and Eco Flexo photographic printing, in an attempt to drive value for its Tetra Fino Aseptic packaging range. The combination is expected to derive improved efficiency to ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, new OptiSize volume option, Eco Flexo photographic printing
Swedish food processing and packaging company Tetra Pak has announced the sale of more than 20 billion of its packages globally during 2012, which carried the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) label. The label certifies that the paperboard ...
Tags: FSC-label Carton Packs, packaging material, forest management
The Swedish airline Malm Aviation has launched new breakfast boxes made from virgin fiber-based paperboards Invercote and Invercote Bio from Iggesund Paperboard. The boxes which simplify handling and have a lower environmental impact ...
Tags: Breakfast Boxes, virgin fiber paperboard, Invercote Bio
Packaging company in the US, MeadWestvaco’s (MWV) medication adherence solution Shellpak Renew has bagged the Best Sustainable Pharmaceutical Packaging award at the CPhI Worldwide event in Madrid, Spain. The Shellpak Renew, launched ...
Tags: Pharmaceutical Packaging, environmentally-friendly format, spine labels
North American manufacturer of consumer goods packaging Huhtamaki has acquired Winterfield’s business and assets, marking its third deal in the US within the past one year, following the acquisitions of Paris Packaging and Ample ...
Tags: consumer goods packaging, Packaging and Ample Industries
UK-based retailer Sainsbury's has replaced the glass used in its peanut butter jars with plastic in a move that reduces carbon emissions by over 150t. According to Sainsbury's, the change has cut packaging by 83% or 882,000k and puts the ...
US-based ADCO is introducing a new small-footprint Robotic carton/case packing system with integrating forming, product loading, and closing all in one unit at Pack Expo 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. The Encompass features two FANUC robots, ...
Tags: packing system, critical functional, packaging machinery
Sonoco-Alcore, the wholly owned subsidiary of global packaging company, Sonoco, will invest to make its system and product range energy efficient which is expected to be accomplished by September 2011. To acheive its goals, the company is ...
Tags: System Energy Efficient, electricity consumption, energy costs
US-based GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) has released a report on the opportunities and challenges for using recycled fiber in packaging, after recognizing the growing interest in increasing recycled content in ...
Tea company Teatulia has adopted green packaging in its product design, as part of the company's sustainable plans. The company packs all its teas in recyclable and compostable paperboard canisters; produces product labels from ...
Tags: Green Packaging, product design, tea bags
Global packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has re-designed its Natralock packaging solution to create a new reusable package for the new Berkley NanoFil fishing line. MWV said it has used its secure and sustainable Natralock packaging ...
Tags: Packaging Solution, groundbreaking technology, secondary use of package