The news comes as the Telford-based firm has recently seen two of its workers complete work-based apprentice training schemes. The newly qualified apprentices work in conversion, pre-press and print support, taking the total to seven ...
Tags: TCL Packaging, Packaging, Printing
Joe Pryweller of FreedoniaThe Freedonia Group, Cleveland, OH, a leading industry market research firm, has announced that Joseph Pryweller has joined the firm as a senior industry analyst in the packaging group. He will direct multi-client ...
During his eight years as chief executive of the PPMA,? member numbers have risen to more than 400 through mergers with a number of related trade associations. The last year has been marked by his leading the PPMA out of the joint venture ...
The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired the specialty coatings business of Henkel. The products are sold under the brand names MiraFoil and Miracure and are mainly supplied to the packaging industry in North America. The business ...
Tags: Altana, Specialty Coatings
Only 15% of glass containers used in Kazakhstan, is produced domestically. This is today said the managing director of the National Agency for Export and Investment Kaznex Invest Gaziza Shakhanov speaking at a round table on the packaging ...
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The Canadian Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) has announced the launch of a new website, which focuses on paper bags. PPEC executive director John Mullinder said that there is information as well as a lot of ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Paper, Paperboard
The Wisconsin Institute for Sustainable Technology (WIST) has introduced a new service, which will help packaging manufacturers meet the growing demand for environmentally friendly materials. WIST executive director Paul Fowler said the ...
Conveyor systems supplier Canline Systems has announced plans to open its first US packaging facility in Roanoke County, Virginia, in a bid to get closer to its customers. At its new 10,500ft2 facility in Roanoke County, the company will ...
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be the largest market in the world for Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) by 2020, thanks to the region’s improving living standards, cross-industry usage of PTA products and expanding ...
Tags: PTA Demand, textile
Fluorinated containers producer Fluoro-Seal has announced the change of its name to ‘Inhance Technologies.’ Inhance president & CEO Andrew Thompson said the new name better represents the broad utility of the company's ...
Tags: Fluoro-Seal, containers
German chemical company Altana has announced the acquisition of the specialty coatings business of Henkel for an undisclosed sum. The business generated sales of around $15m in 2012. According to Altana, the products are sold under ...
Evolving Methodologies: In the past 10 years packaging machine industry has seen a great shift and globally every big and small industry is adapting to the same. Packaging industry has seen an enormous growth in various industries ...
The Food Packaging and U.S. Food Contact Paper Market report from Hanover Research projects that in 2013 the size of the global food packaging market will increase to $251.8 billion and the size of the North American food packaging market ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing, Food Contact Paper
Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News has been bringing award-winning editorial content to their readers and the healthcare product packaging industry. The team is honored to mark this momentous occasion with year-round editorial coverage ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Medical Packaging, Pharmaceutical Packaging
US-based plastic packaging manufacturer VisiPak has announced the addition of two new lines of injection molded plugs for tube containers. The company launched the new lines produced with crystal clear PETG in response to customer demand. ...