Fiber-based materials provider Ahlstrom has entered a deal to sell the converting operations of its West Carrollton plant to the US-based West Carrollton Parchment and Converting. As part of the agreement, which is expected to be ...
DuPont and Kuraray today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for DuPont to sell its Glass Laminating Solutions/Vinyls (GLS/Vinyls), a part of DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, to Kuraray for $543 million (U.S. ...
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Austria-based packaging solutions provider Mayr-Melnhof Karton (MMK) has introduced new coated recyclable cartonboard grade 'FOODBOARD' for food packaging. FOODBOARD includes an ecologically sensitive and consumer-friendly barrier ...
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UK-based self-adhesive label manufacturer Chesapeake Bristol has launched the new ultra-low migration (ULM) ink system. The launch follows trial and tests conducted by the company to use one of the latest and safest inks available. ...
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The Packaging film market consumption will grow from an estimated 51.2 million MT in 2013 to 63.79 million MT by 2018, with a CAGR of 4.5% from 2013 to 2018, according to a new report. The report "Packaging Film Market - by application ...
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A consumer advocacy group is warning in an updated report that some of the food items shoppers see on store shelves aren't what they seem. The nonprofit U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention has recently released a new update to its Food Fraud ...
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About two-thirds of consumers prefer steel cans for sustainable food packaging, according to a research study conducted by MindClick Global for Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI). The choice was made as consumers considered ...
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Farch Plast, an European food packaging firm, has inked a sales agreement with Paper Pak Industries (PPI) for the use of UltraZap XtendaPak absorber in its trays, designed for meat and fish packaging. Placed underneath the packaged ...
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Ahlstrom, a global high performance fiber-based materials company, announces price increases on its masking tape materials produced by the Food and Medical business area. The price increases will be made to compensate for the continued high ...
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U.S. researchers find online video games by food marketers called "advergames," that target children ages 2-11, often use foods with empty calories. Lorraine Weatherspoon and Elizabeth Taylor Quilliam of Michigan State University in East ...
The Mitsui Chemicals Group targets strengthening and further production expansion of its already global top class competitive polypropylene for automotive materials, currently manufactured in eight major world markets (Japan, United States, ...
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Food Safety Minister Nikki Kaye today announced research has been commissioned to assess New Zealand consumer understanding and the impact of nutrition labelling on food. "I have asked the Ministry for Primary Industries to commission ...
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Like most nascent technologies, digital print is a hotbed of innovation, with countless R&D hours being poured into developing higher speed, wider web presses, achieving single pass production and improving colour consistency. But how ...
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The market research report "Flexible Packaging Market by End-Use (Food, Beverage, Personal Care & Pharmaceutical), Material (Polypropylene, BOPP, CPP, Polyethylene, EVOH, PA, BOPET, PVC, Aluminum, Paper, Cellulosic) - Global Trends & ...
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Representing the metal packaging sector on matters relating to product and operational environmental issues, David also acted as secretary to the MPMA's many technical committees.? He also served as secretary for the EMPAC Food Contact ...
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