Consumer goods conglomerate ITC is planning to set up eight new integrated food processing units in India by 2019, by investing over Rs 40bn ($593m). According to ITC divisional chief executive V L Rajesh, the investments are part of the ...
ProPak Asia 2016 goes from strength to strength as Asia’s No. 1 international processing and packaging event for Asia’s rapidly expanding food, drink, pharmaceutical and FMCG markets. Providing the not-to-be-missed annual ...
Early bird pricing is still available for FoodLegal’s “The Future is Here” April Symposium. To be hosted in Melbourne, the half-day morning event will include eight expert speakers and will cover the following topics: ...
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Craig Hadley, Victoria Plum’s former head of buying, has joined online-only home furniture brand MatalanDirect.com as buying director. Having being instrumental in leading Victoria Plum to unprecedented growth, Hadley has been ...
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Australian and New Zealand label converter Hally Group will be acquired this month by New Zealand-based Hexagon Holdings. Hally Group's subsidiaries include Hally Labels in Brisbane, Christchurch and Auckland, AC Labels in Sydney, and ...
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Emami Paper Mills is reportedly planning to invest roughly Rs10bn ($149.3m) to increase paper board making capacity at its facility at Balasore in the Indian state of Odisha. The Balasore facility, which was set up at a cost of around ...
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Flexible packaging specialist Cosmo Films has announced it will install a 10.4m BOPP line by early 2017. The production line will increase the manufacturer's annual BOPP production capacity from 140k to 200k MT. The installation will be ...
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Linx Printing Technologies has expanded its portfolio of laser coders with the introduction of a new CO2 steered beam model. The Linx SLHP (Scribing Laser High Performance) produces superior quality codes at some of the fastest speeds ...
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In a bid to strengthen its position in the Southeast Asia labels market, Constantia Flexibles Group has acquired Australian packaging company Pemara Labels Group. The parties agreed not to disclose any financial details and the transaction ...
New Belgium Brewing of Fort Collins, Colorado, has selected to partner with Salient Management Company to empower its team with Salient's advanced performance management solutions. By integrating directly with the brewer's legacy systems, ...
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Worldwide Dispensers of North America, a unit of DS Smith's plastics division, has launched a new front push dispenser for bag-in-box wines and other flexible packaging applications. The new Mustang front push tap is said to offer ...
Tekni-Plex is planning to begin the production of its Tri-Seal coextruded closure liners in newly acquired Ghiya Extrusions' facility in India. With the addition of new production capacity in India, Tekni-Plex will be able to better serve ...
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With the improvement of China’s urbanization level and upgrading of household consumption, the scale of commercial logistics growing rapidly, the potential of demands getting greater, service ability rising sharply, a trend of ...
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Smurfit Kappa’s Shelf Smart service is revolutionising the impact of Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP) as a shopper marketing tool driving sales increases of up to eight percent for leading Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brands, ...
FMCG major ITC is planning to venture into dairy business with the launch of ghee (clarified butter) by the end of the current quarter. The company is likely to roll out its range of dairy products within the next few years. The range ...
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