Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) will join an alliance led by BMW to develop an autonomous driving platform, which can be used by multiple automakers across the world. FCA signed a memorandum of understanding with BMW Group, Intel and ...
Starbucks has agreed to acquire the remaining stake of 50% in East China joint venture (East China JV) from Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (UPEC) and President Chain Store Corporation (PCSC). Starbucks will pay $1.3bn in cash and ...
England based packaging firm WaveGrip has teamed up with Palmer Canning Systems, a provider of can filling and seaming technology solutions, to set its footprint in the US market. According to the agreement, the G1 and G2 variants of the ...
Berlin Packaging has launched a newly-designed website for Freund Container & Supply, a division focused on convenience quantities of packaging and industrial supplies. Built to provide an unparalleled user experience,FreundContainer.com ...
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The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced that the 2018 Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards Call for Entries is now available and the deadline is 27 October 2017. The 2018 Call for Entries provides an overview of the ...
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Compac, a member of the TOMRA Group, has partnered with Xact, a UK-based provider of specialist packaging and marking equipment for the fresh produce industry. The partnership will combine Compac’s Spectrim grading technology with ...
RecoMed, the PVC medical devices take-back scheme, is a joint winner of the Waste Prevention category of the 2017 National Recycling Awards for its innovative approach to sustainable healthcare recycling. It’s yet another accolade - ...
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Jakob Mosser is to leave the Schur Flexibles Group, who founded the company in 2012 and has managed the company as CEO since that time. Following the company’s successful expansion, he provided support last year in the sale of the ...
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Speciality packaging solutions provider Parkside has won a Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Award for its reclosable sharing crisp bag. The accolade acknowledges the company’s continued innovation within the packaging sector. ...
Industrial packaging firm MAUSER Group has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its factory in Gliwice, Poland. Ideally located in the industrial heartland of Upper Silesia, and operated by a strong local management team, the plant offers ...
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Georgia-Pacific has announced that its Palatka, Florida, mill has been selected as the location for the company's previously announced investment of more than $400m in its GP Consumer (retail) tissue and towel business. The investment ...
DS Smith has inaugurated its fifth PackRight Centre, constructed at the Kaarst location in the Düsseldorf metropolitan area, Germany. The PackRight Centre concept creates individual display and packaging solutions by considering all ...
Canada-based Brick Brewing has completed a brand licensing agreement for the rights to the Chudleigh's brand for cider. The agreement is for an initial ten-year term, with provision for further extensions. “This is an exciting ...
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Epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that its US operations have been selected as a 2017 Raytheon Supplier Excellence Program EPIC Award winner. As part of the Raytheon Supplier Excellence Program, ...
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The Valspar has expanded production capacity of its automotive refinish coatings products at US-based manufacturing facilities. Recent technology and equipment upgrades at locations in Garland, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have ...
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