Saudi Arabia-based Napco National is set to exhibit a range of food and beverage packaging solutions at this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing event in Dubai, UAE. The event will take place from 31 October to 2 November at Dubai World ...
Tags: Food, Beverage Packaging
Total Corbion PLA is set to showcase its advanced bioplastic solutions at this year’s Fakuma trade fair in Germany. The event will take place from 17 to 21 October in Friedrichshafen. At the event, the company will exhibit a range ...
Self-adhesive label materials manufacturer UPM Raflatac has introduced new plant-based PE film for home and personal care applications. Launched in European market, the company’s new RafBio PE film can be used for the squeezable ...
AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA - which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials – has completed the purchase of its new manufacturing facility in the city of Dingxing, China. ...
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Seaboard Triumph Foods (STF) is set to begin commercial operations at its new pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa from 5 September 2017. STF said that the new facility will make use of robotics and other technologies to supply a ...
US-based meat-processing company Smithfield Foods has acquired Kansas City Sausage for an undisclosed price to grow its packaged meats business and boost its supply chain. Kansas City Sausage is a pre-rigor sausage producer and processor ...
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Amelco Industries has maximized the number of mattress innerspring units in its roll packs using a speciality kraft paper produced by Sweden-based Mondi Dyns. The result of using the spring pack paper, dubbed Advantage MF SpringPack Plus, ...
Tags: Speciality Kraft Paper, Packaging
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a division of Ardagh Group, has opened a new Napa office to better service its Ardagh Direct customers. In January, Ardagh Group launched its Ardagh Direct program to provide wineries of all ...
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Private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has signed an agreement to sell its portfolio company Novel Ingredients to specialty ingredients provider Innophos Holdings. Novel Ingredients, which was acquired by GenNx360 in March 2014, is ...
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Blue Pacific Flavors, an organic flavor and ingredient manufacturer has opened a new research and development laboratory, dubbed the Flavor Creation and Culinary Innovation Center. The lab handles all product development and flavor ...
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Sealed Air is implementing a price increase on all products in its North American Product Care division. The increases will be effective September 1, 2017. The price adjustments are the result of escalation in resin costs of over 7% since ...
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Scientist at the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have produced a batch of single-cell protein using electricity and carbon dioxide. Protein produced in this way can be further ...
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Packaging Concepts & Design (PC&D) and O2 Investment Partners (O2) have acquired Packaging Specialists, Southwest (PSI) for an undisclosed sum. PSI, which was established in 1976, is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, US. It designs and ...
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Revere Packaging has acquired custom trays and container manufacturer Plastic Package for an undisclosed sum. The combined business will be headquartered in Shelbyville in the state of Kentucky. It will meet the current and future food ...
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Sonoco-Alcore said that it will again increase prices by a further €50 per tonne (£40 / tonne) on all recycled paperboard grades sold in its European regions. The price change is effective with shipments on or after 17th July ...
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