Vietnam Beverage, ThaiBev’s domestic unit, has won a bidding to acquire 54% stake in Saigon Beer Alcohol & Beverage Corp (Sabeco) for $4.8bn. Sabeco is owned and under the authority of Vietnam's Ministry of Trade and Industry. The ...
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Berlin Packaging, the full-service supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures, has opened a 430,000ft2 office and distribution center in Fairfield. An impactful addition to the company's strong California presence, with ...
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Screen Americas has been a part of the Digital Packaging Summit as a major sponsor and presenter of its inkjet label technology featuring the new Truepress Jet L350UV+ label printer and its sibling, the L350UV+ LM machine. The 3rd annual ...
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Berlin Packaging, the leading full-service supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, has expanded its Saint Louis-area warehousing and inventory management capacity with its move to a new 62,000-square-foot Food Grade, ...
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Simmons Pet Food has broken ground on a facility expansion at its flexible packaging plant in Emporia, located in the US state of Kansas. The $38m expansion project will increase the space at the facility to around 200,000ft², and ...
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Hearthside Food Solutions has agreed to acquire Standard Functional Foods Group (SFFG), a unit of Standard Candy Company, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. SFFG is a contract manufacturer of nutritional and ...
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Italian flexible packaging firm Corapack has used Futamura Chemicals’ renewable and compostable cellulose films to develop compostable barrier lidding for trays. NatureFlex cellulose film is a lidding material, which serves as an ...
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Spain-based Comexi, a machine supplier in the flexible packaging industry, expects a 20% increase in its revenue in comparison with 2015 having expanded its footprint and grown sales in CIS and Russia markets. The machine supplier claims ...
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Mazda Motor started production of the new CX-5 crossover at its Hofu Plant No. 2 in Yamaguchi Prefecture to meet the growing global demand for crossovers. Until now the CX-5 has been produced at the company’s Hiroshima Plant and at ...
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Siegwerk, a manufacturer of printing inks and solutions for packaging and labels, has agreed to acquire Netherland-based Van Son Liquids, a manufacturer of water-based flexo and gravure printing inks. Under the terms of the deal, Van Son ...
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Belgium-based Asahi Photoproducts said it will bring the future of flexo printing at this month’s Eurasia Packaging 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey. The company is expanding its regional distributor footprint at the show. Apart from ...
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KeyImpact Sales & Systems, a foodservice sales and marketing agency in the US, has announced the acquisition of Premium Packaging Group (PPG), a foodservice packaging and supply sales agency. This acquisition is the third by KeyImpact in ...
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US Representative Frank A. LoBiondo said that the Cumberland County Improvement Authority (CCIA) has been awarded a $2.5m grant from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) to build a Food Industry Commercialization Center near the ...
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Volvo Cars said it will build its next generation of the XC90 large premium SUV in its new manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina, US, from 2021. The move takes the company's total investment in its US manufacturing ...
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Paper and packaging solutions provider WestRock has unveiled plans to construct a new corrugated box plant in Porto Feliz, a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.The facility will meet increasing demand from the ...
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