Packaging materials developer Tekni-Plex is expanding its Tekni-Films operations in Italy via an acquisition. The company acquired the self-adhesive tape substrate operations of Alfatherm SpA of Venegono Superiore (VA), Italy. The ...
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Ampacet, a manufacturer of additive masterbatches for flexible packaging and rigid packaging, has opened a new masterbatch production facility in Dandenong, Australia, to extend its footprint in the region. The new facility manufactures ...
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Parkside has expanded its sustainable packaging range with the launch of a biscuit pack made from eucalyptus trees. The company worked with food firm Rhythm 108 to develop a pack for its Ooh-la-la tea biscuits made from sustainable ...
Conner Industries, a provider of integrated packaging solutions, has received from existing investors additional growth capital which, when added to the investment made in April 2017, totals $10m. The capital infusion will be used for ...
US based pulp and paper company Georgia-Pacific (GP) has acquired PAX Corrugated Products to expand its corrugated packaging business for an undisclosed sum. With a workforce of over 100 staff in Lebanon, Ohio, PAX operates a corrugated ...
Kush Bottles has agreed to develop customized packaging for CannaKorp’s single use, pod based vaporizing system, CannaCloud. CannaKorp’s system has been dubbed the Keurig for Cannabis. It is led by various former Keurig ...
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Kodak said it will showcase its flexo, inkjet and software technologies and solutions for label and packaging printing at Labelexpo Europe 2017. The company is also opening Kodak Flexo HUB in Brussels, a new flexo packaging technology ...
Packaging firm Sonoco has reduced total water usage by about 5% in 2016, total energy usage by 0.52% and recovered the equivalent (by weight) of 57% of the product that Sonoco places into the marketplace through recycling, according to the ...
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Arburg, a German manufacturer of plastic processing machines, will demonstrate Arburg Plastic Freeforming (APF) for the automated production of plastic parts for medical applications at Interplas 2017 to be held in Birmingham, UK, from ...
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In the presentation ‘Low vertical leakage current of 0.07μm/mm2 at 600V without intentional doping for 7μm-thick GaN-on-Si’ at the 12th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors (ICNS-12) in Strasbourg, France ...
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Applied Energy Systems (AES) of Malvern, PA, USA – which provides high- and ultra-high-purity gas delivery systems, services and solutions (including design, manufacturing, testing, installation, and field service) – is ...
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Deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Herzogenrath, near Aachen, Germany says that San’an Optoelectronic Co Ltd (China’s largest LED maker) has completed the qualification of its Close Coupled Showerhead (CCS) process ...
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Otsuka Pharmaceutical has agreed to acquire Canada-based Daiya Foods which specializes in the manufacturing plant-based foods. The acquisition, reported at 405 million Canadian dollars, is expected to help increase Daiya's presence ...
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US-based packaging automation firm QuickPouch has partnered with Finnish production automation solutions supplier Ginolis. The partnership will enable global in vitro diagnostic medical device (IVD) manufacturers to easily integrate their ...
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Electric car maker Tesla Motors has delivered the Model 3 small car to its first 30 customers. The electric car comes at a starting price of $35,000 and offers around 220 miles (about 354km) of range on a single charge. Though the Model ...
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