Packaging solution providers Amcor has entered into an agreement to acquire Chinese flexible packaging business Zhongshan Tian Cai Packaging Company for $34.04m (RMB211m). The company said that the purchase price represents 7.1 times ...
Tags: Chinese Packaging, Packaging
Manufacturers of flexible plastic, laminate packaging and technical films Bischof + Klein have been given a certification that it meets high hygiene requirements for the packaging of food products. This certification was confirmed by ...
Manufacturer of flexible packaging machinery The Comexi Group has entered into a deal with two European companies to install its Comexi Offset CI8 printing press. The companies, one from Austria and the other from East Europe, are ...
Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
Tags: flexible packaging, landfill, Packaging
UK-based Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury has developed a high quality polyester lidding solution for the new The Lake District Dairy range of quark based stir-in cooking sauces. These 50 micron polyester co-extruded lids cover a ...
Austria-based Brigl and Bergmeister have entered into a contract with Voith to deliver a SpeedSizer applicator unit and a contactless dryer for the Niklasdorf PM 3. The equipments will help the company increase its quality and speed of ...
Tags: contactless dryer, Agriculture
High class print reproductions vs sustainability. It's no longer an 'either or' choice. SCA has developed Solo Print, a one-side coated paper into its sustainable packaging product family. This paper gives printability in the same class as ...
Tags: High class print, Packaging
UK-based supplier and contract slitter of flexible packaging materials Lean Flexibles has installed a X6 slitting machine from Universal Converting Equipment. The machine has helped the company to minimise job set up times, produce ...
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Pre-cut lids and shrink sleeves supplier Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury has launched a shrink sleeve incorporating a unique code. This unique code is printed on the inner surface of the shrink sleeve which can only be revealed once ...
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UK-based manufacturer of printed cardboard packaging Benson Group has launched a full range of microwave cooking solutions in collaboration with its parent company Graphic Packaging International. The complete range includes ...
PET and plastics packaging company Petainer has launched its new PET solution, the petainerKeg Linestar, at BrauBeviale 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany. The new solution features a redesigned outer shell which helps it to fit specifically on ...
Tags: PET and plastics packaging company, redesigned outer shell, Agriculture
DS Smith’s plastic division Worldwide Dispensers, providers of high quality precision-injection molding, automated assembly and custom-design dispensing solution, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Illinois, US. The new, ...
Global packaging company Smurfit Kappa has opened a Bag-in-Box plant in Spain for about €28m that produces both taps and bags under one roof. Also, the plant showcases the world's latest performing features in Bag-in-Box ...
Tags: Bag-in-Box plant, taps, Agriculture