Flour Mills of Nigeria plans to invest N200bn($1.25bn)in various projects,in order to boost food production in Nigeria. The plan was disclosed by the company's chairman George Coumantaros at its 52nd annual general meeting in Lagos. ...
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Flour Mills of Nigeria plans to invest NGN100bn($623.36bn)in Nigeria over the next five years,to take advantage of the increasing demand for pasta,bread and fast food in the country. The company plans to double its existing milling ...
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Flour Mills of Nigeria has acquired a controlling interest in Thai Farm International,a grower and processor of cassava in Ososa,Ogun State,Nigeria. Thai Farm,which began operations in 2010,is one of the leading suppliers of High Quality ...
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Packaging and tubing materials manufacturer Tekni-Plex has announced plans to invest more than $9m in a bid to improve and expand manufacturing infrastructure at its facility in Flemington, New Jersey, US. According to Tekni-Plex, the ...
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Multivac New Zealand, part of the Multivac Group is set to begin exclusive distribution of Australia-based Plantic’s eco Plastic high barrier sustainable packaging materials in the New Zealand market. Plantic eco Plastic, which has ...
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Producer of technical laminates and protective packaging materials Walki Group will invest in a new multi-colour flexographic printing machine in Poland to improve further the printing quality of its ream wrap products offered to Central ...
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European AIP Competence Platform, involved in research of new packaging materials and techniques, has developed an online database of current active and intelligent packaging materials. The AIP Competence Platform enables SMEs to ...
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Malaysian protective packaging products provider Ire-Tex plans to establish a new RM20m ($6m) manufacturing facility in Kulim that will start operations in 2012. Ire-Tex group managing director Datuk Donald Yap said the facility would ...
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Geami, a US-based manufacturer of sustainable protective packaging, has added three Premier Level Channel Partners as distributors for its line of Greenwrap Packaging Supplies. The company's line of GreenWrap protective packaging ...
US-based health care contracting services company Novation has announced partnership with healthcare sustainability leaders in an attempt to cut down excess packaging and cardboard in the US hospitals. To help its members with the change, ...
Switzerland-based PTI Europe, a subsidiary of Plastic Technologies, has set up a Mocon-certified testing laboratory at its Yverdon facility in Switzerland for permeation of oxygen and carbon-dioxide. The laboratory would deal with rigid, ...
An online open innovation platform seeking ideas from innovators to help green up the products, has been launched by beer giant Heineken. Heineken's Ideas Brewery has set the first challenge asking innovators to submit their ideas for ...
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The chemical company BASF has decided to team up with the US major league baseball team The Seattle Mariners to debut prototype packaging developed with its advanced biopolymer technology containing peanuts. When Seattle Mariners take on ...
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US-based sustainable packaging solutions provider, Heritage Pioneer Corporate Group has introduced the new H-Loc Blister technology that combines eco-friendly innovation with cost-effective performance and protective yet safe packaging ...
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US-based manufacturer of Barbie toys, Mattel is set to launch environmentally friendly packaging materials for its toys. Mattel said the company hopes to source 70% of its paper packaging from recycled material or sustainable fiber by the ...
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