In July 2014 Huhtamaki announced that as a result of its growing strategic focus on food packaging it had started to evaluate options regarding its films business. The annual net sales of the films segment were €187m in 2013 and the ...
Tags: Films Business, Packaging
The merger, should it proceed, is intended to create a leader in sustainable packaging. The proposed merger is subject to completion of satisfactory due diligence by both parties, execution of a sale agreement, shareholder and regulatory ...
Kinwolfe, the online retailer that specializes on clothing exclusively meant for breastfeeding women, has launched a new range on the global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter. Meant for modern day women who sit as comfortably in a meeting ...
Finland-based packaging company Huhtamaki will be selling its films business to German private equity company Deutsche Beteiligungs for $175m (€141m). Huhtamaki is known for supplying paper cups to McDonald's. The company stated ...
Tags: food packaging, Films Segment, Agriculture
Compostable resins, films, bags and custom finished products providers Cardia Bioplastics has announced a merger with Australian privately held Stellar Films Group to create a leader in sustainable packaging. Cardia Bioplastics will ...
Tags: sustainable packaging, Compostable resins, Agriculture
Smith & Nephew plc has figuratively yanked the job-security bandage off 108 employees at its St. Petersburg, FL, wound-care plant. The company plans to close the factory and lay the workers off by January 9, according to a report in the ...
Tags: Job Cuts, Smith&Nephew, Health
Hanley Wood and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced the results of the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, held recently in New Orleans. According to show officials, attendance at the event totaled 17,507, with ...
Tags: Hanley Wood, Construction
Sheex Inc. has sued Cocona Inc. for patent infringement, alleging that its Sleep 37.5 sheets infringe on two patents Sheex received in 2013 to protect inventions it developed through years of research and development. ADVERTISEMENT In ...
Tags: Cocona Inc, inventions, Sporting Goods
Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has introduced the Propel Power gallium nitride (GaN) metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) system, which incorporates single-wafer ...
More than 30 pieces of jewelry from the estate of actress Lauren Bacall will be up for auction at Bonhams this spring, including many by renowned designer Jean Schlumberger, such as this enamel and 18-karat gold bangle. When Bonhams ...
Tags: jewelry, gold bangle
Rudolph Technologies Inc of Flanders, NJ, USA, which provides defect inspection, packaging lithography, process control metrology and data analysis systems and software, has received multi-system orders from several customers for its latest ...
Global barrier films supplier Toppan Printing will be constructing a new plant in Georgia which will use innovative technology to produce environment-friendly packaging. The new plant will help the company strengthen its capacity to ...
Tags: environment-friendly packaging, food packaging industry, Agriculture
ID Technology, manufacturer and integrator of custom identification systems, has launched a new HDP Series of Lasers from Macsa ID, which will be showcased for the first time at Pack Expo International. Powered by labelling, coding and ...
Chicago-based healthcare and food industries packaging supplier Rollprint Packaging Products has added a second high-barrier structure to its Exponent film family, Exponent 2. Featuring a combination of Rollprint's ClearFoil, a ...
On Entertainment, Wild Bunch and Pathe unite for $80 million animated film. A Playmobil movie is set to hit cinemas in 2017. Paris-based On Entertainment is teaming with Wild Bunch and Pathe to create the $80 million animated ...
Tags: Playmobil Movie, Toys