Irish corrugated paper and packaging company, Smurfit Kappa has completed its previously announced acquisition of Orange County Container Group (OCCG) for a total cash consideration of $340m. Smurfit Kappa CEO Gary Gann said the ...
Tags: paper and packaging, acquisition, OCCG, containerboard
Canadian packaging products company Atlantic Packaging has announced plans to re-open its Whitby Ontario Mill in March 2013, which is the company’s second paper mill to open in the last six years. The mill, which was formerly a ...
Tags: Recycled Paper Mill, disruptive technology, basis weights
Nurish Brands has announced the launch of its sweetened drink FEEL Natural Energy in recyclable Rexam 10.5oz cans. Global consumer packaging company Rexam's Sleek can has been selected by Nurish Brands as it offers the ideal portion size ...
German packaging company Multivac has commenced operations in Pakistan, owing to the increase in overall food and beverage trade in Pakistan to $6bn during 2011. Multivac Middle East managing director Amir Sotoudeh said the company moves ...
Global packaging company Sonoco has provided Melitta USA with new paperboard composite cans made from recycled and recyclable content to replace with traditional metal coffee cans. According to Sonoco, Melitta has converted its 603 and ...
Tags: paperboard composite cans, coffee cans, coffee systems
Italian packaging company Goglio is all set to introduce its new filling line GNova D for liquid or powdered detergents that are offered in flat or stand-up pouches. Goglio claims that the GNova D serves as an example of the complete ...
Packaging company Roberts Mart has invested £2.5m in a F&K 20SIX Central Impression Flexo Printing Press for its Aire Valley plant in the UK. The investment also included installation of a new three-layer co-extrusion line for Romar ...
Tags: Roberts Mart, invested, printing press, three-layer co-extrusion line
Indian glass packaging company Piramal Glass has registered a 66.28% decline in its consolidated net profit to Rs106.3m ($2m) for the first quarter of 2012, compared to Rs 315.3m ($6m) in the same quarter of 2011 primarily due to rise in ...
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Graphic Packaging has announced an agreement to acquire the Food and Consumer Carton business of UK's packaging company Contego Cartons for £81m. Graphic Packaging president and chief executive officer David Scheible said the ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, folding carton facilities, paperboard
Global packaging company Sonoco's unit Sonoco Recycling has invested $4m in its materials recovery facility (MRF) in Columbia, South Carolina, US allowing it to accept additional types of materials. The facility will enable residents in ...
Tags: recycling, invested, MRF, materials, household materials, composite cans
Flexible re-sealable packaging company in the UK Flexico Group has unveiled the new SensoGrip zipper to the UK markets. It is ideal for food products such as cheese, soups, baby food, pasta and cooking sauces. The SensoGrip zipper has ...
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Flexible packaging producer Ampac has announced the addition of the new Pull Tab beverage pouch, which serves as an alternative format to the traditional straw punch-through beverage pouch commonly used in the beverage market. According ...
Tags: Beverage Pouch, beverage market, straw
Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa chose to design Wold Top Brewery’s new 4 bottle gift pack using its latest promotional pack promoting MirriNor material. MirriNor, a metallized packaging board, was specifically designed as ...
Flexible packaging company Ampac has announced the addition of Inno-Lok, a new method of applying a reclosable zipper transversely to packaging films producing pre-zippered roll stock film which can be used in form, fill, seal packaging ...
Tags: Ampac, packaging films, packaging applications, new method
Packaging company in France Albéa is set to launch its new cylindrical Ø16 flip-top cap, My Little Cap, which has easy one-hand opening. The new hygienic cap is convenient for consumers. It is child-safe and ideal for ...
Tags: Albéa, cap, hygienic cap