Happy Family, a toddler food company in the US, has expanded its product offerings with the introduction of new Happy Tot Grow & Shine Organic Toddler Milk. Designed to meet certain dietary needs of a young child, Happy Tot Grow & Shine ...
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South Carolina-based packaging products firm Sonoco has begun operation of a fully automated Material Recycling Facility (MRF) to process kerbside collected dual stream residential and commercial waste materials from the Raleigh and Wake ...
California-based packaging containers and trays manufacturers Plastic Package will invest about $1.37m to locate its manufacturing operations in Indiana. The expansion which will include equipping a 20,000 ft2 facility in La Porte will ...
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For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
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Rigid packaging manufacturer Silgan Holdings has acquired all the assets of US-based metal container manufacturers Van Can Company for about $40m. The transaction included the sale of two metal container manufacturing facilities. While ...
Packaging company RPC's Superfos, Bebo and Blow Moulding cluster has developed a range of new products that will be exhibited at the Emballage exhibition in Paris this November. RPC Emballages Moirans will launch a new barrier process for ...
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Rigid plastic producers Amcor Rigid Plastics will soon operate an on-site production facility within Method’s manufacturing facility in Chicago to produce 100% PCR polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Method produces ...
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U.S. imports in September are forecast to remain at above-average levels although off slightly from a record August as retailers continue to stock up inventory ahead of the Holiday season. Import volumes are expected to reach 1.47 million ...
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Kronos Micronutrients to resolve violations of federal hazardous waste laws, according to an EPA settlement. The company is a fertilizer manufacturer in the town of ...
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"Retailers concerned by the lack of a West Coast longshoremen's contract will continue to bring merchandise into the country at above-average levels in September, but volume will drop from the record set in August, says a new report ...
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According to Visiongain, a British market research firm, the global flexible packaging market has reached some US$143.83 billion, mostly driven by growing sales of consumer products in emerging nations. In the next decade, the firm ...
DB Schenker's new train service from Hamburg to Zhengzhou is about 20 days faster than ocean freight. Claimed to be for the first time ever, DB Schenker, together with the City and Port Authority of Zhengzhou (Province Henan), has started ...
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RPC Superfos’ barrier packaging solution SuperLock, which claims to ensure efficient storage and a shelf life of up to 24 months for food products, will now be available from RPC Containers Blackburn. The new packaging solution ...
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The Nescafe Dolce Gusto team will partner with recycling company TerraCycle to develop a solution to recycle used coffee capsules. TerraCycle's recycling program Brigades will be used by Nescafe to give life to its plastic smart capsules ...
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Europe recycled close to 65 billion PET bottles in 2013, as per the figures released by European non-profit trade association Petcore Europe. This is a 7% increase in the number of recycled bottles over the 2012 figures. The ...
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