Spectra Packaging has started expansion work at its manufacturing facility in Suffolk, UK. The company said groundwork foundations have been set for new steel structures at its 17.4-acre site. Building work is expected to be completed ...
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Toray Plastics (America) is now offering its analytic testing of films, laminations, and finished printed structures to all consumer packaged goods companies and converters. Toray’s wide array of sophisticated lab equipment and ...
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Euro Packaging affiliate Broomco (4294) has acquired Essentra’s consumer packaging site, located in Bristol, UK. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed. The Bristol facility is engaged in the manufacturing of printed paper bags ...
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Siemens business unit Mentor has introduced a new solution for the design and verification of the existing IC package designs. The Mentor Xpedition High-Density Advanced Packaging (HDAP) flow solution can be used for rapid prototyping ...
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Fisher Container Holdings has acquired US-based flexographic printing and converting solutions provider Packaging Products Corporation (PPC). Based in Mission of Kansas, PPC is involved in flexographic printing and converting of flexible ...
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US Foods has agreed to acquire F. Christiana, a Louisiana-based food service and retail distributor for an undisclosed price. F. Christiana focuses on the major center-of-the-plate categories along with dairy and dry goods. A ...
Traceability systems provider Optel has opened new manufacturing plants in Campinas, Brazil. The company said its new site in Sao Paulo, particularly in Campinas, was opened due to the quality of the local infrastructure, which will help ...
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Milacron expects to continue the production of Ferromatik injection molding machines at its Malterdingen facility in Germany due to increasing customer demand. Last year, Milacron stated that it will transfer the injection molding machine ...
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DS Smith has acquired multi material packaging solutions provider DPF Groupe for an undisclosed sum. DPF Groupe is specialized in the manufacturing of multi-material packaging products such as cardboard, foam, wood and others. With ...
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Luxembourg-based United Caps has agreed to acquire Dewit Plastics’ acquire caps, closures and handles business for an undisclosed sum. Under the deal, United Caps will acquire screw, tamper-evident (TE) and child-resistant (CRC) ...
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After announcing last year that Siri was to be made compatible with third-party apps, Apple is reportedly set to expand that compatibility at WWDC 2017 next week. As Reuters reports, Apple will announce plans to make Siri work with a ...
US pet food manufacturer Freshpet has selected Butler Automatic auto-splicing technology, in a bid to improve production efficiency on one of their pet food manufacturing and packaging lines. They came across a solution at PackExpo that ...
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Volm Companies, the leading North American supplier of fresh produce packaging and equipment automation solutions, announced a formal strategic partnership with Wyma Solutions, the global expert in post-harvest fresh and processed handling ...
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Functional labels and labeling solutions developer Schreiner Group is moving into a new production facility in Dorfen near Erding, Germany. The company said that over the course of next year, it will move into the facility, complete ...
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Plastic processing equipment maker Milacron has exhibited its advanced injection molding machine portfolio at Chinaplas 2017 event in Guangzhou, China. At the event, the company exhibited Ferromatik 160 Series machines, which provides ...