Packaging firm Sonoco has agreed to acquire US-based Highland Packaging Solutions for about $150m in cash. Based in Plant City of Florida, Highland Packaging manufactures thermoformed plastic packaging solutions for fresh produce and ...
Tags: Packaging, dairy products
UK-based drinks manufacturer and distributor Global Brands has reported a 16% increase in its annual sales for the year ending 30 September 2017. The company's turnover was £42m for the financial year. Gross profit went up to ...
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RPC M&H Plastics has developed new packaging solution for 83 ASSOCIATES's new baby care products under the Q7Paris brand. Q7Paris is a fast-growing UK skincare brand that offers premium, effective yet affordable high-quality cosmetics and ...
UK-based Kite Packaging has introduced new range of cardboard recycling shredders, which serve as an alternative to void fill products. The new shredding machines will help businesses to turn their waste cardboard into useful packaging ...
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Aston Martin has unveiled Lagonda Vision Concept, the first luxury brand exclusively driven by zero emission powertrain technologies. Production is planned to start in 2021. Lagonda aims to be the world’s first zero emission ...
German automotive manufacturing firm Continental has agreed to establish a joint venture (JV) with China’s CITC to manufacture 48-volt battery systems. The companies, via their respective subsidiaries, will set up the JV for the ...
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Kraft Heinz has launched a new platform, called Springboard, which seeks to partner with and incubate fast-growing, disruptive brands. The platform is dedicated to nurturing, scaling, and accelerating growth of disruptive US brands within ...
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Canada-based Trade labels printer Cambridge Label has invested in a new Nilpeter FA flexo press to boost its production capacity. Cambridge expects the investment in the FA automated 8-colour 17-inch wide flexo press to result in double ...
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Sweden-based AR Packaging has introduced fully repulpable paper cups manufactured with industrial cup forming technology in Russia and the UK. The cups have been designed with major focus on sealing consistency, efficiency and barrier ...
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SF Motors has started test driving autonomous technology on the streets of Silicon Valley after securing a permit from California's Department of Motor Vehicles to test autonomous vehicle technology on public roads. With two manufacturing ...
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Expanding on its gallium nitride (GaN) power portfolio, Texas Instruments Inc (TI) has launched two high-speed GaN field-effect transistor (FET) drivers to create more efficient, higher-performing designs in speed-critical applications such ...
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US-based food firm ReGrained has launched its sustainable SuperGrain+ Bar line made from upcycled ingredients. ReGrained believes that allowing 40% of all food produced to go to waste is unacceptable. To help inspire a food system that ...
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Bobst Group, a Swiss-based supplier of equipment and services to the packaging and label industries, has reported consolidated sales of CHF1 529m ($1,629m) in 2017, an increase of CHF82m, or 5.7%, compared to 2016. The operating result ...
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Held annually at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain, Mobile World Congress (MWC), is the most influential trade fair for mobile industry. This year's MWC, running from February 25 through 28 and themed “Creating a Better Future”, ...
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On the continuously expanding global economy, Taiwan's overall export orders received in January are expected to witness the 18th consecutive month of growth and show a double-digit rate in terms of value. After finishing its survey on ...
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