Suominen Corp. — a Finland-based supplier of nonwovens, wet wipes and flexible packaging for consumer products — will invest approximately 2.5 million euros (US$3.3 million) at its plant in Windsor Locks, Conn., to expand ...
Molson Coors Canada is unveiling a new innovative twist to their packaging lineup. The Vented Cans will be rolling out nationally in June on Tall Boy cans of two of the top selling brands in the country, Coors Light and Molson Canadian. ...
Tags: Molson Coors Canada, Vented Cans
UK-based KM Packaging Services has unveiled a new lidding film which is designed to increase the shelf-life of chilled ready meals. According to the company, the new film caters to street food brands that are looking for shelf-appeal and ...
Tags: KM Packaging, Lidding Film, Meals
Market intelligence and information management company IndustryIntel has announced a new partnership with GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) through its i2partnership initiative. The company will provide SPC with ...
The recipient of the 2013 R. Stanton Avery Lifetime Achievement Award is announced as Tomas Rink, president Ritrama Group. The Label Industry Global Awards judging panel met in Munich prior to the opening FINAT’s annual Congress, to ...
Tags: Apparel&Accessories, Bags, Belgium
HB Fuller, a US-based formulator, manufacturer and marketer of adhesives, has added Flextra Fast SF8700/XR1000 to its Flextra Fast laminating adhesives range. The new adhesive is claimed to offer better cure time to fill safely with food, ...
Tags: HB Fuller, Food Packaging
HB Fuller has announced the addition of Flextra Fast SF8700/XR1000 to its family of Flextra Fast laminating adhesives for flexible packaging converting. The new adhesive system is claimed to offer better cure time to fill safely with ...
Flexible packaging group Constantia Flexibles has completed the previously announced acquisition of 60% stake in India-based Parikh Packaging. The remaining shares, according to Constantia, remain with the Parikh family. Parikh ...
Australian manufacturing and distribution company Pro-Pac Packaging has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Australian Flexographic Printers (AFP) and Poly Products (PPC). According to Pro-Pac, Sydney-based flexo ...
A cross-functional team of 10 managers from resealable-closure company Zip-Pak recently completed an intensive 18-month global packaging study. Zip-Pak's goal in conducting the study was to openly observe the packaging landscape and the ...
Tags: Packaging, Retail Packaging, Global Retail
Adhesives provider HB Fuller has finalized the previously announced acquisition of Brazil-based chemical polyurethane specialties and polyester resins provider Plexbond Química for an undisclosed sum. HB Fuller president and CEO ...
South African packaging company Nampak Flexible has invested in a seven layer co-ex film extruder as well as a laser scoring machine. The new Windm?ller & H?lscher seven-layer co-ex machine can use high barrier film which is ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, scoring machine
Lundberg Family Farms, a leading U.S. producer of organic rice and rice products, is a Gold award winner in the flexible packaging category of the 2013 PAC Leadership Awards. Presented by The Packaging Association (PAC), the trade group ...
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Demand for meat, poultry, and seafood packaging is forecast to increase 3.2 percent annually to $9.7 billion in 2017. Gains will be driven by increased meat, poultry, and seafood production along with accelerated foodservice revenue ...
Tags: Packaging, Protein Foods, 2017
Sonoco Flexible Packaging has announced an investment of $9.7m in a bid to expand its Morristown, Tennessee facility in the US. The expansion will create 26 new jobs in Hamblen County. Located at 5701 Superior Drive, the Morristown ...