In June this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.7 percent in the euro area and by 0.9 percent in the EU-27, as compared with May, while production in May had decreased by 0.2 percent and 0.4 percent month on ...
Tags: Industrial Output
Global specialty chemical company Eastman Chemical has announced plans to expand Tritan capacity from 60 thousand metric tons to 76 thousand metric tons at its Kingsport facility in Tennessee, US by mid-2014. The new-generation ...
US for-hire truck tonnage nudged up 0.1% in June, on the heels of a 2.1% increase in May, according to the latest data from the American Trucking Associations (ATA). May's gain was revised down from the initially reported 2.3% gain. ...
Tags: Truck, Transportation
Avery Dennison has created a new Global Client Service Laboratory at its Innovation Center in Mentor, Ohio, that will help customers reduce the time to market for new durable label products by accelerating the Underwriters Laboratory (UL) ...
An ocean reef made from a paper-based packaging structure? Not what one would typically expect. But that's exactly what visitors will see this summer at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science in Dallas, TX. Hexacomb, a Boise company, has ...
Tags: Perot Museum of Nature and Science, Recycle Reef, Protective Packaging
U.S. economic growth will be somewhat restrained, but not deterred, and improving fundamentals provide reason for optimism by the end of 2013 and through 2014, according to a new forecast. The Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and ...
According to the monthly consumer tendency survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the consumer confidence index* in Turkey, which stood at 74.9 points in March, increased by 0.9 percent month on month in April to 75.6 ...
Tags: consumer tendency, Mineral
Statistics Canada said Tuesday that manufacturing sales advanced 2.6 percent to $49.6 billion in February, the largest increase since July 2011. In total, sales rose in 14 of 21 industries, representing approximately 85 percent of Canadian ...
Tags: Mineral, manufacturing sales
According to the monthly consumer tendency survey released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK), the consumer confidence index* in Turkey, which stood at 76.7 points in February, decreased by 2.3 percent month on month in March to ...
Tags: Mineral, Consumer Confidence
Statistics Canada reported Tuesday that sales in the manufacturing sector slipped 0.2 percent in January to $48 billion, the fourth decline in five months. Sales in January were down in the transportation equipment industry as well as the ...
Tags: manufacturing sales, manufacturing sector, manufacturing
Even as manufacturing enjoys a resurgence in the United States, companies are facing a critical talent shortfall. According to a recent survey, one of the best ways to address the talent gap is to improve perceptions of the industry as a ...
Tags: manufacturing, manufacturers, durable goods manufacturing
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 2/25/2013 3:07:41 PM Demand for rigid bulk packaging is forecast to advance 3.9 percent per year to $7.0 billion in 2017, accelerating from the performance of the 2007-2012 ...
South African supermarket operator Shoprite Holdings said it has maintained its "robust and established" growth pattern, booking an increase in half-year profits. Earnings for the six month period earnings grew 19.6% to ZAR1.70bn ...
Tags: supermarket operator, Shoprite Holdings, growth pattern
Canadian packaging company CCL Industries Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire the office and consumer products businesses of Avery Dennison for CDN$500 million. Avery Dennison makes a wide array of plastic, paper and multi-material ...
The transaction includes Avery Dennison’s office and consumer products and its designed and engineered solutions businesses. The businesses had combined revenue of about $910 million in 2012. The transaction requires regulatory ...