Sonoco has agreed to acquire Clear Lam Packaging for about $170m to expand its global flexible packaging and thermoforming plastics operations. Clear Lam Packaging, which was established in 1969, develops and manufactures flexible and ...
Specialty biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films manufacturer Treofan is investing around $45m in a new orientation line at its Americas facility in Zacapu, Mexico. The five-layer and 10.4m orientation line will help to enhance the ...
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has begun mass producing a new mid-power LED package, the LM301B (with samples available now), featuring what is claimed to be the industry’s highest luminous efficacy of 220 lumens per watt. ...
Packaging and coatings solutions manufacturer Coveris has developed a new multi-layer film for British consumer co-operative, the Co-op. The Co-op recently announced that it plans to have 80% of its own-brand packaging recyclable by 2020. ...
Plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla has acquired Gehl Foods’ bottle manufacturing facility located in the US state of Wisconsin. Situated 30 miles north of Milwaukee, the West Bend standalone facility features around ...
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Porsche has unveiled the new 2018 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series Coupe, which it claims is the most powerful 911 Turbo S ever. In addition to an increase of 27 horsepower, the 911 Turbo S Exclusive Series distinguishes itself from other 911 ...
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German auto supplier Bosch and Dutch traffic mapping firm TomTom have created a map which uses radar signals for automated driving. The HD map has integrated Radar Road Signature layer for the localisation of vehicles in autonomous ...
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Qualcomm has announced its latest charging standard - QuickCharge 4+. The successor to Quick Charge 4 brings a number of discernible benefits to future handsets running the firm’s Snapdragon 835 chipsets. When the firm announced ...
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Ultratech, a supplier of lithography, laser processing and inspection systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HBLEDs), as well as atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, today announced that it has ...
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation in partnership with leading global innovation firm NineSigma, announced the launch of the Circular Materials Challenge to make all plastic packaging recyclable. Solution providers are competing for up to $1 ...
Researchers in South Korea and the USA claim record 2190cm2/V-s effective mobility for indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs) quantum well (QW) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) on 300mm-diameter (100) silicon ...
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British printing technology company, Domino Printing Sciences has introduced a new and comprehensive range of continuous ink jet (CIJ) inks at interpack 2017 held at Düsseldorf, Germany. These continuous ink jet inks have been ...
Asian Pulp & Paper (APP) is exhibiting its range of food packaging product lines at Interpack 2017. The company's food packaging solutions include Foopak and Sinar Kraft. Foopak is APP’s range of food contact packaging designed to ...
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Finnish startup Jospak has introduced a new high-barrier fiber-based tray suitable for different food products. The new tray is claimed to keep food products that are easily perishable fresh while having minimal impact on the environment. ...
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Finnish optical business firm, Finnsus has changed the packaging of its contact lens care solutions products by opting for new bottles manufactured by RPC Promens Industrial Turku. The new 120ml and 360ml HPDE bottles made through blow ...
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