US-based packaging company Sonoco will acquire a majority interest in Brazilian flexible packaging business Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens for an undisclosed amount. Located in Pinhais, Curitiba, Graffo specialises in producing flexible ...
Thermal Packaging Products, a unit of MP Global Products, has introduced an eco-smart foam-free thermal and protective packaging for shipment of mail-order temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products. The insulated protective mailers ...
Tags: Protective Packaging, MP Global
US-based Menasha Packaging has acquired a flexographic press to meet the growth in demand for its products. The company provides graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping ...
Tags: merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging
Temperature assurance packaging provider Sonoco ThermoSafe, a unit of Sonoco, has launched a new shipping solution for temperature-sensitive products called Envoy Direct series. Sonoco has developed the series to reduce dimensional ...
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US-based producer of innovative custom-engineered components, products, and specialty packaging UFP Technologies has opened a new facility at El Paso, Texas. With this facility, the company has expanded its North American operations for ...
The US market research firm said in its report – titled ‘World Protective Packaging’, that growth will represent a significant improvement over the performance during the 2008-2013 period, when demand lagged in many of the ...
Tags: Protective Packaging, Packaging
Specialty chemicals producer Clariant has signed a purchase agreement with VitaPac, the Chinese specialist for healthcare packaging, for an undisclosed amount. VitaPac produces innovative, technology-driven product lines that ensure ...
While plastics and bioplastics continue slogging it out to develop the most sustainable plastic options, one company has developed a packaging form that makes plastic redundant. Material science company, Ecovative, has created a new class ...
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UK-based distributor of protective packaging materials Macfarlane has acquired the entire issued share capital of Network Packaging for about £7.5m. The company has also conditionally raised £3m by placing 8,000,000 shares at ...
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Honeywell Resins and Chemicals announced that it will expand production capacity at its Chesterfield facility to meet demand for high-grade nylon polymers for packaging film and other applications. The new production line will be able to ...
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Olympus Partners, a US-based private equity firm, is set to acquire protective packaging materials and systems manufacturer Pregis Corporation North America. Pregis president and CEO Kevin Baudhuin said the company has established a track ...
Protective packaging solutions provider Sealed Air Europe has introduced Fill-Air Rocket inflatable void-fill system to the European market. The system has been designed to use with Air Extreme and Fill-Air Extreme Efficiency inflatable ...
Protective packaging materials manufacturer Pregis has announced plans to install new custom-built converting line at its manufacturing plant located at Plymouth in Indiana, US. The new equipment is said to be deployed to manufacture ...
Protective Packaging developed a packaging solution to help ship the Peterbilt-made Wal-Mart WAVE (Wal-Mart Advanced Vehicle Experience) truck. Set to be revealed at a corporate function, the vehicle required a custom solution to keep it ...
Tags: Wal-Mart, Protective Packaging, WAVE truck
Victoria University has a big act to follow. At last year’s IAPRI World Packaging Conference, a record 170 delegates from 24 countries were represented. There were 93 presentations for the oral and poster categories, produced by some ...
Tags: environmental performance of packaging, packaging ecodesign tool