The Hershey Company has agreed to acquire Amplify Snack Brands for about $1.6bn to boost its position in the snacking aisle and expand its portfolio of savory snacking brands. The transaction amount also includes around $600m of net debt ...
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Tomra, a Norwegian firm engaged in the field of instrumentation for recycling solutions, has unveiled a new solution for separating single-layer PET trays from PET bottles. The solution improves the earlier capability of the ...
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US-based printing services provider DPI Direct has invested in eight-color Edale FL3 flexographic press, in a bid to enhance its production operations. The Edale FL3 flexographic press features 430mm web width, AiiR system and converting ...
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Constantia Flexibles has delivered the packaging decoration for chocolate Santa Claus, with its Tepro2 method. Every year, Constantia Flexibles manufactures packaging for more than 50 percent of the 150 million chocolate Santa Clauses ...
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Metrology and inspection equipment maker Lasertec Corp of Tokyo, Japan has launched the GALOIS defect inspection and review system series, designed specifically for the inspection and analysis of gallium nitride (GaN) wafers. The firm is ...
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The results of a controlled horticulture lighting study conducted by the US National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded Center for Lighting Enabled Systems and Applications (LESA) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, NY, USA have ...
Tetra Pak has introduced new modular portfolio of heating systems, dubbed Intelligent Customisation, which serve as processing solutions for food and beverage manufacturers. Based on firm’s technologies in dairy, beverages and ...
British luxury car-maker Bentley Motors has has created a first edition of the all-new Continental GT, a handcrafted grand tourer, with a completely new 6 litre W12 engine. The new model combines all the features from the third generation ...
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Flint Group has opened a new facility in the cosmopolitan district of Beylikduzu, in Istanbul, Turkey for its packaging division. Located 13km from the main container terminal on the European side of Turkey, the new 3800m² Beylikduzu ...
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UK-based Qualvis Print & Packaging has invested in two Xerox-TRESU digital printing and coating lines to meet the demand for shorter packaging run-lengths in the food and personal healthcare sectors. The firm purchased the two digital ...
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Hippo Premium Packaging said it will exhibit for the first time at the Marijuana Business Conference in Las Vegas. Two years ago, company founders Kary Radestock and Julia Gosnell attended the popular conference with an idea that they ...
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Rayonier Advanced Materials has acquired Canadian paper company Tembec for $807m to expand its business into packaging and forest products. The acquisition resulted in the creation of a global company providing high purity cellulose, ...
France-based private equity firm Ardian has agreed to acquire Spanish bakery companies Berlys and Bellsolà with an intention to combine the two businesses. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the parties. Berlys ...
For third-fiscal 2017, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $131.9m, up 15% on $115.1m last quarter and up 54% on $85.5m a year ago, marking the first full ...
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Advantech Wireless Inc of Montreal, Canada (which manufactures satellite, RF equipment and microwave broadband communications systems) is presenting details of its second-generation gallium nitride (GaN)-based solid-state power amplifiers ...
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