Graphic Packaging will create a $6bn paper-based packaging firm by combining with International Paper’s (IP) North American consumer packaging business. IP has agreed to contribute its business for around $1.8bn, of which $660m will ...
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Superior Fruit has entered into an agreement with Eclipse Berry Farms to assume certain agricultural leases to expand its strawberry growing operations in California. Superior has been formed by Bobby Jones and his brother RC Jones, ...
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Sukano has introduced the latest generation of ultra-clear Masterbatch for oriented film (OPET) application. Schindellegi, Switzerland, October 10th, 2017 – Sukano, a world leader in the development and production of additive and ...
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Fourteen organizations from the paper cup supply chain have signed a deal to boost PE lined paper cup recycling in the UK. The agreement has been signed with Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE UK), which runs the ...
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Skanem Interlabels India has deployed Esko’s ArtPro and Automation Engine software solutions at its Vasai facility, as part of its digitalization strategy. The company has implemented the software solutions to support a fleet of ...
US global private equity firm, The Riverside Company, has agreed to acquire Texas-based food ingredients company Parker Products for an undisclosed price. Parker Products serves the baking, dairy, beverage, confectionery, RTE and snack, ...
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Temptee Specialty Foods has merged with Johnson Food Products, a manufacturer of Johnson Chili. This merger combines a strong brand name with the innovative Temptee team. Temptee is launching the Johnson Chili Original andHot-N-Spicy ...
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Self-adhesive label materials manufacturer UPM Raflatac said that it will open a new slitting and distribution terminal in Santiago, Chile in early 2018. This new terminal will allow UPM Raflatac to improve its service capabilities and ...
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Lifestyle Delivery Systems has delivered the second generation oral strip packaging equipment to LDS Scientific at the Adelanto facility. The oral strips packaging equipment was cleared through customs at Los Angeles International Airport ...
BASF has agreed to divest its paper coating dispersions business in Pischelsdorf of Austria to Synthomer for around €30m. Synthomer Austria will acquire BASF production site in Pischelsdorf, which produces styrene butadiene rubber ...
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Philips Photonics of Ulm, Germany - which provides vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) technology for datacom, consumer and industrial applications - has completed ‘VIDaP’ (VCSEL Pilot Line for Illumination, Datacom ...
Honda Foundation (a public-interest incorporated foundation created by Honda Motor Co Ltd’s founder Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda) says that the Honda Prize 2017 will be awarded to Kyoto University professor ...
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Canadian brewery Central City Brewers + Distillers has released its new Red Racer Low Rider Raspberry and announced the first in a series of low-alcohol refreshers. The company said the Red Racer Low Rider Raspberry is a new take on the ...
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German luxury automaker Daimler, through its brand Mercedes Benz is investing $1bn in Alabama, US plant to produce electric vehicles. The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz U.S. International), its ...
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With the migration from 10G and 40G to 100G data rates accelerating considerably until 2020 (with more than 15 million 100G ports expected to be deployed), Source Photonics Inc of West Hills, CA, USA (which provides broadband access optical ...
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