Vacmet India has announced its foray into the bi-axially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film business with the commencement of its new Brückner high speed film production line, which helps the company to bring up to 40,000t of ...
US-based Berry Plastics together with Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced that the company will reopen its Madisonville, Kentucky, manufacturing facility to increase its production capacity. Berry Plastics chairman and CEO Jon Rich ...
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Global fiber-based materials company, Ahlstrom has developed a perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)-free version of its flexible packaging paper range, Ahlstrom Coralpack. The new paper is used for direct wrapping and packing of ...
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Mexican packaging company Grupo Gondi has invested in Bobst F&K 90SIX CI preprint flexo press and peripherals from Bobst Bielefeld, which will be used for preprinted linerboard and coated boxboard applications. According to Bobst, the 2.2 ...
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Global developer of water based packaging coatings and surface modifier additives Michelman is set to open new offices in Mumbai, India, in a bid to support the burgeoning Indian market. Michelman president and CEO Steven Shifman said the ...
Tags: packaging coatings, Indian market, barrier and functional coatings
UK-based pulp‚ paper and packaging group Mondi has announced that it successfully acquired Nordenia‚ a worldwide operating manufacturer of flexible packaging‚ technical films‚ and product components for €259m. ...
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Austrian flexible packaging company Constantia Flexibles together with the machine supplier Mondini is all set to introduce its new FFS Reelfed Lidding Mono PET 23my material. The material is suitable to be sealed against PE and PET and ...
Tags: Packaging Material, flexible packaging, beverage industries
India-based insurance and hospitals group Max India is set to divest its bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films business for about Rs8bn ($152m), as part of plans to exit its non-core business. Max India is in advanced ...
Dubai-based biaxially oriented polypropylene film (BOPP) producer Taghleef Industries (Ti) has closed the previously announced deal to acquire Applied Extrusion Technologies (AET Films), a North American supplier of oriented polypropylene ...
US-based manufacturer of tags, labels and flexible packaging Sev-Rend has announced the addition of two distribution centers and the expansion of its sales staff besides installing a new printing press. The new distribution centers are ...
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Finland-based Huhtamäki has received statement of objections from the European Commission (EC) regarding alleged anticompetitive behavior in the markets of plastic trays, which are used for retail packaging of food materials, such as ...
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Supplier of flexible packaging solutions Schubert's owner Gerhard Schubert has appointed his two sons as the new chief executive officers (CEOs) of the company. They are Gerald Schubert, who headed the Schubert subsidiary IPS ...
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US-based coatings and industrial solutions provider PPG Industries is currently displaying its line of packaging coatings at Cannex Asia Pacific 2012 currently underway at Guangzhou, China. Applications that use packaging coatings like ...
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K-1 Packaging has installed the Esko Kongsberg XL22 with the Studio Visualizer press at its California location. According to the firm, it uses presses for printing litho laminated cartons, rigid set-up boxes, flexible packaging, and ...
Tags: Packaging, Studio Visualizer press, packaging design and prepress
Germany-based CGS Publishing Technologies will unveil the packaging tool RealVue 3D Packager for packaging design and visualization at Drupa in Düsseldorf during 3-16 May 2012. Working with DXF, PDF, and Adobe Illustrator (AI) files, ...
Tags: 3d Packager, packaging design, flexible packaging proofs