Flexible packaging producer Colormasters is all set to open two new manufacturing facilities in Albertville, US. According to Colormasters, a new blown-film extrusion plant is under way on Smith Road, which will allow the company to ...
Australia-based Novasys Group has unveiled the new Hanatek FST, a range of film shrink testers that allow the shrink film percentage to be determined. According to the company, the testers have been designed to measure the effect of ...
Tags: Film Shrink Testers, linear thermal shrink, free shrink
French group Armor has announced the launch of a new wax ribbon AWR 8 for flat head thermal transfer printers. The product offers wide label material compatibilities, printing on uncoated rough papers, coated papers and also on synthetic ...
Tags: wax ribbon, printer, synthetic materials, rough paper, coated paper
Adept Technology has announced that it will be showcasing its Adept Quattro s650H robot in China. According to the company, the robot can be integrated within high-speed automated packaging applications, to help increase productivity and ...
Tags: high-speed automated packaging applications, productivity, food safety
UK-based Ultimate Packaging has ordered for the Bobst F&K 20SIX drupa machine to produce flexible packaging. The company has already installed three eight-colour flexo presses from Bobst and the new F&K 20SIX will be installed in June 2012. ...
South African paper and packaging company Mondi Group has secured European Union (EU) regulatory approval for its $782m acquisition of packaging company Nordenia in Germany from private equity firm Oaktree Capital. According to Mondi, the ...
Tags: paper and packaging, flexible packaging, consumer products
Investment firm Centre Lane Partners said it had acquired Oracle Flexible Packaging (Oracle Packaging), a company that will be combined with Centre Lane’s existing portfolio company, LLFlex North Carolina-based Oracle Packaging is a ...
Tags: Oracle Packaging, Oracle Flexible Packaging, Packaging
Exopack has established a new manufacturing center of excellence for its pet food business in Spartanburg, South Carolina, in a bid to sustain its position in the development and manufacture of packaging solutions for the pet food market. ...
Tags: Pet Food Packaging, Pet Food, Food Packaging
Packaging company in the US Bemis is set to close its two twin cities plants in the US, one in St Louis Park and the other one in Minneapolis by 2012 end. The plants which manufacture flexible packaging for food under the Curwood brand ...
US-based Packaging Dynamics has acquired De Luxe, a manufacturer of flexible packaging products for food service, bakery, confectionery, dairy, and other specialty applications, for an undisclosed amount. Packaging Dynamics chief ...
Tags: flexible packaging, food service, bakery, confectionery, dairy, packaging
Canadian packaging products company Atlantic Packaging has announced plans to re-open its Whitby Ontario Mill in March 2013, which is the company’s second paper mill to open in the last six years. The mill, which was formerly a ...
Tags: Recycled Paper Mill, disruptive technology, basis weights
Packaging Dynamics has announced the acquisition of Groupe De Luxe, a Canadian manufacturer of flexible packaging products, for an undisclosed value. Packaging Dynamics chief executive officer Roger Prevot said De Luxe will support its ...
Enval, which has developed a method for recycling laminated plastic and aluminum packaging, is opening its first processing facility at Alconbury. The company, backed by Nestlé, Kraft Foods and Mondelez International, will install ...
Tags: Recycling Packaging, recycling laminated plastic, aluminum packaging
Printing and specialty papers producer in the US, NewPage has unveiled a new 60lb wet strength label paper, OmniPoint designed for large glass and plastic containers used in food, beverage and condiment applications. The new heavyweight ...
Tags: Label Paper, Glass, Plastic Containers
Packaging company Roberts Mart has invested £2.5m in a F&K 20SIX Central Impression Flexo Printing Press for its Aire Valley plant in the UK. The investment also included installation of a new three-layer co-extrusion line for Romar ...
Tags: Roberts Mart, invested, printing press, three-layer co-extrusion line