Mumbai-based packaging material manufacturer Essel Propack has started operations of its fifth plant in China to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Egypt and China. The company built the 5,000m2 plant in Changshu to cater to the ...
Six years ago, the 5 Gyres Institute formed to answer a question the world had put in its too hard box. Marcus Eriksen, PhD, director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, explained, “The 5 Gyres Institute’s work began six ...
Saudi Arabia-based food producing firm Savola Group has agreed to sell its packaging unit Savola Packaging group to Takween for $242.46m (910m Saudi Riyals). The complete purchase price will be financed through a syndicate of Saudi banks, ...
Tags: plastic containers, barrels, bottles, covers, Agriculture
Just before Christmas, NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and the Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, wrote to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA)’s chairman, Grant Musgrove, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director, Barry ...
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The Massachusetts Economic Assistance Coordinating Council (EACC) has approved the expansion plans of EasyPak in Leominster, US. The EACC approved the EasyPak's expansion along with 18 other projects under the Economic Development ...
Following the phone’s CES 2015 unveiling, LG has confirmed that its innovative new LG G Flex 2 handset is heading to the UK. A direct follow-on to the 2013-released original G Flex, the new model pairs LG’s innovative, ...
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Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S6 The Samsung Galaxy S6 release date is fast approaching, and with 2015 now upon us, a flurry of Galaxy S6 leaks and rumours have started to surface. With the Galaxy S6 release date ...
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Everything you need to know about the LG G4 LG has been stepping on Samsung and Apple's toes in the smartphone space in recent years and 2015 looks set to be all about the eagerly awaited LG G4 release date. Having re-established itself ...
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New Samsung Galaxy S6 pictures have appeared online ahead of the phone’s expected March unveiling. With the Galaxy S6 having been the subject of multiple leaks and rumours in recent weeks, newly surfaced images have claimed to show ...
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Canada-based specialty label and packaging solutions provider CCL Industries will be investing in a new plant to produce aluminum slugs used in the impact extrusion process to make aerosol cans, tubes and bottles for consumer packaged goods ...
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Australian establishment Quality Food World has recalled Pure Produce Company's dip as it may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled product is 200g Pure Produce Company Honey Soy Artichoke dip with Best ...
Tags: cheese, chips, crackers, Agriculture
Yorkshire-based PFF Packaging has acquired Thermopak which specialises in manufacturing moulded trays and carriers for the food industry for an undisclosed amount. PFF group will now control Thermopak's 65,000 ft2 manufacturing facility ...
A new technical brochure describing the performance of Nerox 510 Carbon Black Pigment for formulating industrial coatings with increased stability and jetness is now available from Orion Engineered Carbons. The 8-page color brochure ...
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Première Vision New York returns at New York’s Pier 92 from January 13, 2015 and will have 297 exhibitors, up 14 per cent over the January 2014 edition. According to the organisers, the show is back with an even stronger ...
Tags: embroideries, lace, suitings, silkies, Apparel
Samsung has confirmed it’s going to produce a limited edition range of Galaxy Alpha handsets touting snakeskin-style backs. The firm’s French website reveals four multi-coloured leathery rears, with brown, dark grey, burgundy, ...
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