Italy-based Marchesini Group will be present at Emballage 2012, the international packaging trade show from 19-22 November at Paris. The Group will present a bottlepack line (for pharmaceutical and cosmetic products) at the exhibition, ...
Tags: bottlepack, labels, packaging
Chinese producer of corrugated cases and boards, Xiamen Hexing Packaging Printing is set to invest CNY350m ($55m) to build auxiliary facilities in Haier innovation industrial park in Foshan, Guangdong. The facilities, which cover an area ...
Tags: Auxiliary Facilities, corrugated cases and boards, Packaging Printing
US food company Sugar Creek Packing plans to invest $28.5m to expand and upgrade a 77,000ft2 plant in Cambridge City, Indiana, which was formerly owned by Really Cool Foods. The plant, located in Indiana Gateway Industrial Park, Wayne ...
Tags: plant closure, renovation project, refrigeration space
Private equity firm Cyprium Investment Partners has exited its minority investment in Imperial Bag & Paper, a wholesale distributor of paper and plastic packaging for the foodservice industry and retailers across the US. Imperial Bag & ...
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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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Germany-based Heidelberg will install its Diana X 115 folding carton gluing machine at DS Smith Packaging Premium’s sheet plant in Cognac, France. According to Heidelberg, the new machine combines a collapsible box module with a ...
Free Flow Packaging (FP) International, a US-based protective packaging products manufacturer has launched its new MINI PAK’R packaging machine, which produces air cushions and provides protection for a range of products from ...
Tags: Packaging Machine, protective packaging products, air cushions
Material handling systems manufacturer and integrator Cornerstone Automation Systems (CASI) has redeveloped its existing carton packaging systems. The new large carton packaging systems operate by sorting empty cartons to pack stations ...
Tags: Carton Packaging Systems, Packaging Systems, Material handling systems
Germany-based fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) has announced plans to set up a greenfield facility for manufacturing flexible packaging material and haircare productsfor manufacturing flexible packaging material and haircare products. ...
Tags: Henkel, Packaging Material, flexible packaging material
The Food Standards Agency in Wales is reminding consumers how they can avoid food contamination resulting from the re-use of plastic bags. According to the information published by the Welsh Government, there has been a 96% reduction in ...
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Ishida,a technology company,has claimed that its iTPS snack packing system,which integrates both weighing and bag making technologies,provides higher efficiencies than those lines that utilise separate machines. The snack packing system ...
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Swiss packaging and print company Fratelli Roda has announced the installation of a Bobst Accucheck unit, which delivers the capability to in-line quality check its folding carton production. The new Accucheck unit has been positioned ...
US-based Moo & Oink has re-launched its Moo & Oink Pork Chitterlings, just in time for the holidays. The Moo & Oink Pork Chitterlings are pig intestines that are prepared by cleaning, rinsing and then boiled or stewed for several hours. ...
Global pharmaceutical manufacturer Merck has commissioned a Fanuc M-1iA Delta Arm robot on a bottling line at its Guadalix facility in Spain facility. The M-1ia places dispenser caps onto bottled allergy medications and is capable of ...
Tags: Fanuc Robot, Bottling Line, pharmaceutical
The idea of buying farm produce locally has spawned a number of far out ideas over the years.But one I read recently–moving agriculture into abandoned big city buildings,and allow much of our nation's farmland to return to its natural ...
Tags: farm produce, agriculture, farmer, city buildings