Corrugated group Rigid Containers has revealed multi-million pound plans to open a third UK site this April The facility, in Wellington, Somerset, will initially open as a distribution centre but will, over the course of the year, be ...
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Packaging company in the US, Menasha has announced plans to invest $6m in a bid to expand its food packaging business. The company plans to purchase a large printing press from Germany-based Heidelberg Druckmaschinen, in addition to ...
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Carton Edge has commissioned three new investments at its Coventry factory as the first stage in a five-year plan to make the trade converter more responsive to ever-shorter lead times The business has commissioned a Brausse TA110 ...
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Rotocon has announced the installation of a ROTOCONTROL RSC slitter/rewinder 340mm web width finishing machine equipped with die station and a Nikka Research ALIS inspection system at a South African converter Noelex Labels. The new ...
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TWH and TWP LED outdoor wall-mounted luminaires deliver more than 100,000 hours of maintenance-free operation. Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) now offers its popular Lithonia Lighting® TWH and TWP outdoor wall-mounted luminaires with ...
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UK-based manufacturer of carton board packaging products Glossop Cartons has confirmed the first production order for a Highcon Euclid digital cutting and creasing machine. According to the company, the Highcon Euclid digital cutting and ...
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Optical components, modules and subsystems developer Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA has announced advances in its red laser diodes that has enabled it to reduce the size of 4-beam red laser diodes by 75% (from TO9.0mm to TO5.6mm) and ...
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The Sherwood Press Group is at the forefront of packaging innovation and their success is driven by a comprehensive design, development and manufacturing process which commences with the evaluation of a customer’s initial ...
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OBERTSHAUSEN, Germany — December 5, 2012 — Carbon fibre heavy tows (CFHT) are opening up more and more applications for textile reinforcing materials in the building sector. Carbon fibre heavy tows consist of 50,000 individual ...
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Designers have known it for years, but the texture trend is catching fire with homeowners and we have a feeling it’s here to stay. I sat down with principal flooring designer, Sara Babinski, to find out what makes texture just as ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2013 (to end-December 2012), LED lighting giant Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $346.3m, up 14% on the same quarter of 2012 ($304.1m) and up 10% on Q1/2013’s $315.8m. On a non-GAAP ...
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Germany-based Rotocontrol has installed an RSC slitter rewinder in Panprint, a converter located in New Zealand. Rotocontrol general manager John Lowther said the company and its local New Zealand agent, Converting Technology, were ...
UK-based Delta Packaging has announced that it will install Speedmaster XL 106-6LYYL press at Belfast retail packaging plant by the end of January 2013. The new six-color press with double coating units is the company's fourth B1 litho ...
Geosynthetics producer Agru America Inc., Georgetown, S.C., is investing $39.1 million to expand its operations in Georgetown, S.C., and Andrews, S.C., and add 126 jobs. The company will expand its Georgetown plant by 40,000 square ...
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The first toys based on Mattel's new mega franchise Max Steel will hit stores worldwide this August. The new line of toys 'infuses team-up, turbo energy and transformation features unique to the brand' and includes action figures, ride-on ...
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