US-based packaging firm Sonoco has completed its purchase of flexible and forming plastic packaging films manufacturer Clear Lam Packaging for about $170m. Clear Lam Packaging, which was established in 1969, operates manufacturing plants ...
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MPS Systems North America and Green Bay Packaging have inaugurated a new demo and applications technology center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, US. Located on Green Bay Packaging campus, the new center provides local press manufacturing, ...
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Tresu Group is set to showcase its advanced packaging and printing solutions at this year’s PRINT event in the US. The event will take place from 10 to 14 September in Chicago. At the event, the company will exhibit ancillary ...
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Google Play Movies is now offering content in 4K HDR, with the High Dynamic Range content coming at no extra cost. Google added 4K movies to the store back in December and is now including the impressive HDR standard, which improves the ...
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Industrial printers manufacturer Videojet Technologies has launched the next generation of thermal transfer overprinters (TTO) to meet code quality requirements of manufacturers. The new Videojet DataFlex 6530 and 6330 TTO printers ...
A new fruit packaging solution which features Sirane's shelf-life extending technology has demonstrated significant shelf-life extension with punnets of cut fruit. The new packaging range has been developed in collaboration with Ilip, an ...
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The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has demonstrated the ability to grow thin films of the transition-metal nitride Nb2N (niobium nitride). The thin crystalline material has a similar structure to gallium nitride (GaN), but its ...
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India-based Jindal Poly Films (JPFL) has agreed to acquire Netherlands-based Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging Holding (AFP) for around €82.3m. AFP, which is incorporated in 2014, manufactures load security films, bread and cheese ...
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UK flexible packaging manufacturer Skymark has joined forces with European Union (EU) partners to develop new recycling technology for printed films. The new advanced technology will be used to recycle printed films through removing ...
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Covestro has expanded its film production capability, investing around €20m in a new production facility for multilayered flat films in Dormagen, Germany. The total investment also includes the related infrastructure and logistics. ...
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Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has completed the previously announced acquisition of Montreal, Canada-based tape manufacturing Canadian Technical Tape (Cantech). The purchase allows IPG to expand its tape manufacturing capabilities not ...
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Futamura has reported better sales growth and record levels of operational efficiency in the year since its purchase of Innovia Films’ cellulose business. The acquisition was announced back in April last year. The company stated ...
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UNTHA UK said it will showcase its new packaging, pallet and plastics shredder, at the PPMA Show this September. The QR series is claimed to be a high throughput shredder, which is capable of handling everything ranging from wooden ...
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Sonoco has agreed to acquire Clear Lam Packaging for about $170m to expand its global flexible packaging and thermoforming plastics operations. Clear Lam Packaging, which was established in 1969, develops and manufactures flexible and ...
Sun Chemical, along with acpo, will exhibit expanded offering at this year’s Labelexpo event in Belgium to promote smart and cost-efficient solutions for narrow web, flexible packaging converting. The event will take place from 25 ...
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