Volvo Cars has revealed a new in-car luxury concept, Lounge Console, at the ongoing Shanghai Auto Show. The Lounge Console concept replaces the front passenger seat with a space to accommodate various amenities. Volvo Car design ...
Pacepacker Services has developed a new offline, portable Mixed Tray Loader pick-and-place system. It’s designed to quickly generate assorted trays of product for smaller outlets, such as convenience supermarkets and inner-city ...
Tags: Pacepacker, Mixed Tray Loader
Organic products manufacturer Hain Celestial has acquired 80% stake that it does not currently own in EK Holdings and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Empire Kosher Poultry for $57.6m. Empire currently offers a full range of kosher ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Organic products food
TCL Packaging has developed new micro-perforated printed lidding films for packaging of soft fruit. According to the UK-based company, the new films enable precise gas and moisture transmission rates and create optimum conditions for ...
Sacmi Packaging showcased its new products for trays and cases erection at Fruit Logistica, the international exhibition of fruit and vegetable processing technology, which was held in Berlin, Germany, from 4-6 February. At the event, the ...
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American meat processor Tyson Foods is planning to invest around $110m in the expansion of its poultry plant in Vienna, Georgia. This investment is expected to create 500 jobs in the region. Commenting on the expansion, Georgia ...
Tags: food safety, workplace safety, Agriculture
Dematic Group, a supplier of integrated automated technology, software and services to optimise the supply chain said it has acquired FSU Investments and in turn SDI Group Europe. SDI Group Europe is a supplier of garment-on-hanger and ...
Google has updated its Android Search app to add an extra hint of Android 5.0 Lollipop style for those who use the Google Now Launcher. It's a frustrating fact that most of us using Android phones - even brand new ones - haven't received ...
Tags: Android Phones, Google, Consumer Electronics
Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA, which makes silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafers and devices, recently extended its family of 50V discrete GaN high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) die with the release of three new ...
Tags: electron drift velocity, gallium arsenide technologies, Electrical
Two baby and toddler food companies: Beech-Nut is 123 years old, Rafferty’s Garden is 7. Both lead with peak nutrition claims. Beech-Nut makes glass packaging part of this. Rafferty’s Garden uses flexible pouches. Let’s ...
Tags: glass packaging, baby food, Packaging
Good design and innovation in packaging are what the Packaging Council of Australia’s awards program - the Australian Packaging Design Awards - recognises. But more than that, it applauds the successful execution and implementation of ...
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UK-based Plastics Capital has agreed to acquire packaging manufacturer, Flexipol Packaging, for a maximum consideration of £10.64m. Based in Lancashire, Flexipol produces plastic packaging products like vacuum bags, block bottom ...
More than ever before, automation and assembly go hand in hand (or gripper to gripper)—even at small-scale, low-volume production levels. The quest for higher efficiencies and cost savings is driving manufacturers to add consistency ...
Tags: Automation, modular automation
Linpac’s 16 plants throughout the world are about to get an Australian sibling. The UK packaging company is investing $22 million in its first Australian manufacturing headquarters, at Truganina, in Melbourne’s west. ...
PAC Machinery will be launching a new Clamco Dem 2 combo shrink system that will help in boosting productivity. The equipment has undergone various changes over the preceding models, providing it a high production environment. The Dem 2 ...
Tags: PAC Machinery, System, Printing