Austrian plastic packaging company Alpla has announced plans to invest $22.4m to open a new blow molding plant in Bowling Green in Kentucky, US by July 2013. Alpla bought the 108,000ft2 plant from the Bowling Green Economic Development ...
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UK-based food manufacturer Atkins & Potts has selected a new 200ml bespoke glass jar design for its range of condiments, jellies, relishes, chutneys and mayonnaise. The jar, which features a deep twist-off neck finish, has been created by ...
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Glass packaging solutions provider Beatson Clark has created a new 200ml bespoke glass jar design for food producer in the UK, Atkins & Potts. The jar has a deep twist-off neck finish which will be used for the range of condiments, ...
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A next-generation liquid dispensing and delivery system - featuring a collapsible rigid liner inside a bottle - offers an alternative to the way sensitive chemicals and other products are delivered. Known as BrightPak, the system is the ...
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Almac has cleared the FDA inspection and begun US commercial packaging operations in Audubon, Pennsylvania. The FDA concluded that the site is compliant with good manufacturing practices, with no 483 issued. Almac quality vice president ...
On Feb. 13-14, 2013, the healthcare industry's major players will convene at the 12th edition of Pharmapack Europe at Grande Halle de la Villette (Paris). More than 3,000 visitors from four continents and more than 290 international ...
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MeadWestvaco Corp., a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions launched its inaugural consumer satisfaction study, "Packaging Matters." The study explores the role of packaging in product satisfaction as consumers purchase, ...
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Raytheon of Waltham, MA, USA has officially opened a new manufacturing facility for silicon carbide (SiC) foundry at Raytheon Glenrothes in Scotland (part of subsidiary Raytheon UK, a contractor to the UK Ministry of Defence). Developed ...
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Curwood, a Bemis Company has joined forces with Swedish company MicVac to offer a new microwave pasteurized cooking and packaging method for chilled ready meals in North, South and Central America. Curwood director of marketing David ...
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Amcor Australasia, a division of Amcor, has announced the opening of a new $500m recycled paper machine B9 at its Botany Paper Mill in New South Wales, Australia. The company's ninth machine to operate at the site, B9 produces more than ...
UK-based Atlas Converting Equipment has announced that it will provide a 'next generation' Titan SR9-DT Dual Turret slitter rewinder to CPC Packaging, part of the French CPC Group, at its CPC Cotentin production facility in Normandy, ...
Avery Dennison Corporation announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Office and Consumer Products (OCP) and Designed and Engineered Solutions (DES) businesses to CCL Industries Inc. a global leader in specialty ...
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Canadian packaging solutions provider CCL Industries has announced that the company ended its previously announced deal to acquire John Watson & Company, a label converter in Scotland. The parties were subsequently unable to reach ...
CCL Industries Inc., a world leader in specialty packaging solutions for the consumer products and healthcare industries, has signed a binding agreement to acquire the Office & Consumer Products and Designed & Engineered Solutions ...
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Contract packaging company in the US Pharma Packaging Solutions has unveiled a new bottle line, which has been designed to support quick change-overs and custom packaging on batch sizes that are small. The new packaging line uses channel ...
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