The Right Place, an economic development organization, has announced the relocation and expansion of two companies in the Grand Rapids of Michigan by collaborating with its state, regional, and local partners. The proposed projects are ...
Tags: Plastic Extrusion, Custom Profile
North American printing and label converting company, WS Packaging has invested in second Mark Andy Digital Series hybrid solution to boost production. Configured to meet the company’s prime label production requirements, the new ...
Taiwan-based Polystar has installed a recycling machine at Turkey-based recycler Sembol Plastik’s facility in Istanbul. Doubling Sembol Plastik’s recycling capacity, the newly installed machine produces around 19t of products ...
Tags: Recycling Machine, Polystar
Flexible packaging firm Uflex is planning to commence the production of packing liquid products at its new aseptic packaging plant in Sanand in Gujarat, a state in India by April 2017. Being built with an investment of Rs5800m ($85.2m), ...
Tags: Uflex, Flexible packaging
Philippines canned food company Century Pacific Food (CNPF) will acquire 100% stake in a group of unnamed Chinese distribution companies for a total price of $2.56m to further expand its branded exports business. In this regard, CNPF is ...
Tags: Century Pacific, exports business
UAE-based Hexxa Flexible Packaging has purchased and installed its first MPS flexo press to strengthen its business. The printing company has installed a 10-colour, 430mm EF multi-substrate press. It features the advanced Automated Print ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, dryers
Janoschka Pavlovsk will install a Schepers Digilas laser at the start of the new year. The direct laser will be operational in the first quarter of 2017 and will primarily be used for embossing jobs in the tobacco business area. By ...
Tags: Janoschka, rotary embossing tools
London-based print specialist Kingswood iOptus augmented its wide-format digital print offering with the purchase of an EFI VUTEk GS3250LX Pro LED superwide-format printer and an EFI H1625 LED wideformat printer. Each complements the ...
Videojet Technologies has introduced new 100W fiber laser marking system for high-speed beverage, pharmaceutical and extrusion manufacturers. The new Videojet 7610 fiber laser marking system has been developed to be used for marking ...
Tags: Videojet, Laser Marking System
Global forklift market has continued to grow since 2013 with sales exceeding 1 million units for the first time in 2014 and reaching 1.064 million units in 2015 (up 3.5% year on year), largely driven by the growth in U.S. and European ...
Belgian chocolate and cocoa products firm The Barry Callebaut Group has completed the acquisition of a chocolate production facility from Mondelēz International. The acquisition of the facility, which is located in Halle, Belgium, ...
Tags: Barry, chocolate, cocoa products
Elif, the “Global Supplier” of the flexible packaging industry, has been named among the finalists of WorldStar 2017 with the hybrid printing technology ‘ElfHybr’, the latest ring of the chain of innovations made for ...
Tags: ElifHybr, Hybrid Printing
Print finishing and packaging business, Letterhead Press has invested in new OmniFold 3000 Folding and Gluing System from Brandtjen & Kluge (Kluge) to boost its converting capabilities. Comprising features that bring productivity and ...
Tags: Gluing System, Folding System
Where Food Comes From (WFCF) has acquired a 60% stake in California based SureHarvest for nearly $2.8m in a cash-cum-stock deal. Based in Colorado, WFCF is a North American food verification company whose controlling stake in an agri-food ...
Tags: SureHarvest, cash-cum-stock
The Everstone Group has acquired an undisclosed stake in Mumbai-based OmniActive Health Technologies for $35m. The acquisition is aimed at accelerating Everstone's growth in the fast-expanding nutraceuticals space. OmniActive is a major ...
Tags: Everstone, OmniActive