UK-based packaging firm Northern Paper Board has announced plans for a £2m plus investment and development program. The company has committed £500,000 to new automated machinery and technology over the next four months. ...
Canadian packaging company Cascades’ Norampac division has acquired Bird Packaging's converting and storage facilities in Guelph, Kitchener and Windsor in Ontario. The latest investment is part of Norampac's development strategy ...
Irish paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has designed optimized corrugated board shelf boxes for Germany-based integrated solutions provider Hermes Fulfilment’s storage purposes. Hermes Fulfilment project manager for logistics ...
Tags: Corrugated Boxes, Hermes Fulfilment, integrated solutions
Jamaica-based AMG Packaging and Paper has announced plans to expand its production base and add new products including paper towels, toilet paper and napkins to its portfolio towards the end of this year. The company has also purchased a ...
Tags: Production Base, paper towels, toilet paper
RockTenn, the US-based manufacturer of corrugated and consumer packaging has closed on its acquisition of the assets of Mid South Packaging, a corrugated packaging manufacturer from Coridel Capital Partners, a New York-based alternative ...
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Pingyao is an old city with a history of more than 2,700 years in Shanxi Province. Despite the turmoil in the changing dynasties, it has remained a county seat with the most complete features of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In 1997, the ...
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North American producer of printing and specialty papers NewPage has upgraded its Digital Coated Paper line with a new look and new paper. The digital premium papers include Sterling Premium Digital and Sterling Premium Digital. The ...
Private equity firm Cyprium Investment Partners has exited its minority investment in Imperial Bag & Paper, a wholesale distributor of paper and plastic packaging for the foodservice industry and retailers across the US. Imperial Bag & ...
Tags: wholesale distributor, paper and plastic packaging, foodservice industry
The U.S.Patent Office has delivered a"non-final"rejection of a Verizon patent application for a controversial technology that would serve targeted ads to TV viewers based on what they're doing or saying in front of their sets. In what is ...
Tags: U.S.Patent Office, Verizon, patent application, TV Snooping Tech
England-based manufacturer of cardboard boxes & cardboard cartons BM Packaging has announced the launch of their new website www.corrugated-cases.com. With the new website, the company is aiming to give itself an online presence, besides ...
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Personal care products company Unilever has chosen packaging solutions provider Payne's Rippatape by for a new men's grooming multipack offer in Chile. The tape is being used on 20,000 promotional 'Total Protection' cardboard gift boxes, ...
Tags: packaging, grooming multipack, tape, boxes
Barnet Council will cut 70%of staff from the back-office functions it is outsourcing to Capita in a controversial deal to automate council services. The London borough's Cabinet is expected to approve the deal in a vote this evening,that ...
Tags: Capita, Cut Staff, Barnet Council, Outsourcing Deal
Canadian manufacturer of carton sealing tapes, Intertape Polymer Group has unveiled a new 1100 hot melt carton sealing tape, which has been designed specifically for optimal closure of recycled corrugate, including 100% recycled box. ...
Tags: Carton Sealing Tape, Recycled Corrugate, adhesive technology
China's building material sector slowed down sharply in the first nine months of this year due to the government's tightening of the property sector, according to the latest data from the country's top economic planner. Cement output rose ...
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China's building material sector slowed down sharply in the first nine months of this year due to the government's tightening of the property sector, according to the latest data from the country's top economic planner. Cement output rose ...
Tags: China, building material, tightening of the property sector