Packaging Corporation of America has reported third quarter 2017 net income of $139m or $1.47 per share and $1.68 per share excluding special items. Third quarter net sales were $1.6 billion in 2017 and $1.5 billion in 2016. Special ...
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UPM Paper ENA has announced plans to permanently close paper machine 5 at UPM Blandin in Minnesota, US in a bid to reduce graphic paper capacity. The closure plan comes as the firm seeks to reduce its the annual coated paper production ...
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DS Smith’s business unit Tecnicarton, along with Zumex, has developed a new packaging to improve the transport of parts for juicers. The solution protects parts and facilitates handling by operators. It has been designed to ...
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British packaging company Reflex Labels has purchased a new Bar Graphic Machine (BGM) for larger unwinds and also to facilitate more complex substrates in label production. The new equipment is the 25th machine purchased by the packaging ...
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Sacmi, along with CM-OPM, to exhibit a range of packaging solutions this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing event in Dubai. The event will take place between 31 October and 2 November. At the event, Sacmi will exhibit a range of ...
Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has been chosen to provide the RF solution for the new NB-IoT modules of machine-to-Machine (M2M) ...
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Germany-based Multivac Marking & Inspection has introduced a new generation of direct web printer, DP 230, for integration in compact thermoforming packaging machines. The new space-saving and hygienic direct web printer is designed for ...
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Ulma Packaging has introduced a new VFFS air extraction system (tight bag) for the food industry. The new tight bag system will allow manufacturers to tackle excess air in the bag, which frequently leads to bigger boxes resulting in fewer ...
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Mitsubishi Electric will be showcasing its EMIRAI 4 concept car featuring next-generation driving-assistance technology, which can help reduce traffic accidents and contribute to a safe, convenient and environmentally friendly ...
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Xerium Technologies has launched new portfolio of press felt technology, Maximus, designed for machines producing containerboard, packaging, and graphical paper grades. The Maximus press felt technology portfolio feature single-base ...
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UPM Raflatac is set to introduce new labeling solutions for medical device and healthcare industry at this year’s CPhl Innopack exhibition in Germany. The event will take place between 24 and 26 October. At the event, the company ...
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US-based NutraFuels (NTFU) has installed a high speed filling and packaging equipment at its manufacturing facility to produce dietary supplement nutritional products. The firm will commission the new filling and sealing machine at its ...
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Yamato Scale Dataweigh UK has exhibited its new Epsilon machine at this year’s PPMA show in Birmingham, UK. Epsilon is a new mid-range multihead weighing machine specifically developed for the cost-effective weighing and packaging ...
Technology company Continental has developed a central input device to further advance the development of automated driving. The Smart Control input device informs vehicle occupants if automated driving or manual driving is possible and ...
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Multivac Marking & Inspection has introduced a new thermal transfer printer designed for narrow print widths in a range of applications. The network-enabled thermal transfer printer, TTO 06, has a print resolution of 300 dpi and can print ...
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