After seemingly an interminable wait, the Nokia Android phones announced around the turn of the year are finally ready to drop anchor on UK shores. Yes, we’ve had confirmation that the HMD Global-made Nokia 3, Nokia 5 and Nokia 6 ...
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Not one to be left out, Samsung will reportedly plonk its fledgling personal assistant Bixby into a smart speaker. The Wall Street Journal’s sources say the company is planning to contend with the Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple ...
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Just two days ago, the long-rumoured Galaxy S8 Active popped up over at the FCC, suggesting a launch is imminent for the ruggedised version of the S8. And now, support for the phone has seemingly been spotted alongside two other devices ...
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Wittmann has launched a new granulator G-Max 23 under its G-Max series of conventional blade granulators. The new model will complement other granulators in the G-Max series including G-Max 12, G-Max 33. The latest model is claimed to ...
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Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has completed the previously announced acquisition of Montreal, Canada-based tape manufacturing Canadian Technical Tape (Cantech). The purchase allows IPG to expand its tape manufacturing capabilities not ...
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UK retailer Waitrose is set to introduce new triangular sandwich wrappers, which can be easily recycled and reused. The new sandwich wrappers, which will be launched in August, were developed with the support of packaging manufacturer RAP ...
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French food group Danone has signed a binding agreement to sell its US dairy subsidiary, Stonyfield, to Lactalis for $875m. The price of the deal represents 20 times its earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization ...
Unilever intends to enter into a strategic partnership with Zwanenberg Food Group. The partnership pertains that Unilever will sell its meat, sauce and can soup factory in Oss to Zwanenberg Food Group (ZFG) and that ZFG intends to ...
Biesterfeld Plastic has agreed to distribute BASF’s polystyrene in Europe, North Africa and the CIS region. Biesterfeld Plastic will distribute BASF’s polystyrene 158K and the recently commercialised polystyrene 148HQ from ...
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Bradman Lake has secured an order from Taiwanese ready-meal manufacturer JNY Food to supply cartoning machine for packing oriental prepared meal kits and pouches. JNY is said to have researched the market for a machine that could provide ...
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Speciality packaging solutions provider Parkside has won a Stationers’ Innovation Excellence Award for its reclosable sharing crisp bag. The accolade acknowledges the company’s continued innovation within the packaging sector. ...
Ecuadorian dairy firm Tonicorp has opened a new dairy production plant in Guayaquil. The inauguration ceremony was chaired by the President of Ecuador, Lenín Moreno, together with directors of Arca Continental and The Coca-Cola ...
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Cortec has installed a new advanced box making machine, which will allow to produce CorrTainer corrosion protection boxes at various sizes. The company has installed the new machine at its Eau Claire facility in Wisconsin, US. The ...
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Pakistan-based Deluxe Packages has invested in KBA’s seven-colour Rapida 106 sheetfed offset press, in a bid to enhance its production operations. The company will install seven-colour sheetfed offset press at its Karachi facility ...
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Futamura has reported better sales growth and record levels of operational efficiency in the year since its purchase of Innovia Films’ cellulose business. The acquisition was announced back in April last year. The company stated ...
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