US-based drinks can maker Ball and Rexam have agreed to sell $3.42bn of assets to Luxembourg-based packaging maker Ardagh in order to gain regulatory approval for the proposed £4.43bn merger. The merger, which is due to be completed ...
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Luxembourg-based packaging maker Ardagh has signed an agreement to acquire certain metal beverage can manufacturing facilities in Europe, Brazil and the US from US-based beverage can makers Ball and Rexam for $3.42bn. The deal is a ...
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UPM Raflatac has designed various pharmaceutical labeling products to support compliance with the European Union’s (EU) Falsified Medicines Directive on packaging for prescription drugs and high-risk over-the-counter medicines. ...
Boston Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino was appointed by the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute to act as chairman of the Jimmy Fund. Since 1948, the Jimmy Fund has raised millions of dollars to support adult and pediatric cancer care ...
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Under Armour Inc. reported revenues in the first quarter increased 30 percent in the first quarter of 2016 to $1.05 billion compared with net revenues of $805 million in the prior year's period. Wall Street's average expectation was $1.04 ...
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In response to increased demand for 4- and 6-inch sapphire substrates, Monocrystal Inc of Stavropol, Russia (which manufactures large-diameter sapphire substrates and cores for LEDs, optical products and RFIC applications) plans to ...
The toy line combines traditional play and toy car collecting with AR digital gaming as players race cars on an iPad and watch them react in the real world. A new Kickstarter project that combines toy car collecting with video gaming is ...
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Flexible liquid packaging solutions provider Liqui-Box is planning to invest $4m in advanced packaging production technology at two packaging manufacturing facilities in the US. The firm will upgrade each of the two facilities located at ...
Robert van Embricqs wins A’ Design Award Multiple award-winning Dutch designer Robert van Embricqs has added one more laurel to his name. The Rising Shell Transforming Bowl – Embricqs’ latest addition to his very ...
Cobra Electronics, which rose to prominence with the CB Radio craze in the 1970s, has entered the action sport camera game by acquiring WASPcam, which distributes affordable, high-performance HD action-sports cameras and accessories to ...
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As a UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) Trade Challenge Partner, The Lighting Industry Association (LIA) works hard to assist SMEs to increase their export market potential. The LIA has achieved this through the creation of a number of UK ...
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A Queensland not-for-profit charity providing food relief for families in need is benefiting from new and refurbished material handling equipment supplied by Toyota Material Handling Australia (TMHA). Located at Loganholme and Hillcrest ...
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The Crashlab in Western Sydney. NSW Minister for Transport and Infrastructure Andrew Constance and NSW Minister for Roads Duncan Gay have announced the establishment of the state’s first Smart Innovation Centre in Western Sydney ...
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Olam International has entered into a $175m five-year loan agreement with IFC, a World Bank Group unit, to fund its working capital and capital expenditure requirements for four of its food processing facilities in Nigeria and India. The ...
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Spartan Motors has broken ground on its $5.5m truck assembly plant that will manufacture Isuzu's new F-Series trucks. Spartan held this morning's event at its headquarters at 1541 Reynolds Road in Charlotte, Mich. Isuzu North America ...
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