US-based Sun Basket has introduced recyclable and compostable packaging solutions to serve the meal kit industry in order to reduce the waste associated with shipping its boxes to customers. The new solutions, which include insulation, ...
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Kent Precision Foods Group (KPFG), a operating subsidiary of family-owned food products and animal feed manufacturer Kent, has signed an agreement to acquire US-based flexible packaging supplier PouchTec Industries. PouchTec Industries, a ...
US-based blow molded packaging solutions provider Pretium Packaging has acquired Custom Blow Molding (CBM), a producer of plastic containers for sports nutrition products. California-based CBM is a supplier of rigid plastic containers ...
South Korea’s paper manufacturer Hansol Paper will speed up deleveraging effort to improve financial state that includes rights offering to be able to afford to venture into new areas for growth. Debts shot up as the company shifted ...
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LyondellBasell has announced its plan to move ahead with the construction of a high density polyethylene (HDPE) plant on the US Gulf Coast. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2019, the plant is expected to have an annual production capacity ...
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In the new consumer packaging plant that DS Smith is currently building in Erlensee (close to Frankfurt), the first machines are currently being installed, one after the other. One of them is the new machine for the creation of compressed ...
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Avery Dennison Corporation announced preliminary, unaudited results for its second quarter ended 2 July 2016. All non-GAAP financial measures referenced in this document are reconciled to GAAP in the attached tables. Unless otherwise ...
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Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.), a leading provider of flexible packaging solutions, recently announced the opening of its new 20,000ft2 facility for non-food contract packaging. Expected to be operational in ...
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Kettle Cuisine has acquired a privately held custom food manufacturing company Del Monaco Foods for undisclosed sum. Based in Morgan Hill, California, Del Monaco produces soups, sauces and other specialty items. The acquisition will ...
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Packaging machinery supplier Bobst and BHS Corrugated have been awarded a contract by Mexican paper and packaging manufacturer Grupo Gondi to supply and install 11 new production lines. The contract scope includes purchase of two BHS ...
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French dairy giant The Bel Group has agreed to engage in exclusive negotiations to acquire a majority stake in fruit snacks and dessert maker MOM Group. Owned by a private equity LBO France, the MOM Group has significant presence in the ...
Axalta Coating Systems, a supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has acquired United Paint’s automotive interior rigid thermoplastics coatings business for undisclosed sum. Following the deal, production will temporarily remain at ...
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Car washing equipment is a must-see exhibit category among others at this year’s Automechanika Frankfurt, staged September 13 through 17 (photo courtesy of UDN.com). The leading international names from the car-wash business will ...
The Netherlands-based Lightweight Containers is opening a new production plant in Grossbreitenbach, Germany. The fully automated production line has a capacity of 400 KeyKeg® Slimlines per hour and will be operational in the third ...
For second-quarter 2016, AXT Inc of Fremont, CA, USA – which makes gallium arsenide (GaAs), indium phosphide (InP) and germanium (Ge) substrates and raw materials – has reported revenue of $20.5m, down slightly on $21m a year ...
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