Diamond Packaging won five awards, including Folding Carton of the Year, in the 70th Annual North American Paperboard Packaging Competition, the industry's premier showcase for all that is new and outstanding in paperboard packaging design ...
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About two-thirds of consumers prefer steel cans for sustainable food packaging, according to a research study conducted by MindClick Global for Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI). The choice was made as consumers considered ...
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On November 12, 2013 the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.08 per common share payable on December 30, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business December 16, 2013 About Intertape Polymer Group IPG manufactures a ...
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Paper manufacturer Mayr-Melnhof Group's (MM Group) MM Packaging has signed an agreement to acquire three sites of the Pan-European cardboard packaging company A&R Carton in Russia for €100m. The move is expected to expand the ...
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British specialty plastics supplier Essentra has completely acquired the Ireland-based folding cartons manufacturer Dakota Packaging for an undisclosed amount. Dakota, which supplies printed, folding and litho-laminate cartons to the ...
Germany-based Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG) has agreed to acquire AR Packaging Group's (AR) subsidiaries A&R Carton Lund and Flextrus in Sweden. Under the deal, WPG will acquire AR's sites at Lund and Halmstad, as well as in ...
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Australian packaging company Amcor has introduced a new recyclable barrier liner for bag-in-box foods, the Amcor Vodex Generation II, which offers better protection. Vodex Generation II, which is a co-extruded packaging solution, is ...
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The two lines ordered by Hull-based Kingston Cartons are a Visioncut 106 LE die-cutter with optical register system and an Expertfold 110 A2 folder-gluer with multipurpose capabilities. Arend Buitendam, managing director of Kingston ...
At full capacity, the facility, located north of Colombo, will produce over 1m cartons a day mostly for food but also for clothing for supermarkets and other big retailers in Britain and mainland Europe. Kit includes two six-colour KBA ...
To meet the needs of the high velocity world of e-commerce, conveyors and sortation systems must be a smart, fast and efficient component of a production or order fulfillment engine. Driven by the need for flexibility, speed and maximum ...
When you test the softness of a cashmere Brunello Cucinelli pullover or try on a pair of knee high boots from Manolo Blahnik, it's easy to forget that luxury retailers face the same distribution issues as mass merchandise merchants. They ...
US-based specialty chemicals provider Eastman Chemical has expanded its non-phthalate plasticizer portfolio with the launch of new Eastman Versafix plasticizer. Eastman Versafix is claimed to provide required viscosity control and ...
Beverage carton recycling has increased by 2% during 2012 to reach 39% in the EU, Norway and Switzerland compared to 2011, according to a new report from The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE). The report noted that ...
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China Import and Export Fair Autumn 2013 (Canton Fair) is grandly held at Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center (Pazhou) from October 15 to 19, 2013. Canton Fair is the largest trade fair in China,which has the largest ...
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The statistics can be staggering: one in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year (that's nearly 53 million people). A very likely place for food poisoning is in the home: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...