Welsh Country Foods (WCF) is closing its lamb processing business in the Island of Anglesey, UK, with immediate effect, a move which will result in 310 job losses. The plant closure comes after the completion of a 90-day consultation ...
Church & Dwight sought the collaboration of their strategic partners, Product Ventures and Colangelo, to design and develop packaging for the Trojan brand's noteworthy debut in the personal lubricant category. In the research process, they ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Lubricant Packaging
A distribution centre for Tesco at Middlewich, Cheshire – operated by CEVA Logistics – faces closure with the potential loss of 130 jobs. Tesco is reviewing its online grocery distribution network This follows Tesco’s ...
Tags: Tesco, Agriculture, Food
Chairman All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Ahsan Bashir has expressed dismay over unilateral disconnection of electricity supply to the textile industry on independent feeders introduced by the Ministry of Water & Power. The ...
Tags: Textile Mills, Textile
Plastic packaging manufacturer Sealed Air has announced plans to phase down production at its Rotorua plant in New Zealand and close it by mid-2014. The company proposes to consolidate the plant's manufacturing operations into its ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging Plant
After hitting an eight-month low on March 28, Asian isomer-grade mixed xylenes have seen a marked rebound as bargain hunters returned to the market and the downstream paraxylene sector showed signs of rising demand. From $1,119.50/mt FOB ...
Tags: Asian Isomer-Mx, Downstream
Plastic caps and closures producer Procap has announced the acquisition of Schoeller Cap Systems (SCS) in Schwerin, Germany. The acquisition will provide Procap its first local manufacturing facility and enable the new enterprise Procap ...
Tags: Procap, Plastic caps
Velcro Industries has partnered with Hill's Pet Nutrition to integrate PRESS-LOK closure technology into Hill's pet food packaging created by Canada-based PEEL Plastics Products. Hill's US marketing director Christopher Rector said the ...
Tags: Velcro Industries, Pet Food Packaging, Press-Lok Closure Technology
The Dutch Faber Halbertsma Groep (FHG) is to close its production site in Grou and transfer production to the remaining three Dutch sites in Assen, Hasselt and Espel. As a result of the concentration of production operations at only three ...
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Some miners in Indonesia's East Kalimantan region have been deferring loadings of thermal coal cargoes by seven to 10 days amid rains, sources said Friday. Several vessels are being diverted to East Kalimantan from South Kalimantan, which ...
Tags: Asia Thermal Coal, Miners, Chemicals
For fourth-quarter 2012, 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, a producer of specialty metal and chemical products, has reported revenue of $128.6m, up 6.5% on $120.7m last quarter but down 13.9% on $149.4m a year ago. Revenue for ...
Premium pet food maker Hill's Pet Nutrition has partnered with Velcro Industries to integrate its Press-Lok closure technology into its Hill's Science Diet pet food packaging to ensure an easy, consumer friendly experience. "There are ...
Tags: food packaging, packaging
White cartonboard Algro Design was selected for the carton to package its curved bottle with a brushed metal surface. The packaging is made of white paperboard with structural embossing, featuring the Strellson plectrum logo in black on a ...
Tags: package, packaging, packaging design
OMNOVA Solutions Inc. announced income from continuing operations of $0.2 million, or breakeven per diluted share, for the first quarter ended February 28, 2013. Net loss for the first quarter was $0.2 million, or breakeven per diluted ...
Tags: coated fabrics, fabrics, operations
Johnson Matthey announced on 28 March that, due to the “continued downturn in the LED and semiconductor markets”, it has decided to exit the gas purification market. The decision relates to gas purification for bulk gases ...