Packaging lines and machinery company Marchesini Group will present its new blister packaging line Integra 520 V at China International Pharmaceutical Machinery Exposition and China-Pharm this year. The new compact, integrated and robotic ...
Presto Products Company announced the launch of a new zipper tape to help manufacturers of Individual Quick Frozen (IQF) foods improve line efficiencies. Presto showcased the resealable, press-to-close technology at Pack Expo Las Vegas ...
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The legal US cannabis industry is valued at $2.7 billion as of 2014 up 74 per cent from 2013, making it the fastest growing industry in the U.S. over that span (according to ArcView Market Research). As the market grows, so does the need to ...
Taiwanese LED manufacturers revenue performance continued to wane in August, according to Pingan Securities. Revenue performances downed both annually and on a monthly basis, according to statistics released by Taiwanese companies. The ...
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Clariant, a specialty chemicals company, has announced that its healthcare packaging manufacturing facility in Belen, New Mexico, has achieved ISO 15378:2011 certification for products manufactured for healthcare applications, including ...
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Ball Corporation has increased its production capacity with the opening of a new aluminum aerosol can plant in northwest city of Ahmedabad, India. The move is in line with the company's Drive for 10 vision strategy of expanding its ...
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Australian packaging company Amcor will showcase AmLite, the company’s latest metal-free packaging technology that is capable of creating a lightweight, transparent material, at PackExpo in Las Vegas. Amcor used a micro-thin ...
Closure Systems International's (CSI) capping equipment designers, systems engineers and closure designers collaborated to develop the Intelli-Torq Servo Capper. This computer-controlled capping machine continuously monitors and ...
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Nova Chemicals has invested in a new Sacmi semi-commercial scale compression molding machine to boost caps and closures production. Being installed at Nova Chemicals' center for performance applications in Calgary, Canada, the new ...
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US-based Flowers Foods has completed the acquisition of organic bread producer Dave's Killer Bread (DKB) for approximately $275m in cash. The acquired entity will run as an independent subsidiary of Flower Foods. In August, the company ...
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MillerCoors is closing its brewery in Eden, North Carolina due to sales decline as there has been a visible shift in consumer preferences from mainstream beer to crafts beer. The Eden brewery was the first to brew Miller Genuine Draft. ...
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The U.S. prepared meals market, one of the largest in the world and a leader in per capita consumption, is maintaining strong growth, resulting in increased opportunities for packaging solutions that satisfy consumer demands in terms of ...
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For the second fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2015, US based maternity apparel retailer Destination Maternity Corporation slipped in to a GAAP net loss vis-à-vis GAAP net income in the prior fiscal second quarter. For the second ...
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The world's biggest silicon wafer foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Inc (TSMC) says that its subsidiary TSMC Solar Ltd - which was founded in 2009 to make copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) photovoltaic modules - will cease ...
US automotive giant General Motors will carry on with its operations at Oshawa, Ontario, assembly line till 2017 in Canada. The carmaker had said it would pump in $9.1m to raise Chevrolet Equinox output and make related changes at the ...
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