HIG Europe, a unit of global private equity firm HIG Capital, has sold AR Metallizing to to Nissha Printing. AR Metallizing caters to food, beverage and consumer packaging goods industries with metalized paper. Nissha Printing, which ...
Label and packaging firm CCL Industries has partnered with Turkey-based in-mould-labels (IML) producer Korsini, to set up a manufacturing facility for IML in Memphis, Tennessee, in the US. The two companies will form a new entity with a ...
Menasha Packaging is doubling the space at its preprint unit at Neenah, Wisconsin, in the US, to accommodate a new flexographic printing press for preprinted linerboard. The facility will add 45,500ft2 to its existing area of 94,000ft2. ...
Finnish pulp and paper maker Stora Enso is contemplating to close down its corrugated packaging converting facility in Chennai, India, due to lack of domestic market. Stora Enso, a firm engaged in renewable solutions in packaging, ...
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Technical laminates and protective packaging maker Walki will come up with a production line at its Valkeakoski plant in Finland, to meet the rising demand for multilayer laminates in the construction sector. The initiative comes in the ...
US beverage firm Bon Affair has expanded into the single-serve market with the unveiling of Sauvignon Blanc Wine Spritzer, in 11.2oz aluminum bottle 'Fusion' made by consumer packaging firm Rexam. The aluminum bottle, available in sizes ...
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Boxboards and linerboards firm Metsa Board is testing foam forming technology at its Kyro mill in Finland, to produce lightweight paperboards. The foam forming process involves aerating the water-fiber suspension with a stream of tiny ...
Global packaging and paper group Mondi has agreed to acquire two extrusion coating facilities from Walki Group for EUR60m. The transaction includes Walki's industrial packaging facilities in Pietarsaari, Finland and Wroclaw, Poland. ...
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Industrial, consumer and protective packaging provider Sonoco will be investing $11.8m in building a research and development facility for consumer packaging products in Hartsville. The company has already commenced the construction of ...
Packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has entered into an agreement with International Paper to buy its Carolina coated bristols brand for an undisclosed amount. International Paper decided to sell the brand as it wanted to convert its ...
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Who are the world’s biggest polluters? A report by non-profit environmental and social responsibility organisation, As You Sow, and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), examined the packaging practices of forty-seven fast ...
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US-based packaging company Sonoco will acquire a majority interest in Brazilian flexible packaging business Graffo Paranaense de Embalagens for an undisclosed amount. Located in Pinhais, Curitiba, Graffo specialises in producing flexible ...
RadTech, the non-profit trade association for UV+EB technologies, has announced its board of directors for 2015. Peter Weissman of Quaker Chemical Corp. has assumed the RadTech presidency while Lisa Fine of Joules Angstrom UV Printing ...
Canada-based specialty label and packaging solutions provider CCL Industries will be investing in a new plant to produce aluminum slugs used in the impact extrusion process to make aerosol cans, tubes and bottles for consumer packaged goods ...
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US-based Menasha Packaging has acquired a flexographic press to meet the growth in demand for its products. The company provides graphic consumer packaging, merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging, shipping ...
Tags: merchandising solutions, corrugated packaging, food packaging