New York State Agriculture Commissioner Darrel Aubertine has warned consumers in the metropolitan New York area to not consume certain Queso Fresco, Fresh Cheese products made by Mexicali Cheese due to possible Listeria contamination. The ...
Tags: fresh cheese products, preliminary positive test result
US-based packaging company Sonoco has completed the 18,000ft2 expansion of its thermoforming location in Waynesville, North Carolina. The company plans to start up a new multilayer, trim-in-place line, which will facilitate the production ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that manufacturers have voluntarily withdrawn greaseproofing agents known as C8 compounds from the marketplace. These compounds are used as coatings on paper wrappers and containers ...
Tags: compounds, coatings on paper wrappers and containers, contact with food
North American rigid containers supplier BWAY has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ropak Packaging from the Linpac Group in a deal valued at about $265m. BWAY president and chief executive officer Kenneth Roessler said ...
Tags: container, BWAY, acquisition, acquire, Ropak Packaging, stock purchase
US-based Arpac has launched the new Performance-Series PC-4500, a member of the company’s line of case packers. The new continuous motion wraparound case packer is capable of reaching speeds up to 45 cases/trays per minute. ...
Tags: Line of Case Packers, Case Packers, wraparound case packer
US-based Wawa has launched Wawa original blend and 100% Colombian in a single-serve container compatible with the popular Keurig brewing system. Wawa category manager Mendy Meriwether said they have launched these convenient new ...
Tags: container, coffee containers, brewing system, Wawa, single-serve container
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery has formed a sales agreement with Australia-based BetaPak, which will represent Spee-Dee’s product line and provide ongoing service to companies within the Asia Pacific region. Spee-Dee Sales/Marketing ...
Tags: Packaging Machinery, product line, Spee-Dee manufactures equipment
Italy-based blow molding machine manufacturer, SIPA has announced the launch of new two-stage SFL WM linear blow molders, which have been designed for wide mouth bottles and other containers up to 10l capacity. SFL WM Fast linear blow ...
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Packaging machinery manufacturer in Italy, Sacmi has unveiled its new rotary stretch blow molding machines for bottle molding. According to Sacmi, its SBF range of blow molding machines feature six to 24 blow molding stations and ...
US-based packaging products firm Zuhlke & Associates has said fresh produce packaging is seeing more demand for recyclable packaging. According to the firm, 99% of all materials are manufactured from cleaned recycled materials, and the ...
Tags: packaging products, recyclable packaging, thermoforming services
The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has released a new report which informs that the recycling efforts by Canadians have increased the amount of post-consumer plastic packaging being recycled across the country. Moore ...
North American supplier of general line rigid containers BWAY Parent Company through its primary operating subsidiary BWAY has entered into an agreement to be acquired by equity investment firm Platinum Equity for $1.24bn. Under the terms ...
Tags: rigid containers, value creation, investment
Food service disposables and food packaging producer Pactiv has introduced the new EarthChoice 25 Percent Post Consumer Recycled Content Foam Foodservice packaging products for disposable food service needs. According to the US-based ...
Tags: Foodservice Packaging Containers, Containers, Foodservice Packaging
Investment firm Platinum Equity’s affiliate has completed the previously announced acquisition of BWAY, a North American supplier of general line rigid containers for $1.24bn, from Madison Dearborn Partners through a merger. ...
Tags: Bway, rigid containers, general line
Denver's Turin Bicycles returns to its roots in more ways than one as it readies a new retail location in Chicago that will sell its own brand of bicycles as well as products and accessories from Asia and Europe that currently do not have ...