American packaging company Crown has reported net sales of $2.16bn for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $2.14bn for the same period in 2016. Increase in sales has been attributed to increased global beverage can volumes and pass ...
Last December, Google updated its mobile search app to offer location-based news, sports and weather reports, but today it’s introducing a major update that will make the feed a more personalised, Facebook-esque platform. Rolling ...
RISI announced that the China RCP Conference will combine with international containerboard expertise to provide a holistic view of the market dynamics of Containerboard. Named the 6th International Recycled Fiber and Containerboard ...
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Packaging Concepts & Design (PC&D) and O2 Investment Partners (O2) have acquired Packaging Specialists, Southwest (PSI) for an undisclosed sum. PSI, which was established in 1976, is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, US. It designs and ...
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Renewable fiber-based packaging, pulp and paper products producer International Paper has elected Christopher Connor to its board of directors effective 1 October 2017. Mr. Connor, age 61, retired as Executive Chairman of The ...
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Teasdale Latin Foods, which is majority owned by private equity firm Snow Phipps Group, has acquired Rudy's Tortillas, a provider of high quality tortillas and chips into the foodservice channel. Founded in 1945 and based in Carrollton, ...
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Google Play Movies is now offering content in 4K HDR, with the High Dynamic Range content coming at no extra cost. Google added 4K movies to the store back in December and is now including the impressive HDR standard, which improves the ...
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Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA – which develops, manufactures and distributes LED technology and lighting products for the automotive, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT) and illumination segments – says that funds affiliated with ...
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Australian horticultural company Costa Group has agreed to acquire Lankester Avocado's orchards and packing operations in Queensland for an undisclosed price. The avocado business owned by the Lankester family cultivates the fruit in a ...
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Netflix has announced fledgling support for Dolby Atmos audio within its original content, but it’s hard to imagine a more limited test run. The movie theatre-like surround sound tech will only available initially on a single ...
Bowmore Islay Single Malt Whisky has announced the US release of the fifth and final edition of the Black Bowmore 1964 distillation: Black Bowmore 1964 50 Year Old. The last cask rediscovered of Black Bowmore 1964 has spent an astonishing ...
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UK-based corrugated cardboard maker DS Smith has signed a conditional agreement to acquire a majority stake in US packaging firm Interstate Resources from Merpas for $920m. DS Smith and its US subsidiary DS Smith Holdings have signed the ...
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Valmet has secured an order to deliver a complete tissue production line to Spain-based ICT Iberica. The new Advantage DCT 200HS tissue line will be installed at the company's mill in Burgo. It is expected to start operations in the third ...
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Telsa Motors CEO Elon Musk said that the production of the Model 3 electric car would start this week and the first deliveries are expected to be done by the end of this month. Musk tweeted the latest model from Tesla has received ...
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Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) says that its Beijing manufacturing facility has earned ISO/TS 16949 qualification for testing and ...
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