The UK’s top packaging event – Packaging Innovations (Inc. Ecopack and Contract Pack), Label&Print and Empack 2017 – returns to NEC, Birmingham on 1 & 2 March, with an impressive five shows under one roof, over 350 ...
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Toyota said it will boost SUV production at an Indiana factory with a $600m investment, which could add 400 jobs. The investment is part of the company’s strategy of localisation to build vehicles where they are sold. It will be ...
China's retail sales of consumer goods, a key indicator of consumption, grew 10.4 percent year on year in 2016, the same as the first three quarters, official data showed Friday. Retail sales grew 9.6 percent year on year after deducting ...
Tags: consumer goods, catering industry
Global high-barrier packaging film consumption was projected at 1.86 million tonnes in 2016 and is forecast to grow during 2016–2021 at an annual rate of 4.6% to 2.33 million tonnes, according to Smithers Pira. Smithers Pira’s ...
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Mayors of Cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, and Seattle have released the nation's first multi-city request to the automotive industry to increase the production of electric vehicles and help in tackling fuel and ...
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Crown Holdings has introduced new metal closures, which can be used for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers. Food manufacturers can use the new metal closures for different products such as jams, tomato sauce, salsa and pickles. ...
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ROK Stars, the consumer goods and environmental technologies development firm established by John Paul DeJoria and Jonathan Kendrick, has announced an on-going investment plan in its ABK Brewery to meet the increasing demand for its beer ...
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UK’s workable cup recycling scheme Simply Cups and Smart Planet Technologies (SPT) have partnered to recover and recycle the ‘reCUP’ hot beverage paper cup. The reCUP, which is designed by Smart Planet in California, can ...
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Multivac Sepp Haggenmüller has acquired a 49.9% stake in meat equipment manufacturer TVI Entwicklung und Produktion based in Irschenberg, Germany for an undisclosed price. The German food packaging company, which has global ...
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Germany-based printing inks manufacturer Siegwerk has invested in a new Labo Combi 400 laminator to strengthen its development opportunities for packaging inks. The new laminator, which was purchased from Nordmeccanica group, has been ...
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Linx Printing Technologies has selected packaging equipment supplier Multicheck as its distributor for Denmark. The deal allows Linx to expand its operations in the Scandinavian region. Multicheck will distribute the company's range of ...
As one of the auto manufacturer firstly located in Changsha economy and development district, FOTON Changsha plant has produced 800 thousand vehicles since 1999, accumulating sales revenue of 40 billion Yuan, realized the super development ...
Rockwell Automation OEM partner AFA Systems has developed a new HD-CMA continuous motion autoload cartoner for potato chip producers. HD-CMA machine holds capacity to run 320 products per minute, cartoning one bag of chips per carton. ...
Tags: AFA Systems, Potato Chip
December 19, 2016, Qingdao, Shandong West Coast New District and SINOTRUK held a new energy commercial vehicle project signing ceremony, marking another high-end, new manufacturing project successfully settled in Qingdao. SINOTRUK plans to ...
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Air Products will highlight the power of liquid nitrogen for a variety of applications both up and down the food production line at Northwest Food & Beverage World 2017 in Portland, Oregon, from January 9-11. Food manufacturers are ...