Kush Bottles has hired a new sales and support team, led by Carmen Lam, to handle the rapidly growing legal cannabis market in Nevada. According to ABC News, recreational marijuana sales have exceeded expectations, with long lines outside ...
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Mercedes-Benz has started the production of the new S-Class at its plant in Sindelfingen, Germany. For the official start-up of the luxury saloon in the Mercedes-Benz plant Sindelfingen, an S 560 4MATIC (fuel consumption, ...
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India-based Jindal Poly Films (JPFL) has agreed to acquire Netherlands-based Apeldoorn Flexible Packaging Holding (AFP) for around €82.3m. AFP, which is incorporated in 2014, manufactures load security films, bread and cheese ...
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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has marked five years since investing in a pioneering initiative to transform plastics recycling in Great Britain. The anniversary comes as CCEP passed the milestone of sourcing 50,000 tonnes of ...
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Finnish packaging company Huhtamaki has agreed to acquire International Paper’s foodservice packaging operations in China for €15m. The acquisition will include two manufacturing units in Shanghai and Tianjin, which employ ...
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A new report from Smithers Pira expects the worldwide rigid plastic packaging consumption to grow during 2017–2022 at an annual rate of 3.7% to 63.4 million tonnes. Economic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging ...
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EyeC said it will showcase its fastest inspection technology for labels and flexible packaging at the upcoming Labelexpo Europe 2017, to be held in September at Brussels, Belgium. The new inspection system, EyeC ProofRunner Label, can ...
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Siegwerk is set to exhibit its ink solutions and services for label and packaging applications at this year’s Labelexpo Europe event. The event will take place from 25 to 28 September in Brussels, Belgium. Siegwerk provides a ...
Intertape Polymer Group (IPG) has completed the previously announced acquisition of Montreal, Canada-based tape manufacturing Canadian Technical Tape (Cantech). The purchase allows IPG to expand its tape manufacturing capabilities not ...
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Biesterfeld Plastic has agreed to distribute BASF’s polystyrene in Europe, North Africa and the CIS region. Biesterfeld Plastic will distribute BASF’s polystyrene 158K and the recently commercialised polystyrene 148HQ from ...
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Mimaki is set to showcase a range of advanced digital print and cut solutions for short-run and customised labels and packaging at this year’s Labelexpo Europe event. The event will take place from 25 to 28 September in Brussels, ...
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Industrial packaging firm MAUSER Group has celebrated the fifth anniversary of its factory in Gliwice, Poland. Ideally located in the industrial heartland of Upper Silesia, and operated by a strong local management team, the plant offers ...
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The National Development and Reform Commission, China's top economic planner, and the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) jointly issued a document entitled "The Vision for Maritime Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative" on June 20, ...
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The event is due to be held in September this year in Brussels, Belgium. SPGPrints’ rotary screen printing workflow for labels is claimed to be centred around its nickel RootMesh and re-usable RotoPlate screen programmes. The ...
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Konica Minolta has established new European professional print division to reflect the increasing importance of the industrial and commercial printing sectors. The company appointed Charles Lissenburg as general manager for the new ...
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