British snacking company KP Snacks agreed to buy Butterkist, the popcorn business of Tangerine Confectionery for an undisclosed price. The acquisition will also include the manufacturing facility of Butterkist located in Pontefract, West ...
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 ...
Tags: Packaging, protective packaging
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America (MHIA) has completed the construction of a two-train polyethylene facility in the US for ExxonMobil Chemical. MHIA, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), secured the construction order from ...
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) is planning to increase the use of recycled plastic in all of its bottles by 50%, as part of the UK’s new sustainable packaging strategy. The firm’s Great Britain (GB) business unit will work ...
Tags: Recycled Plastic Content, Bottles
A&R Logistics (A&R) has signed a collaboration agreement with Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) to open an export supply chain facility for the US plastic resin industry. The project will be aimed at establishing a transportation and plastics ...
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Vanguard Packaging has invested in a HP Scitex 15500 corrugated press as part of its efforts to expand the digital printing capacity. The company installed Scitex digital press at its underground facility in Kansas City of Missouri. ...
Lollicup USA has signed the land development deal to begin construction of the company's new, 700,000 ft2 manufacturing facility in Rockwall, Texas, US. The manufacturing plant, located not far from Dallas, will open with new machines for ...
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ZEISS Group of Oberkochen, Germany is fueling its growth strategy by expanding into the process control market. Through its new Process Control Solutions (PCS) business unit - part of the ZEISS Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) ...
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Tyson Foods will invest $59.7m to expand its distribution center in Pottsville, Pennsylvania which would create more jobs, improve efficiency and support its growth plans. The project, which will begin this summer, includes construction ...
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Spectra Packaging has designed new eco-friendly bottle for natural skin care brand Pure Lakes. The company used biopolymer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) to produce the new tubular design bottle for Pure Lakes. The new bottles have ...
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 ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, Packaging
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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Swedish firm Rottneros has developed a new packaging tray for use in food applications. The company has designed the new food packaging tray to be used for convenience food, meat in grocery stores and take away food. Designed to replace ...
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Sycamore Brewing is set to release a brand-new suite of cans brewed in their recently completed $2.5 million-dollar production facility and cannery in the North End neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Since opening in 2014, ...
Covestro has expanded its film production capability, investing around €20m in a new production facility for multilayered flat films in Dormagen, Germany. The total investment also includes the related infrastructure and logistics. ...
Tags: Covestro, flat films