PolyOne has acquired North American color and additive materials producer Mesa for an undisclosed sum. Established in 1990, Mesa manufactures both solid and liquid colorant technologies, which can be used in a range of end markets such as ...
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France’s new ecology minister Nicolas Hulot has announced that the country will ban the sale of petrol and diesel-powered vehicles by 2040. The announcement is part of the country’s commitment to Paris climate agreement. It ...
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Campbell Soup has agreed to acquire organic food manufacturer Pacific Foods of Oregon for $700m in an all cash deal to expand its footprint in the rapidly growing health and well-being categories. Based in Tualatin, Oregon, Pacific Foods ...
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Budweiser has released a new summer packaging lineup of bottles and cans inspired by local breweries of the US. This new packaging style, as per the brand owned by Anheuser-Busch, was inspired by 12 local breweries. From now on 11 ...
API's TA cold foil helped Olympus Print Group increase production speed and quality. The TA cold foil has been applied to gold and silver PP and PE substrates on the Olympus digital converting line, which helped to increase application ...
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Sonoco-Alcore said that it will again increase prices by a further €50 per tonne (£40 / tonne) on all recycled paperboard grades sold in its European regions. The price change is effective with shipments on or after 17th July ...
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Henkel has completed the acquisitions of Darex Packaging Technologies business and the Sonderhoff Group Darex is based in Cambridge, MA, USA and supplies high-performance sealants and coatings for the metal packaging industry around the ...
The US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has demonstrated the ability to grow thin films of the transition-metal nitride Nb2N (niobium nitride). The thin crystalline material has a similar structure to gallium nitride (GaN), but its ...
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Atomic layer deposition (ALD) thin-film technology firm Picosun Oy of Espoo, Finland, Taiwan’s National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) and Atom Semicon Co Ltd of New Taipei City, Taiwan have begun a joint collaboration on the ...
The Sony PlayStation Now streaming service was touted as a Netflix of gaming, but since its inception it has existed more as a backwards compatibility method for PS3 titles. That changes today with Sony is finally adding PS4 games into ...
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French-automaker PSA Group has received approval from the European Union antitrust authorities for the acquisition of Opel and Vauxhall brands from General Motors. Through the acquisition, PSA plans to make profitable growth not only in ...
British rock legends Iron Maiden and independent family brewers Robinsons have unveiled a new Belgian style beer, Hallowed. The new ale follows on from the success of the original Trooper, which has sold more than 15 million pints since ...
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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UK-based independent milk processor Wyke Farms and The Organic Milk Suppliers Cooperative (OMSCo) have announced a growing partnership to expand organic cheese production, distribution and sales. Wyke Farms and OMSCo are developing their ...
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Screen has launched two new game-changing digital label presses for high-end labels and food packaging. The company said it will debut new inkjet presses Labelexpo Europe 2017. The two new digital label presses Truepress Jet L350UV+ and ...