Manufacturer of flexible packaging machinery The Comexi Group has entered into a deal with two European companies to install its Comexi Offset CI8 printing press. The companies, one from Austria and the other from East Europe, are ...
Flexible packaging such as plastic bags, confectionery wrappers, frozen food bags and pouches makes up nearly a third (32%) of consumer plastic packaging in the UK, however virtually all of this 556,000 tonnes produced annually ends up in ...
The two-year REFLEX project, funded by the UK’s innovation agency, Innovate UK, aims to create a circular economy for flexible packaging – from confectionery wrappers to detergent pouches – by involving the whole supply ...
Ferro Corporation has completed the acquisition of tile coating manufacturer Vetriceramici S.p.A. for €83 million (approximately $104 million), subject to customary working capital and other purchase price adjustments. Vetriceramici ...
Tags: Tile Coatings, Construction
PolyOne Corporation, a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has announced the acquisition of specialty assets from Accella Performance Materials, a leading North American manufacturer of liquid polymer ...
Tags: polymer materials, Construction
Specialty chemical supplier Mayzo Inc. has has announced the appointment of Van Horn, Metz & Company, Inc. as its North American distributor of additives to the plastics, coatings, inks, adhesives, rubber and lubricants markets. ...
Tags: plastics, coatings, lubricants marketsc, Construction
According to a new report by Markets & Markets, “Micronized PTFE Market by Application (Inks, Thermoplastics, Coatings, Grease & Lubricants, Elastomers), by Geography - Global Forecast to 2019,” the market has a projected value ...
Tags: PTFE, Construction
2013 Jan.-Dec. Chinese Major Export Countries /Regions of Inorganics; Precious Metals, Rare Earth Metals, Radioactive Elements and Their Compounds (by Export Value No. Countries /Regions Jan. to Dec. ...
2013 Jan.-Dec.Chinese Chemical Industry Exports (by Export Value) Product Name Unit Volume Value ($) Year on Year Volume Value Plastics ...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Exports, Distribution
The growing problem of product counterfeiting has raised its head a number of times this year. Now global market research and consulting company, MarketsandMarkets, has released a report on what counterfeiting means to the packaging ...
Tags: Packaging Market, Packaging
After a successful inaugural FESPA Africa 2014, the textile printing show returns in 2015 with the theme of 'Ignite Your Print Potential'. FESPA Africa 2015 aims to attract a wider array of exhibitors and cutting-edge technology, in ...
Tags: cutting-edge technology, educational seminars, Textile
NYSE-listed and global marketer of everyday basic apparel HanesBrands said it has delivered three consecutive quarters of double-digit growth in net sales, adjusted operating profit and adjusted EPS. The innerwear and garment marketer ...
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Messe Frankfurt, organizers of Heimtextil said they are enlarging offering of digital printing products and information at the trade show which runs from January 14-17, 2015. In addition to an extended ‘Digital Print’ product ...
Tags: Digital textile printing, Textile
UK-based corrugated retail and shelf-ready packaging manufacturer TRM Packaging, along with the Flint Group, has opened a new colour lab. The installation and investment on the colour lab is a part of the five-year partnership of the two ...
Tags: TRM Packaging, colour lab, Agriculture
There were 230 entries submitted into this year’s German Packaging Award. NMP Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of KHS, wowed the judges by putting together two of its prototypes. NMP’s Direct Print and Nature MultiPack ...
Tags: German Packaging Award, Packaging