Graphic Packaging's European subsidiary is all set to acquire the UK-based food and healthcare packaging firm Benson Group for approximately $165m. Subject to standard closing requirements, the transaction will be funded with existing ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Packaging
The Annals of the American Thoracic Society has released a comprehensive supplement on the 56th annual Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference entitled "The Lung Microbiome: A New Frontier in Pulmonary Medicine." More than 170 ...
Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
Tags: Robotics, environment, innovations
Major food companies are keeping their word by removing 6.4 trillion calories from the U.S. marketplace in an effort to promote healthy weight, a new report says. The report, funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), a ...
Tags: Food, Calories Cut
The gap between Kraft and Testliner prices had grown and hence a narrowing made sense. Foreign Kraft producers found the UK market increasingly attractive…which raised supply. There has been a further switch out of Kraft into the less ...
The 26th Istanbul International Children Baby Maternity Industry Expo (CBME Turkey 2014) will open in four exhibition halls in Istanbul CNR Exhibition Center from January 16 to 19, 2014, with a total exhibition area of 38,000 square meters. ...
Tags: CBME Turkey, Apparel
The flexible packaging market is estimated to be worth $351bn by 2018, meaning that it is rapidly gaining market share from other sectors such as traditional rigid packaging. There have been many exciting new product developments which ...
The way in which consumers view and interact with packaged products is changing. With a growing focus on convenience and sustainability, traditional pack types are being replaced by innovative and flexible options designed to meet these ...
Recently, Baosteel successfully rolled the world's thinnest ultrahigh strength steel for cars. Its thickness was only 0.5mm, which was comparable to kraft paper; the strength reached 980 MPa, which rivaled commonly used submarine steel. At ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Nature's Reward, a new line of compostable bags manufactured and marketed by Lindamar Industries, an ISO 9001-2008 certified, California-based plastic packaging manufacturer, recently received the Biodegradable Products Institute (BPI) ...
In excess of 100 senior representatives from the Irish dairy industry gathered in Dublin today for the launch of Bord Bia's national 'Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme' (SDAS). Delegates heard how the new dairy scheme is fundamental to ...
Shell today became the first major oil company to develop a lead-free replacement for Aviation Gasoline (Avgas 100 and 100LL), which will now begin a strict regulatory approvals process. Avgas is one of the last common transportation fuels ...
Tags: Shell, oil, energy, lead-free, Aviation Gasoline, fuel
Willy Wonka is at it again. Not since Violet Beauregarde furiously chewed on a three-course meal piece of gum and suffered the consequences has the confectionery category seen such high levels of innovation and new product development ...
Posted in Testing Services by Chris Newmarker on November 25, 2013 The FDA is telling 23andMe to stop marketing its Personal Genomic Service tests. The FDA’s move is but another sign that the regulator is increasingly concerned ...
Tags: 23andMe, DNA, Hit, FDA, warning letter
Part of Kraft’s Gevalia single-serve coffee system, the thermoformed PS cup offers the long shelf-life required by customers. Containing a special filter paper, the hot drink is placed into the filter and the cup is sealed. The ...