Ardagh Group has started started 'exclusive negotiations' with France based Compagnie de Saint-Gobain to acquire Verallia North America (VNA) in a transaction worth $1.7bn. Muncie, Indiana headquartered Verallia North America is the ...
Irish glass and metal packaging company Ardagh Group has secured Worldstar Award from World Packaging Organisation in 2012 for its Jean Paul Gaultier Coca-Cola contour bottles. Aluminium Packaging Europe sales director Marc Bettinger said ...
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2013 has started very positively for Ardagh Group and the team who produced the Jean Paul Gaultier Coca-Cola contour bottles.The eye catching limited edition containers,which had already been honoured in 2012 with trophies from ...
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The brand owner launched a plastic alternative to the tin this year and has said it plans to offer both formats again in 2013. The company’s comments came after sources in the metal packaging sector told PN that the factory ...
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Ball Packaging Europe will demonstrate innovative cans for modern drinks with a slogan ‘Everything – Everywhere – Forever’ at Brau Beviale in Nuremberg during 13-15 November 2012. The can's attractiveness is ...
Germany-based IntraVis Vision Systems will exhibit its EVOH barrier inspection system at the Pack Expo on 28-31 October 2012 in Chicago, US. EVOH creates a barrier to oxygen and carbon dioxide, locking quality and essence inside the ...
Netherlands-based metal packaging specialist Zaanlandia Blik's, dispenser Zaanlandia Tin was presented by Amsterdam on Packaging Innovations. It is designed to mono packaged products to store and present. Zaanlandia director Daan Kriek ...
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The recycling rate for all aluminium packaging in the UK based on the figures released by Defra show that it has increased by more than 4% putting the overall recycling rate at 45%, according to the Aluminium Packaging Recycling ...
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CROWN Beverage Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown has announced the launch of a new 10oz beverage can that offers an alternative to traditional drink packaging for specialty beverage brands. According to CROWN, the can has ...
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The glass and metal packaging manufacturer has launched RinGo, which is claimed to be 20% lighter that the standard pack. In addition, Ardagh said that the user can drain the whole content. A necked in top, as opposed to the straight wall ...
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Craft brewery Sprecher Brewing is now packaging two of its beverages in metal cans supplied by CROWN Beverage Packaging North America, a business unit of Crown Holdings. Sprecher's Special Amber and Root Beer are now being sold in 12oz ...
Crown Holdings, a supplier of cans and other metal packaging products has announced that the company cut its direct greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by 8% from 2007 to 2010, according to its first sustainability report. During the period, ...
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South Carolina-based McCall Farms, which specialized in vegetables that grow in the state including peas, beans, greens, okra, rutabaga and tomatoes, is working on a project to display the nutritional benefits of canned food on its labels. ...
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Two Ball and packaging industry veterans,Gerrit Heske and Michael Feldser,have been named to succeed Seabrook and lead the company's global metal packaging businesses. Heske,formerly president of Ball Packaging Europe,will become senior ...
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Health Canada has reaffirmed that bisphenol A(BPA)is safe to be used in food packaging and does not pose a health risk. This is the latest update by the agency,which conducted an assessment in 2008.The announcement comes when the ...
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