Drinks giant Heineken reported an organic rise in beer volumes of 0.5% in Europe and 5.4% in Asia Pacific in the first quarter of this year. The increase in sales was unexpected for this year’s first quarter and it was more than the ...
Thermoplastic resins producer Braskem is set to showcase intelligent packaging solutions at this year’s Interpack event in Germany. The event will take place from 4 to 10 May in Düsseldorf. At the event, the firm will ...
The LED materials market is increasing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9.9% from 2016 to $12.55bn in 2021, forecasts a report from MarketsandMarkets. The market is driven by the growing demand for LED materials in general ...
Tags: LEDs Lighting, LED materials
Semiconductor packaging solutions provider Kulicke & Soffa (K&S) has opened a new process and applications laboratory at its facility in the City of Eindhoven in the Netherlands. The 180m2 laboratory and adds to the company’s ...
Tags: packaging, refining packaging
VPK Packaging is investing €20m to improve both the quality and capacity of the firm's corrugated packagin solutions, in response to growing customer demand. A brand new corrugator and an additional boxmaker were already brought into ...
Tags: VPK Packaging, Packaging
Charoen Pokphand Foods' (CPF) subsidiary CPF Investment has agreed to acquire Westbridge Food Group (WFGL) for approximately THB2.6bn (£60m). WFGL is a UK-based company expertizes lie in sales of meat and ready-made products to ...
CCL Industries has purchased two European direct-to-consumer and software-powered online digital printing businesses to support its Avery unit. The company has acquired Goed Gemerkt B.V. and Goed Gewerkt B.V. (Goed Gemerkt) privately ...
Pernod Ricard has completed the sale of Domecq brandies and wines to Bodega Las Copas, a joint venture between Emperador Group and González Byass, for €81m. The sale includes Pernod Ricard’s portfolio of brandies ...
Tags: Pernod Ricard, Wines
Domino's is ready to let its driverless delivery vehicles loose in Europe for the very first time. The six-wheeled vehicles, which resemble something you’d expect to see Nasa landing on the moon, are being debuted by Domino’s ...
Tags: six-wheeled vehicles, Domino
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has secured exclusivity in relation to the proposed acquisition of Chamtor, a France-based manufacturer of wheat-based sweeteners and starches. Pierre Duprat, president, ADM Europe, Middle East and ...
Tags: wheat, sweeteners
French packaging company RPC Bebo Bouxwiller has been selected to manufacture beer cups for Monaco-based bar and restaurant, La Brasserie de Monaco. RPC Bebo Bouxwiller is manufacturing polypropylene cups that are transparent and ...
UK-based Reflex Labels has ordered five EF multi-substrate flexo presses from MPS for production of label and packaging. As part of the order, MPS will supply presses including one 8-colour/430mm press, two 9-colour/520mm presses and two ...
Tags: flexo presses, packaging label
Sappi has announced plans to invest at its facilities in Europe and the US in a bid to increase capacities for packaging and specialty paper. In the next three years, the firm intends to invest $140m in equipment upgrades and production ...
Tags: Sappi, Packaging, Specialty Paper
Canadian firm Pure Hothouse Foods has selected Solidus Solutions' solid board enriched with tomato plants fibers for packaging its recently launched Cloud 9 snacking tomato brand with high-flavor tomato. UK-based manufacturer of solid ...
Tags: Packaging, Pure Hothouse Foods
Brazilian meat company BRF has launched a new subsidiary named OneFoods to target the halal market in Middle East countries. The company has commenced the operations of the new subsidiary, which previously was called Sadia Halal. With ...
Tags: Halal Market, BRF