The US Food and Drug Administration has issued draft guidance for drug manufacturers to clarify when a gluten-containing ingredient has been used to make prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley ...
Flint Group has increased the prices of its packaging inks products due to incremental cost escalation forces. Further to announcements made in March 2017, it has become clear that the raw material markets for many components within Flint ...
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RPC Zeller Plastik Zell has developed a new closure for personal care and pharmaceutical applications. Part of the screw-on Classic range of polypropylene hinge tube closures, the new closure is available with a size of 25mm and matt ...
Packaging firm Schaumaplast has launched a product made from biomass-balanced Styropor from BASF. The firm produced the new Styropor packaging for ice cream from IceGuerilla.de, a start-up engaged in sending ice creams in Germany. ...
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Berlin Packaging, the full-service supplier of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures, has opened a 430,000ft2 office and distribution center in Fairfield. An impactful addition to the company's strong California presence, with ...
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Denso announced that it will exhibit at CES 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention and World Trade Center in Las Vegas, Nevada from Tuesday, January 9 to Friday, January 12, 2018. At the exhibition, DENSO will present its future of mobility and ...
European Plastics Converters (EuPC), a European trade association, has surveyed plastics converters across Europe to look at the current and future use of recycled content as well as incentives and barriers to its use. With high targets ...
Capitol City Produce Company has agreed to acquire the distribution operations of Table Fresh Foods, effective 30 December 2017 for an undisclosed price. Darin Arceneaux, COO of Capitol City Produce, said: "Table Fresh has a tremendous ...
Food industry leaders have urged the UK and European Union (EU) policy makers to make swift progress on Brexit trade negotiations. FoodDrinkEurope and the UK Food and Drink Federation have issued a joint statement on the progress of ...
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Hybrid Software is set to exhibit the latest version of PACKZ, its professional PDF editor for the packaging and label markets, at Packaging Innovations 2018 event in the UK. The event will take place between 28 February and 1 March in ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released new guidance for drug makers on prescription drug promotion. FDA has released two Federal Register notices pertained to prescription drug promotion from the FDA Center for Drug ...
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Puerto Rican firm PET Plastics has purchased a complete system from Sacmi capable of processing up to 2,000 caps per minute, with higher quality performance, lower costs and increased process efficiency. Fast, easy size changeovers, ...
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Turkey-based Polinas Plastik Sanayii ve Ticareti has acquired flexible packaging solutions producer Propak. Polinas, which is owned by Ulker Group, has acquired Propak from Southeast Europe Equity Fund II (SEEF II) for an undisclosed sum. ...
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US-based printing services provider DPI Direct has invested in eight-color Edale FL3 flexographic press, in a bid to enhance its production operations. The Edale FL3 flexographic press features 430mm web width, AiiR system and converting ...
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US-based differentiated paper and packaging solutions provider WestRock has signed agreements to acquire all of the assets of Plymouth Packaging, a corrugated packaging company, for an undisclosed amount. Under the terms of the deal, ...
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