Irish corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has launched the new range of eco-friendly easy to pour, 1.5 to 3l pouches for the wine market. The new 1.5l Pouch-up has an 80% lower carbon footprint compared to glass packaging, serves ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Pouches, Pouches, packaging
Irish paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has won the PPI award for the Eco Tray, a corrugated tray offering a green alternative to conventional polystyrene and plastic trays. According to the company, the 100% recyclable Eco Tray ...
Smurfit Kappa has announced that it has completed a deal to buy corrugated firm Orange County Container Group (OCCG) for $340m OCCG has operations in northern Mexico and the southern United States. OCCG employs 2,800 people (2,000 of ...
European corrugated giant Smurfit Kappa is set to invest £98m over three years in its Townsend Hook, Kent paper-making facility. The installation and commissioning of a five-meter, lightweight recycled container board machine is due ...
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Irish paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa has designed optimized corrugated board shelf boxes for Germany-based integrated solutions provider Hermes Fulfilment’s storage purposes. Hermes Fulfilment project manager for logistics ...
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Paper and packaging manufacturer in the US, RockTenn has announced the permanent closure of its Matane, Quebec containerboard mill acquired in May 2011. The mill, which was acquired as part of the Smurfit-Stone acquisition, had 176,000t ...
Tags: Quebec Containerboard Mill, Paper and packaging, Smurfit-Stone
OCCG has operations in northern Mexico and the southern United States. OCCG employs 2,800 people (2,000 of whom are employed in Mexico), and is expected to generate $53m of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ...
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Irish corrugated paper and packaging company, Smurfit Kappa has completed its previously announced acquisition of Orange County Container Group (OCCG) for a total cash consideration of $340m. Smurfit Kappa CEO Gary Gann said the ...
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Smurfit Kappa has announced the launch of its new Diagonal Flute Box, which optimizes the existing transport packaging for hair care products. According to the company, the direction of the corrugations on the e-corrugated board has been ...
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Paper and packaging manufacturer in the US RockTenn has reported net sales of $2.3bn for the third quarter of fiscal 2012, which increased $921.1m over the same period of fiscal 2011, primarily due to the acquisition of Smurfit-Stone in May ...
Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa chose to design Wold Top Brewery’s new 4 bottle gift pack using its latest promotional pack promoting MirriNor material. MirriNor, a metallized packaging board, was specifically designed as ...
Smurfit Kappa is enhancing its supply in the Scandinavian corrugated market with the launch of S-flute, a new proprietary concept that combines printing properties with high strength, low weight and environmental benefits. The S-flute ...
Tags: Retail Packaging, S-flute, innovative packaging solutions
Corrugated packaging company in the UK, Smurfit Kappa has developed a new one-piece shelf-ready Storey Pack aimed primarily at the confectionary sector. The pack is available as a one or two-piece tray and lid solution. The new machine ...
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Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa won three awards at Popai Pos awards 2012. While it bagged the silver for the L'Oréal Advent Calendar display in the Health and Beauty category, it got the bronze in the Food and Flagship ...
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UK-based MirriNor has created packaging boxes for English Sparkling Wine producer Gusbourne Estate's range of premium wines in their 200 hectare estate in Appledore, Kent, England. MirriNor was contacted by Gusbourne Estate, who wanted to ...
Tags: packaging boxes, metallic laminated board film, MirriNor