Loews has completed the acquisition of US rigid plastic packaging manufacturer Consolidated Container Company (CCC) from Bain Capital Private Equity for about $1.2bn. Based in Atlanta of Georgia, CCC provides packaging solutions to the ...
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RPC Promens Consumer Kutenholz has designed new packaging for Schwartauer Werke’s Fruttissima fruit spreads. The new blow moulded polypropylene jar features a black lid and reduced neck, while includes the same volume and fill ...
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Solegear Bioplastic Technologies has announced that it has received an increased annual program from a leading US ready-to-eat produce provider that is expected to generate 400% growth in revenue from this customer in the current year. ...
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Sappi North America, a producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has announced the release of its 2016 sustainability report. The report showcases Sappi's industry leading sustainability performance. "Each year, ...
Packaging Corporation of America has reported first quarter 2017 net income of $117m or $1.24 per share and $1.27 per share excluding special items. First quarter net sales were $1.5 billion in 2017 and $1.4 billion in 2016. Reported ...
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Atomic layer deposition (ALD) thin-film technology firm Picosun Oy of Espoo, Finland has launched a delivery service for ALD precursor chemicals, implemented in cooperation with several well‐known chemical manufacturers. Picosun ...
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Conax Technologies of Buffalo, NY, USA (a manufacturer of temperature sensors, compression seal fittings and feedthroughs, probes, sensors, wires, electrodes and fiber-optic cables) has acquired Quartz Engineering of Tempe, AZ, USA (which ...
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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 ...
A report from Smithers Pira expects global bioplastics for packaging industry to be worth $7.2bn, at an average rate of 17% per year between 2017 and 2022. According to the report - The Future of Bioplastics for Packaging to 2022, ...
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Loews has agreed to acquire US-based rigid plastic packaging manufacturer Consolidated Container Company (CCC) from Bain Capital Private Equity for about $1.2bn. Based in Atlanta of Georgia, CCC offers packaging solutions to stable end ...
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Specialty chemicals maker Clariant is offering improved formulations of Cesa-extend masterbatches for restoring key material properties to recycled condensation polymers such as PET, PLA, and polycarbonate for high-value packaging ...
Japanese firms Toppan Printing and Itochu have partnered with Thung Hua Sinn Printing Network (TPN Group) to enter into Thailand flexible packaging business. Based in Bangpakong Chachoengsao of Thailand, the TPN Group runs an integrated ...
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Swiss specialty chemicals firm Clariant is strengthening its collaboration with Gettel High-Tech Materials on biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) manufacturing in China. The companies will jointly promote additives and liquid feeding ...
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German chemical company BASF is building a new plastic additives plant at its Caojing site in Shanghai, China. The development is a part of the company's €200m global investment plan to boost its plastic additives business. With an ...
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The Tisch University Chemistry and Chemical Biology professor Geoffrey Coates and his team has worked with a group of researchers from the University of Minnesota to develop multiblock polymer, which could boost plastic recycling. ...