US-based meat-processing company Smithfield Foods has acquired Kansas City Sausage for an undisclosed price to grow its packaged meats business and boost its supply chain. Kansas City Sausage is a pre-rigor sausage producer and processor ...
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Voith Paper has been commissioned to rebuild the headboxes and shoe presses of Jianhui PM 3 and PM 4 as well as Jinzhou PM 3 and PM 4 in China. Voith Paper, Huazhang Technology, Jianhui Paper and Jinzhou Paper have signed an agreement to ...
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Scottish gin distillery Edinburgh Gin has opted for a new bottle design for its fruit gin liqueurs. The new bottles will be hand-blown by artisan glassmakers in Italy and they will feature the distillery’s logo embossed on to the ...
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UK-based manufacturer WaveGrip has launched a choice of different colours for its Can carriers. The innovation is expected to enable beverage producers to come up with more on-shelf impact and make their brand stand out amid competition. ...
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Printing inks and coatings manufacturer Sun Chemical will exhibit a range of packaging solutions at Pack Expo 2017 in the US. The new solutions, which will be displayed at booth #S-6285, are designed to improve the pressroom activity and ...
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Ardagh Group, Glass – North America, a division of Ardagh Group, has opened a new Napa office to better service its Ardagh Direct customers. In January, Ardagh Group launched its Ardagh Direct program to provide wineries of all ...
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Scottish distillery Glenmorangie has re-introduced in limited edition, its Astar, a single malt whisky, matured in designer oak casks. The designer casks have been made from the oak found in Ozark mountains of Missouri. These casks are ...
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Packaging machinery and automated line supplier ULMA Packaging is set to showcase its latest high-speed technology during the Processing and Packaging Machinery Association (PPMA) event at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Birmingham, ...
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Swanline Paper and Board (SPB) has introduced two new folding boxboards – PankaLux and PankaBrite – for the luxury packaging and food packaging markets. PankaLux and PankaBrite provide brands and packers with quality solutions ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has launched a family of high-power infrared (IR) emitters designed to address the vast array of rapidly growing IR applications, ranging from facial recognition/iris and gesture scanning to wearable ...
Spectra Packaging has created new packs for BetterYou’s magnesium oil spray products using its Tubular design. The 100ml packs, made with high-density polyethylenein (HDPE), were adapted and tooled to accept tamper evident spray ...
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Applied Optoelectronics Inc (AOI) of Sugar Land, near Houston, TX, USA, a manufacturer of broadband fiber-optic access network products (including components, modules and equipment) for the Internet datacenter, CATV broadband, ...
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German paper company Voith has received an order from Portuguese pulp and paper firm The Navigator Company to supply its XcelLine tissue machine. The XcelLine tissue machine’s production line has been designed to produce ...
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Nestlé Waters North America has launched a global advertising campaign focused on its NestléPure Life bottled water brand. Since its launch in Pakistan in 1998, Nestlé Pure Life has become the global category leader, ...
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Kush Bottles has agreed to develop customized packaging for CannaKorp’s single use, pod based vaporizing system, CannaCloud. CannaKorp’s system has been dubbed the Keurig for Cannabis. It is led by various former Keurig ...
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