Corrugated packaging containers specialist Liberty Carton Company has expanded its business with the acquisition of Western Container Company. Based in Minneapolis, in the US state of Minnesota, Western Container manufactures a wide range ...
Rollprint Packaging Products launches Triad, a new high-barrier, solvent-free overwrap which has been developed using the company’s proprietary metallocene-based sealant chemistry. The sealant layer bonds to foil -- which can be ...
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KapStone Paper and Packaging has announced that due to seasonally softer market conditions, it will temporarily curtail operations at its Longview Mill beginning 21 December. The curtailment is expected to last seven days for the entire ...
Last year the leading fresh food packaging supplier, Linpac, won the most improved factory award for its St. Helen’s site in the prestigious Britain's Best Factory Awards. A major part of the work at St Helens - and throughout the ...
Clariant is planning to set up a new healthcare packaging manufacturing plant in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. To be built in Cuddalore, the proposed plant will see around CHF10m ($9.7m) in investment. It will cater to the growing ...
British carton board packaging firm Glossop Cartons has acquired Contact Print and Packaging for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1992, Contact Print and Packaging employs 54 people at the Stockport site, which boasts three purpose-built ...
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Primary packaging products firm Gerresheimer is to present new glass and plastic pharmaceutical packaging products at Convention for Pharmaceutical Ingredients (CPhI) in India. The products to be presented at the event will include eye ...
Chinese LED manufacturer Mason Technologies intends to acquire OML Technology for RMB 30 million (US $4.8 million). According to Mason Technologies, about RMB 28.2 million will be used to increase capital, while RMB 27.1 million will be ...
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Chinese LED manufacturer Honglitronic recently announced the company will release 300 million non-public offering shares to raise RMB 725 million (US $116 million). The purposes of this round of financing is mainly for the construction of ...
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Green packaging maker Cascades is to invest in the expansion of two of its packaging plants in Quebec, Canada. The company plans to invest around $4.5m in its Plastiques Cascades plant in Kingsey Falls and its Cascades Inopak plant in ...
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McDonald's has announced that as of October 2015, all centrally-sourced packaging that is distributed across its 38 European markets is chain-of-custody certified, with wood fibre coming from recycled sources or forests certified to one of ...
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The electronic smart packaging market will grow rapidly to $1.45 billion within 10 years, according to new projections. Researcher IDTechEx said an ageing population and changing lifestyles would mean greater demand for packages that ...
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Worldwide Dispensers of North America, a unit of DS Smith's plastics division, has launched a new front push dispenser for bag-in-box wines and other flexible packaging applications. The new Mustang front push tap is said to offer ...
Nicklin Transit Packaging is investing in personnel and production capacity after a sustained period of record sales and customer growth. Birmingham based Nicklin Transit Packaging, which specialises in corrugated and timber packaging ...
The Wilkins Group is investing over $3m into a brand new state of the art factory on the island of Sri Lanka. The Wilkins Group bought the land overseas back in 2013, and work began on the two-acre site at the back end of last year, with ...
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