Insulating your garage door is a simple procedure that has the potential to save you money in many ways. Whether you retrofit insulation as a DIY project, hire a pro to do the job, or buy an already-insulated door, it will conserve energy ...
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Cascades, a Canada-based firm that produces paper from recycled fibers, will close its Kraft paper manufacturing plant in the East Angus, Québec, effecting around 175 employees. The decision to close the plant, which will be ...
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Renewable packaging material provider BillerudKorsnas has introduced two new paper product families to meet growing demand for paper bags and carriers within the retail and food sectors. The company has introduced the new Xpression and ...
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Cascades, a Canada-based firm that produces paper from recycled fibers, will close its Kraft paper manufacturing plant in the East Angus, Québec, effecting around 175 employees. The decision to close the plant, which will be ...
Tags: Cascades, Kraft paper, Packaging
Finnish firm Huhtamaki has signed an agreement to acquire India-based privately-owned flexible packaging firm, Positive Packaging, in a deal worth €247m ($336m). Following the acquisition, Huhtamaki will merge Positive Packaging ...
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Packaging firms around the world have formed a new group to develop collection and recycling opportunities for paper cups and identify solution to transform used paper cups into a valuable source sustainably. The new group, Paper Cup ...
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Green packaging and tissue paper products manufacturer Cascades has signed an agreement with H.I.G Capital subsidiary Rolland Enterprises to sell its fine papers activities for around $39.5m. The divestment includes Rolland Division and ...
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South African paper and packaging firm Mondi has completed the previously announced acquisition of bags and kraft paper business from Graphic Packaging's subsidiary Graphic Packaging International for around $105m. As part of the deal, ...
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Dutch researchers are investigating a new method to produce synthetic meat without having to slaughter animals to cater to the demand for meat. In a paper published in Trends in Biotechnology's June issue, the researchers, Cor van der ...
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US-based canned vegetable brands manufacturer McCall Farms has initiated changes to its packaging system as part of its efforts to cut down its environmental impact by using less paper and energy. The company noted that its corrugated ...
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Industrial packaging products and services provider Greif has announced plans to expand its Southeastern packaging sheet feeder operation in Concord, North Carolina, US. The expansion will see the addition of a second advanced corrugator ...
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Voith Paper, a division of Voith Group, has delivered three paper machines to China-based Sun Paper. The two medium-sized packaging paper machines PM 31 and the PM 32 with a wire width of 7.3m will be installed at the Sun Paper's facility ...
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Herma, a UK-based specialist in self-adhesive technology, has launched a wide variety of address labels, self-adhesive shipping labels/notes and delivery notes/receipts. The address labels are available in different variants including ...
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Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has partnered with ESTL, a Belgium-based provider of delivery services, to provide customers with packaging, transport, security and logistics solutions. According to Smurfit Kappa, around 4% ...
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South African printing and publishing company Caxton and CTP Publishers and Printers has received green signal from the Competition Tribunal to acquire the Nampak Cartons and Labels division in South Africa. The acquisition will allow ...