Compostable resins, films, bags and custom finished products providers Cardia Bioplastics has announced a merger with Australian privately held Stellar Films Group to create a leader in sustainable packaging. Cardia Bioplastics will ...
Tags: sustainable packaging, Compostable resins, Agriculture
GTM (Grupo Transmerquim, S.A.), the second-largest chemical distributor in Latin America, has announced that its founding shareholders have signed a definitive agreement to transfer control of GTM to Advent International, one of the largest ...
Tags: chemical distributor, Construction
China-based ZRP Printing Group has installed five Manroland Sheetfed presses to enhance its production capacity. The first printer, the Ultima nine-colour Roland 700 HiPrint is already in operation in Kun Shan where the company was ...
Tags: Manroland Sheetfed presses, production capacity, Agriculture
NYSE-listed and clothing retailer, Gap Inc has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per common share for holders of the Company’s common shares. The dividend will be paid on or after January 28, 2015 to shareholders of record at the ...
Gidue, an Italian manufacturer of printing and converting solutions for the labels and packaging industry, has installed a flexo press at the facility of India-based converter Speclabels. The 370mm, 8 colours wide printer is an MX, ...
Tags: label industry, flexo press, Agriculture
Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group, Europe's leading provider of composite cans along with composite drums and rigid plastic containers, for AU$443 million, in cash. [The final consideration is ...
Country of origin matters to consumers. Recent research carried out by Perception Research Services found that the perceptions of a country in consumers’ eyes can have a significant influence on consumer behaviour towards a product ...
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AC Simmonds - a company focused on acquiring businesses for expansion and development in sectors like international food, oil and gas, mold remediation, waste management, renewable energy, leisure and the entertainment industry - has ...
Tags: AC Simmonds, Plasticap, Printing
Processing and packaging equipment supplier MG America will launch its new Kartos I/100 Cartoner in the North American market post its showcase at Pack Expo conference. The cartoner offers a wide format range and is specifically designed ...
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This growing demand for packaging is met by the automation packaging which helps speeding up the process of packaging of goods. As the demand for packaging increases the, demand for automated packaging also increases. Increasing ...
The DuPont Green Living Survey: India, conducted by TNS Global, found that a majority of Indian consumers are familiar with green products, have confidence that green products are better for the environment, and feel that biobased ...
Tags: Biobased Products, Green Products
Unilever Thailand will invest around THB8bn ($246m) in the country to expand its operations over the next three years. Of the total investment, around THB1.5bn ($46.1m) will be employed in the construction of an ice cream cold storage ...
Tags: Unilever, Operations, Food
Packaging solution providers Amcor has launched a new range of coloured closures for wine bottles that will be made available in the next two weeks. The new range of closures will be available in 24 different colours for its Stelvin ...
Tags: Amcor, Wine Bottles, Packaging
Emerald Kalama Chemical, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, commissioned its second benzoic acid reactor train at its facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands, adding 75,000 metric tons of capacity for the production of benzoic ...
Rigid packaging manufacturer Silgan Holdings has acquired all the assets of US-based metal container manufacturers Van Can Company for about $40m. The transaction included the sale of two metal container manufacturing facilities. While ...