The company’s chief executive officer Michael Laurier said: “The suggestion by the promoters of the ban that the Member-states were acting in the interests of Symphony is ludicrous. They were acting in the interests of the ...
Tags: shopping bags, plastic packaging, Packaging
British rigid plastic packaging supplier RPC Group will be acquiring Iceland-based plastic products maker Promens Group for €386m (£306.73m). Promens specialises in manufacturing rigid plastic packaging products and rigid ...
The rigid plastic packaging giant’s results for the six months ended 30 September 2014, shows good growth in profits, returns and dividends. The planned acquisition of Promens Group progresses the company’s Vision 2020 ...
PET and plastic packaging supplier Petainer has been named as the reserve bidder for the purchase of APPE with a bid of approximately €300m. Petainer will be getting financial backing from Next Wave Partners and KKR Asset Management ...
RPC Emballages Moirans, a company that specialises in manufacturing extrusion blow moulding, has developed RPC Protect, a new barrier solution for its range of blow moulded containers up to 30 litres. The product claims to provide an ...
EasyPak, a packaging thermoformer, plans to expand its facility in Massachusetts, US, with a total investment of about $7.5m. Out of the total investment, EasyPak plans to spend $2m on facility expansion. The remaining $5.5m will be spent ...
UAE-based Alliance Plastics will be investing around $4-5.4m (Dh15-20m) in the first phase of facility expansion to meet the growing demand for industrial plastic packaging products from the local and GCC markets. The company has invested ...
Tags: plastic packaging, Agriculture
Austria-based packaging company Greiner Packaging has commenced operations of its first US manufacturing facility in Pittston Township, Pennsylvania. Having hired 36 people initially, the company plans to increase the number to 200 ...
UK-based Plastics Capital has agreed to acquire packaging manufacturer, Flexipol Packaging, for a maximum consideration of £10.64m. Based in Lancashire, Flexipol produces plastic packaging products like vacuum bags, block bottom ...
Sanner, a manufacturer of plastic packaging for pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare products, has introduced a new solution called AdCap that claims to protect products from moisture. Easy-to-handle AdCap combines the benefits of ...
Tags: desiccant, moisture adsorption, Agriculture
Rigid plastic packaging manufacturer Plastipak Packaging has won a bid to acquire La Seda de Barcelona Group’s APPE Packaging Division for €360m. The investment will include a gross up of €65m that will be transferred with ...
Tags: Rigid plastic packaging, APPE Packaging Division, Agriculture
Consumer goods giants Procter & Gamble (P&G) has expanded its sustainability goals to conserve resources, protect environment and improve social conditions. As a part of its efforts towards sustaining environment, it will also try to ...
Tags: P&G, Recycled Resin, Packaging
Petainer, a UK-based container manufacturer and supplier of plastic packaging for beverages, will launch the petainerKeg Linestar, which will help reduce logistics costs by up to 30%. The new product is based on the petainerKeg classic ...
Tags: Petainer, PetainerKeg Linestar
Coca-Cola is making additional investment in Virent's bio-based paraxylene BioFormPX demonstration facility in Wisconsin, US. Virent has said that the investment will help in scaling up separation and purification of BioFormPX at the ...
Croatia-based specialist packaging producers EcoCortec has created marine biodegradable film products to help tackle the plastic packaging waste polluting the oceans across the world. Biobased polymer technology has been used to create ...
Tags: Biodegradable Film, Bags, Packaging