The new positioning comes a year after Sealed Air's £4.3bn acquisition of hygiene giant Diversey in October 2011 and aims to bring the benefits of both sides of the business into a single coherent approach to food and drink packaging. ...
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Integrated transport software applications provider Trapeze has signed a vehicle system upgrade contract with Bi-State Development Agency of the Missouri-Illinois Metropolitan District (Metro). Under the contract, Trapeze will upgrade ...
While U.S. attendance at Fenestration China was almost non-existent, a last minute scheduling change no doubt had a lot to do with that low U.S. attendance. The event was first scheduled to take place November 8-10 but as a result of ...
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Burberry Group plc announces retail sales for the second quarter to date. Against strong comparatives last year, retail sales growth at constant exchange rates was 6% in the 10 weeks to 8 September 2012. Of this, new space contributed 6% ...
The South Korean automaker Kia motors has unveiled the modified version of the Sorento crossover utility vehicle (CUV), prior to its debut at 2012 Paris Motor Show in September. For the 2013 model year, the weight of Kia Sorento has ...
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Panamax coal freight rates on established routes from South Africa's Richards Bay and Indonesia to India ended the week lower Friday with sources expressing skepticism over whether a rise seen over the past few days was sustainable in the ...
UK - The new Dolby Atmos implants cinema into a more natural and realistic sound field - providing total immersion for the audience and transporting them into the story with a lifelike sensory experience. Supporting this dynamic shift in ...
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Risk Strategies Company (RSC), an insurance brokerage, has appointed John Wilcox as its new president and chief operating officer. Wilcox, who will report to RSC chief executive officer Michael Christian, will be responsible for ...
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Graphic Packaging has announced an agreement to acquire the Food and Consumer Carton business of UK's packaging company Contego Cartons for £81m. Graphic Packaging president and chief executive officer David Scheible said the ...
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Spain-based MAER has developed new cutters with the WM500 TC10 rotary system. The company said the WM cutting system offers versatility in admitting the pass-through of other formats which do not need cutting and need not bypass the ...
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American fashion model Nargis Fakhri, who debuted in Bollywood with ‘Rockstar’ last year, has been roped in as the face of India's leading online fashion and lifestyle store, fashionandyou.com. She was recently showcased on ...
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Crown has developed a new full aperture end for metal can designed for Belgium-based Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (AB InBev) Budweiser. The 360 End allows the entire can lid to be removed, turning the can itself into a drinking cup. Crown ...
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McCain Foods,a frozen food company based in Canada,has entered into an agreement to acquire the potato unit of Belgian frozen vegetables producer PinguinLutosa for EUR225m. The acquisition includes Lutosa's operations in ...
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US-based barcode solutions provider Microscan is set to demonstrate its new track, trace and control solutions for packaging at the FachPack 2012 trade show in Nuremberg, which will be held from 25 to 27 September 2012. The company's ...
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Daimler subsidiary, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV) has opened its new EUR700m production plant in Oragadam in Chennai, India, to build BharatBenz trucks. The new 160-hectare manufacturing plant includes an integrated research ...
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