A specialized packaging provider in the US has selected TrackX Holdings’ GAME for Supply Chain Management (SCM) platform to manage and optimize supply chain assets and related business processes. TrackX Holdings, based in Denver, ...
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Chilean fruit producer Hortifrut has agreed to take over the blueberry business of Talsa for $160m. In addition to the cash payment, Talsa will get a stake of 17.13% in the merged company alongside a result-based reward. Talsa, a ...
Santa Barbara Chocolate, founded in 1992 has launched the new Cocoa Butter Vegan Chips. The chips, made from 100 percent fresh pressed cocoa butter, are 100 percent cacao fruit product and have no added fillers like shea butter, milk, ...
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US global private equity firm, The Riverside Company, has agreed to acquire Texas-based food ingredients company Parker Products for an undisclosed price. Parker Products serves the baking, dairy, beverage, confectionery, RTE and snack, ...
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Bobst North America and APR (All Printing Resources) played host to the sizable group of American label and packaging converters who attended the narrow-web open house held in APR’s technical center in Glendale Heights, Illinois. ...
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Denmark-based folded cartons producer Emballage Gruppen has invested in Domino’s seven-color N610i UV ink jet hybrid solution, in a bid to improve production operations. The seven-color system features Domino N610i integration ...
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Engel is set to showcase its advanced automation solutions at this year’s Fakuma event in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The event will take place between 17 and 21 October. At the event, the company will exhibit e-pic B and e-pic Z ...
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Lifestyle Delivery Systems has delivered the second generation oral strip packaging equipment to LDS Scientific at the Adelanto facility. The oral strips packaging equipment was cleared through customs at Los Angeles International Airport ...
Sun-Tox, a Japanese producer of plastic films, has installed a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film production line manufactured by German engineering giant Brückner. The Japanese firm is a member of Tokuyama Group, a ...
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Tetra Pak has invested €30m in upgrading the Packaging Material Converting Factory in Denton, US, to meet the needs of the US and Canadian markets. As part of the upgrade, a new laminator has been installed at the plant, which will ...
Valmet will supply a Valmet Brown Stock quality analyzer (Valmet Kappa Q1) for CMPC Celulosa in Santa Fe, Chile for its fiber line 1 producing ECF (Elemental Chlorine Free) bleached eucalyptus pulp. To be installed in the blow line of the ...
UK-based pub retailer Greene King has selected Berkshire Labels’ digital sleeves for its IPA Great Sporting Moments limited edition bottles. Berkshire Labels has provided 250,000 uniquely numbered and limited-edition sleeves for ...
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US Representative Frank A. LoBiondo said that the Cumberland County Improvement Authority (CCIA) has been awarded a $2.5m grant from the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) to build a Food Industry Commercialization Center near the ...
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Belgium-based label printer Femalabel has invested in two Xeikon CX3 digital label presses, in a bid to enhance its production capacity. The installation of Xeikon aka Cheetah presses will allow Femalabel to expand the production of ...
Fujifilm is all set to unveil Inca SpyderX, a UV wide format press, and other advanced inkjet innovations at the upcoming SGIA Expo 2017 to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana. FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division ...
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