The company has considered the recent turbulence in its raw material supply chain and concluded that a rise in packaging prices is inevitable in the face of current sharp cost increases. Bart Stubbe, director of purchasing at Linpac, ...
Tags: raw material, packaging
US folding cartons and paperboard specialty firm Colbert Packaging has attained G7 Master stage in its manufacturing plants for reaching a graphic communications production environment. The G7 Master level, conferred by a cross-platform ...
Tags: Colbert Packaging, cartons
Amcor has delivered Method Products its first liquid laundry detergent to be packaged in 100% PCR PET. The sleek, transparent container is used for its new 4X concentrated detergent product in a 53oz polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ...
Tags: Amcor, Pet Bottle, Packaging
PET packaging specialist APPE will invest £10m in its preform manufacturing platform at Gresford plant in the UK. PET preform production at the plant started 30 years ago. The capital will be used for the installation of five ...
Tags: PET Preform, packaging
Oxea has expanded its phthalate-free plasticizer portfolio with the introduction of Oxsoft L9TM (linear trinonyltrimellitate). Oxsoft L9TM is ideally suited for special applications where products must meet the most rigid demands, such as ...
Tags: Oxea, L9TM Plasticizer, C8/C10 Trimellitate
Overall revenue growth of the global wide format and speciality print community from 2007 to 2015 was about 9 per cent CAGR for the overall business and 7 per cent for digital wide format. This is one among the key findings of the ...
Tags: Format Printer, speciality print
Cone Denim of the US, a global leader in denim authenticity and innovation has announced that its Cone Denim Jiaxing (CDJ) facility has received Oeko-Tex Standard 100 certification on selected denim products. Located in China’s ...
Tags: Cone Denim, Okeo-Tex Certification
TA1 texture analyser (available from Bestech Australia) is used by the Scottish Agricultural College for shear force measurements to measure the eating quality of meat. Uniformity and enhancement of meat eating quality is seen as an ...
Extrusion and thermoforming company Par-Pak Europe, the UK division of the Waddington Group, has bought packaging firm Deltaform and its subsidiary Chiltern Thermoforming, to expand its position in the European market. Deltaform and ...
Tags: Par-Pak Europe, European market
Folding cartons, rigid paper boxes and paperboard specialty products manufacturer Colbert Packaging Corporation has installed a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 printing press at its 109,000ft2 Elkhart manufacturing facility. The ...
Tags: rigid paper boxes, Folding cartons
At the ShanghaiTex exhibition, Italian yarn finishing technology producer Savio will exhibit a Polar 12 winding unit machine especially useful for the dyeing process and finer counts. According to a Savio press release, six units will ...
Tags: Polar Winding Machine, Textile
Germany-based Multivac, a manufacturer of packaging materials for food, pharma and consumer products, has launched a new R 081 thermoforming packaging machine. Being an an entry-level model for packing products in small batches, R 081 ...
Tags: Multivac, packaging materials
Industrial, consumer and protective packaging provider Sonoco will be investing $11.8m in building a research and development facility for consumer packaging products in Hartsville. The company has already commenced the construction of ...
Australia’s packaging company Amcor will be acquiring the internal tobacco packaging operations of Souza Cruz in Brazil for $30m (BRL96m). Majority-owned by British American Tobacco, Souza Cruz is considered to be one of the ...
Tags: Amcor, Tobacco Packaging, Packaging
Did You Know? Copper is a unique substance in a way that even if it is not treated, the natural weathering process causes to form a green patina over it that prevents it from corrosion or rust. Copper forms scratches easily, but also merges ...
Tags: Copper Bathtub, Bathtub