The Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi automotive alliance announced that its member companies sold a combined total of 10,608,366 units in the 12 months to 31 December 2017. Growing demand for SUVs, light commercial vehicles and a rising number ...
International Paper has reported full-year 2017 net earnings of $2.1bn ($5.13 per diluted share) compared with net earnings of $904m ($2.18 per diluted share) for full-year 2016. In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company reported net ...
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The Distilled Spirits Council reported that spirits experienced record sales in the US in 2017, hitting $26.2bn. The Distilled Spirits Council reported at its annual economic briefing record spirits sales and volumes in addition to ...
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has awarded $1m for five new recyclable and compostable packaging solutions to stop plastics becoming waste. The foundation launched its $2m New Plastics Economy innovation prize, funded by Wendy Schmidt, to ...
Mondi and its customer Royal Vaassen Flexible Packaging, a global specialist in packaging for food and drink, are taking product quality and production consistency to the next level. Using Mondi Speciality Kraft Paper’s Advantage MG ...
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French beverage retailer Neodif has collaborated with Brasserie Duyck and Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East to develop new can for Noble Rey beer. Neodif, which is specialized in foreign beer distribution, has entered into an exclusive ...
UK-based carton printer Beatus Cartons has invested in two Koenig & Bauer (KBA)-Iberica Optima 106 die-cutting machines to boost its business. The purchase is a part of an investment program that includes pre-press, printing and ...
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Bell Incorporated has installed a PPCTS DGM SMARTFOLD 1100SL ULTRA X Folder Gluer for folding carton at their new Groveport Ohio facility. The SMARTFOLD 1100SL ULTRA X was put into production last July 2017 in a 24/7 production ...
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Nestle Japan is all set to commercialize the first ever natural pink ruby-flavored chocolate by introducing the new KitKat Chocolatory Sublime Ruby bars in Japan and South Korea. The ruby chocolate used in the new KitKat product, dubbed ...
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP) has introduced a fully recyclable polyethylene packaging solution in India. The company has developed an advanced formulation of polyethylene (PE) resins to produce sustainable all PE laminate ...
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Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has announced its corporate name change to pSemi Corp, a Murata company ...
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Packaging solutions provider Ardagh Group is planning to permanently close its glass container production facility in Milford, Massachusetts, US. The firm said that the decision to close the facility comes in response to the decrease in ...
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Tetra Pak said that it will support the European Commission’s plastics strategy in a bid to reduce plastic pollution. The company will collaborate with industry partners to use recycling solutions for all components of beverage ...
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The North America Adhesives group of H.B. Fuller will increase the price for adhesives between 5% and 15%, based on the product sold, effective immediately or as contracts allow. These increases affect products sold for the following ...
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Kush Bottles, a provider of packaging, supplies, vaporizers, accessories and branding solutions for the regulated cannabis industry, has reported financial results for its first fiscal quarter of 2018, for the period ended 30 November 30 ...
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