France-based fruit and vegetable juice producer Jus de Fruits d'Alsace (JFA) is investing €15m ($17.9m) in a new PET bottling line at its production plant at Sarre-Union. With the new line that will become operational in April 2015, ...
Tags: PET bottling line, vegetable juice producer, Agriculture
It’s the world’s largest manufacturer of carton packaging for the food and beverage industry. Toronto private equity firm, Onex Corporation, the largest buyout firm in Canada, has agreed to buy SIG Combibloc from Rank Group New ...
Canadian private equity fund Onex has agreed to acquire Switzerland-based juice-box maker SIG Combibloc Group for around €3.75bn ($4.66bn). Out of the agreed amount, Onex will pay €3.575bn ($4.44bn) at the closing of the ...
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Three buyout groups - BC Partners, Onex and Partners Group - will bid for Switzerland-based carton manufacturer SIG Combibloc which is owned by New Zealand’s Reynolds. SIG was acquired by New Zealand-based businessman Graeme Hart ...
The Crewe-based business is to be managed by investment firm Sullivan Street Partners, and employs over 100 staff, producing printed cartons, leaflets and labels. The transaction was an undisclosed fee. Medica has a strong heritage of ...
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The Blaenau Gwent plant closure plan was announced earlier this year with the loss of 67 jobs. The company is switching its carton packaging operation to its plant in Milton Keynes. It also faces an impairment charge of 1.4m in relation ...
Tags: AG Barr, Carton Plant Closure, Packaging
Want blisters fast Integra 320’s pitch control system, together with Marchesini’s new cartoning section and carton opening and product insertion system, is able to boost production performance up to 320 blisters and more than ...
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Reynolds Group is considering the sale of Evergreen Packaging business, SIG Holdings and Closure Systems International (CSI). New Zealand entrepreneur Graeme Hart's Reynolds has confirmed that it has put these businesses under review. ...
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Carton packaging and filling machine supplier SIG Combibloc’s Brazilian packaging plant has commenced operation of an extrusion line which laminates unprocessed cardboard for the company’s carton packs on-site. This is said ...
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Tetra Pak has upgraded its packaging material plant in Ponta Grossa, Brazil to meet its products’ demands in domestic and export markets. The €65m upgrade will increase the plant's packaging capacity by 70% to 13 billion ...
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Belgium-based packaging company Van Genechten Group has acquired folding carton producer in Russia, Ost-Print. According to Van Genechten, the acquisition, which is approved by the Russian Anti-Monopoly body (FAS), takes effect ...
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New Zealand businessman Graeme Hart is considering $5bn sale of drink cartons manufacturer SIG Combibloc Group, people known with the matter said. Goldman Sachs Group has been hired by Hart's packaging conglomerate, Reynolds Group ...
Tags: Hart Mulls, Drink Cartons
You know that carton packaging 'tells' a consumer that your ready meal or packaged meat is superior quality. You've baulked at using it because the carton sleeves have to be applied by hand, and this would slow down your production process. ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Food Packaging
Paperboard manufacturer FiberMark has introduced new folding carton, turned-edge and bag stock products range for the upscale health & beauty packaging market. The company's substrates are said to be enhanced by the deep and rich color ...
Food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak has announced the launch of a new shape for its Tetra Brik Aseptic carton packaging, offering brand differentiation opportunities. The new version, which has two crystal shaped panels on the ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Carton Packaging