ProAmpac, a flexible packaging manufacturer, is promoting opportunities for big picture thinking to drive industry growth at the Global Pouch Forum in Miami, Florida, which is being held between 13 and 15 June. “The journey into the ...
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Automotive parts supplier Magna International formed a joint venture (JV) in China to make composite liftgates for a global automaker’s crossover vehicle commencing in late 2018. The JV with Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC) ...
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Global meat processing company Danish Crown’s subsidiary DAT-Schaub has purchased a majority stake in Shanghai Natural Casing for an undisclosed price to expand its operations in China. The purpose of the acquisition is to gain ...
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Toyota, Denso Corp and Aisin Seiki said that they will establish a new company in Tokyo, Japan to provide fully-integrated, production-quality software for automated driving. The new company, dubbed Toyota Research Institute-Advanced ...
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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 ...
Spain-based paper mill company Europac Group has increased its net profit by 81.8% to £58.2m for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period last year. The company made a turnover of €876.9m in the reported ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 (ended 1 July), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $149.4m (split about 50:50 between client-side/datacoms ...
Co-founder of Kids Industries Gary Pope talks the transition of TV advertising to digital. 65 years ago, the first TV ad for toys aired in the US: 45 seconds of advertising history that led to the sale of 100m Mr and Mrs Potato Heads. ...
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Packaging Concepts & Design (PC&D) and O2 Investment Partners (O2) have acquired Packaging Specialists, Southwest (PSI) for an undisclosed sum. PSI, which was established in 1976, is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, US. It designs and ...
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Groupe Renault and Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (Sanef) have partnered to develop advanced solutions for autonomous vehicles. The cooperation will develop communications between self-driving ...
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Swedish confectionery and nuts company Cloetta has agreed to divest Cloetta Italy to Katjes International. The sale equals an Enterprise Value (EV) of approximately SEK 450m. The proceeds will generate a positive net cash effect of ...
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UK-based Micromix Plant Health has installed Linx Printing Technologies' four 8900 Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) printers. Micromix is a developer of chemical formulations and also manufactures a range of crop and plant nutrition products. The ...
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RPC Group has reported a 67% increase in its revenue to £2.74bn for full year ended 31 March 2017, compared to £1.64bn for the same period in 2016. The British packaging giant stated that overall like-for-like sales improved ...
German automaker Daimler and its Chinese partner BAIC Group have signed a new framework agreement for the production of electric vehicles. The agreement is focused on two significant investments. The first part is that Daimler will invest ...
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Square Enix has announced plans to sell Hitman developer IO Interactive after the beloved episodic stealth title failed to perform for the publisher. In a recent note to investors, the Japanese company confirmed they had made a loss of ...
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