TCGRx, a provider of pharmacy packaging and automation solutions, has acquired ARxIUM’s Panasonic FastPak EXP and FastPak 71 pouch packaging business line. The acquisition will help TCGRx to provide enhanced services to the hospital ...
European packaging firm DS Smith has opened a new specialty packaging plant in Kielce, Poland. The new 5,000m² facility has been developed to produce advanced corrugated cardboard packaging for the automotive industry. DS ...
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Finnish food packaging specialist Huhtamaki has completed the purchase of International Paper's foodservice packaging operations in China. The divested business has two facilities in Shanghai and Tianjin and a workforce of about 200 ...
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Finnish packaging firm Huhtamaki is planning to establish three new manufacturing units in a bid to boost its flexible packaging business. One of the three facilities is planned to be built in Cairo, Egypt while the other two units in ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology has unveiled next generation human machine interface, HMI 4.0, at the FachPack event. The event is being held from 27 to 29 September. Part of the firm’s industry 4.0 applications, the new interface can ...
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Packsize International, the provider of On Demand Packaging for businesses with corrugated packaging needs, has opened a subsidiary operation in Australia. Sean Ledbury has joined as general manager of Packsize Propriety Limited, and ...
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Ball Corporation will close its beverage packaging end-making plant in Bristol, Virginia, next year. Opened in 1971, the Bristol plant is one of the oldest North American beverage packaging units of the company. It makes can ends in a ...
Food ingredients company Bunge North America (BNA) has decided to shut down its oil packaging unit in Bradley, Illinois, in the US. The closure will take place in 18 to 24 months. Besides, operations at the administrative building, ...
Paper and packaging firm Antalis has bought 1st Class Packaging, Donington Packaging Supplies and Parkside Packaging from PaperlinX UK. PaperlinX UK was placed into administration in April, but the performance of the three distribution ...
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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 ...
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Germany-based packaging company K2 Verpackungen has installed its second Bobst Flexo folder gluer, Miniline FFG 618 Quatro, which has helped the company increase its production capacity for small-size corrugated board folding boxes. ...
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India is likely to open its first packaging park, which will be a cluster of industries specialising in making a wide variety of packaging material for user units, in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Indian Institute of Packaging, an ...
Bosch Packaging Technology will debut its Sigpack HCUL horizontal flow wrapper at Pack Expo International 2014. Sigpack HCUL packages up to 300 single blow-fill-seal (BFS) vials per minute. It also ensures hermetic packages, even at high ...
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Global can maker Rexam has created an infographic with engaging illustrations which highlightsdifferent stages of cans. The three key stages within the circular economy are manufacturing, consumption and recycling, and Rexam is showcasing ...
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FrieslandCampina Romania is set to relocate its cheese production unit in Carei and cheese packaging unit in Targu Mures by January next year, as part the consolidation of its cheese production operations in Baciu. The development comes ...
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