UPM Raflatac has partnered with Dutch metal packaging and closures supplier, Mus Verpakkingen, to test a biobased film solution for can labeling. The companies tested the new RafBio PE material, which is said to be more sustainable ...
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FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division announces it will be increasing the prices of its offset printing plates. The price increase is a result of raw material cost increases, most significantly driven by substantial ...
Avery Dennison has announced preliminary, unaudited results for its third quarter ended 30 September 2017. All non-GAAP financial measures referenced in this document are reconciled to GAAP in the attached tables. Unless otherwise ...
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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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Crown Holdings has announced its financial results for the third quarter ended 30 September 2017. Third Quarter Highlights Earnings per share $1.32Adjusted earnings per share $1.41$62 million of Q3 share repurchases; $339 million ...
Polymer giant Covestro is leading a consortium of 14 partners to study how plastics can be produced from flue gas from the steel industry in an efficient and sustainable manner. The investigation anchored by the materials manufacturer ...
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Food packaging and processing firm Tetra Pak has acquired Germany-based Big Drum Engineering for an undisclosed sum. Based in Edertal, Big Drum is involved in the supply of filling machines for the ice cream industry. The company is ...
Self-adhesive label materials manufacturer UPM Raflatac has introduced new plant-based PE film for home and personal care applications. Launched in European market, the company’s new RafBio PE film can be used for the squeezable ...
Smurfit Kappa has been awarded the gold Corporate Social Responsibility (‘CSR’) rating by EcoVadis for the fourth successive year. The company ranked among the top 1% of the 30,000 companies that were assessed on a range of ...
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Sappi has reported a net profit of $58m for this financial year’s third quarter, compared to $32m for the same period last year. For Q3, its earnings per share stood at $0.11, excluding special items. Sappi had also reduced its debt ...
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American packaging company Crown has reported net sales of $2.16bn for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $2.14bn for the same period in 2016. Increase in sales has been attributed to increased global beverage can volumes and pass ...
Sonoco-Alcore said it will again raise prices for paper-based tubes and cores, effective from shipments starting on 24 July 2017. Karsten Kemmerling, Director of Sales and Marketing - Tubes and Cores, Europe, said: "Prices of coreboard ...
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Sonoco-Alcore said that it will again increase prices by a further €50 per tonne (£40 / tonne) on all recycled paperboard grades sold in its European regions. The price change is effective with shipments on or after 17th July ...
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Flint Group has announced the global launch of its latest version UV LED process inks, XCURA EVO. ““EVO” is short for evolutionary,” explains Trevor Amps, Global Product Management Director for Energy Curing inks. ...
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Swedish firm Rottneros has developed a new packaging tray for use in food applications. The company has designed the new food packaging tray to be used for convenience food, meat in grocery stores and take away food. Designed to replace ...
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