Smart packaging company Magic Add has collaborated with food and drink packaging firm Huhtamaki on digitalized applications for foodservice packaging. Magic Add has pooled about $250,000 in angel funding for product development and ...
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The Centre for Process Innovation is looking to position the UK as a world leader in the field of packaging that uses NFC tech. Hasbro has joined the Centre for Process Innovation's three year project to boost the adoption of packaging ...
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The new report from the Smithers Pira has revealed that global smart packaging market is expected to rise at an annual rate of 7.5% to $7.6bn during the next five years. According to the report, smart packaging is the rapidly growing ...
Trends in consumer engagement will lead to the rapid rise of smart packaging solutions as costs become more manageable for brand owners. A new report by packaging industry researcher Smithers Pira predicts the global smart (active and ...
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ThinFilm Electronics has partnered with Constantia Flexibles, a manufacturer of flexible packaging and labels, to offer smart packaging solutions to the beverages market. The firms have agreed to jointly deliver pressure sensitive labels ...
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The electronic smart packaging market will grow rapidly to $1.45 billion within 10 years, according to new projections. Researcher IDTechEx said an ageing population and changing lifestyles would mean greater demand for packages that ...
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Nypro, a healthcare & packaging division of Jabil, has acquired Spanish food and consumer packaging supplier Plasticos Castella for an undisclosed amount. The addition of Plasticos' design, engineering and manufacturing facilities in ...
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Belgium-based packaging company VPK Packaging group has made its first acquisition in Ireland with an agreement to acquire 100% shares of corrugated board box manufacturer ICS Europaks for an undisclosed amount. Based in Galvone ...
Two conferences will be addressing the new technologies applicable to the world of packaging. On 27 October an opening conference on “Smart Packaging” chaired by Franoise Albasini, editor-in-chief of the magazine, Emballage ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco's rigid plastics facility in the US has secured LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council. Located in the Beauty and Home Care Campus of New ...
US-based packaging products provider Scholle has signed a deal to merge its business with performance packaging solutions provider IPN to form a new diverse performance packaging company. The move is expected to offer performance-based ...
Greiner Packaging International has announced its decision to avoid using the chemical compound Bisphenol A (BPA) in the production of food packaging. By the end of March 2014, the company plans to replace all production lines with ...
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Greiner Packaging International has outlined plans to ban the use of chemical compound Bisphenol A (BPA) in the production of food packaging by the end of March 2014. The company plans to change all production lines to 'BPA-free' raw ...
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cynora GmbH and the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) jointly announce the successful launch of Project cyFLEX. Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) will serve as a basis for generating flexible and luminescent surfaces for smart ...
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Chief executive Antonio Perez said that the company had been "revitalised by its transformation" and its restructure has resulted in Kodak being "leaner, with a strong capital structure, a healthy balance sheet and the industry's best ...