Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has installed a new generation of smart fountain dispensers at the University of Reading in the UK to help reduce soft drinks packaging footprint. The dispensers, known as Coca-Cola Freestyle machines, ...
Tags: Dispensers, Soft Drinks Packaging
The Vomela Companies have acquired US-based Tepel Brothers Printing for an undisclosed sum. Based in Troy of Michigan, Tepel Brothers provides customized packaging, lenticular printing, and print on plastics services to the customers. ...
US-based packaging company Aptar has launched the 2-1/8” 33-400 Ecolite closure with SimpliSqueeze valve for the food industry. Ecolite’s design is claimed to be similar with the company’s 2-1/8” Ribbed closure. ...
Tags: Food Market, Aptar
Hub Folding Box has chosen the EFI Packaging Suite from Electronics For Imaging (EFI), US, as its next-generation workflow solution. The EFI Packaging Suite features Radius ERP software as its core ERP technology. Hub Folding Box has ...
Tags: Hub Folding Box, EFI Packaging
PAC Machinery said that it has exceeded its goals for introducing new packaging equipment at the Pack Expo / PHARMA EXPO exhibit and symposium in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Described as the year's most comprehensive packaging event, PACK EXPO ...
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Pulse Roll Label Products has exhibited its advanced product solutions at this year’s Labelexpo event in Brussels, Germany. At the event, the company exhibited new food packaging compliant UV flexo tactile varnish, which was ...
Tags: Label Products, Advanced Product
Nissin Foods has updated the recipe of its Top Ramen brand in the US by reducing sodium content and removing added MSG and artificial flavors in the noodles range. The Japanese instant noodle maker says that the major recipe change in its ...
Tags: Nissin Foods, noodles
Clariant has introduced advanced packaging solutions to protect the potency and extend the shelf life of moisture-sensitive probiotics. Clariant’s healthcare packaging business unit has launched a combination of packaging solutions, ...
Tags: Clariant, Advanced Packaging
Toys R Us is harnessing the power of augmented reality to help bring the ailing retailer from the brink of bankruptcy, it has been revealed. In the midst of its ongoing financial struggles, CEO Dave Brandon has detailed the ...
Belgium-based VPK Packaging Group has agreed to acquire a 30% stake in corrugated sheet manufacturer CorrBoard UK for an undisclosed price. As part of the transaction, VPK Packaging has agreed for a capital increase and will acquire the ...
Tags: VPK Packaging, Packaging
Solar-Tectic LLC of Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA says that the US Patent and Trademark Office has granted it US patent 15/205,316 ‘Method of Growing III-V Semiconductor Films for Tandem Solar Cells’ for high-efficiency and ...
Tags: Thin-film PV, Glass Substrate
Tetra Pak has published its 2017 Sustainability Report, highlighting the company’s annual progress and key achievements in the areas of environmental performance, social responsibility and corporate governance. For the first time ...
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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 ...
A subsidiary of Graphic Packaging has completed the acquisition of Spanish carton manufacturer Norgraft Packaging for an undisclosed sum. Norgraft, which aims at food and household goods markets, operates two converting plants in ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Packaging
UK-based PCI Pharma Services has acquired pharmaceutical and healthcare contract packaging services provider Millmount Healthcare. Financial terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed. For more than 20 years, Millmount has been ...
Tags: PCI Pharma Services, packaging