DS Smith has completed the acquisition of North American packaging company Corrugated Container Corporation (CCC) for an undisclosed amount. The CCC, which is a family-owned business, has around 190 employees across its four operations in ...
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Packaging machinery solutions provider ProMach has expanded its Western US capabilities with new Southern California facility in Corona, California. The facility will serve as the company’s new home for upgraded and extended ...
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Polymer Protective Packaging (PPP) is offering spunbond pouches to make sure that shipped products arrive in unspoiled condition. The pouches made of spunbond polypropylene can be used for packaging and protection of shipped products. ...
Automotive technology company Protean Electric has completed a $40m equity investment as the initial closing of its Series E funding round. The investor group is led by Weifu High-Technology Group, a leading diversified automotive ...
Daimler Trucks & Buses has established an automated truck research & development center in Portland, Oregon. This innovation facility is already working in close cooperation with existing development functions for automated driving in ...
Project Beacon, which has the potential to recycle all plastics in Scotland and beyond, has secured £3m funding. Project Beacon, at Binn Farm in Perthshire, is lighting the way to a circular world of complete plastics recycling ...
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HP introduced two new six-color PageWide ultra high-volume inkjet web presses for pre-print digital corrugated printing. The new presses, HP PageWide T1190 and HP PageWide T1170, are designed to help packaging converters meet ...
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European food packaging producer Flo has unveiled new industrial compostable coffee capsule, Gea, which was developed in partnership with functional biopolymers producer NatureWorks. Gea capsule contains Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA), which ...
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Jing Zhang, a faculty member at Rochester Institute of Technology, has received a CAREER award from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for work to develop new, highly efficient ultraviolet light sources. Zhang’s NSF award of ...
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Label and tag manufacturer Continental Datalabel has installed three Mark Andy Performance Series P5 presses, to support growing production volumes in the US. The firm, which operates three manufacturing facilities in Texas, California ...
Biscuit International has acquired UK-based gluten and milk-free biscuit manufacturer Northumbrian Fine Foods (NFF) from CriSeren Foods. NFF produces Prewett’s range of branded biscuits and also supplies supermarket own-label ...
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Dutch brewing company Lowlander Beer has expanded its distribution footprint to Hong Kong, marking its entry into Asia. Amsterdam based botanical brewer Lowlander Beer sets sail to open-up the minds (and palates) of like-minded explorers ...
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Global packaging firm Sonoco has purchased a 6-color direct-to-sheet digital printing press to produce point-of-purchase displays and other promotional packaging. The press allows brand owners to respond rapidly to a dynamic retail and ...
Sustainable packaging solutions provider TemperPack has introduced a recyclable packaging solution, ClimaCell, for perishable shipments. ClimaCell is a paper-based insulator developed to replace commonly used insulating materials such as ...
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Aston Martin has said that it will launch an all-electric SUV in 2021 under the Lagonda marque. The Lagonda SUV is claimed to be the first luxury SUV to drive exclusively on zero emission powertrain technologies. It is expected to ...
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