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Colgate-Palmolive Supports Ellen Macarthur Foundation's New Plastics Economy Initiative
Jun 13, 2018Colgate-Palmolive is supporting the recyclability of packaging through joining the New Plastics Economy initiative of Ellen MacArthur Foundation. The company is targeting 100% recyclability of packaging across all its product categories, ...
Tags: Colgate-Palmolive, packaging
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OFD Foods Breaks Ground on $25m Manufacturing Plant in New York's Monroe County
Apr 24, 2018OFD Foods, a supplier of freeze-dried food for the US Military, has started construction on a $25m, nearly 50,000ft2 facility in the Town of Henrietta, Monroe County in New York State. The facility, which will be operating by the end of ...
Tags: OFD Foods, dried food
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Unilever Urges Consumer Goods Industry to Step-up Efforts on Ocean Packaging Waste
Jan 24, 2018Unilever is calling the consumer goods industry to accelerate action to tackle ocean packaging waste and create a circular economy for plastics. Last year, the firm has announced its commitment to make its plastic packaging 100% reusable, ...
Tags: Unilever, consumer goods industry
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Philips Lighting Delivers Billionth LED Lamp
Nov 28, 2017Philips Lighting says that it has now delivered 1 billion LED lamps and luminaires as part of its commitment to the ‘Global Lighting Challenge’, the Clean Energy Ministerial campaign to deploy 10 billion high-efficiency light ...
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Coca-Cola Announces New Packaging Strategy for Western Europe
Nov 8, 2017Coca-Cola Company, along with Coca-Cola European Partners, has launched its first joint sustainability action plan for Western Europe. The action plan iincludes new commitments on drinks, packaging and society in the region. The ...
Tags: PET bottles, Coca-Cola, Packaging
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Saputo to Acquire Australian Dairy Firm Murray Goulburn for $1bn
Oct 31, 2017Canadian dairy giant Saputo has agreed to acquire Australia-based dairy processor Murray Goulburn Co-Operative (MG) for CAD1.29bn ($1.01bn). The is expected to complement the operations of Saputo's Dairy Division (Australia). Saputo ...
Tags: Saputo, dairy processor
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EU Automakers Propose 20% CO2 Reduction for Passenger Cars by 2030
Sep 18, 2017The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has proposed a 20% CO2 reduction for passenger cars by 2030, compared to 2021, and said the target should be conditional on the real market uptake of electrically-chargeable ...
Tags: ACEA, Passenger Cars
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Tulip Acquires UK Pig Producer Easey
Sep 14, 2017Food firm Tulip, part of the Danish Crown group, has acquired UK pig producer Easey. Easey Holdings Ltd is a family-owned pig farming operation consisting of four key divisions – breeding herds(sows), growing herds, a veterinary ...
Tags: Food firm Tulip, Tulip Agriculture
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Graphic Packaging to Shut Down Recycled Paperboard Mill in US
Sep 8, 2017Graphic Packaging International has unveiled plans to shut down its recycled paperboard mill in Santa Clara of California by end of this year. The company took the decision based on the evaluation of the facility's manufacturing ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Packaging
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Grief Net Sales Increases in Q3
Sep 1, 2017US-based industrial packaging company Grief has reported net sales of $961.8m for the third quarter ended 31 July 2017, compared to $845m in the same quarter a year ago. The firm reported a gross profit of $187.1m, compared to $176.5m in ...
Tags: Grief, industrial packaging
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NXT Capital Offers Acquisition Financing to Oliver Printing & Packaging
Aug 23, 2017NXT Capital has provided a senior secured credit facility to support Oliver Printing & Packaging’s acquisition of Pohlig Packaging. Oliver Printing & Packaging is a portfolio company of Pfingsten. NXT Capital acted as the Sole ...
Tags: NXT Capital, Pohlig Packaging
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Molson Coors Aims for Zero Waste to Landfill Across Major Manufacturing Facilities
Aug 21, 2017Molson Coors Brewing Company released its 2017 Our Beer Print Report, announcing a bold, new sustainability strategy and goals to guide the company through 2025. This is the first sustainability report released since Molson Coors closed ...
Tags: Molson Coors, Beer Print
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Iberdrola Will Add Another 600mw of Renewable Energy in US Before The End of The Year
Aug 15, 2017Iberdrola, through its American subsidiary AVANGRID Renewables, is currently building four wind farms and a photovoltaic plant in the USA, which will add almost 600 megawatts (MW) of capacity expected to be commissioned before the end of ...
Tags: Iberdrola, Renewable Energy
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Graphic Packaging Reports 8% Drop in Sales for Q2
Jul 27, 2017Graphic Packaging has reported a 8% drop in its net sales to $1.09bn for the second quarter of 2017, compared to $1.10bn reported in the prior year period. Though sales had fallen by 8%, the company stated that its net tons sold increased ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Packaging
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Coca-Cola European Partners Celebrates Fifth Anniversary with UK's Plastics Recycling Facility
Jul 5, 2017Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has marked five years since investing in a pioneering initiative to transform plastics recycling in Great Britain. The anniversary comes as CCEP passed the milestone of sourcing 50,000 tonnes of ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Plastics Recycling
