Packaging manufacturer Coveris has agreed to divest its Americas packaging business to Transcontinental (TC Transcontinental) in a deal worth $1.320bn. Coveris Americas, which is a subsidiary of Sun Capital Partners portfolio firm ...
Berry Global Group has completed the acquisition of Clopay Plastic Products from Griffon for $475m. Clopay, which provides printed breathable films, is also involved in the development of elastic films and laminates for use in ...
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP) has introduced a fully recyclable polyethylene packaging solution in India. The company has developed an advanced formulation of polyethylene (PE) resins to produce sustainable all PE laminate ...
Tags: Dow Packaging, Plastics
India-based Alpha Plastomers has expanded its product portfolio with the introduction of new flexible packaging materials and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. Alpha provides rigid and flexible plastic packaging solutions for the ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, PET Bottles
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
Israel-based Tipa has developed and manufactured a new technology that could solve the problem of non-recyclable flexible plastic. Food and beverage packaging accounts for more than half of the non-recyclable flexible plastic in the ...
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Cascades Flexible Packaging, a Cascades unit that specializes mainly in the manufacture of flexible plastic packaging for the food market, has earned the IFS PACsecure certification, which is recognized by the Global Food Safety Initiative ...
Tags: Flexible Packaging, Packaging
A new report from Smithers Pira expects the worldwide rigid plastic packaging consumption to grow during 2017–2022 at an annual rate of 3.7% to 63.4 million tonnes. Economic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging ...
Tags: plastic packaging, packaging
Berry Plastics Group has signed an agreement to acquire AEP Industries, a North American manufacturer of flexible plastic packaging films, for $765m including debt. Under the terms of the deal, each shareholder of AEP will receive either ...
Tags: Berry Plastics Group, AEP Industries, debt
Plastic packaging material manufacturer Astrapak, through its company Consupaq, has introduced new tubing product, Econo, for its customers in the cosmetic market. Developed in sizes such as 15ml, 25ml 50ml, 75ml, 100ml, 125ml and 150ml, ...
Tags: Astrapak, cosmetic market, Consupaq
Global packaging and coatings solutions Coveris has acquired Ecuador-based shrink sleeve and adhesive label technologies firm Supraplast. The acquisition expands Coveris operations in the Central and South American regions. Based in ...
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Recently, quantum dots (QDs)—nano-sized semiconductor particles that produce bright, sharp, color light—have moved from the research lab into commercial products like high-end TVs, e-readers, laptops, and even some LED lighting. ...
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Researchers at agricultural firm Agrindus in Brazil have discovered that the shelf-life of milk can be extended up to 15 days, by embedding silver nanoparticles in plastic bottles. The shelf life of grade A pasteurised fresh whole milk ...
Tags: PVC film, wrapping food, Milk
Plastic packaging and coatings company Coveris Holdings has acquired Elldex Packaging Solutions, a division of Hellaby Holdings, with packaging businesses in New Zealand and Australia. Elldex manufactures and imports HDPE and LDPE ...
Tags: Hellaby's Packaging, Packaging
Following the phone’s CES 2015 unveiling, LG has confirmed that its innovative new LG G Flex 2 handset is heading to the UK. A direct follow-on to the 2013-released original G Flex, the new model pairs LG’s innovative, ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, LG, CES