Novolex, formerly known as Hilex Poly, will acquire Packaging Dynamics to form a new company that will have revenue of $1.9bn and will offer a range of paper and plastic flexible packaging products. The company will operate under the ...
Green packaging and tissue paper products manufacturer Cascades has signed an agreement with H.I.G Capital subsidiary Rolland Enterprises to sell its fine papers activities for around $39.5m. The divestment includes Rolland Division and ...
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UFP Technologies is a US producer of custom-engineered specialty packaging and products. One of its recent green packaging innovations is plantable packaging. Little Duck Organics is N.Y. startup producing organic baby cereal and snacks. ...
Canadian packaging products manufacturer Cascades has designed EVOK brand polystyrene foam food tray for poultry processing firm Exceldor. Designed for packaging meats, poultry, fish and seafood, as well as fresh fruit and vegetables, ...
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Do these resonate with you? Seven long-term predictions about the strategic environment for packaging and processing emerged from the Vision 2020 focus groups PMMI conducted during PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013: 1. Because available capital ...
Google has collaborated with Be Green Packaging to develop and manufacture a new plant fiber tray for its upcoming version of the Chromebook laptop. The internet giant has joined forces with the recyclable packaging products ...
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Suffolk-based Spectra Packaging has introduced an "environmentally friendly biopolymer" to its range of products. According to the company, it can now offer its customers plastic packaging made from ethanol from sugarcane as opposed to ...
Cosmetic companies are making slow progress in reducing their packaging footprints. Although the cosmetics industry has become preoccupied with green initiatives, few steps have been made to tackle the environmental impact of packaging. ...
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Retail sushi vendor in the US Hissho Sushi has announced the launch of a new location in North Carolina featuring Be Green’s compostable and recyclable packaging. Hissho Sushi aims to create healthy communities and made the decision ...
Canadian manufacturer of green packaging Cascades has announced that its plants Tissue Group in Candiac, Boxboard in Jonquière, Norampac in Cabano and the facilities in Kingsey Falls joined Hydro-Québec's network. According ...
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New Orleans seafood is going green. Global Green USA's Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR) joined forces with the New Orleans Fish House to test recyclable coated corrugated boxes as methods of transporting locally caught seafood. These ...
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Green packaging manufacturer Cascades has announces that Greenpac Mill manufactured its first roll of lightweight linerboard at its new containerboard mill located in Niagara Falls in the state of New York. Greenpac produces a lightweight ...
Green packaging manufacturer Cascades has acquired 9% stake in Italian recycled boxboard producer Reno De Medici from Industria e Innovazione. The Canadian firm now owns 217,474,385 common shares of Reno De Medici or 57.6% of the ...
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Precision Color Graphics, Franklin, WI, a prepress, printing and packaging company, received patent #8,387,797 in March 2013 for biopolymer-lined multilayer bags and pouches for the company's line of Ecoterah packaging. The patent states ...
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The Department of Science and Technology-Industrial Technology Development Institute (DOST-ITDI) in the Philippines has developed a biodegradable food packaging material that protects food and extends its shelf. ITDI Material Sciences ...
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