Growth is expected to outpace expansion in fresh produce production, reflecting the important role of packaging in the protection, safety assurance, and marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables. The Freedonia Group said plastic containers ...
Tags: Packaging, US market, Surge Ahead
U.S. demand for produce packaging is forecast to increase 3.3 percent per year to $5.7 billion in 2017. Growth will outpace expected expansion in fresh produce production, reflecting the important role of packaging in the protection, safety ...
Packaging products supplier Sonoco Protective Solutions has increased the prices of its packaging products to adjust inflationary input costs. The company has increased the price of on fabricated packaging assemblies containing EPS and/or ...
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Finland-based producer of coated white-top kraftliners Metsa Board has introduced a new fully bleached liner, Modo Northern Light at FachPack 2013 in Germany. The new lightweight and uncoated Modo Northern Light exhibits includes high ...
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White-top kraftliners producer Metsa Board will introduce a new liner, which will complement its Kemiart range, at FachPack 2013. The new liner is said to be made from fresh forest fibers and is suitable for direct contact with food and ...
Tags: Metsa Board, Packaging Liner
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 ...
Metso is all set to supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line for Zhejiang Jingxing Paper Joint Stock’s Pinghu site in Zhejiang Province in China, as part of a contract. Expected to start-up in 2014, the new production ...
Packaging and paper products manufacturer Boise has announced plans to invest $111m in the conversion of the company’s newsprint machine at DeRidder Paper Mill in the US. The reconfiguration of the former newsprint machine will ...
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Finnish engineering and technology company Metso is all set to supply an OptiConcept M containerboard production line for the Ban Pong mill of Siam Kraft Industry in Ratchaburi, Thailand. The start-up of the machine with an extended scope ...
North American kraft paper products producer KapStone Paper and Packaging has announced plans to open a new corrugated manufacturing facility in Aurora, Illinois, US, which will also include a design lab and a technical center. The ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, kraft paper
Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has announced the launch of Ecoboard Plus, a new linerboard from its Barcelona Mill in Spain, which adds to the company’s selection of boards that are made of recycled material. The new ...
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Global technology and services supplier Metso has signed an agreement with Norampac to supply mill maintenance services for Greenpac Mill in Niagara Falls, New York, US. As part of the agreement, Metso will establish and manage all ...
Tags: Metso, mill maintenance, linerboard machine, packaging
North American producer of kraft paper and corrugated products KapStone Paper and Packaging has announced plans to invest $29mn in the company's North Charleston, South Carolina paper mill in the US. According to KapStone, the investment ...
Tags: Paper Mill, kraft paper, corrugated products
Mexican packaging company Grupo Gondi has invested in Bobst F&K 90SIX CI preprint flexo press and peripherals from Bobst Bielefeld, which will be used for preprinted linerboard and coated boxboard applications. According to Bobst, the 2.2 ...
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German chemical company BASF has announced the launch of its new surface sizing agent (PSA) Basoplast 450 P for the packaging segment, which enables papermakers to improve on sizing costs considerably. Suitable for linerboard grades, ...
Tags: chemical, new surface sizing agent, PSA, packaging