Packaging films manufacturer Toray Plastics (America) has launched new Torayfan -Over-the-Mountain portfolio of biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films for packaging industry. The new films are designed to prevent food packages from ...
Tags: Packaging Films, dairy foods
The Adidas Group entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Rockport business to a new entity formed by Berkshire Partners and New Balance for a total consideration of $280 million, most of which will be paid in cash with the remainder ...
Tags: footwear brands, Sporting Goods
Multi-channel distribution is likely to fuel the demand for on-demand packaging as companies continue their search for more cost-effective solutions. Only 7% of companies are making their boxes on demand. However, that figure is set to ...
Tags: on-Demand Packaging, Multi-Channel Distribution, Electrical
Lately, I’ve been in full-blown grumpy old man mode. It started a couple of weeks ago when someone’s administrator asked me if I was planning to spend Thanksgiving with my grand kids. I will admit my mustache is greyer than it ...
Tags: efulfillment, opportunity, delivery
Citing the rapid growth of its business, Wynright Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Daifuku Webb and a leading U.S.-based provider of intelligent material handling systems, today announced the opening of a new office in the Grand ...
Dematic, a global supplier of logistics systems for the factory, warehouse and distribution center, announced today that Jay Leno will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Material Handling & Logistics Conference in Park City, Utah, September ...
Tags: Dematic, Processing Machinery
Thorntons has booked higher first-half earnings, which were boosted by lower costs and a rise in sales. The UK chocolate maker said profit before tax and exceptional items rose to GBP5.3m (US$8m), up from GBP3.1m in the comparable period ...
Confectionery manufacturer Thorntons plans to close a further 40 stores in this financial year, as it continues to focus on “significant growth” in multiple-channel sales via supermarkets and Thorntons Direct online. ...
Tags: Thorntons, stores, financial year
The argument for the creation of Modex, a show that will co-locate a logistics show within a materials handling show, is the recognition that what happens outside the four walls is converging with what happens inside the four walls. After ...
Tags: ProMat, 2013, Packaging, Materials Handling
It’s Friday morning and another ProMat is behind us. My legs are shot. My back hurts. My spirits are pretty high. That’s because I think it was a successful show. The best of the industry was on display. You expect that at ...
Tags: ProMat, 2013, George Prest, CEO, MHI
Cycling apparel company Craft plans to offer consumers a 30-day guarantee on base layers and jerseys, a bold step for Huub Valkenburg, the company’s CEO. But he’s confident that once cyclists wear Craft’s cycling apparel, ...
Tags: Cycling apparel company, Craft, Bike Stuff
Dematic (Booth 1203) introduced the next generation of its Multishuttle, a high-speed automated storage, retrieval and picking solution for cases, totes and trays. The system is part of Dematic’s overall solution set designed to ...
It’s a New Year’s tradition for anyone who writes for a living: use the first column of the year to look back at what just happened and try to make sense of what’s to come. Truth be told, it was probably a way for writers ...
Tags: Automation, New Year, car industry, promoption
UK non-life insurer Ageas has completed the acquisition of Groupama Insurance Company Limited, strengthening its multi-channel distribution approach and commitment to grow in Britain's broker market. The deal makes Groupama a separate ...
Tags: Ageas, Groupama Insurance Company, multi-channel distribution
Sir Philip Green is pleased to announce that together with LAB Concept, the new contemporary retail subsidiary of Lane Crawford, they have obtained the first site for TOPSHOP in Hong Kong. The highly anticipated Hong Kong store ...
Tags: LAB Concept, subsidiary, Lane Crawford, Hong Kong, cmpany news