J.M. Smucker’s proposed $285m purchase of Conagra Brands’ Wesson cooking oil brand has hit a roadblock with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) accusing the deal will reduce competition in the country for canola and vegetable ...
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FUJIFILM North America Corporation, Graphic Systems Division announces it will be increasing the prices of its offset printing plates. The price increase is a result of raw material cost increases, most significantly driven by substantial ...
Packaging Corporation of America has reported third quarter 2017 net income of $139m or $1.47 per share and $1.68 per share excluding special items. Third quarter net sales were $1.6 billion in 2017 and $1.5 billion in 2016. Special ...
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Sealed Air is implementing a price increase on all products in its North American Product Care division. The increases will be effective September 1, 2017. The price adjustments are the result of escalation in resin costs of over 7% since ...
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American paper and pulp giant International Paper has recorded a net profit of $80m, compared to the $209m the company earnt in the first quarter of this year. Last year, during the same period, the company earned $40m. The earnings ...
Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has reported a drop in second-quarter profit but said its revenue increased, due to strong demand in majority of markets. The company's pretax profit during the three months ended 30 June 2017, ...
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Packaging Corporation of America (PKG) has reported sales of $1.6bn for the second quarter of this year, compared to $1.4bn for the same period last year. The company reported a net income of $143m for the period, compared to $115.9m in ...
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Graphic 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 ...
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Sonoco-Alcore said it will again raise prices for paper-based tubes and cores, effective from shipments starting on 24 July 2017. Karsten Kemmerling, Director of Sales and Marketing - Tubes and Cores, Europe, said: "Prices of coreboard ...
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Frigoglass SAIC has announced unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2017 First Quarter 2017 Highlights Sustained growth momentum in Europe driven by increased sales to Coca-Cola bottlers and breweries Double digit ...
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Berry Global Group has reported results for its second fiscal 2017 quarter, referred to in the following as the March 2017 quarter. Net income for the March 2017 quarter was $72 million ($0.54 per diluted share) compared to $59 million ...
Packaging Corporation of America has reported first quarter 2017 net income of $117m or $1.24 per share and $1.27 per share excluding special items. First quarter net sales were $1.5 billion in 2017 and $1.4 billion in 2016. Reported ...
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Vodafone is hitting some customers with a second price hike, just weeks after another rise was introduced. The news was first reported by the Financial Times, which claimed that some customers have received texts warning of an unexpected ...
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Sun Chemical will increase the price of all inks and coatings containing acrylic derivatives effective May 15, 2017. Disruption in the production of certain building blocks used in the making of inks and coatings, such as styrene and ...
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Sonoco, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has reported financial results for its first quarter, ending 2 April 2017. First Quarter Highlights First quarter 2017 GAAP earnings per diluted share were $0.53, ...