The $805m deal is for Rexam's pharmaceutical devices and prescription retail packaging divisions. In a statement, Rexam said that following the completion of the deal it proposes to “return £450m of the proceeds to ...
Tags: Healthcare Divisions, Rexam
In 2013, sales of cigarettes rose 0.3% to figure of 21.1bn cigarettes, according to industry data provided by Marlboro maker Philip Morris International and reported in today’s Telegraph. The increase follows four straight years of ...
In July last year, Domino Printing Sciences launched a fast-drying ink to accommodate the newly released EU Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD) and US legislation. "Under the legislation pharmaceutical product will be authenticated at the ...
US-based Cargill has designed communications initiatives for consumers to get more information about the ground beef products and started labeling some of them that contain finely textured beef. The initiative includes an array of ...
Tags: Cargill, Beef Products
Food products supplier Alliance Grain Traders (AGT) has completely acquired Canada-based retail food packaging firm CLIC International. The transaction includes CLIC's inventory, retail packaging and canning production equipment. It also ...
Tags: CLIC, AGT, Arslan, Murad Al-Katib
Businesses and their senior managers should be made accountable for truck maintenance by extending the chain of responsibility laws, according to Australian Trucking Association chairman David Simon. Mr Simon was opening the trucking ...
Many a times we never realize the presence of plastic in, what we consider to be, non-plastic or eco-friendly packaging materials. A lot of plastic hides in coats and lines of cartons, sachets, pouches, cans, caps, lids etc. It seems the ...
HB Fuller has introduced its new Sesame High Modulus Tape, which can be used in retail-ready packaging. With the help of the new Sesame High Modulus Tape, corrugated packaging designers can help produce manufacturers protect their yields. ...
US-based plastic packaging manufacturer VisiPak has announced the addition of two new lines of injection molded plugs for tube containers. The company launched the new lines produced with crystal clear PETG in response to customer demand. ...
Research and Markets: Global Glass Packaging: Understanding Challenges and Shaping Future Growth Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dnvp95/global_glass) has announced the addition of the "Global Glass ...
Tags: Glass Packaging, Packaging
EnWave has entered into an agreement with US-based Hormel Foods to support the production and sale of certain products dehydrated with its Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) technology. Under the agreement, EnWave and Hormel Foods have agreed to ...
Tags: Hormel Foods, Rev Technology
EXCLUSIVE – Supermarket giant Sainsbury’s has appointed Jane Skelton as its new head of packaging, replacing Stuart Lendrum who has been given a new role as the retailer’s head of sustainable and ethical sourcing ...
A cross-functional team of 10 managers from resealable-closure company Zip-Pak recently completed an intensive 18-month global packaging study. Zip-Pak's goal in conducting the study was to openly observe the packaging landscape and the ...
Tags: Packaging, Retail Packaging, Global Retail
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 ...
Tags: Color Graphics, Packaging
Zulka Morena Pure Cane Sugar, an unrefined, Non-GMO Project verified sugar, is now available in convenient single-serving, 100-count packet boxes. The new 4-gram packets mirror the brand's classic retail packaging that use clear, ...