Thanks to growing consumer demand for preservative-free products, aseptic processing has gained significant traction in recent years. Creating sterile, shelf-stable food and beverage products that don’t require refrigeration, ...
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RPC Bramlage has opened a new production hall at Velky Meder in Slovakia, which has doubled the size of the injection moulding production area. The 2700m² area will offer improved support for the Bramlage division’s customers ...
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US-based rigid packaging supplier Silgan has completed the acquisition of WestRock Company’s specialty closures and dispensing systems business for $1.025bn. The business is engaged in supplying triggers, pumps, sprayers and ...
Silgan, a supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, reported third quarter 2016 net income of $69.8 million, or $1.15 per diluted share, as compared to third quarter 2015 net income of $70.3 ...
Silgan, a supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, reported second quarter 2016 net income of $33.3m, or $0.55 per diluted share, as compared to second quarter 2015 net income of $42.2m, or $0.70 ...
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Australian and New Zealand label converter Hally Group will be acquired this month by New Zealand-based Hexagon Holdings. Hally Group's subsidiaries include Hally Labels in Brisbane, Christchurch and Auckland, AC Labels in Sydney, and ...
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Tetra Pak is planning a push in the food packaging market with its cartonboard packaging offering. Tetra Recart was the first retortable carton package which enabled filled product to be sterilized within the package. A direct ...
Rigid packaging manufacturer Silgan Holdings has acquired all the assets of US-based metal container manufacturers Van Can Company for about $40m. The transaction included the sale of two metal container manufacturing facilities. While ...
US-based rigid packaging supplier Silgan has completed its previously announced acquisition of all the assets of plastic closures producer Portola Packaging for $266m. The acquisition includes Portola's eight facilities that are operated ...
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Silgan Holdings Inc. a supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, announced August 13 that it entered into a definitive agreement to purchase Portola Packaging, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic ...
Silgan Holdings, a US-based supplier of rigid packaging for shelf-stable food and other consumer goods products, has agreed to acquire Portola Packaging, a manufacturer of plastic closures, for $266m. Portola Packaging operates eight ...
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Corrugated specialist RockTenn adjusted earnings shot up 127% to $2.16 per share in the third-quarter of fiscal 2013 (ended Jun 30, 2013) from 95 cents a share in the year-ago quarter. Total revenue improved 6% year over year to $2.448 ...
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In August 2012, the world's first MATS microwave food sterilization system was installed at AmeriQual in Evansville, IN. This MATS-B device, designed for recipe and process development, incorporates the only microwave technology accepted by ...
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US-based packaging company Sonoco has completed the 18,000ft2 expansion of its thermoforming location in Waynesville, North Carolina. The company plans to start up a new multilayer, trim-in-place line, which will facilitate the production ...
Silgan,a supplier of rigid packaging for consumer goods products,has entered into an agreement to buy Rexam's plastic thermoformed food business for$250m. Rexam's plastic thermoformed food business provides thermoformed packaging ...
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