Europe: French trader fills wine with Smurfit Kappa technology
Maison Johanès Boubée has installed a filling line, supplied by Smurfit Kappa, to Bag-in-Box packaging of French wine.
Established in 1860, Maison Johanès Boubée is...
Americas: SIG carton packs to don FSC logo
With a global network of cardboard suppliers who are certified according to the criteria of the ForestStewardship Council (FSC), from August 2016, 100% SIG...
Europe: Producing clear cups at K 2016
Taiwanese company Victor Taichung Machinery Works will be demonstrating at K 2016 the advantage when processors use INEOS polypropylene (PP) made with Milliken &...
Americas: Crown releases metal lids for PET containers
Crown Holdings releases new metal closures that are compatible with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) containers.
The new package combination offers considerable weight, efficiency and breakage...
Europe: Gizeh creates twin-chamber cup for dessert
Plastic packaging company Gizeh has developed a new twin chamber cup for a new yogurt dessert line of Müller.
The cup combines Müller yogurt with...
Americas: PolyOne Corp sells business unit for US$115M
PolyOne Corporation will be selling its Designed Structures and Solutions (DSS) business, which includes sheet, rollstock and packaging assets, to Arsenal Capital Partners for...
Americas: TricorBraun forms company with Amfora Packaging
TricorBraun and Amfora Packaging has formed a 50-50 joint venture company called TricorBraun South America SAS.
The joint venture will cover five countries in South...
Asia Pacific: Chinaplas on smart manufacturing, lightweight trends
Reducing resource consumption and packaging-waste at the source is not exactly a new idea, and lightweighting has been gathering momentum in recent years, according...
Asia Pacific: Kerry Logistics, Sutherland open meat processing plant
Kerry Logistics Network Limited and luxury meat purveyor in Hong Kong and Macau, Sutherland Company Limited, have set up a meat processing facility, MeatLab.
The...
Asia Pacific: Flexible packaging will be a key growth area in 2014, states survey
Frost & Sullivan has released its three big predictions for the global chemical, materials and food industry.
Based on a '2013 Search for Growth' survey...