Americas: Extending product shelf life with active and intelligent packaging
Thanks to their unique multi-functionality, active and intelligent packaging (A&IP) features are already in use for many consumer packaged goods.
In particular, the food...
Asia Pacific: CMB Engineering exhibits at canmaking show in China
British canmaking equipment manufacturer CMB Engineering will be launching a new range of machines that are programmable at the touch of a screen to...
Americas: DowDuPont plans to separate into 3 companies in the future
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company will combine to form DowDuPont, which will subsequently pursue a separation of DowDuPont into three independent, publicly traded...
Europe: Tetra Pak delivers 200B FSC packages
Tetra Pak will have delivered 200 billion packages labeled with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) logo by the end of April 2016.
Since 2007, the...
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: Signature Group acquires aluminum recycler, expects US$1.5B in revenue
Signature Group Holdings (Signature) has completed the acquisition of the Global Recycling and Specification Alloys business of privately-held Aleris Corporation for US$525 million.
Signature will operate...
Europe: Wacker releases solvent-free silicon polymers for coating systems
Wacker is showcasing four silicone polymers for industrial label applications for the paper and film coating industry at Labelexpo Europe 2015 in Brussels, Belgium,...
Europe: Flexible packaging to outdo traditional materials, finds report
The global flexible food packaging market for retail packed food is set to reach close to 800 billion pack units in 2018, as consumers...
Asia Pacific: BASF expands R&D in region
BASF is expanding its research and development (R&D) capabilities in Asia Pacific and aims to locate 25% of its global R&D activities in Asia...
Europe: Treofan releases film for in-mold labeling
Biaxially oriented polypropylene specialist Treofan features an innovative surface that enables stable fusing of thermoforming and label film at comparatively low temperatures and pressures,...