Tag: materials
Americas: Graphic Packaging buys two facilities
Graphic Packaging International will be acquiring 100% of the outstanding equity of Walter G. Anderson (WG Anderson), including the company's two converting facilities from...
Americas: WestRock to buy Cenveo Packaging
WestRock Company will be acquiring Cenveo Packaging, a provider of folded carton and litho-laminated display packaging solutions with six facilities located in North America.
Cenveo...
Americas: Jindal Films Americas relocates HQ in the US
Jindal Films Americas (JFA), a producer of specialty biaxially oriented polypropylene films, is relocating its US Research and Development (R&D) Center and its national...
Asia Pacific: Avantium, Mitsui to offer biobased chemicals for packaging
Avantium signed an agreement with Mitsui & Co to commercialize 100% biobased chemicals furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and polyethylene Furanoate (PEF) in Asia.
As part...
Americas: Ardagh Group debuts LCBO-compliant 1.5 L bottle
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America debuts its 1.5L Bordeaux wine bottle, compliant with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s (LCBO) new lightweight glass...
Americas: Sonoco releases clear can for shelf appeal
Sonoco introduces its clear, retortable plastic TruVue Can as an innovative alternative to the traditional metal can that has been a mainstay packaging option...
Europe: Innovia films, partner create biobased packaging laminate
Innovia Films and a Dutch company have created a biobased packaging laminate structure using renewable and compostable NatureFlex.
Innovia Films has been working with Bio4Pack...
Europe: Coveris partners to create system for thin wall packaging
Coveris has in early 2015 installed the first industrial injection compression system with consumer goods manufacturer Unilever and mold maker Plastisud.
The system features integrated...
Europe: Tetra Pak wins awards at show
Tetra Pak has received two awards at the 2015 World Beverage Innovation Ceremony held in at BrauBeviale in Nuremburg, Germany, November 10-12, 2015.
Tetra Pak...
Asia Pacific: Clariant exhibits active healthcare packaging solutions in China show
Clariant will exhibit its line of desiccant canisters and bags, moisture resistant composite closures (bottles), oxygen inhalation agents and oxygen barrier bottles, and other...