Nampak to acquire Nigerian packaging companies
South African packaging company Nampak has signed two acquisition agreements in Nigeria worth a total of $301m.The company will acquire…
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Sidel designs lighter-weight PET water bottle
Packaging firm Sidel has designed a new 0.5l PET bottle for still water called RightWeight.Weighing around 7.95g, the bottle represents…
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Report predicts increase in functional and barrier coatings market
A report by Smithers Pira has predicted that the functional and barrier coatings market, worth approximately $4.2bn in 2012, will…
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Starlinger designs new easy open feature for pinch-bottom bags
Packaging firm Starlinger has added a new easy open feature to its PP*STAR pinch-bottom bags for various packaging applications.Starlinger's new…
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Sealed Air to sell medical packaging business
Packaging materials manufacturer Sealed Air has agreed to sell its rigid medical packaging business to US private equity firm Mason…
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Clear Lam designs reclosable package for pretzel brand
Clear Lam Packaging has used the PrimaPak packaging system to produce a new reclosable package for Flavor Tree chocolate pretzels.Produced…
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APPE designs rPET bottle for fruit drink
PET packaging firm APPE has collaborated with Oji and Hero to design a new recycled PET (rPET) sustainable fruit drink…
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Closed Loop to expand UK recycling facility
Closed Loop Recycling has announced plans to expand the HDPE recycling capability of its Dagenham-based plant to 55,000t a year,…
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Alpla opens new packaging facility in Kentucky, US
Austrian plastic packaging firm Alpla has opened a new facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky.The company has started operations in spec…
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Crown installs new metal packaging line at Bonduelle’s Russian facility
Crown Food Europe has joined with the Bonduelle Group to install a new metal packaging line at the firm's Novotitarovskaia…