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FRANCE – Global glass packaging supplier SGD Pharma has announced the expansion of its cosmetics offering globally and has hired a Vice President of sales beauty Americas. The company’s Beauty and Care division is already the APAC market leader in this segment, supplying both global and local beauty brands through their Zhanjiang, China-based factory. SGD Pharma intends to build on…
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GERMANY – Multivac, a leading global provider of packaging solutions has launched W 500 as a universal flowpacking solution, which offers a high level of flexibility for packing a wide range of food products, including bakery goods. The new flowpacker supports the use of sustainable films and paper-based materials. It was introduced at Anuga FoodTec 2022 and IFFA 2022. According…
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FINLAND – UPM Speciality Papers has launched repulpable and recyclable fibre-based high-barrier packaging kraft paper, UPM Solide Lucent. Designed for recyclability in existing fibre recycling streams, the UPM Solide Lucent is a highly versatile speciality kraft paper with endless possibilities for recyclable packaging innovations. According to the company, the kraft paper is made from virgin cellulose fibres from responsibly grown…
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AUSTRALIA – US-based packaging company TricorBraun has completed its acquisition of Australian packaging provider PB Packaging, a wholly-owned business of Pro-Pac Packaging Limited, expanding its presence in Australia. Established in 1990, PB Packaging supplies plastic, glass and other forms of rigid packaging in Australia. The company serves the health, industrial, food and automotive industries and was previously a wholly-owned subsidiary…
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UK – Europe’s leading ice manufacturer and supplier, The Ice Co., has developed recyclable paper packaging for ice cubes to replace traditionally used plastic bags. The Ice Co’s Super Cubes & Spring Water Ice Cubes’ bags are certified as “100 percent recyclable as paper”, believed to be a UK first in the frozen aisle. The firm recognized how consumers are…
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UK – Austrian cartonboard and folding cartons giant Mayr-Melnhof Group (MM) has agreed to purchase Essentra packaging business unit in a deal worth US$382.4 million. The acquisition is subject to various conditions, including a shareholder vote for Essentra, and is set to complete in Q4 2022. Essentra will use the proceeds from the sale to strengthen its balance sheet, as…
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MOROCCO – Moroccan federations in the agrifood and packaging sectors have agreed to cut the country’s reliance on imports and create 7,500 direct job opportunities by 2060. The agreements aim to enhance local integration by creating synergies and partnerships based on mutual benefit between the agrifood industry and other related industrial sectors. Impacted by the economic crisis and surge in…
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