Page 4 - Packaging

Essel Propack's new tube making technology in US to raise productivity

While the currently equipped machines have capacity of 60 to 250 tubes per minute, the new SHOT line - installed at Danville (USA) facility - will produce 500 tubes per minute

Huhtamaki PPL to set up plants for flexible packaging and labels in NE India

The company will spend Rs 65 cr to build manufacturing facilities for flexible packaging and labels at Assam and Sikkim respectively. It will also relocate its labels plant in Navi Mumbai

Uflex engineers thinnest PET AlOx speciality film for packaging

The film finds extensive use in manufacturing laminates used for packing food, beverages, pharmaceutical and medical products

Cosmo Films to set up manufacturing facility in Maharashtra

The company has acquired 34 acres of land, adjacent to its existing unit at Waluj (Aurangabad, Maharashtra), for setting up the new plant

Growing processed food sector gives impetus to packaging industry

The plastic food packaging sector (worth over $ 4 bn) accounts for lion's share of India's total plastic packaging market, currently valued at about $ 7 bn, says Assocham-TechSci study

Merck to invest Euro 50 mn in German pharma packaging unit

The unit will focus on Merck's brands Glucophage, Concor and Euthyrox to meet increasing patient needs in the areas of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and thyroid disorders

Uflex develops melamine-free packaging film

The company's Polish plant has developed a melamine-free acrylic coated bi-axially oriented polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) clear transparent film, F-AMF, for packaging industry

Essel Propack takes over German packaging JV

The company has raised the stake in Essel Deutschland GmbH from present 24.9% to 100% providing it a strong platform for growth especially in the non-oral care category in Europe

Uflex launches ESL aseptic flexi-pouch machine for packaging milk

Machine can help dairy companies to preserve milk in normal ambient conditions at the point of sale for as long as 90 days

Sonoco ThermoSafe buys AAR cold chain solutions assets

By acquiring PharmaPort 360, it has entered the market of active temperature-controlled cargo containers, which are mainly used for shipping pharmaceuticals and biologics globally

Uflex partners with Dutch firm Perfotec to extend shelf life of papaya

Using Flexfresh liner bags, growers can attain a shelf life of 30 days for papaya, thus cutting down on transportation cost and reducing the wastage

Berry Plastics buys AEP Industries for $ 765 mn

With this, Berry Plastics adds highly complementary products and customers in North America

Molex acquires pharma packaging firm Phillips-Medisize

The Wisconsin-based global design and manufacturing company specialises in custom solutions that require advanced moulding and assembly for medical device OEMs

Uflex offers anti-counterfeiting solution to Nescafe

The company has engineered custom-made Seal of Authenticity for Nescafe Classic offering it tamper-proof brand protection

Century Ultrapack forms JV with Austria's Greiner Packaging

The JV is expected to help Greiner Packaging, who will have majority ownership in the venture, to broaden its market position in Indian food packaging industry

UK firm Alphasonics partners with Weldon Celloplast in India

Both companies will tap the Indian narrow web flexographic market

Huhtamaki buys 51% stake in Val Pack to enter foodservice packaging market in India

The Mumbai-based Val Pack Solutions supplies a comprehensive range of paper cups to food services industry in the country

Uflex launches extrusion lamination machine for woven polypropylene

The machine is also used to laminate very thin LDPE substrates to woven polypropylene and to paper or any packaging film

Retail ready packaging offers advantages over traditional packaging

Food is the predominant market for retail ready packaging in the US, accounting for almost three-fourths of demand in 2015, says Freedonia report

Essel Propack opens packaging facility in Colombia

The new facility, with capacity to manufacture 180 million laminated plastic tubes in a year, will serve the high-value beauty & cosmetics category along with pharma sector