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Berlin Packaging, the world's largest hybrid packaging supplier, announced today the acquisitions of Repli and Pentapackaging, two leading plastic packaging companies. Repli, based in Barcelona, Spain, and Pentapackaging, based in Bergamo, Italy, will significantly expand Berlin Packaging's product portfolio for several key end markets, including industrial and specialty chemicals, food and beverage, household care, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Repli and Pentapackaging al

Novolex®, an industry leader in packaging choice, innovation and sustainability, announced it has acquired the business of B&H Bag Company, a leading manufacturer of paper bags and other products. The B&H business will be a part of the Novolex Duro Bag® business, strengthening Duro's customer service through increased production capacity. The family-owned company has one manufacturing plant, located outside of Houston, Texas. "We are pleased to welcome the B

Dura-Fibre, a Menasha-based paperboard manufacturer, has been selected to provide specialty laminated paperboard sleeves and inserts for some of the US novel coronavirus vaccines during shipment. The company's multi-ply laminated and die-cut sleeve is a part of a sophisticated packaging and cold chain distribution system aimed at providing critical temperature control for shipping the vaccines. The rigid paperboard component, made in the Menasha facility, is also entirely recycl

TriMas announced the completion of its previously announced acquisition of Affaba & Ferrari, a designer and manufacturer of precision caps and closures for food & beverage and industrial product applications. “We are pleased to have closed on this strategic acquisition and look forward to Affaba & Ferrari’s contributions to our Rieke business and TriMas’ Packaging group,” said Thomas Amato, President and Chief Executive Officer of TriMas. “A

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Company Generated More Than 465 Million Pounds of Plastic Packaging Waste in 2019 According to Report by Oceana Oceana calls on Amazon to address its contribution to the plastic disaster that is devastating the world’s oceans and marine life and provide its customers with plastic-free choices

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Company Generated More Than 211 Million Kilograms of Plastic Packaging Waste in 2019 According to Report by Oceana Oceana calls on Amazon to address its contribution to the plastic disaster that is devastating the world’s oceans and marine life and provide its customers with plastic-free choices TORONT

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Pune, India, Dec. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global plastic additives market size is proj

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Continuing its mission to deliver sustainable solutions, ProAmpac, a flexible packaging leader, announced the introduction of its Signature Surfaces Paper Touch Recyclable line of products. This enhanced innovation utilizes ProActive Recyclable film that is flexographically coated with Signature Surfaces Paper Touch coating and runs on vertical or horizontal form/fill/seal equipment. “By combining our ProActive Recyclable film with ProAmpac’s Signature Surfaces Paper Tou

Huhtamaki, a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, is investing for further growth in Russia. In order to respond to the fast development of the retail business and egg packaging industry in Eastern and Central parts of Russia, the company is setting up a new fiber packaging manufacturing plant at its existing site in Alabuga, Tatarstan. Preparatory work on the site is under way and production of fiber packaging is expected to begin during the

Mars Food today announced it will begin to use recyclable mono-polypropylene plastic (PP) for its microwavable rice pouches in 2021. The project will bring to market the industry’s first food-safe, mono-material microwavable rice pouch. Launching with an initial pilot in the first half of 2021, the business has ambitions to further scale the technology across its portfolio beginning at the back half of the year. The use of high performing mono-PP material will allow Mars Food

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