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Berlin Packaging Opens New Mega Warehouse in California
Berlin Packaging, a leading supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, has announced the opening of its newest mega-warehouse in Ontario, California. Strategically located near the busiest seaport in the United States, the adjoining Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles, and with easy access to I-10 and I-15 highways, the 231,000-square-foot Ontario mega-warehouse strengthens Berlin Packaging’s operations in Southern California, complementing the company’s existing almost 100,000-square-foot facility in Santa Ana.
Koenig & Bauer MetalPrint Adds to its MetalPremium Blanket Family
The MetalPremium RBC blanket, which is used exclusively on MetalStar 3 printing presses with RBC (Rapid Blanket Change), is now also available as a splined version for presses with a tension bar. The MetalPremium TFC (Thermoplastic Film Carrier) is available for MetalStar 2 and MetalStar 3 presses without RBC.
MPMA Respond to DEFRA’s Resources and Waste Strategy
DEFRA recently released its Resources and Waste Strategy for England, in which it seeks to redress the balance in favour of the natural world. “Our goal is to move to a more circular economy which keeps resources in use for longer – for that to happen, we must all reduce, reuse and recycle more than we do now,” said Michael Gove, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
Canned Ready-to-Drink Nitro Cold Brew Coffee from PJ’s of New Orleans
New Orleans based PJ’s introduces its first RTD canned Nitro Cold Brew Coffee, now available at all PJ’s Coffee locations across the US.
PJ’s Nitro Cold Brew Coffee infuses nitrogen gas into its classic cold brew, creating a creamy, stout-like effect—with zero calories.
Glow-in-the-dark Mountain Dew now available in Middle East
Crown has worked with Mountain Dew, a PepsiCo brand, to create a special edition can featuring florescent inks, for the Middle East market. Designed to attract consumer attention and boost sales in the hot summer season, the ultra-bright green colour on the 33cl can accentuates the bold Mountain Dew logo and reinforces the brand’s image.
Ball agrees to sell Chinese metal packaging facilities to ORG
Ball Corporation has announced an agreement to sell its metal beverage packaging facilities in China to ORG Technology, a Chinese metal packaging company, for approximately $225 million.
Greg Stromberg leaves INX International to focus on CannedWater4Kids
After 48 years in the industry, the last 37 of which were with INX International, Greg Stromberg will be retiring at the end of this year. However, it is as a social entrepreneur and the founder of CannedWater4Kids, that Greg will be most remembered.
