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Silgan Buys Albea’s dispensing unit, expanding closures business
Silgan Holdings Inc. have recently completed the acquisition of the Albéa Group’s dispensing business for $900 million. The acquisition is a strategic fit for the closures business and is likely to strengthen its position in the dispensing markets. Albéa’s dispensing business is the leading global supplier of highly-engineered pumps, sprayers and foam-dispensing solutions to major consumer…
Ardagh Group joins forces with The Naked Collective to launch new range of health drinks
A new range of premium health drinks from UK beverage company The Naked Collective, based on a ‘clean and simple’ philosophy, are to be launched in infinitely recyclable 33cl Sleek aluminium cans from Ardagh Group. Brewed from plants, vitamins and water – nothing else – The Naked Collective’s So-Beer non-alcoholic lagers and Mude isotonic drinks…
Sun Chemical and DIC Corporation acquire digital inks business from Sensient Technologies Corporation
Sun Chemical and its parent company, DIC Corporation, have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares of Sensient Imaging Technologies and certain other assets related to the production of inks. The transaction is expected to be finalised in the second quarter of 2020. The strategic investment in Sensient Imaging Technologies,…
CTI launches innovative solvent technology
Specialty inks that are popular among consumers for driving interest on packaging for beer, soda and candy are now feasible for fountain cups as a result of Chromatic Technologies’ new invention of solvent-specialty inks. CTI has invented a new suite of colour-change technologies using solvent inks, including thermochromic (temperature-activated), photochromic (sunlight-activated), glow-in-the-dark and reveal technology…
Ball to present at 2020 Deutsche Bank Global Industrials & Materials Summit
Ball Corporation have announced that their participation at the virtual Deutsche Bank’s 11th Annual Global Industrials & Materials Summit on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. John A. Hayes, chairman, president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to speak at 2:15 p.m. Eastern time. Click here to listen to the presentation via the live webcast. A replay of the presentation…
Canpack joins global fight against COVID-19
The Canpack Group, have reinforced its commitment to the global fight against Covid-19. The Group has contributed both material and financial assistance to local authorities and public institutions across the world in their efforts to limit the impact of the coronavirus pandemic with a primary focus on public health and medical care “As a global…
UK retailer M&S, launches a selection of wine in a can
Marks and Spencer has launched a range of canned wine in the UK. The retailer is selling cans of wine for £2.50 per 20 cl bottle with two variations of rose and one version of white wine. The three wines available to choose from are La Dame en Rose Lightly Sparkling, Small but Perfectly Formed…
BREAKING: METPACK 2020 POSTPONED
Messe Essen have made the decision to postpone METPACK in light of the ever-evolving Coronavirus pandemic. The news comes after the state of North Rhine-Westphalia decided to postpone or cancel events with over 1,000 participants. Yesterday, Messe Düsseldorf also announced that they would postpone Interpack. It will now take place from 25 February to 3 March…
Tesco removes 67m pieces of plastic wrapping from multipack tins
UK retailer Tesco have announced that they are to remove canned plastic-wrapped multipacks from supermarket shelves, replacing them with plastic-free multibuys on tinned food. 183,000 tinned multipacks are bought ever day at Tesco and the move will eliminate an estimated 350 tonnes of plastic from the environment. Tesco CEO Dave Lewis said, “we are removing…
Plastic bottles supposedly still in demand
Coco-Cola’s head of sustainability, Bea Perez, has announced that the firm will not ditch single-use plastic bottles as consumers still want them. Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Ms Perez said that the firm could not ditch plastic outright as this would likely alienate customers and hit sales. The firm has pledged to…
