HorizonScan shares its findings for Q1 2019, noting a decrease in food integrity issues in key categories including meat and poultry, but a sharp uptick in issues related to herbs and spices.
Berry Global Group Inc. has completed its acquisition of RPC Group Plc. The combination of Berry and RPC creates a leading global supplier of valued-added protective solutions and one of the world’s largest plastic packaging companies.
Check out the online video review of the Flexible Packaging Association’s annual State of the Industry report delivered at the recent 2019 Global Pouch Forum.
Engineered equipment company Duravant expands its global offerings with acquisition of Motion06, an Austrian manufacturer of specialized conveyor modules.
UPM Raflatac announces that its pressure sensitive label factory in Mills River is the first manufacturing facility in North Carolina whose electrical supply is generated entirely by renewable sources.
Jabil Packaging Solutions introduces a new suite of sustainable packaging services that enable CPG brands to deliver innovative sustainable packaging formats into the marketplace.
Borealis announces the introduction of a new plastics recycling technology, Borcycle, that will be used to produce high-quality compounds made of recycled polyolefins.
The shipments value of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America declined in the first quarter of 2019, according to the Plastics Industry Association.