DuPont is creating a new $45.4 billion consumer goods giant by merging its food and nutrition business with International Flavors & Fragrances. The deal announced Dec. 15 values the DuPont unit at $26.2 billion.
Davis-Standard, LLC has acquired Deacro Industries, of Mississauga, Ontario. Deacro designs, manufactures high-performance slitting, rewinding and roll handling equipment for the converting industry.
Wonderful Seedless Lemons, a naturally seedless, non-GMO Project Verified variety of lemon, is now rolling out in produce aisles at grocery stores and online at Amazon Fresh. The seedless lemons will be available in limited supply in year one.
To meet rapidly increasing demand for its water-soluble and biodegradable films, Kuraray’s MonoSol Division has announced plans to expand its operations with the construction of a new manufacturing facility in Poland.
NOVA Chemicals Corp., a leading supplier of polyethylene, has introduced a suite of recycle-ready octene and butene LLDPE resins for packaging applications.
Sustainability is an important trend in the printing industry, and converters want to be sustainable. In this podcast, Sun Chemical’s Robert O’Boyle discusses ways an ink manufacturer can help converters achieve their sustainability goals.
Toshiba Machine partner, TM Robotics, has introduced its TS5000 robot controller to the North American market. Engineered in Japan and boasting improvements in design and programmability, the new controller has been developed with Industry 4.0 in mind.
ePac Flexible Packaging, a specialist in digital printing for flexible packaging, says its next phase of U.S. expansion will be in Philadelphia and Richmond, Virginia.
H2 Equity Partners, based in Amsterdam, has agreed to acquire Contiweb from American Industrial Partners. Contiweb is a manufacturer of auxiliary equipment for offset printing and provides global aftermarket sales and services for a large number of installed machines.
The global Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) film market has seen demand grow by just under 5 percent per annum over the last five years. The main driver of growth has been the demand for flexible packaging, particularly in China and South East Asia, according to Wood Mackenzie’s latest ‘BOPP Film Global Supply Demand Report’.