SCA expands in premium packaging
SCA, the Sweden-based packaging provider, has acquired the German, family-owned packaging company V+D Stabernack for €131 million.
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Ball consolidates plants
Ball Corporation is closing an older plastic container plant in Sioux City, Iowa, US, and shifting the manufacturing operations to its Ames, Iowa , plant, which will be expanded.
Irradiation risk
Workers in the food industry with access to irradiation equipment aren't required to undergo background checks, increasing the potential for theft or sabotage, a US lawmaker has said.
Crown, Cork and Seal reverses slide
Having been on the verge of bankruptcy just eight months ago, Crown Cork and Seal are now well on the road to recovery, after an intensive period of cost cutting and selling off a number of its less profitable divisions.
Report claims bright outlook for food packaging industry
The single-use foodservice packaging industry is looking and feeling very healthy, according to State of the Foodservice Packaging Industry Report, issued today by the Foodservice & Packaging Institute.
China to launch key sci-tech food projects
China will invest 20 billion yuan (€2. 5 billion) in a number of key science and technology research and development projects, including food-related projects, within the next three to five years, the Ministry of Science and Technology announced.