Wednesday 13. April 2011
Wines Sealed with Real Cork Enjoy Sales Surge As Alternative Closures Fall from Favor
Sales of Wine with Cork Rise 14% as Alternatives Plunge 13%
Packaging
Wednesday 13. April 2011
YORK Label Wins at 2010 World Label Association Awards Competition
YORK Label has won first place in 2 categories at the 2010 World Label Association Awards Competition.
Wednesday 13. April 2011
Ossids Integrity Horizontal Form-Fill-Seal Machine Delivers a New Level of Performance for Applications up to 15 Cycles Per Minute
Ossid, a division of Pro Mach, introduced today a new horizontal form-fill-seal machine that is rated at 10 to 15 cycles per minute (CPM), is scheduled to meet USDA meat, poultry, dairy, and 3-A Sanitary Standards, complies with PackML, and may be customized for customer specific applications. The new Ossid Integrity horizontal form-fill-seal machine will have its first public demonstration at the 2011 AMI International Meat, Poultry & Seafood Industry Convention and Expo, April 13-16, at McCormick Place, Chicago, Booth # 3013.
Wednesday 13. April 2011
The National Food Lab and Allpax Announce Availability of the Most Versatile Research and Development Retort in the World
The National Food Lab (The NFL) and Allpax Products, a division of Pro Mach, announced today the installation of the most advanced laboratory retort in the world in The NFL’s pilot plant. Using the Allpax Stretch 2402 multimode R & D retort, The NFL can identify the optimal combination of processing parameters (agitation and heating media) that will result in the highest quality product and maximum process efficiency.
Wednesday 13. April 2011
Gerresheimer manufactures insulin pen for sanofi-aventis
Gerresheimer AG has commenced the commercial production of ClikSTAR insulin pens for sanofi-aventis. Medical plastic systems such as insulin pens will be increasingly important in the Gerresheimer product portfolio in future because they incorporate a dosage and application function in addition to being a pure medication packaging.
Wednesday 13. April 2011
OPTIMA-Team in best mood @ INDEX in Geneva
Optima Group Nonwovens showes the INDEX attendees its new linear conveyor system. The system has substantial advantages for the packaging process.
Wednesday 13. April 2011
Graham Packaging Company to be Acquired by Silgan Holdings
Graham Packaging Company Inc. (NYSE: GRM) today announced the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which Graham Packaging will be acquired by Silgan Holdings Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $19.56 per share, or a total of approximately $4.1 billion including assumed indebtedness. The deal is expected to close in the second half of this year.