EndFlexannounced the completion of a highly customized end-of-line system in an astonishing 20 weeks. Engineered for its client in the personal hygiene market, this fully automated system conveys bottled product into the Traypacker modular pick and place cell, where it is packed into a tray that is fully formed and sealed by dual Poplok tray formers. In the final stages, the boxxer…

Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company announces the appointment of Dr Achala Danait as managing director for Clariant India.

Effective January 14, 2022, the board of directors of Clariant India has appointed Dr Achala Danait as managing director, in addition to her role of leading innovation in the Asia Pacific for the Business Unit Industrial and…

Nacka, Sweden, January 21, 2022: Atlas Copco has completed the acquisition of HHV Pumps. The company designs and manufactures vacuum pumps and systems for applications used in a wide range of industries. 

HHV Pumps was founded in 2009 and is based in Bengaluru, India, and has 151 employees. In the fiscal year of 2020, the company had revenues of approximately MUSD 6 (approximately…

Bambrew, India’s one-stop innovative solution provider of sustainable packaging as an alternative to single-use plastic, has raised pre-Series-A funding of US $ 2.35 million (approximately Rs 17 crore) led by Blue Ashva Capital and Supack Industries. The round also saw participation from Mumbai Angels and notable angel investors.

The latest infusion of funds will be utilized to build India’s first…

TricorBraun announced on 7 January 2022, that it has acquired beverage packaging leaders Zuckerman Honickman (ZH) and Vessel Packaging (Vessel), strengthening the company's position in the beverage packaging market.

"Our acquisitions of Zuckerman Honickman, a name synonymous with best-in-class beverage packaging, and Vessel Packaging, a leading Canadian value-added distributor of aluminum cans, bolster our ability to serve beverage customers with expanded offerings and services across…

Cardbox Packaging has announced its acquisition of the Buch Theiss bookbinding workshop’s premises in St Stefan/Wolfsberg. The Cardbox Packaging Group, with sites in Austria, Serbia, Czechia, and US, has been active in Carinthia since 2011, employing 60 of its almost 250 employees at this location. 

Managing director of Cardbox Packaging Holding, Roland Schöberl,…

Cosmo Films, India’s leading specialty films manufacturer for packaging, lamination, and labeling applications, in a blogpost published on 31 December, highlighted the importance of lamination films. 

“While attractive packaging catches the eye of the customer, they will put the product back if it is disfigured. You could have the safest route and the best packaging, but without an…

The PaperEx exhibition which was to be held from 9 to 12 January 2022 at the India Expo Center in Greater Noida, has been rescheduled to 10 to 13 May 2022 at the same venue. The Technical Conference and a three-day Open Seminar will also be held alongside the exhibition in May 2022. The current speaker line up will remain the same.

The decision has been taken in the best interest of…

As part of GEW’songoing program to strengthen its international distribution network, the company has announced the appointment of Sarepco as its key distributor in South Africa. GEW’s Nilpeter and ABG International business will continue to be managed by CSM Print Services, while Sarepco will handle all other businesses in the country. This became effective from 1 January 2022.

Sarepco…

Global paper and packaging companies are looking to take away market share from plastic packaging with investments in either virgin fiber paperboard or recycled paperboard to replace the use of plastic packaging. When you are serious, investments of this type need to be serious although you are appealing to the ESG mandates of brands who…

As we wrote more than a year ago, the pandemic has accelerated the shift to digital label presses. Digital label presses require less manpower and touch and are capable of multiple job changes and smaller volumes. In the pandemic, they have helped converters deliver with short turnaround times and to provide variable barcoded labels without the use of an additional offline inkjet operation. As one converter said to us during the last 22 months of the pandemic, “If this period of economic…