December 2014

&nbspa recent study revealed that almost 270,000 tons of plastic are floating in the world&rsquos oceans, enough to fill over 35,000 trucks of rubbish.according to a report released on wednesday in the international scientific journal plos one, there is more plastic in oceans than originally thought.the results&nbspreleased&nbspafter 24 expeditions&nbspbetween 2007 and 2013&nbsp&ldquousing an oceanographic model of floating debris dispersal..., and correcting for winddriven vertical mixing,&rdquo explain the authors.the main author, markus eriksen, belongs to

ge capital&rsquos unit ge antares is providing 1.005bn to novolex, which will use the funds for the acquisition of packaging dynamics.ge antares assumes the role as an administrative agent for the latest funding, which is the first portion of a 1.3bn senior credit facility.in november, novolex and packaging dynamics have agreed to combine their operations to form a flexible packaging company with revenues of 1.9bn.the combined entity will operate 35 manufacturing plants in north america and a plastics recycling facility.ge antares managing director mike hynes said &quotnovolex has m

st. louis bud light will introduce a new bottle dec.

olathe, kan.business wireitw pro brands&nbsptoday introduced new packaging for its popular lps branded products. the new packaging makes it easier for customers to identify premium versus value products and determine which product to use for which application.&ldquothe new packaging clearly informs customers of what the product is and its intended use&rdquo&ldquothe new packaging clearly informs customers of what the product is and its intended use,&rdquo said jennifer desrosiers, manager, product management, itw pro brands.

graphic packaging holding co.&rsquos stock gained more than 2 percent in trading thursday on wall street after the company announced it was acquiring certain mill operations in canada from cascades inc.graphic packaging international inc., a subsidiary of the sandy springs paper packaging manufacturer, said it is paying cascades&rsquo norampac division 39 million for the packaging operations.

portage, wis. a fire caused damage at a cheese packaging plant in portage friday night.columbia county sheriff&39s office said friday that firefighters responded to a report of a fire at 301 brooks st. at about 7 p.m. firefighters fought the blaze at associated milk producers inc. building and were still at the scene after 10 p.m.portage resident walt gjavenis lives on washington street near the plant and saw the fire when he returned home friday night at about 11 p.m.&quotthe smoke was billowing out very heavy,&quot gjavenis said. &quoti could ...

numana hosted a hope event wednesday evening in el dorado. all of the meals packaged will be shipped to west african countries where food supplies are critically low due to the ebola crisis.&nbsp

&nbspthe japan news&ldquotakani art works,&rdquo an exhibition marking the 60year career of yoshiyuki takani, 78, who is known as a &ldquoplastic model packaging&rdquo artist, is under way at yayoi museum in bunkyo ward, tokyo, until dec.

shuttleworth show its latest mis developments for carton manufacturers at packaging innovations 2015&nbspshuttleworth, the uk&39s leading supplier of management information systems to the packaging industry, will be showing the latest developments to its powerful integrated mis package at the packaging innovations exhibition to be held at the nec in birmingham on the 25 &amp 26 february 2015.providing a perfect showcase for shuttleworth&39s recent mis developments, the stand will be used to demonstrate the ultimate mis tool for customer focused carton manufacturers.designed

opportunities for the packaging industry is huge in cities such as coimbatore, madurai and chennai because of the growth of modern trade in the state, according to shafiq ahamad, joint secretary of indian printing packing and allied machinery manufacturers&rsquo association.he told presspersons here on monday that tamil nadu, kerala and karnataka are emerging as the fastest growing printing hubs in the country and it is mainly because of the availability of printing technologies.the potential is huge in the state for new printing and packaging units.the indian printing and packaging sec