Asahi Breweries of Japan has turned corporate wisdom on its head,
by cutting production costs enough to compete with Chinese brewers.
The company has overcome the problem of higher labour costs by
cutting down on packaging and other...
Repak CEO Andrew Hetherington claims he is taking a pragmatic
approach to the problem of streamlining the recycling of packaging
waste in the Republic of Ireland, a challenge that the country has
had to rise to in the light of recently...
Spanish industrial group Coexpan, which specialises in yoghurt
packaging, has acquired French plastic packaging manufacturer FSP,
part of Franco-German group Bericap, according to a report in Les
Echos.
UK company Orwin Automation, part of the Autoflow Group, will be
exhibiting special purpose machinery at the PPMA Show in Birmingham
next month.
Orwin provides packaging solutions for a wide range of
industries, including...
In Malaysia, Seacera Tiles has proposed to buy an indirect stake in
a plastic film maker for close to €5.7 million, according to a
report in The Business Times.
A new €14 million research and development centre for UCB Films was
officially opened by the UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair last week.
The 5,500 metre square facility is aimed at furthering the
company's strategy for targeted...
Enodis, the UK-based food equipment provider, suffered a share
price fall of more than a quarter yesterday after it said that
current weak market conditions were likely to persist "further
than we had originally expected".
