Pactiv set to expand
Two years after first going independent, and now debt-free, US packaging specialist Pactiv is about to expand its business with a series of strategic acquisitions.
Archives for September 30, 2002
EU still investigating Brazil tin plate market
The European Union has said that it will be maintaining its investigation into Brazilian exports of tin plate, which is widely used in metallic food packaging.
Caraustar completes Smurfit-Stone acquisition
Caraustar Industries has completed the purchase of the industrial packaging operations of Smurfit-Stone.
Acrylamide - getting to the root of the problem
New research from Procter & Gamble suggests that there may be more appropriate methods of preventing the formation of cancer-causing chemical acrylamide than simply cooking food at lower temperatures - but also that the compound could be found in a...
Put a cork in it, claims Amorim
Despite the concern that it can cause TCA - the mouldy smell attributed to bad wine - natural cork is the preferred closure for most US winemakers, according to a survey carried out on behalf of the Amorim cork group.