Packaging maker Amcor is looking to accelerate growth by expanding its presence in emerging markets, where it says it can achieve sales growth of between 10 and 15 per cent without making any new acquisitions. Amcor also said on Thursday that it expected earnings in 2012 to be substantially higher than in 2011 as a result of improvements to its operations and higher than expected benefits arising from recent acquisitions. Amcor acquired Alcan Packaging for $A2.3 billion in August 2009 and bought US plastic packaging business Ball Plastics for $US280 million
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At EUR 684 million, incoming orders at Heidelberg increased 12 percent in the third quarter over the previous year's figure of EUR 609 million.
Flexible packages are gaining increasingly large market shares throughout the food industry. At the same time, film/foil laminates have to meet ever more stringent technological and food law requirements. With its international series of "Liofol Academy Road Show" events, Henkel offers packaging manufacturers from Eastern Europe region the opportunity to learn about current challenges and about forward-looking solutions for the packaging industry. Flexible packages for foods are right on trend. In the past decade they were already one of the fastest-growing packaging categories. The reasons are easy to see. They offer top functionality combined with low material costs and
LUXEMBOURG—Flint Group, a global solutions provider to the packaging and print media industries, recently signed an agreement to acquire Torda, a manufacturer of printing inks for the packaging markets in Northern Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
The economy has not been exactly easy on American industry as of late. And, businesses in the package-printing industry are no exception to those dealing with the difficult times. With consumers and business partners cutting back on spending, it has been a rough few months. Some companies are still doing well, others are struggling, and some are closing their doors.
Miami — “Operating Profitably in a Global Market” was the theme for February’s 10th annual PLGA Operational Conference. Attendees included printers, suppliers, end users, academics, PLGA management and the press. According to Jim Lepp, PLGA executive director, the annual conference continues to draw more and more people in management positions. Although the conference also serves as a platform for the PLGA board of directors to meet, the event’s core is its collection of informational sessions. The goal of the conference is to provide strong content so attendees can leave with something in their hands to put to use right away. Converters have long been aware
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