The recent staging of swop 2017 (Shanghai World of Packaging) attracted 600 international and domestic exhibitors and 20,053 visitors. The visitors traveled from nearly 80 countries and regions including China, India, Japan, Malaysia, Russia, South Korea, the U.S. and Vietnam to the SNIEC fairgrounds to see latest innovations for this sector. The four-day exhibition was jointly organized by Messe Düsseldorf (Shanghai) Co., Ltd (MDS) and Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.
Mintel has announced four key trends set to impact the U.S. foodservice market over the coming year. The market intelligence agency predicts that 2018 will see the blurring of retail, foodservice and social media, as well as health and indulgence.
Motion Controls Robotics, a leading provider of custom robotic integration solutions with 24/7 service & support, will wxhibit at the one-day 2018 Converters Expo South, held in the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday, February 6, 2018.
The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) has welcomed 17 new member companies, more data programming and several successful events over the past year, as well as introduced a new membership category for rigid box suppliers.
MoistTech Corp. has grown over the past years with the need to expand its corporate headquarters to a larger facility to continue to exceed customer needs.
The market for dairy and dairy alternative beverages will reach a projected $28 billion by 2021, according to market research firm Packaged Facts in the new report, Dairy and Dairy Alternative Beverage Trends in the U.S., 4th Edition. Spurring the segment's growth will be plant-based dairy alternatives, which are expected to come to represent 40% of the combined total of dairy and dairy alternative beverages.
In the report, "The Future of Rigid Plastic Packaging to 2022," Smithers Pira forecasts that global rigid plastic packaging consumption will be worth $166 billion in 2017, and exceed $200 billion at the end of its study period in 2022. Volume consumption of rigid plastics globally will reach 52.9 million tonnes in 2017, and is projected to grow over the next five years at an annual rate of 3.7% to 63.4 million tonnes.
Praxis Packaging has acquired Unette Corporation of Randolph, NJ, which will expand Praxis’ packaging solutions to include liquid, cream and paste products in tubes, bottles, jars and stick packs.
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