Deal will increase Sonoco's net sales in Europe to 21% of total sales
Sonoco to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group for $383m
Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group for €286m ($383m) in cash.
Archives for August 24, 2014
Graphic Packaging $41.5m machinery upgrade
Graphic Packaging will spend $41.5m on upgrading its production machinery at West Monroe paper mill, Louisiana, US.
CCE: ‘Employees on the ground provide most useful insight for improvement’
Coca-Cola Enterprises goes back to the factory floor for top decision making
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) claims almost half of the total carbon footprint of its products comes from packaging and wants to reduce this by a third by 2020.
US version of Coca-Cola Life has 60 calories per 8-oz glass bottle
Coca-Cola Life makes US debut, but can it reverse the cola category’s flagging fortunes?
Stevia-and-sugar-sweetened Coca-Cola Life is making its US debut this week following successful launches in Latin America and the UK. But will it bring a surge of new - or lapsed - consumers to the cola category and help to reverse the flagging fortunes...
Crafty Australian beer independents set sights on China’s middle-class
China’s craft beer market might not yet be as dominant as its Australian counterpart, but this will change as a growing and affluent middle-class opens its eyes and palates to craft beer imports.