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Smurfit Kappa Group, one of the world's largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products with operations in Europe and the Americas, has completed the acquisition of Cartones del Pacifico, a leading paper-based packaging company in Peru.
An independent study conducted by the Fibre Box Association (FBA), Itasca, Ill., and its member companies confirmed that corrugated containers used to transport fresh produce are safe and clean.
The Corrugated Packaging Alliance (CPA), Itasca, Ill., released a new life cycle assessment (LCA) of produce packaging that shows neither corrugated containers nor reusable plastic containers (RPC) have an advantage in all environmental impact categories.
The study examined corrugated containers from various manufacturers at three separate end-user locations for the presence of two pathogenic indicator organisms.
Periodic testing performed to a protocol designed by food safety, microbiology and toxicology experts from the University of California-Davis, Davis, Calif., and Haley & Aldrich, Burlington, Mass., and sponsored by the corrugated industry, confirms corrugated containers used to transport fresh produce are safe and clean.
Woodruff Corp. and O’Neil Color & Compounding announced a company name change to Primex Design & Fabrication and Primex Color, Compounding & Additives, respectively.
New scientific research indicates that corrugated packaging keeps fruit fresher and safer than reusable plastic crates (RPCs) and can significantly reduce contamination from transferred microorganisms.
Graphic Packaging Holding Co., Marietta, Ga., said it will issue 47.0 million shares of public stock to (1) repurchase 6.5 million shares of common stock held by the Grover C. Coors Trust.