Connell Limited Partnership, a global manufacturer serving the automobile, appliance, mining, rail and industrial equipment industries, has completed its acquisition of SencorpWhite, a provider of automated systems for the packaging industry through its Sencorp, Ceratek and Cerapak product lines.
Axion Consulting, Dow Chemical, Nestlé, Unilever and other global companies say they have made "significant" progress in a project that aims to improve the recyclability of flexible packaging.
The food supply chain has been a hot topic recently, with the horsemeat scandal creating a whirlwind of interest in an area which before had ticked along without very much attention at all.
Hanko Kiessner, chief executive officer of Packsize International LLC, offers a new solution to cutting down on supply-chain waste - tailoring package sizes to fit each individual product being shipped.