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Tobacco firms challenge packaging law
2015-05-22 14:47:30| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
British American Tobacco and Philip Morris file legal challenges against the UK government over plain packaging for cigarettes.
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MWV Completes Sale of European Tobacco Folding Carton Business to AR Packaging Group
2015-05-01 16:21:06| Paper - Topix.net
April 30, 2015 - MeadWestvaco today announced the completion of the previously announced sale of its European-based tobacco folding carton business to AR Packaging Group AB. Included in the sale were operations at three facilities in Graz, Austria; Krakow, Poland; and Moscow, Russia, which manufacture and print hinge-lid boxes, display cartons, and high-impact cigarette packaging, as well as folding carton packaging for some chocolate confectionery and consumer apparel segments in western and eastern Europe.
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Amcor Announces Tobacco Packaging Acquisition in Brazil
2015-04-16 12:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Amcor announces today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Souza Cruzs internal tobacco packaging operations located in Cachoeirinha, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil for approximately BRL 96 million (US$ 30 million). Souza Cruz is majority-owned by British American Tobacco plc and is the market leader in the...
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Tobacco plants may boost biofuel- and biorefining industries
2015-04-13 18:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Researchers will genetically modify tobacco plants to produce enzymes that can break down biomass from forest raw materials. This may lead to a more effective, economic and sustainable production of biofuels. Biorefining industries produce fuel, power, heat, and various chemicals. The products are made from biomass, such as food waste and forest-based materials. Today the forest-based biorefining industries face huge challenges. The cell walls of wood biomass are very hard to break down and large...
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FDA Takes Cautious Tone In Initial Swedish Match Review Of Snus Smokeless Tobacco Products
2015-04-07 23:58:59| Appliances - Topix.net
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Tuesday it is concerned that a Swedish Match AB proposal to soften warnings on its snus smokeless tobacco products would not accurately reflect the risks associated with snus use. Stockholm-based Swedish Match is seeking FDA approval of language stating that its snus products are less risky than cigarettes.
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