Design agency JDO has linked up with Heineken to create the brand identity for a new extension to its Zlatopramen beer The Czech Republic brand has launched Zlatopramen Zimni, a beer mixed with pear fruit juice and cinnamon spice and ...
Tags: Czech Republic brand, Zlatopramen Zimni, winterish nature of the drink
Benson Group has aided packaging consultancy P4CK to create the CarryBar, which was used at last week's England v Australia rugby match at Twickenham The cardboard carrier was created to carry four pints of beer and comes off the back ...
Tags: P4CK, Benson Group, flat-pack, CarryBar
Members of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) have revealed that 85% of wood fibre purchased by them was either FSC certified fibre or originated from FSC controlled wood The progress of the companies, Tetra ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc, beverage carton, ACE
Labels multinational CCL Industries is to acquire John Watson & Co, the Scottish spirits label specialist The acquisition is not expected to complete until the start of 2014 and the cost of the transaction will depend ...
According to the OECD's latest Economic Outlook,the global economy is expected to make a hesitant and uneven recovery over the coming two years.Decisive policy action is needed to ensure that stalemate over fiscal policy in the United ...
Tags: fiscal cliff, labour markets, recession, OECD
If you asked for three words to sum up Britain in the 21st century, a pessimist might come up with 'lonely', 'busy' and 'aging'. Government figures indicate the number of single-person households is increasing by more than 160,000 a year, ...
Tags: popular format, single-serve, snacking trend
Ovako will reduce its workforce by some 200 positions in order to improve efficiency and reduce costs.Notices of redundancy are today being issued to 134 employees at Hofors.Another 70 positions will be eliminated through rationalisation at ...
Tags: Ovako, workforce, measures, reduce costs
At the end of June 2012, Wrap launched the Hospitality and Foodservice Agreement with the broad aim of reducing food and associated packaging waste. But what does this mean for the foodservice packaging sector and what steps can be taken to ...
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 12/5/2012 2:40:44 PM Redhook Brewery is well-known for its sustainability practices, partnering with EcoMovement Consulting & Hauling, of Dover, for example, on a ...
Tags: Redhook Brewery, Redhook, LDPE keg caps
Lock Inspection Systems has unveiled a new metal detection system targeting tablets and capsules The BottleChek product incorporates Lock’s OPTIX detector management software and signature DDS (Direct Digital Signal) vector image ...
Tags: BottleChek product, Direct Digital Signal, packaging line
Smurfit Kappa will present its new bulk-corrugated pack, called Viscontainer, at German trade fair FachPack In a statement, the firm described its Viscontainer as a "bulk packaging solution" that can be used for any liquid or paste ...
Tags: Viscotainer, plastic containers, bulk packaging solution
NXL Design and its partner National Flexible have combined to create the new packaging for Spar’s savoury snack range The project for the retailer took six weeks with NXL overseeing the creative development of branded packaging ...
AG Barr is to move into a new £41m Milton Keynes manufacturing and logistics site next year The project will create 100 jobs in the area and will be completed in February, with the site fully operation in the summer of 2013. A ...
According to industry and government officials at the OECD's Steel Committee meeting in Paris on 6-7 December 2012,the growth in global steel demand is expected to be slower in the coming decade than during the previous 10 years but longer ...
Tags: OECD, global demand, steel, non-tariff measures
The business, which bought S&C Labels in Huddersfield earlier in the year, is planning to centralise its operations in Leeds and increase its floorspace from 1,000sqm to around 1,800sqm. Alongside the move, which will happen over the ...
Tags: printing press and platemaking system, Print-Leeds, CX 102-7+L