Just before Christmas, NSW Premier, Mike Baird, and the Environment Minister, Rob Stokes, wrote to the National Packaging Covenant Industry Association (NPCIA)’s chairman, Grant Musgrove, and Coca-Cola Amatil managing director, Barry ...
Tags: packaging waste litter, recycling, Packaging
Thailand headquartered and producer of petrochemicals and fibres, Indorama Ventures has signed two joint venture deals in Mexico, both in which it will have a 51 per cent holding. The first is Indorama Ventures EcoMex, S. de R. L de C.V ...
Tags: petrochemicals, fibres, Textile
French investment group Wendel Group has agreed to acquire Austria-based Constantia Flexibles where the latter has been valued at €2.3bn ($2.8bn). As a part of the transaction, Wendel intends to support Constantia Flexibles over ...
RPC Containers Blackburn has created a new, narrower jar for Tangerine Confectionery which loses none of the on-shelf impact of its larger predecessor. Tangerine Confectionery will be using these containers for its Taveners traditional ...
Tags: confectionery, sweet shop, Agriculture
Thai Union Frozen Products, along with the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, opened its first Global Innovation Incubator (GII) for Thai Union group. The move forms a part of the company's strategy to grow its business and develop ...
Tags: Frozen Products, Seafood
Australian supermarket group Coles’ customer rewards program flybuys has launched flybuys eShops, which enables customers to collect rewards through online shopping at big brands. Coles said flybuys eShops was “an online ...
Tags: Online Shopping, flybuys eShops, Agriculture
Mid-market pan-European investor Aurelius has acquired Europe's leading ethical plastic bottle recycler Eco Plastics for an undisclosed amount. With this investment, Aurelius will supply its highly specialised operational improvement ...
Tags: Plastic Bottle, Eco Plastics, Agriculture
Linpac calls the UK home. But it has had a manufacturing site in Bunbury, Perth since 2013 and in 2015 it will have a new one in Melbourne. With a site on both the east and west sides of Australia, Linpac intends to supply the latest design ...
Tags: manufacturing site, technology, Packaging
Sweden-based Indutrade has acquired all of the shares in Verbeeck Packaging Group based in Wilrijk, Belgium which has annual sales of €5m. Verbeeck is made up of a number of companies that specialise in producing cosmetics, ...
Tags: cosmetics, pharmaceutical, industrial, Agriculture
Oman’s Sohar Port and Freezone has entered into an agreement with Oman International Petrochemical Industry Company (OMPET) to build a manufacturing facility that will produce up to 1.5 million tonnes of eco-friendly packaging ...
Tags: Pet Manufacturing, Agriculture
China-based label convertor Suzhou Advance Printing (Yali) has installed a Xeikon 3030Plus digital label press with the help of its long-term partner United Printing. The press is entry level and is a part of the Xeikon 3000 Series ...
Tags: Printing Gets, Digital Label, Agriculture
India is set for some spectacular growth in polyester production over the next 6 years, going up from just over 5 million tonnes to well over 10 million tonnes by 2020, according to Philips Gibbs, the group MD for PCI Xylenes and ...
Tags: raw material, polyester production, Textilec
Japanese retail packaging is as culturally unique to Japan as its language, traditional dress and customs, and it took four days at Tokyo Pack 2014 to begin to make sense of characteristic traits in pack construction and consumer ...
Tags: retail packaging, Packaging
House decor is a very personal topic. Each family has its own tastes and priorities when it comes to filling their residence with the things that will make life more convenient … and more beautiful. Flooring is no different from other ...
Tags: Flooring Choice, House decor
Sidel, provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, has launched an online PET savings calculator which is aimed at reducing the amount of PET used in beverage bottles worldwide. The calculator will allow manufacturers to calculate ...
Tags: Calculator, Online PET, Agriculture