Ishida Europe has introduced a new high speed leak detector, which will identify leaks in packaging to minimize spoilage in pre-packed retail food products. The new Ishida AirScan rectifies leaks at speeds of up to 180 packs per minute, ...
Tags: Leak Detector, Food Packs
According to a recent report one third of all food produced in the world ends up as waste, costing consumers globally more than £259bn per year. In addition, around 200,000 tonnes of the 15 million tonnes of food thrown away in the UK ...
Tags: Packaging
A new research by the University of Surrey has revealed that front labelling on food packaging can be more effective in persuading consumers to make healthier food choices. The research was recently published in the British Journal of ...
Tags: Front Food Labelling, Food Label
Scratches, abrasions, deformations and breakages of containers on packaging lines have negative consequences for line efficiency, cost efficiency and/or brand image. So Gebo has added two new options to its range of audits, “shocks ...
Tags: Solve Packaging, Packaging
Tetra Pak is releasing the world’s first fully renewable package, Tetra Rex Bio-based, following its successful pilot with Finnish dairy Valio. Having sold its Valio Eila brand of lactose free semi-skimmed milk drink in Tetra Rex ...
Tetra Pak is planning a push in the food packaging market with its cartonboard packaging offering. Tetra Recart was the first retortable carton package which enabled filled product to be sterilized within the package. A direct ...
A recent research has revealed that plain tobacco packaging has the potential to reduce the likelihood of smokers seeking to obtain cigarettes by almost 10% compared to branded packs. The Universities of Exeter and Bristol released the ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, Cigarette
A report from the nonprofit organisation, As You Sow and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reveals that while there is a rise in the use of plastic packaging across the US market to meet the needs of fast food and consumer ...
Tags: plastic PET bottles, Agriculture
Groz-Beckert manufacturer of industrial machine needles will exhibit at the Garment Technology Expo (GTE) to be held from February 28 to March 3, 2015 in New Delhi at booth A-6. The GTE is regarded as India’s biggest exhibition for ...
Germany-based CD Cartondruck has won Pro Carton / ECMA Award 2014 under the Beauty & Cosmetics category for the packaging design of Issey Miyake's Pleats Please L'Elixir ladies perfume. CD Cartondruck used Algro Design solution from ...
Few companies in the UK have come together to start work on a two-year project called 'Reflex,' with the hope of significantly improving the recyclability of flexible packaging and diverting more of it away from the landfill. The project ...
Tags: flexible packaging, landfill, Packaging
We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
Tags: food packaging, food pack
Many procurement managers have quickly realised the importance of focusing on packaging solutions that better protect against damage, especially for those looking to transport consumables like food and drink. The manner in which a ...
The basic elements of beauty packaging – color, shape, materials and dispensing systems – are in constant motion, changing to meet the demands of fashion and function. What remains consistent is the feeling consumers have of ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Luxury Packaging
Brand owners, retailers, label and packaging designers and buyers are being invited to enroll for the inaugural printing technology master class - Brand engagement through packaging. Taking place on Thursday 11 September, the half day ...
Tags: Labelexpo, Apparel, Accessories