GreenBlue’s Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) joins Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest, in announcing a new partnership to create a joint event offering the most up-to-date information and strategic intelligence ...
Tags: Sustainable Packaging, Packaging
Pack-Partners was established in 2007 when it became obvious that the packaging supply chain was confronting a constantly evolving, competitive market place and the traditional "do it in house" paradigm was being challenged in many ...
Tags: Pack-Partners, Packaging&Printing
UK-based retailer Asda, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wal-Mart, is set to implement a cloud-based color service called PantoneLIVE across its global packaging supply chain. PantoneLIVE enables Asda to improve operational efficiencies and ...
Packaging services provider Sonoco has unveiled a new biomass facility at its Hartsville plant in South Carolina as part of a $100m investment in the Darlington County compound. According to the company, the new boiler can generate about ...
Tags: Packaging Plant, Printing
The APC received the nicest Christmas present last year – an overall 64.2 per cent recycling rate for post consumer packaging in 2013, which represents a 65 per cent jump from 2003's baseline of 39 per cent. Glass recycling increased ...
Tags: APC, recycling rate, post consumer packaging, packaging
In a quiet corner of Milton Keynes sits the head office of Cerulean, a company of 120 people focused on the business of designing and manufacturing quality control instrumentation and packaging test and measuring equipment. The company ...
Three talented newcomers to the packaging business have been shortlisted for this year's Rising Star category, sponsored by Mercury Search & Selection. The category was introduced in 2012 to celebrate the bright sparks who will lead the ...
The Packaging Innovations shows, organised by easyFairs, have built their reputation on being a great place to network and find new products. But they have also become a forum to learn about the latest ideas and trends right across the ...
Barton Group, Inc. (BGI), a longtime supplier and consultant to the foodservice and packaging industries, has announced the development of Squeezy Straw, a new, single-serve dispensing pouch with its own built-in, integral sipping straw ...
Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, will be returning to Orlando, FL, in March 2014 for the 8th annual Sustainability in Packaging conference and exhibition. This year's event ...
Containerboard price rises are like buses…nothing for ages and then three come along in quick succession. If you're sat there scoffing at the seemingly incredulous prospect of three rounds of price rises this year, I'm afraid that ...
Tags: Recycled Containerboard, Packaging, Printing
Consumer packaging company Sonoco is all set to increase the price for all grades of uncoated recycled paperboard (URB) products. Effective with shipments in the US and Canada beginning 8 July 2013, the prices will be increased by $40 per ...
A cross-functional team of 10 managers from resealable-closure company Zip-Pak recently completed an intensive 18-month global packaging study. Zip-Pak's goal in conducting the study was to openly observe the packaging landscape and the ...
Tags: Packaging, Retail Packaging, Global Retail
Stephen Dawson of Bapco Closures talks about the packaging supply chain The opportunity to contribute to consumer safety, product protection, consumer convenience, and the reduction of carbon emissions is a privilege afforded to those ...
PMMI is now “The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies,” the largest association serving the processing and packaging supply chain. The new descriptor and logo, both released today, reflect the evolution of ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging Machinery