Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, is pleased to announce that The United Nations, IDEO, the World Wildlife Fund and International Paper will provide the keynote addresses at ...
Tags: Smithers Pira, Packaging Digest, Packaging News, Packaging, 2013
Julie Corbett, founder/CEO of Ecologic Brands, created a stir when she introduced the eco.bottle in 2008. Made of a molded-fiber outer shell with an inner pouch, the package scores multiple sustainability wins: source reduction, recycled ...
Canadian collapsible aluminum and laminate tubes manufacturer Montebello Packaging has selected Infor VISUAL and Infor PLM Discrete software products, in a bid to speed up its production. Montebello Packaging will integrate both the ...
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Food packaging is approximately a$340 billion industry worldwide.In the U.S.,about a third of household waste is food packaging,and much of this cannot be recycled. Gifts totaling$2.2 million from The Wegman Family Charitable Foundation ...
Tags: sustainable Packaging, Rochester Institute of Technology, America
Sabra Dipping Co., the dips venture run by PepsiCo and Israeli food group Strauss, is to set up an R&D facility in the US. The company is spending US$28m on a facility in Chesterfield County in Virginia. Strauss decided to run its US ...
Tags: PepsiCo, food group, food manufacturing, food industry
Rexam, a global consumer packaging company, has launched its first Sustainability Report, which has also been recognized by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). Rexam chief executive Graham Chipchase said the firm has an important role ...
Tags: consumer packaging, sustainable packaging, sustainability measures
US-based packaging company Sonoco has completed the 18,000ft2 expansion of its thermoforming location in Waynesville, North Carolina. The company plans to start up a new multilayer, trim-in-place line, which will facilitate the production ...
Australia-based Viscount Plastics has introduced pallets made from post consumer waste. Viscount developed the innovative new pallet, which is environmentally sustainable for the Australian market, according to ferret.com.au. The light ...
Tags: Plastic Pallets, pallets, Viscount Plastics
A division of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3), Packaging Society, will be flagging off the Standard for Packaging Professional Competence (SPCC) at the PPMA Show at the NEC 25-27 September 2012. It will provide ...
Tags: Packaging Professionals'Recognition, Standard for Packaging