Last year, I penned a blog for this site, discussing the "Problem with the popularity of pouches", citing the excellent packaging qualities of pouches, but expressing concern about the inability of most to be recycled through traditional ...
Plastic bottle recycling by consumers increased 161 million pounds in 2012, edging up 6.2 percent, to reach nearly 2.8 billion pounds for the year, according to figures released jointly today by the Association of Postconsumer Plastic ...
At full capacity, the facility, located north of Colombo, will produce over 1m cartons a day mostly for food but also for clothing for supermarkets and other big retailers in Britain and mainland Europe. Kit includes two six-colour KBA ...
North America is the world's largest consumer of packaging. Since a brief dip in 2009, the North American packaging market has recently been growing steadily. Although market sentiment is still cautious in the region, the North American ...
German closures manufacturer Bericap has launched a new face lift hinge closure HC EV 29/21 for syrup bottles. The new closure comes with a bigger beak like lip, which supports better opening of the upper closure part as well as allows ...
Tags: Bericap, Hinge Closure
Teledyne DALSA is helping a company in China to realize the full potential of machine vision. By incorporating the Canadian firm's multi-camera embedded machine-vision technology into its products, Shangdong-based Mingjia Packaging ...
North America is the world's largest consumer of packaging. Since a brief dip in 2009, the North American packaging market has recently been growing steadily. Although market sentiment is still cautious in the region, the North American ...
Tags: Packaging Market, Packaging, Printing
INVISTA launches STAINMASTER PetProtect carpet and cushion system—a new, durable and easy-to-clean STAINMASTER carpet that resists the most difficult pet stains and easily releases pet hair when vacuumed. An important part of the ...
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British motor insurer Direct Line Group has reported operating profit of £131.2m for the third quarter of 2013, with an increase of 6.1% compared to £123.7m during the same period earlier year. The company said that the 6.1% ...
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Invista launches Stainmaster PetProtect system – a new, durable and easy-to-clean Stainmaster carpet that resists most difficult pet stains and easily releases pet hair when vacuumed. "Pet owners love their pets, but our consumer ...
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The U.S. stand-up pouch market has seen dramatic growth over the past five years, increasing by 50 percent in unit volume terms to approaching 17 billion units in 2013. Beverages and pet food are the largest end use categories, each ...
Memphis-based Hollywood Feed offers unique brands of unprocessed food for canine and feline pets as well as ancillary services such as grooming, training and proper pet nutrition. Since 2007, the company has expanded from three to 20 stores ...
The Sevin line of garden insecticide products has long been popular on the shelves of thousands of nurseries, lawn and garden centers, and big box retailers. The dust product kills more than 65 garden pests, including ants, ticks, Japanese ...
Empresas Polar, a leading Venezuelan food and beverage manufacturer, has broken new ground with the commercial launch of the first ambient stored yogurt in Venezuela. The non-refrigerated pourable yogurt, called MiGurt, is packaged in an ...
Tags: Pet Packaging, Packaging, Printing
As the company was looking for a sound investment, it decided to invest in two Sidel Matrix blowers over two years. The investment allowed Alpla to produce bottles for the full range of Coca-Cola branded products on behalf of client ...
Tags: Alpla Mexico, Packaging