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Bremen Cotton Market:The Price Developments at The ICE

Jun 7, 2013

The price developments at the ICE, New York, caused nervousness beneath market participants during the reported week. Traders registered only a small number of enquiries which led to only few contracts owing to discrepancy with regard to ...

Tags: Germany, Apparel&Accessories, Textile

Retail Crime Gangs Rising Crime

Jun 7, 2013

Savvy, confident organized retail crime gangs - who steal billions of dollars worth of merchandise each year only to sell that merchandise online or at physical fence locations – continue to test retailers to the core, oftentimes ...

Tags: Retailers, Retail Crime, Apparel&Accessories

Bulletproof Creates a Sleek Look for a New Dark Fruit Variant of Top Cider Brand Strongbow

Jun 6, 2013

Design agency Bulletproof has created a sleek look for a new dark fruit variant of top cider brand Strongbow Bulletproof was awarded the project by Strongbow brand owner Heineken in October 2012 based on the strength of their existing ...

Tags: Packs, Bulletproof, Dark Fruit Strongbow

Unveiling of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Long-Awaited Growth Strategy Did Little to Stem

Jun 6, 2013

The unveiling of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's long-awaited growth strategy did little to stem the recent slide in Japanese stocks, with the Nikkei 225 closing down 3.8 per cent yesterday. And analysts warned that the measures announced -- ...

Tags: Abenomics, Growth Strategy

RPC Revealed That Sales for The Year to 31 March 2013 Slipped to £1.05bn

Jun 6, 2013

In results published this morning, RPC revealed that sales for the year to 31 March 2013 slipped to £1.05bn, from £1.13bn the previous year. Pre-tax profit fell to £40.3m compared to £59.6m a year earlier. The ...

Tags: RPC Sales, Euro, Ron Marsh

ColorMatrix Launched AmosorbTM Plus

Jun 6, 2013

ColorMatrix, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corp. and a global leader in liquid color and additives for plastics, today launched AmosorbTM Plus, a high-performance oxygen scavenging solution for PET packaging. Amosorb Plus offers enhanced ...

Tags: PET Packaging, Packaging, Clarity

Avantium&Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner,Announces a Agreement for The Development of Pef Bottles

Jun 5, 2013

Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and plastic converter specialist Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner have announced a joint development agreement for the development of PEF (polyethylene furanoate) bottles After The Coca-Cola Company and ...

Tags: PEF Bottles, Plastic Converter, Coca-Cola

Greiner Packaging Has Announced That It Will Create 10 New Jobs at Its Plant in Dungannon

Jun 5, 2013

Greiner Packaging has announced that it will create 10 new jobs at its plant in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, in a £2.2m expansion The Austrian-owned plastics packaging specialist currently employs 210 staff in NI and is investing ...

Tags: Greiner Packaging, Jobs, Northern Ireland

Fashion East Celebrates Its 10th Ever Menswear Installations

Jun 5, 2013

On 18th June, Fashion East celebrates its 10th ever Menswear Installations, curating a new line-up of emerging designer presentations and hosting Meadham Kirchhoff’s menswear presentation for the third season. Considered the ...

Tags: Fashion East, Menswear, Apparel

Union Leaders Are Demanding a Halt to The National Broadband Network

Jun 5, 2013

UNION leaders are demanding a halt to the National Broadband Network to ensure an end to asbestos exposure as they put forward a plan to dispatch independent assessors across the project to check on the danger to public health. The union ...

Tags: NBN, Asbestos Safety

EATP Held Its Annual Executive Seminar in Brussels on May 28

Jun 5, 2013

EATP (the European Association for Textile Polyolefins), in close collaboration with CIRFS, the European Man-made Fibres Association, held its annual Executive Seminar in Brussels on May 28. Textile polyolefins are a major sector of ...

Tags: EATP, Belgium, Textile, Apparel

Amcor Packpyrus Is Also a Recyclable Pack

Jun 4, 2013

Amcor Packpyrus is also a recyclable pack. It has an oxygen barrier and is suitable for pre-sliced products like meat or cheese, the firm said. The firm is providing Packpyrus in three versions; Packpyrus Flexible for vacuum pack base ...

Tags: Amcor, Thermoformable Cellulose-Based Pack

Cold Storage Firm Oakland International Has Big Plans to Create 2,500 Jobs

Jun 4, 2013

Cold storage firm Oakland International has big plans to create 2,500 jobs and massively simplify food supply chains with a unique new industry hub. Josh Brooks speaks to Oakland’s founder to find out more Most of the time as a ...

Tags: Frozen Food, Packaging, Oakland

He Will Report to Iceland Buying Director Nigel Broadhurst

Jun 4, 2013

Sun Branding Solutions sales and marketing director Ian Schofield has today rejoined Iceland after a 20-year absence to head up its own-label packaging and development team In the role of own label controller, Schofield (pictured) will ...

Tags: Packaging, Schofield, Iceland

Ambitious Plans for a Unique £65m Food Production Hub

Jun 4, 2013

EXCLUSIVE – Ambitious plans for a unique £65m food production hub that would shorten food supply chains and create up to 2,500 jobs have been put into action by Oakland International The food park would comprise around ...

Tags: Oakland, Copacker, food park