IFCO has signed an agreement with UK's food retailer The Co-operative Group to provide returnable plastic container (RPC) services for suppliers of fresh produce. As per the deal, IFCO will begin supplying RPCs to fresh produce suppliers ...
Tags: Food Retailer, Food Packaging, Packaging, Printing
German Koenig & Bauer (KBA) is set to deliver a new medium-format KBA Rapida 106 to Russian packaging printer Typografia Petchatnja in May 2014. The new 25m-long press is said to be the fourth KBA Rapida press commissioned by the printing ...
Tags: packaging printer, Packaging, Printing
UK-based Beacon Packaging has installed a new packaging machine worth £1.1m to increase its production volume. The new machine is manufactured by Italian firm Sipack. Beacon has received funds from a hire purchase facility from ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Printing Machine
The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR), representing over 90% of North America's post-consumer plastic recycling capacity, is encouraging municipal recycling programs to promote 'the Caps On Bottles' to take advantage of ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging, Printing
The Chantler Review found it was 'very likely' that unbranded plain packed tobacco would reduce both the uptake and prevalence of smoking. British American Tobacco has strongly hinted at a legal battle, stating: "We believe plain ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Tobacco Packaging
The European Aluminium Foil Association's Alufoil Trophy 2014 is a showcase of brilliant products that use alufoil packaging and aluminium closures. Winning one puts a company on the top tier. Amcor won two. The panel awarded 12 ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, alufoil packaging
The twenty-first Scooby-Doo video has just been released. Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery was released by Warner Home Video on 24-25 March. It's not easy to get anyone excited about the twenty-first anything. And in the world of kids' ...
Birmingham-based Pinstripe Print Group has announced that it has successfully won part of a significant three-year print services contract Framework agreement contract with Dudley Council. The Framework agreement Tender contract win comes ...
Tags: Office Supplies
Interpack is feeling confident that 2014 will be its best year yet. It has a high number of returning exhibitors as well as a collection of very eager newbies, each with new advances to show and new advantages to share. interpack 2014 is ...
Tetra Pak's net sales for 2013 were AU$16.4b (€11.1b) - up 3.5% from 2012 in comparable terms. "The combination of strong competition and soft economies in many markets around the globe created a tough business environment for Tetra ...
FKuR has been on a growth spurt. The company's flagship bioplastic, Bio-Flex, is a blend of blends of co-polyester and PLA with a very high content of natural resource material, and comes in thirteen grades. Each Bio-Flex packaging film ...
Serac has taken 363 sqm of space at interpack, across two floors. It has rather a lot to show you. If you're interested it will send you free tickets to interpack. The company will be showing off its flagship products. The Combox-H2F, for ...
More than 90 packaging technologists, engineers and designers came together for the 2014 AIP/IGD Shelf Friendly Packaging (SFP) training which was held across two states and four Woolworths sites over two weeks in March. It was the third ...
"This year, only a handful of companies have managed to stand out from the crowd. These are the nominees and the winner of the award. The Hermes Award stands for what's essentially the core purpose of the Hannover Messe: to set trends for ...
An open can is not portable. A resealable one is. Actega and Dayton Systems Group have created a pretty significant milestone in the history of the drink can. The patented two-piece can and dome design is engineered to attach to standard ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Shatters Glass