US-based global producer of fruits and vegetables, Dole has introducedc, a combo pack which combines fruit with a crunchy topping of oats and brown sugar. Each pack contains two containers divided into two sections with a topping, which ...
Comment – Greg Cameron The NSW government policy to have only one container terminal for all of NSW at Port Botany is disadvantaging regional economies. Although the NSW government claims that Port Botany container terminal is ...
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Amcor Rigid Plastics has supplied hot fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles to Old South Foods, a bottler and co-packer of restaurant foods to replace its 16oz barbecue sauce decanter from glass. According to Amcor, the ...
North American supplier of packaging, closures and related services, Berlin Packaging has acquired the United States Container Corporation (USCC) a distributor of industrial and rigid packaging, California. USCC, founded in 1956, is a ...
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Canadian dairy group Ultima Foods, which produces Yoplait under licence for the local market, has launched its own yoghurt brand. Ultima, a venture between Canadian dairy co-ops Agropur and Agrifoods International, yesterday (20 August) ...
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Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
Tags: Smarter Packaging, Antimicrobial packaging, take-up of packaging
UK-based Newman Labelling Systems is set to introduce its new NVS2 labeling system, which is fully automatic and has been designed specifically for use with glass or plastic syringes and other similar cylindrical containers. The ...
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Trimble has introduced its new cBin solution which consists of a remote sensor in a container and sends fill level and asset status information through wireless communications to a web portal that can be accessed to manage container ...
California-based Straus Family Creamery announced that it will come out in new packaging, with information in support of the California Right-to-Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, also known as Proposition 37. All the reusable glass ...
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Oral and personal care products maker Tom's of Maine has partnered with TerraCycle, a recycling and upcycling company, has launched the Tom's of Maine Natural Care Brigade, in a bid to give a second life to product packaging. The ...
Plastic, glass and metal containers and closures supplier Berlin Packaging has opened a new warehouse in Cranbury, New Jersey, US, which joins 60 other company's warehouse locations throughout the country. The new 70,000ft2 facility will ...
TerraCycle has announced that the Activia Yogurt Brigade recycling fundraising scheme reached the 500,000 milestone. Launched in the UK in September 2010, the scheme has been designed to save empty Danone Activia and Shape yogurt pots as ...
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Speculations about Stratford Blue Box program not meeting its goals have been addressed by several bodies and recycling firms, more so after the latest agreement with Bluewater Recycling Association (BRA). Brian Leyser Recycling claimed ...
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North American packaging recycler, Sonoco Recycling, a unit of Sonoco has announced that Sonoco CorrFlex's Winston Salem, North Carolina facility has secured a silver-tier Sonoco Sustainability Star Award for diverting a minimum of 95% of ...
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Plastic packaging manufacturer Petainer's kegs are helping Brewster's maintain their taste and quality. Made of PET, Petainer 30l kegs are resistant to oxygen pick-up, and they are lighter in weight than metal containers, said the ...
Tags: packaging, PET, less storage space, design