US-based contract packaging company ActionPak has purchased a new Tunnel Tornado from Karville Development Group to respond to the increase in demand for short-run shrink sleeve labelling. The company has invested in the equipment to help ...
Tags: rework projects, Equipment, Packaging
John Laurie speaks candidly about his company’s growth over the years. As with most companies that have grown, there have been some hard lessons to learn, but those have laid a strong foundation for the Jack Laurie Group, which at one ...
The labels of the #MyFamilyCan range by Goulburn Valley, Ardmona and SPC now show off the local growers and farmers who produce the food within. SPC and its advertising agency, Leo Burnett Melbourne came up with the idea to ...
Tags: Australian produce, families shop, Packaging
Barcodes look mysterious. And every now and then an urban myth grows and develops about one or other of their numbers and/or stripes. The most enduring is that barcodes hold insider information about a product’s country of origin. ...
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It was reported on 25 March 2015 that new Country of Origin Labelling laws will be delayed until at least August 2015 despite the Prime Minister’s announcement on 16 February 2015 that country of origin labelling proposals for reform ...
Tags: FSANZ, dietary supplements, Food
Finland-based global supplier of pressure sensitive label materials UPM Raflatac has launched a selection of label stock products for wet wipes applications in Europe. The company has released adhesives combined with Clear and White PP ...
The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) in the US has urged Congress to pass the bipartisan bill that will create a labelling standard for foods with genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The Safe and Accurate Food Labeling ...
The advanced print software Xennia Cygnus, by Xennia, a leading dynamic industrial inkjet technology innovator, is released for OEM digital printing system builders, including full variable data printing and image path control as well as ...
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Coca-Cola, the drink, may be fighting harder than it ever for market share in so many of its established markets, but Coca-Cola, the brand, has just become a whole lot bigger. It is now the master brand for classic Coke, Diet Coke, Coke ...
Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany have found that the use of red light in labelling food products could help customers make healthy food choices. The proposed labelling system in the study used a red light for food items ...
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The company is looking to promote the full choice of Coca-Cola variants, including Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero and Coca-Cola Life, with the product unification. The company’s recent research showed that not all British ...
Finland-based specialty paper producer Munksjo has extended its base papers range with two new one-sided coated papers. While Metalkote Expert has been produced for returnable beer bottles, Metalkote Classic will be used for one-way beer ...
Tags: Coated Papers, One-Sided Papers, Packaging
TCL Packaging has developed new micro-perforated printed lidding films for packaging of soft fruit. According to the UK-based company, the new films enable precise gas and moisture transmission rates and create optimum conditions for ...
Victorian company Patties Foods has expanded its recall of more frozen berry products due to a possible hepatitis A contamination, with at least five people having contracted the infection already. Following the food scare, farmers in ...
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Producer and supplier of paper and packaging products Sappi North America has launched LusterCote, a superior C1S paper for labels and other related end use applications to cater to global consumer demand. Sappi will produce LusterCote at ...
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