New Zealand and Australian milk exports are expected to rise following the end of China's one-child policy, writes IndustryEdge MD Tim Woods. There are expectations of six million additional births in China per year, from 2017, for at ...
New Zealand's Anchor Cream has reached the Aussie market, with packaging designed to stand out on-shelf. Specifically targeting foodies and home chefs, the range has markers on the side of the bottle to ensure precise pouring and easy ...
Tags: Screw-top lids, matte labels, Anchor, Cream
A lightweight PET milk bottle has won recognition in the World Beverage Innovation Awards in Nuremberg. At this year's BrauBeviale, the product from filling and packaging specialist KHS GmbH won in the Best Environmental Sustainability ...
Tags: PET milk bottle, filling, packaging
Plastic consumer packaging specialist Berry Plastics has restructured its operations to better serve its customers and drive future growth. As part of the restructuring, the company created three new market-focused divisions including ...
Tags: Berry Plastics, flexible packaging, Plastic consumer packaging
Swedish start-up iFoodbag has inked a global production agreement with Mondi, a South African packaging and paper company. Mondi, as an integrated supplier, will offer support and experience along the complete production and supply chain ...
OPM (Labels & Packaging) has invested in GMG OpenColor's high-end color management software solutions in a bid to provide better quality repro and print services to customers in the packaging industry. GMG OpenColor creates ...
Valmet commissioned new OptiCoat Layer curtain coater with supply system and a new OptiCoat blade coater at board machine 3 (BM 3) at Mayr-Melnhof's facility in Kolicevo, Slovenia. The OptiCoat Layer is a multilayer curtain coater that ...
17th China Dongguan International Mould, Metalworking, Plastics, Packaging and Rubber Exhibition, 2015 South China International Sheet Metal & Laser show & the5th International (Dongguan) Metal Casting Show, will be held from ...
Tags: Footprints
It was a full house for the Packaging Council of Australia's Australian Packaging Design Awards presentation in Melbourne on 12 November. Brand owners, pack designers and packaging suppliers involved in the design projects selected as ...
Tags: Packaging Design
A complex shrink sleeve printing job that achieved what judges described as an “outstanding result in a category in which it's difficult to be innovative” and that showed “technical excellence in bringing a design to ...
Tags: shrink sleeve, packaging, printing
New research from the Netherlands has found that most Netherlands-based consumers pay little attention to the ingredients lists on food labelling. The study, which was commissioned by Unilever and was accepted on the 17 September 2015 by ...
Brazilian food company BRF has been recognized for its sustainability efforts by including it in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) index, which was launched in June 2014. The ESG index was launched by Euronext which is a ...
Food ingredients company Corbion Caravan is adding a new product to its Function Plus product line with Function Plus 250W, which has been developed to replace 30% egg whites in angel food cakes. Sweet baked goods manager Kathy Sargent ...
Tags: Corbion, food cakes, egg whites
British establishment W&R Barnett has bought a 60% stake in Logson Group, a group of corrugated packaging companies in the UK. Logson Group consists of four brands including Board24, Boxes and Packaging, Jardin Corrugated Cases and ...
Tags: corrugated packaging, Boxes, Logson
BPM Paper, a leader in the manufacturing of MG papers and specialty papers, manufactures an extensive range of machine glazed papers for the flexible packaging industry. With continuous improvements of machine modifications, BPM's MG ...
Tags: BPM Paper, MG papers, flexible packaging