The Association of International Metallizers, Coaters and Laminators (AIMCAL) bestowed its Product of the Year Award on Graphic Packaging International, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, for a microwaveable bacon package for Embotits Espina, a ...
Tags: AIMCAL, Bacon package, Graphic Packaging International
Metsta Board has announced its plans to increase the prices of all Kemiart white-top kraftliner grades by Euro 50/t in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The price increase, which is effective for deliveries as of 8 April 2013, is needed ...
Tags: kraftliner prices, Board supplies paper, retail packaging
West Indies-based printer COT Holdings has produced new liquor cartons using VacuBRITE metallized paperboard from AR Metallizing in Belgium. With the eco-friendly VacuBRITE paperboard, a metallic finish can be obtained on packaging with ...
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Japan-based Toppan Printing has announced plans to open its new JPY27bn ($293m) Gunma plant, which is under construction and is positioning it as a ‘mother factory’ for the production of flexible packaging materials for overseas ...
When it comes to protective packaging, every product has its own set of challenges. For American Standard Brands, the goal is cost-effective, damage-free delivery of the its Fiat brand terrazzo mop basins for institutions with janitor ...
Posted by Rick Lingle, Technical Editor -- Packaging Digest, 2/25/2013 3:07:41 PM Demand for rigid bulk packaging is forecast to advance 3.9 percent per year to $7.0 billion in 2017, accelerating from the performance of the 2007-2012 ...
North American integrated packaging provider PaperWorks Industries (PWI) has announced price increases on all Masterworks CRB grades and Masterworks URB+. The increase, which will be coming into effect with shipments as of 25 March 2013, ...
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SunOpta’s brand Sunrich Naturals, a non-dairy, shelf stable beverages producer, is all set to introduce its SoL Sunflower Beverage line in new Tetra Pak cartons. Sunrich used the Tetra Brik Aseptic Edge design to produce packaging ...
Tags: packaging, recyclable Tetra Pak cartons, recyclable packaging
The Combidome is designed to offer the benefits of a carton container, with features of a bottle. According to the company, the product offers an elegant shape, stability, smooth pouring and ease of handling. It is constructed of a carton ...
Tags: carton container, Bottle, package
Robert Mann Packaging acquires Cypress Packaging and Supply Robert Mann Packaging (RMP), a corrugated/carton company in Salinas, CA, has acquired Castroville, CA-based Cypress Packaging and Supply, a supplier of corrugated packaging and ...
Pulp and paper company International Paper (IP) has announced plans to shutdown its No 2 paper machine and associated equipment permanently at the Augusta, Georgia mill in the US by the end of February 2013. According to the company, the ...
Tags: coated paperboard, Coated Paperboard business, paper company
The US-based paper and packaging firm said that it completed a license agreement with Smart Planet Technologies to use this new technology to reduce plastic used in coated paperboard products. The company’s coated paperboard ...
The firm claims that it is the largest producer of paper-based tubes and cores in North America which are used to serve the paper, textiles, plastic films and tape and specialty industries. “This price increase is necessary to ...
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Global packaging company, Sonoco will increase the price for all of its paperboard tubes and cores by 4%, effective with shipments in the US and Canada from 18 February 2013. Sonoco Tubes and Cores vice president James Harrell said the ...
Finland-based packaging and disposables manufacturer, Huhtamaki will continue to implement the sole use of Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) certified paperboard throughout its UK manufacturing to protect the ...