The global PET packaging market is worth $48.1 billion in 2014, amounting to almost 16 million tonnes according to a new market report from Smithers Pira. Demand for PET packaging is expected to increase by an average of 4.6% annually ...
Tags: Packaging Material, PET packaging
Petainer, the leading PET and plastics supplier, has unveiled a fresh brand identity that underlines its unique multi-dimensional approach to providing leading beverage brands with packaging innovation. The new identity is represented by ...
Tags: Petainer, New Brand Identity, PET, plastics
Hasbro Studios has teamed with IDW to lunch new comic series this May. Hasbro has teamed with IDW Publishing to launch a Littlest Pet Shop comic. Created by Hasbro Studios, Littlest Pet Shop is an animated comedy series, currently ...
Tags: Hasbro, Pet Shop Comic, comic series
Sidel claims the aseptic and environmentally-friendly technology removes the need for any bottle rinsing, and has enabled lightweighting of the company's 1.5 litre bottles, with material savings of 20%. The aseptic PET Combi achieved 95% ...
New brand features collectable Little Live Pet birds that tweet and talk back to children. Moose Toys' new collectable brand Little Live Pets will launch in the UK in July 2014, courtesy of Character Options. Little Live Pets is the new ...
German packaging solutions provider Krones has unveiled the new 'DecoType' technology for digital direct printing on containers and packages during an ongoing production operation. The new technology has been designed to enable users ...
Tags: Krones, Direct Printing, Plastic Containers
German flavors and fragrances producer Symrise is in talks to acquire French ingredients maker Diana for around €1.3bn. The proposed deal will strengthen Symrise's presence in the flavor and nutrition market, and allow it to ...
Finland-based Huhtamaki has designed new plastic tumblers which can be used to serve beverages for the fans in the upcoming football world cup. The CE marked plastic tumblers are said serve as a shatterproof alternative to glassware. ...
Tags: Beverage Containers, Recyclable Containers, plastic tumblers
The advantages of direct printing still need to be explained to all but a handful of companies. The main plus is that it offers significantly more scope for individualised and eye-catching design – the kind of small run, quick ...
H&M publishes its twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report. Some of the highlights during 2013 are the launch of H&M´s roadmap for fair living wages, the first closed loop collection made with recycled material from collected ...
Tags: H&M, recycled material, collected garments
Plastic packaging provider Petainer will launch petainerJar, a new PET jar, designed specifically for food manufacturers. The petainerJar is claimed to be the cost effective and sustainable option over other jars, and has much less ...
Tags: Food Industry, Petainer, Pet Jar
Recycled fibre and yarn will come into focus at ITMA 2015 with their own sub-chapter – a development that recognises the increasing role of recycled raw materials in textiles of all kinds. The recycling of synthetic polymers has ...
Tags: Recycled Fibres, Yarns, ITMA 2015
Plastic packaging manufacturer Petainer has extended its product portfolio with the launch of the new recyclable polyethylene terephthalate (PET) jar, petainerJar for food industry. According to the company, the new jar with barrier ...
Tags: Plastic packaging, Packaging, Printing, food packaging
New Zealand-based bottled water brand Nakd has launched in Australia. Sourced in New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, Nakd said its water is bottled directly from an 1,800 aquifer and that is was "one of the softest waters in the world". The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, bottled water
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 ...