When the UK government's plans to introduce aversion packaging on cigarettes began its fight with Big Tobacco at the beginning of June, a battle broke out in Australia too. It took two weeks for the Australian government to quash it. By ...
Since 2005, when ILS first entered the digital print sector the company's objective was to strategically grow the digital division as a part of their core business. Over nine years on, ILS portfolio of services is now one of the most ...
Atlas Holdings portfolio company ASG announced that it has acquired Poland-based beauty and personal care folding carton business Bydgoszcz from MeadWestvaco (MWV). ASG intends to use the assets of Bydgoszcz operation to expand its ...
Tags: Folding Carton, Packaging
Velcro brand fans can expect to see new consumer packaging for their favorite hook and loop fasteners in the next few weeks as the company rolls out its new color scheme, branding and logo to retail partners across the country. Marking ...
Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) and consumer packaging manufacturer Chesapeake Services have formally completed the merging of their businesses. The merger has led to the creation of a new firm in the print and packaging industry with ...
Tags: Multi Packaging, Packaging
Packaging services provider Sonoco has unveiled a new biomass facility at its Hartsville plant in South Carolina as part of a $100m investment in the Darlington County compound. According to the company, the new boiler can generate about ...
Tags: Packaging Plant, Printing
The APC received the nicest Christmas present last year – an overall 64.2 per cent recycling rate for post consumer packaging in 2013, which represents a 65 per cent jump from 2003's baseline of 39 per cent. Glass recycling increased ...
Tags: APC, recycling rate, post consumer packaging, packaging
Black Lab, LLC, a custom blender of granular and aggregate materials for industrial applications, has significantly extended the shelf life of its products while safeguarding product quality by converting to an advanced valve bag packaging ...
Tags: Industrial Bags, Packaging
Berry Plastics Group, a provider of value-added plastic consumer packaging and engineered materials, is set to invest $31m for new infrastructure and equipment at its four manufacturing plants in the US. The company will also transfer ...
Recent research in the American Marketing Association's Journal of Marketing Research finds that, as the environment becomes more socially crowded, consumers show an increased preference for products with safety connotations. A crowded ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Consumer Packaging
On America Recycles Day, the non-alcoholic beverage industry reaffirms its longstanding commitment to further minimizing its environmental impact, and is making it easier for consumers to do the same. "From our 100 percent recyclable ...
Tags: beverage industry, Non-Alcoholic, America Recycles Day
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company has announced statement for the period from 1 July 2013 stating an increase in overall global volumes in beverage cans up by 3% in Q3. Improved volume growth in Western Europe over the summer ...
Tags: Beverage Cans, Packaging
Raven Industries Engineered Films Division announces the full integration and qualification of their newest blown film line installed earlier this year: a seven-layer oriented barrier system. The new extrusion line is next generation ...
Tags: Raven, Seven-Layer Barrier
The new addition will operate as part of Essentra's packaging and securing solutions division. Dakota is a supplier of cartons to the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. For the year ended September 2013, Dakota generated revenue of ...
North America is the world's largest consumer of packaging. Since a brief dip in 2009, the North American packaging market has recently been growing steadily. Although market sentiment is still cautious in the region, the North American ...