Two billion tonnes of food never makes it on a plate – this was the headline that grabbed the nation’s attention mid-January, putting the food industry and its practices under the microscope again, re-igniting the debate on ...
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UK-based Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, has announced that the UN, IDEO, the World Wildlife Fund and International Paper will provide the keynote addresses at Sustainability ...
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Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, is pleased to announce that The United Nations, IDEO, the World Wildlife Fund and International Paper will provide the keynote addresses at ...
Tags: Smithers Pira, Packaging Digest, Packaging News, Packaging, 2013
Plastics group Linpac Packaging has laid out a raft of investment plans in its European business for 2013 after its US sister company Ropak was sold in a $265m (£163m) deal Ropak Packaging was, earlier this month, sold to metal ...
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A string of retail giants have announced that shoppers can bring back thin plastic packaging such as bread bags for recycling at their stores as a result of an agreement with the On Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) scheme The On-Pack Recycling ...
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Packaging company Robinson said it wrote off Scotlast investment of euro500,000, as it had not been successful in achieving its business plans. Scotplast was hit by reduced revenues and margins, owing to higher raw material prices. ...
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The European Organisation for Packaging and the Environment’s (Europen) managing director Veronique Bagge, who was appointed seven months ago, has quit the organization. Earlier in January, she replaced Julian Caroll as the ...
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Australia objected to Ukraine’s request to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), to set up a panel to hear a dispute on Australia’s plain cigarette packaging rules. Though Ukraine has not much of cigarette trade with Australia, ...
Institute of Packaging Professionals from countries such as Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa have joined the newly created African Packaging Organisation The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) has endorsed the creation of the ...
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Speaking exclusively to Packaging News, SCA Recycling UK business development director Simon Barnes said that 'rightweighting' (lightweighting) is the key to good design. He said an example of bad packaging would be a pack that used ...
The warning comes ahead of a seminar that Age UK will be hosting on 5 May which will explore accessibility of packaging for older people. An Age UK survey, published last year, shows that nearly half of over-65s can struggle to take lids ...
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Global demand for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) has been steadily growing over the last decade, according to a new report from market analysis firm GBI Research. According to the report entitled, Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Global Market to 2020 ...
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The new machine from the digital print and coding specialists will be available in three formats: inline, near-line and offline. Speaking to Packaging News at Emballage, chief marketing officer Carl-Michael Heüveldop said that the ...
Tags: digital print, coding, packaging, blister pack
Paint company Dulux has said it will trail new paint packs in Homebase in August 2012, in a bid to cut down waste to landfill by more than 70% as against the standard can. The 'eco-refill' 2.5l pouch is incorporates a re-sealable, tamper ...
Tags: Eco-Friendly Paint Packs, Paint Packs, packaging solutions
P4CK, a packaging design consultancy, has designed a pint beer carrier for beer brand Carling of Molson Coors. P4CK claims with festival goers and sports fans on its mind, the company designed 'Flexicarry' to enable them to carry their ...