The response from the food packaging manufacturer follows yesterday's research,conducted by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers,that showed that half of all the food produced in the world is being thrown away every year. Alan ...
This year Packaging Digest is celebrating its 50th anniversary.Over the decades,we've seen quite a lot—new equipment,innovation in materials,bright new designs and other exciting developments. However,none of the stories we've ...
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The aluminium scrap and recycling market in the GCC was estimated at 292,281 metric tonnes in 2010 and is expected to reach 593,434 metric tonnes in 2017 at a compound annual growth rate of 10.6%. The aluminium recycling market is at a ...
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The PrintCity Alliance is set to conduct its new Packaging Inspiration Forum on April 24/25 2013 in Düsseldorf, Germany, for brand owners, designers, printers and converters. The event will focus on Value Added Packaging (VAP) and ...
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Packaging supplies company in the UK Davpack has announced a new addition to its range of anti static packaging products. The new polythene bags that are available in clear or black plastic and black plastic tubing offer a protection to ...
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Green Bay-based packaging solutions company Green Bay Packaging has acquired a new 269,000ft2 facility in Lebanon, Ohio, to replace its existing location in Cincinnati, Ohio. The firm is planning to move its office in January 2013, while ...
PAC has introduced the Precisely Packaging On-Line Program. For several decades, PAC has been providing continuing education for packaging industry professionals in the classroom. Under their freshly branded PACed education platform, ...
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Smithers Pira announced the 2nd annual U.S. version of Digital Print for Packaging 2013, which will take place Wednesday, June 5 - Thursday, June 6 in Atlanta, GA. "The word that we heard from 2012 attendees was ‘finally a U.S. ...
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Consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs) appear cautiously optimistic about business and the marketplace in general, according to PMMI's report on the Vision 2020 focus groups it conducted during PACK EXPO International 2012. Today's ...
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US-based PAC has introduced the Precisely Packaging On-Line Program to impart convenient packaging education to industry professionals. Precisely Packaging On-line is mainly designed for new entrants to the packaging industry, a new ...
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The deal, which was first announced in November, will see four Contego facilities – in Leeds and Gillingham in the UK, Hoogerheide in the Netherlands and Portlaiose in Ireland – transfer to the US-based cartons giant. It then ...
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Pop into your local supermarket and pick up a packet of own label chocolate digestive biscuits. Now carefully inspect the packaging. Across the front and back of the pack you’ll find a raft of information that goes beyond brand ...
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The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) in the UK is holding a webinar entitled 'Business Trends and Opportunities in the Global Packaging Market' on 15 January 2013, for new market entrants. To be demonstrated by World Packaging ...
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Julie Corbett, founder/CEO of Ecologic Brands, created a stir when she introduced the eco.bottle in 2008. Made of a molded-fiber outer shell with an inner pouch, the package scores multiple sustainability wins: source reduction, recycled ...
The China LED industry has developed at a breakneck pace over the last two years, thanks largely to a clear government policy on solid-state lighting (SSL) and the inclusion of LED as one of the key areas of industry for development within ...
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