Consumption of prepared meals in Thailand is forecast to rise at an annual rate of 9.8%, while other South East Asian countries, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, are only expecting respective growths of 6% and 2.3%. According to ...
Tags: Packaged Food, packaging, prepared meals
The installation was for a new company set up to serve the whole southeastern region of Asia. When Thai businessman, Pongsakorn Pongsak established the General Beverage Company Limited in his home country, he was entering the beverage ...
Food packaging serves multiple purposes. It protects the foodstuff from moisture, dust, microbes, and other contaminants, it facilitates easy handling during transit and storage, guards against any physical or chemical damage and at stores ...
Market research firm Canadean has rsaid the Japanese plastic packaging industry is in rapid growth, with flexible and rigid plastics packaging demand projected to increase by 6.9 billion packs between 2012 and 2017. “Japanese ...
Tags: Plastic Packaging, Packaging
easyFairs, organisers of the fastest growing network of European packaging events, has announced that its packaging portfolio right across Europe will evolve around four major core show concepts: Packaging Innovations, Empack, Label&Print ...
The business, which has 27 packaging shows in 11 countries across Europe, is to align each of the events under one of four brands: Packaging Innovations, Empack, Label&Print and Luxury Packaging. The move is designed to provide ...
Tags: Luxury Packaging, Label&Print
Two years ago, Schubert began to reconfigure Henkel’s Viersen-Dülken, Germany factory to enable it to specialise in hair colouring products. The factory now has one of the most modern production lines in the world. As Henkel is ...
Tags: packaging, robotic packaging machines, Rules
03 Feb 2014 APPMA and the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) are taking submissions for the sixth annual scholarship program. Now is the time to do more than dream about what a Diploma in Packaging Technology will do for your career. ...
Tags: APPMA, AIP, Credentials, Packaging Technology
Victoria University has a big act to follow. At last year’s IAPRI World Packaging Conference, a record 170 delegates from 24 countries were represented. There were 93 presentations for the oral and poster categories, produced by some ...
Tags: environmental performance of packaging, packaging ecodesign tool
28 Jan 2014 With a dozen annual conference and exhibition events under its belt, Pharmapack Europe is gearing up for one that has innovation at its epicentre. Compliance and safety issues are directing much of the innovation seen in ...
Tags: drug, package, Pharmapack, Gallery
UK-based retailer Asda, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wal-Mart, is set to implement a cloud-based color service called PantoneLIVE across its global packaging supply chain. PantoneLIVE enables Asda to improve operational efficiencies and ...
Robotics address the need for speed for product placement into packaging. Bosch Packaging TechnologyEnergy and raw materials are becoming more expensive, and consumers want to do more for the environment. This is forcing manufacturers of ...
Tags: Robotics, environment, innovations
Further to Josh Brooks’ comments in The Answer To The Litter Problem Is Simple: Stop Littering (Packaging News, Monday, January 20) we at LINPAC Packaging would like to add our own views on the issues surrounding litter and the ...
China-based Dongxing Aluminium has launched aluminium foil strips, aluminium foil shielding tape and other packaging foils for food processing industry. According to the company, the packaging materials can preserve the food for a longer ...
Pouch packaging is exciting. Designers are excited about it. Retailers are excited by it. The result of these two things is that the pouch packaging hitting the shelves now has some real star performers – eye catching, innovative and ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Pouch packaging