PPG Industries' packaging coatings business has announced that INNOVEL HPS coatings, the next generation of internal protective spray lacquers for the beverage can industry, has been approved for use on aluminum and steel beverage cans. ...
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High quality tape head systems manufacturer Dekka has launched a new entry-level case erector system that makes upgrading to a fully automated system easier. The Dekka 500 Automatic Case Erector will help users increase production ...
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Industrial property investment returns peak at 11.7 per cent with facilities 33 per cent bigger than they were in 2010, according to the latest research. Strengthening returns and increasing scale of distribution centres and warehouse ...
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Contract packaging specialist, Multipack, knows that many manufacturers need highly flexible short or long-term food packaging solutions without major capital outlay. So it has added a new pouch filling line to its food-accredited ...
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In the year 1920 in China, women still bound their breasts and those who wore low-cut clothing revealing even the slightest bit of skin risked being arrested by outraged authorities. But only seven years later, the Chinese government ...
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Bosch Packaging Technology will debut its Sigpack HCUL horizontal flow wrapper at Pack Expo International 2014. Sigpack HCUL packages up to 300 single blow-fill-seal (BFS) vials per minute. It also ensures hermetic packages, even at high ...
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Electronic cigarettes are devices worth trying in the fight against tobacco smoking. Smoking tobacco cigarette is the foremost preventable cause of death in the US and is accountable for about 500,000 deaths every year. Habit Hard To Give ...
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Researchers, from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore claim that it takes a four mile run to burn off a bottle of fizzy drink and a 5.6-mile hike to shake off a double cheeseburger. They feel that putting that ...
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Cuba, Indonesia, Honduras, Dominican Republic and Ukraine have contested the standardised packaging laws, calling them an illegal restriction on trade, but the panel of judges said there won’t be a WTO ruling until at the first half ...
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The system comprises a tray which is supplied flat-packed and is easily assembled along with the oblong mini-loaf cake cases which are being produced on a new machine designed and built by Chevler at its Hengoed factory in mid-Wales. Once ...
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Ted Coulson, managing director of CCL Concept and Developments, has created the Bandalero Pack. Speaking to Packaging News, he said that his development targeted multi packs. With each cycle, up to 12 products are fed side by side ...
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Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has expanded its silicon carbide (SiC) 1.2 kV six-pack power module family with a new 20A all-SiC module suited for 5-15 kW three-phase applications. Based on Cree’s C2M SiC MOSFET and Z-Rec SiC Schottky ...
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Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin has launched its first on-pack promotion going into stores across the UK, including Waitrose, Tesco and Morrisons. The promotion takes the form of a luggage tag attached to the red and gold cord at the neck of ...
Two conferences will be addressing the new technologies applicable to the world of packaging. On 27 October an opening conference on “Smart Packaging” chaired by Franoise Albasini, editor-in-chief of the magazine, Emballage ...
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VODKA O launches ‘naturally crafted’ carbonated vodka cocktails in Australia Australian owned Artisan Spirit Merchants (ASM) has just released a new range of ‘naturally crafted’ premixed Vodka cocktails, under its ...
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