Smithers Pira, in association with Packaging Digest and Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, will bring together leading brand owners; packaging manufacturers, converters and designers; sustainability leaders and more for the 8th annual ...
Tags: Sustainable Packaging, Packaging, Printing
Released under the Kininvie brand name as a 23 year old whisky, it is aimed at knowledgeable enthusiasts and will be the first generally available bottling from the Kininvie distillery which was opened in 1990. Taiwan is the world's ...
The adult soft drinks sector is a burgeoning market. As Packaging News reported earlier this year, volume sales of adult drinks increased by 14.8% in the 12 months to September 2012. It comes as no surprise then that an increasing number of ...
Tags: adult soft drinks, Packaging, Printing
Since 2010 the government began reducing corporation tax in stages, falling from 28% to 23%. This will be cut to 21% from April 2014 and will reach 20% in 2015. The small profits rate has also been cut to 20%. While the government ...
The move will see managing director Joanne Varey become majority shareholder while Stephen Bentley, who acquired Granby from the Omnicom Corporation, will become chairman and remain a minority shareholder. Craig Parsons, IT director at ...
Tags: Granby, Management Buyout
A cross party group of peers tabled amendments to the children and families bill that would have introduced plain packaging, although implementation will be subject to an evidence review. In July the government delayed plans to ban ...
Tags: Cigarette Packaging, Packaging, Printing
First tranche of money from Finance Yorkshire, £65,000, will go towards total refurbishment of three Hesta B51 blow-moulding machines for producing squared or rounded telescopic packaging. Managing director William Beckett told ...
The event takes place next Thursday, 7 November, at the Grosvenor House hotel in London and offers a unique blend of insight on packaging, retail and new product development. Organised in collaboration between Packaging News and Quality ...
The packs for the range of 14 stuffing mixes were printed four colour and feature foil blocking as well as a window to show the product inside. Giles Foden, sales director for the Willenhall-based printer, told Packaging News that the ...
Time is running out to secure your space at the 2013 edition of Packaging for Retail Success – the UK's leading event joining the dots between packaging, retail and new product development. Packaging for Retail Success 2013, ...
Time is running out to secure your space at the 2013 edition of Packaging for Retail Success – the UK’s leading event joining the dots between packaging, retail and new product development. Packaging for Retail Success 2013, ...
Tags: Hitters, Retail Success
POS has the power I have to say I agree with all the statements made in this article (Delivering the stand out display, Packaging News, August). More and more brands and retailers need to get savvy and stop treating Point of Sale (POS) as ...
Three talented newcomers to the packaging business have been shortlisted for this year's Rising Star category, sponsored by Mercury Search & Selection. The category was introduced in 2012 to celebrate the bright sparks who will lead the ...
Over the weekend at the Liberal Democrat party conference, the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that England will follow Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland in charging shoppers for bags. Speaking to Packaging News, Incpen ...
Minister Durkan's department had previously proposed increasing the levy from 5p to 10p from April 2014. However, Durkan said provisional figures showing a large reduction single use bag numbers had convinced him to drop the planned ...
Tags: Plastic Bag, Packaging, Printing