Packaging firm Sonoco has agreed to acquire US-based Highland Packaging Solutions for about $150m in cash. Based in Plant City of Florida, Highland Packaging manufactures thermoformed plastic packaging solutions for fresh produce and ...
Tags: Packaging, dairy products
Packaging company Egg Posure that was founded by the Dutch Twinpack and the Danish food producer Hedegaard Foods has created Eggyplay that can double up as packaging for eggs and a sustainable toy. Eggs Posure had launched its ...
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A spokesperson for Sainsbury’s confirmed to Packaging News the scheme would go ahead and reports have suggested more stores were slated to provide the facility this year – may be up to 400 outlets could offer the service. Last ...
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Recyclable plastic packaging that will save more than a million eggs from going to waste each year has been successfully trialed by Tesco. At the moment Tesco's free range eggs are sold in pulp cartons and if an egg breaks in transit it ...
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US-based food packaging firm Pactiv is set to expand its production plants at Lenoir and Iredell counties in North Carolina, a move that will create 77 new jobs. North Carolina state government noted that the company is expected to invest ...
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National Park Foundation, the official charity of America’s national parks, has packaged the official White House Easter Egg in a gift box, which is made from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) Standard certified paperboard. ...
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The White House Easter Eggs themselves, and the boxes they come in, are made from the wood products certified to have come from sustainably managed forests. For the fifth straight year, the National Park Foundation has packaged the ...
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Chocolate brand Elizabeth Shaw has commissioned New Vision Packaging to create Easter egg box, for a 200g egg that is being sold in Asda stores across the UK. The new packaging structure, which is made of virgin-grade card completely, ...
The government has granted a North Yorkshire egg processor£490,000 towards the construction of a£3M egg processing facility. Chippendale is to build a new£3M egg processing facility The move will secure 40 jobs at ...
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UK-based retailer Sainsbury has reduced the weight of its own-brand packaging by 7% to 12,000 tonnes in 2010, through new packaging design. The company said the reductions are part of its effort to reduce packaging weight by a third by ...
UK-based Divine Chocolate has introduced new packaging for its two luxury eggs and smaller 55g eggs,as well as the Dubble Easter products made for children made in collaboration with The Beano magazine. Divine's Easter eggs have never ...