Luxury packaging trade show tackles green issue
19-Oct-2007 - This year' luxury packaging show, LuxePack, promises a record number of exhibitors and conferences tackling...
Chinese dairy demand drives Tetra Pak expansion
11-Oct-2007 - Tetra Pak has expanded its total packaging output in China to 40bn containers following completion...
Blowmoulder regulator provides automated quality control
10-Oct-2007 - A new automated regulator for blowmoulders can improve polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottling line efficiency, its...
New scale handles tough washdowns, company claims
08-Oct-2007 - A new scale is designed to handle the tougher washdown requirements now in place at...
Metals safe and efficient for microwave, says report
03-Oct-2007 - The attractiveness of metal packaging to food manufacturers has received a boost with a study...
New line and two carton sizes make global debut
01-Oct-2007 - Tetra Pak today said it is expanding the release of a new packaging line and...
Wal-Mart rating system not a standard says industry
01-Oct-2007 - The Wal-Mart environmental scorecard rating system for packaging does not work and should not be...
Biodegradable film cuts material use, manufacturer claims
28-Sep-2007 - A biodegradable packaging film uses 25 per cent less material than most food wraps currently...
Supply squeeze hits beverage can market
27-Sep-2007 - Announced capacity additions to beverage can production in Europe will likely not be enough to...
World School Milk Day
Tetra Pak makes the business case for social responsibility
26-Sep-2007 - Tetra Pak's involvement in school feeding programmes shows how companies can leverage their industry knowledge...
PET bottle has the class of glass, says manufacturer
25-Sep-2007 - A new polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle for wine offers a lower weight form of packaging...
Capper puts the closure on damage, claims manufacturer
20-Sep-2007 - A new capper uses belts instead of spindles, eliminating cap damage and providing a more...
Ampac acquires retort pouch packager
19-Sep-2007 - Ampac Packaging has acquired international retort pouch converter, Germany-based Floeter Flexible Packaging.
PET bottle contains recycled materials
14-Sep-2007 - A polyethylene terephthalate (PET) juice bottle containing 30 per cent recycled materials has been launched...
Report tracks consolidation of plastic packaging sector
11-Sep-2007 - Merger and buyout mania has hit Europe's plastics packaging sector, with private equity playing a...
Tetra Pak opens new liquid food packaging plant
07-Sep-2007 - Tetra Pak today opened what it calls the largest converting plant in Russia and Eastern...
Rottneros to increase capacity for cellulose packaging
06-Sep-2007 - Rottneros is building a second factory for the manufacture of its cellulose fibre-based food packaging.
Shaking and tapping to end, declare packaging researchers
05-Sep-2007 - The sticky ketchup problem has been solved, researchers in Germany declared today.
Packagers team up to offer full line
03-Sep-2007 - Multivac and Ishida will market and distribute each other's products, a combination that will allow...
Line designed for high speed coffee capsule packaging
30-Aug-2007 - A customised packaging line is designed to produce coffee capsules, a huge growth area in...
Amcor's results signal shift in packaging market
29-Aug-2007 - Armed with a $1bn (€604.2m) war chest, Amcor has signaled it is on the lookout...
DSM investment marks push into smart packaging
27-Aug-2007 - In a sign of the increased emphasis being put on food safety, Royal DSM has...
Sealed Air in deal for Alcan packaging?
21-Aug-2007 - Sealed Air Corp. is close to a deal to buy the packaging arm of Alcan...
Food container made from recycled PET
13-Aug-2007 - A new food container is made of recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET), providing manufacturers with the...
PET blow-moulder designed with modular oven
03-Aug-2007 - A new blow-moulding machine is designed with a modular oven, whose length can be adjusted...
