Breaking News on Food Processing & Packaging

Tetra Pak's 1.5 billion eco-cartons in UK & Ireland

23-Oct-2009 - paperboard sourced from certified forests and other controlled sources within the next 12 months .5 billion packs, in the UK & Ireland alone. All the European mills supplying Tetra Pak’s paperboard have

Rigid food packaging set to soar after a tough year

30-Sep-2009 - preference for this material in place of traditional packaging such as paperboard, metal and glass containers advantages over glass, metal and paperboard plus improved resin and processing technologies, according

Eco-friendly packaging cuts paper and energy use

22-Sep-2009 - Cap-it packages are an environmentally-friendly and recyclable paperboard alternative ... Cap-it packages are an environmentally-friendly and recyclable paperboard alternative ... manager Keith Brimble, told FoodProductionDaily.com. “Our Cap-it paperboard packages are made from a annual National Paperboard Packaging Competition held in the United States. Cap-it was chosen ... shrink wrap, paperboard, sustainable

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Sonoco to raise Euro recycled paperboard prices

26-Aug-2009 - Sonoco to raise Euro recycled paperboard prices ... Sonoco has announced it is to increase prices on all recycled paperboard grades in Europe. ... Sonoco has announced it is to increase prices on all recycled paperboard grades in Europe. ... paperboard grades on shipments on or after 14 September, 2009. The company’s European vice president increase its North American prices for all uncoated paperboard grades by $40 ton from August 31. Paper ... paperboard, price increase

Plastic and paperboard big winners in China beverage packing growth

19-Jun-2009 - Plastic and paperboard big winners in China beverage packing growth ... are traditionally packaged in glass. Strongest growth in paperboard Paperboard is projected of these beverages,” said a Freedonia statement on paperboard’s continuing growth. The outlook for metal ... beverage containers, PET, paperboard

Carton packaging is the most eco-friendly claims study

25-May-2009 - replacing paperboard, metal and glass containers.

US food container demand to reach $25bn by 2013

15-May-2009 - the fastest growth among food container types, often replacing paperboard, metal and glass containers . The popularity of plastic containers will reflect performance advantages over glass, metal and paperboard ... pouches, paperboard

Bottled water producers dismiss hormone mimic claim

30-Mar-2009 - in composite packaging (paperboard boxes coated with an inner plastic film) showed that estrogenic compounds

Bottles forecast to fuel plastic packaging growth

29-Jan-2009 - -serving sizes. She said that “while the majority of soymilks are packaged in paperboard cartons and aseptic

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Packaging company files for Chapter 11

26-Jan-2009 - The paperboard and paper based packaging company, which makes pizza boxes and clamshells ... Smurfit, paperboard, bankruptcy

Cadbury cites eco concerns for tin swap

05-Nov-2009 - it is aiming to have all paperboard packaging to be sourced from certificated sustainable forest sources

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Paper bottle maker targets wider dairy eco-concerns

12-Aug-2008 - The manufacturer of a paperboard and plastic hybrid milk bottle says it is looking to extend ... The manufacturer of a paperboard and plastic hybrid milk bottle says it is looking to extend

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Green scheming offers profit sustainability - Tetra Pak

26-Jun-2008 - paperboard as an example of its own focus. Paperboard makes up about 75 per cent The third-party certified forest scheme, which the group is hoping to further extend amongst its paperboard

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Sonoco committed to cereal box innovation

16-May-2008 - . The recycled paperboard-based packaging is designed with a plastic hinged overcap that the company says allows that the overcap hugs the rim of the paperboard container, ensuring freshness after the initial opening

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Manufacturer caps convenience with carton opening

12-Dec-2007 - cutting packaging material use from renewable paper board, consisting of 63 per cent paperboard and 36 per

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New report examines frozen fruit, veg sector

07-Sep-2007 - .4 percent), other fresh fruits (excluding oranges, apples, and strawberries) (5 percent), paperboard containers, boxes, and corrugated paperboard (3.5 percent), fats and oils (2.2 percent), fresh sweet corn (1

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Volume and safety to drive drinks packaging demand

05-Jul-2007 - , Freedonia forecasts demand for pouches will have a more rapid growth. Paperboard has

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Rank plans further packaging consolidation

29-Mar-2007 - paperboard packaging for dairy products and juice. The unit has plants in North America and Asia

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New Zealand's Rank group set for SIG acquisition

14-Mar-2007 - . This has allowed Rank to sell products such as liquid paperboard packaging for dairy products and juice

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FDA publishes standardized ingredient definitions

01-Mar-2007 - and paperboard components (click here) polymers (click here); and adjuvants and production aids (click here

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