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Thin-walled plastics packaging is used in a wide range of industries including dairy containers like yogurt cups, yellow fats, frozen foods, fruit and vegetables, bakery, ready meals, juices, soup and meats.
Italy, one of the top users of plastic shopping bags in Europe, is banning them starting January 1, with retailers warning of chaos and many stores braced for the switch.
Mondi Group has introduced into the European market new and innovative packaging named Terra Bag.
The last edition of Emballage in Paris was an excellent opportunity to keep abreast of the latest packaging solutions from Superfos.
Sustainability is steadily gaining in importance for consumers. They want ethically and ecologically impeccable products, packaged in a resource-conserving manner that nevertheless ensures their perfect condition when purchased. This is a major challenge to packaging producers, as the industry wants to save on materials without compromising the stability of the packaging in any way.
Innovia Films has launched a new grade of NatureFlex at Emballage 2010 in Paris.
American Samoa will make it illegal for stores to hand out plastic bags once a new law takes effect early next year.
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Stora Enso has signed an agreement to provide its Memori product to an electronic Health Journal for outpatient pain monitoring to Meridian Health, a leading not-for-profit health care organization in New Jersey, U.S.
The Rollsleeve labeler combines the simplicity of its consolidated roll-fed group, resulting in highly customized container labeling, with the advantage of label film cost reduction.
Ball Packaging Europe has signed a contract to manufacture and supply cans using the Vinsafe wine packaging process patented by Australian company Barokes Wines.
Society is changing. While the average age of the population is falling in many countries of Africa and Asia, people in the Western industrialised nations are growing older. In addition, the pace of life is increasing all over the world. This is why consumers are increasingly demanding product packages permitting efficient handling – a challenge for industry.
A good packaging solution not only transports, preserves and helps to sell its content; according to the beliefs of plastic packaging producer Superfos it also leaves behind a carbon footprint as small as possible. Therefore Superfos is constantly working to reduce the carbon footprint of its packaging which again helps its customers to reduce their footprint.
Sauce and condiment producers are benefitting from a new concept in induction seal liners by that increases efficiency and speeds up the product to market process thanks to innovation by Vaassen Flexible Packaging (VFP).
At Arabplast 2011, Milliken will showcase additives for polyolefins offering pioneering possibilities in optical enhancement, performance improvement, and more cost-effective and sustainable processing, to meet the key challenges and demands of converters in the Middle East.
At Plastics Caps & Closures 2010, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) is highlighting its innovative polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) materials and application development capabilities that can help customers achieve key goals, including enhanced sustainability, competitive advantage and a reliable source of supply.
Lighter than an extruded HDPE bottle for the same level of functionality, the SafeSense HDPE bottle made by ISBM also offers equivalent capping quality to PET, without a sealing lid. This is a real alternative for the fresh milk market.
DuPont Surlyn has been adopted for the primary packaging of Bvlgari’s recent exclusive skincare line ‘Serum Précieux’.
New communication and innovation centre in Oberwaltersdorf (Austria) opened its doors.
The European self-adhesive label industry, represented by FINAT, the industry association, is actively participating in the Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Packaging Project, and spearheading industry sustainability initiatives, with a current focus on waste management and recycling of process waste such as the release liner, which is discarded once self-adhesive labels are applied.
Marbach Werkzeugbau GmbH, a leading global supplier of injection molding and thermoforming tooling and related automation for the packaging industry, has introduced the industry’s latest in flexible in-mold labeling (IML) automation for injection molded thin-wall packaging. The debut took the place at K 2010 last month.
European Union banned baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A as of early next year over fears it may harm the health of children throughout the EU's half a billion population.
ColorMatrix, the leading global innovator in liquid colorants and additives for thermoplastic applications, has further expanded its portfolio of breakthrough additive technologies.
ANL Plastics, producer of thermoformed plastic packaging for the food and other industries is opening a new production plant in Poland. A favourably developing market and an extensive feasibility study have convinced ANL Plastics to take this step.
Printpack opens new €40million plant in Kutno, Poland, the 10,000sqm factory is expected to employ approximately 100 people and will focus in the Northern, Central and East European markets.
Alpha Packaging, a leading manufacturer of plastic bottles and jars for the personal care, pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement industries, has expanded its line of Cosmo Rounds made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
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The Belgian start-up, Wallbox launches a new packaging concept. Their customer, the well-known company LU Belin, part of the Kraft group, has introduced its first products in French supermarkets. Their new product, Belin La Box, is enthusiastically received by the French public.
A Polish producer of cosmetic lotions is the first of a new wave of end-users of high added value products to take advantage of the outstanding optical properties achievable in extrusion-blow moulded polypropylene bottles through the use of Milliken’s next-generation clarifying agent, Millad NX8000.
Norland International Inc. has introduced the industry’s first oxo-biodegradable cap for 5-gal (19 l.) water bottles
At K 2010 Beck Automation is presenting IML thin-wall cups made from polystyrene with labels printed on both sides.
Monolayer barrier blend providing oxygen ingress barrier to PET containers
Mettler Toledo Safeline has made a significant breakthrough in the detection of contaminants in fluids with the launch of the new FluidCheK x-ray inspection system.
The industry’s first all-natural protein water has been launched in lightweight hot fill containers from Amcor Rigid Plastics, significantly reducing weight and cost while offering better performance than competitive hot fill alternatives.