Customers of major UK supermarkets used 8.3 billion single-use plastic carrier bags last year. This is an increase of 3.2 per cent on 2012, when 8.1 billion bags were used.
SPX has released a new light duty (LD) scraped surface heat exchanger (SSHE) designed using proven components for assured reliability, efficiency and value.
Jawbone, maker of wireless headsets and wristbands, is pushing a new food-tracking service it hopes will catch on with health-conscious weight-watchers.
Macfrut gets ready for changes, in order to strengthen its leadership within the specialized fruit and vegetable exhibitions, among which it gained its status as the main Italian event and one of the most significant ones in Europe.
Nestlé UK Joins with Defra, Coca-Cola and Tesco to research and trial viable options for collecting flexible packaging materials containing aluminium, such as coffee refill pouches and pet food sachets, to improve recycling.
The Marine Management Organization (MMO) has clarified its role and the regulations around the catching of Bluefin Tuna following media coverage about catching such fish off the Cornwall coast in England.
General Mills has opened its first innovation, technology and quality center in China, its first major technical center outside of its headquarters in Minneapolis, USA.
Fox's Biscuits has replaced old, costly and messy case coders with 14 robust and reliable TJ500 thermal jet printers from leading marking and coding specialist, Allen Coding.
Ishida Europe has developed a range of entry-level weigher/bagmaker combination units which offer an economic, medium speed solution for food manufacturers.
High strength trays for reduced breakages, excellent service and flexibility of UK manufacture help secure latest business for food packaging specialist.
Benders Paper Cups has consolidated its environmental position in the market with Chain of Custody accreditations under both Programme for the Endorsemement of Forest Certification (PEFC) and Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC).
Tetra Pak®, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, has completed a €65 million upgrade for its packaging material plant in Ponta Grossa, Brazil.
Cook, a UK-based manufacturer and retailer of premium frozen ready meals, has selected food packaging firm Faerch Plast to supply its crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) trays in the country.
