Published: Aug 09, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Closed Loop Recycling has announced plans to double the output capacity of its Dagenham, East London-based plant – creating, according to the company, the most advanced plastics purification facility in the UK.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

A packaging manufacturer has been hit with more than $50,000 worth of proposed fines for health and safety violations.

Published: Aug 09, 2012 By: David Burrows

Packaging could become the most important marketing tool for food brands and retailers.

Published: Aug 09, 2012

Calavo Growers, Inc. has completed the expansion of fresh avocado packing operations at its Uruapan, Michoacán, Mexico, facility.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Plascon Food Solutions has unveiled two products used by the food processing industry in the cook chill method of food preparation.

Published: Aug 08, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Seaweed could play a vital role in bioplastic packaging in the future, according to researchers.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Ampac has announced two product zipper innovations that it claims offer a unique solution to packaging formats.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Kraft-owned chocolate maker Cadbury has filed an international patent for a redesigned flow wrap package that it claims will allow chocolate bars to be displayed closer to sales counters to encourage impulse buys.

Published: Aug 08, 2012

Coca-Cola Amatil has today announced two packaging changes to glass bottles sold in licensed premises across the Coca-Cola, Coke Zero, Diet Coke, Sprite, Lift and Fanta range. The new bottles will enter the market in September 2012.

Published: Aug 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Molson Coors launched a sharing-size 710ml Corona Extra bottle in the UK off-trade from May, and said Nielsen data showed that larger bottles were outperforming the general lager market in this channel by 9%.

Published: Aug 07, 2012 By: Anne Bruce

The new ‘easy4opening’ system consists of a shrink sleeve that covers the neck or top of bottles and similar containers of food or cosmetic and hygiene products such as mouthwash.

Published: Aug 07, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The new executive director of the Contract Packaging Association (CPA) has targeted membership growth, increased participation and industry awareness as her main objectives in an exclusive interview with FoodProductionDaily.com.

Published: Aug 07, 2012 By: Mark Astley

Multivac UK has entered into a partnership with food processing equipment manufacturer Risco, in an effort to extend its line solutions“from the packaging machine right through to palletisation.”

Published: Aug 07, 2012 By: Ben Bouckley

Beverage packaging giant APPE says work on a new Polish PET facility is on schedule and that commercial production is set to begin in December, ahead of full operation from January 2013.

Published: Aug 06, 2012 By: Paul Gander

New EU labelling regulations could force users of variable information and weigh-price labelling to rethink where and how data is presented on-pack, according to equipment supplier Bizerba. It could also open up fresh marketing opportunities.

Published: Aug 04, 2012 By: Kacey Culliney

Ingredients specialist Caragum International has said its coating system is a cost effective, rapid alternative to other colloids for confectionery and chewing gum.

Published: Aug 04, 2012

Daniel Kedziora is the new Business Development Leader, Food & Beverage Packaging for Europe at Multisorb Technologies.

Published: Aug 04, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

Weak Chinese exports, challenging meat protein production trends and slack European demand led to ‘disappointing’ Q2 results for Sealed Air.

Published: Aug 03, 2012 By: Joe Whitworth

The Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has warned the growing rate of full body sleeve labels on PET Bottles has grown from a novelty to a hindrance for recyclers.

Published: Aug 03, 2012 By: Anne Bruce

Belgian printing company Verstraete claims there is a lot of interest from potential customers as it prepares to roll out its novel super-transparent label across Europe and North America.