Faster throughput and shorter changeover runs for food and beverage manufacturers are some of the benefits of more than US$1m being invested in its fabrication technology, according to Nercon.
Campaigners have dismissed assurances from the Department of Health (DoH) that it has no plans to extend proposals for the plain packaging of tobacco to food and drink high in fat and sugar and alcohol.
Cadbury, the confectionery brand owned by Kraft Foods, has dropped its dark-purple wrapping and introduced green and gold wrapping for its Dairy Milk chocolate product, in order to show support for the Australian athletes who will be participating in the
Industry is focussing on current rather than new vendors and rebuilt packaging machinery, according to a report from the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).
Almonds have been the most popular ingredient nut in new products for six years running, and have seen a surge in popularity with cereal makers over the past year, according to new data released by the Almond Board of California.
Israel-based Oplon has partnered with American packaging company Reynolds Group to create antimicrobial coatings for packaging which could extend shelf life of food products by months.
Oplon has partnered with Reynolds Group to create antimicrobial coatings for their packaging which could extend shelf life of products by months and will be commercially available within the next two years.
Covertech Fabricating has bought Seville Packaging in a move that will “increase operational efficiency” and provide a “bigger footprint in the industry.”
No decision on whether to introduce legislation to combat the potential threat from mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOH) in food and packaging will be made before 2014, said the European Commission (EC) today.
Amcor Rigid Plastics says US airlines are driving demand for wine bottles made from lighter, cheaper PET rather than glass within the high growth single-serve market.
Billerud has announced it is to merge with fellow Swedish packaging outfit Korsnas as part of a bid to create a leading virgin-fibre market player with an annual turnover exceeding SEK 20bn (€2.3bn).
Novelis has opened a research and technology center that it hopes will help it improve sustainability and innovation of aluminium for use in the beverage market.
Molson Coors claims that a multi-million investment in film will reduce the weight of its secondary packaging for UK beer Carling by sixty-three per cent.
