Published: Aug 01, 2014

Premier Tech Chronos has secured an order for a complete packing system for Carbery Food Ingredients at their Ballineen site, near Cork in Ireland

Published: Aug 01, 2014

The Ones to Watch awards, which recognises the contributions of processing and packaging professionals under the age of 35, is returning to the NEC at the PPMA Show 2014 in a bid to discover the industry’s next up and coming young engineer.

Published: Aug 01, 2014

According to food and beverage IT specialist CSB-System International, a fully integrated traceability system can offer companies a vital competitive advantage.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

With 190,000 caps per hour and 1.5 billion per year, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag together with its partners, Total and Plastisud, has set a new world record in the production of HDPE caps with tamper-evident band without post-moulding operations.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

According to the Canadean market research institute, the Austrian Pfanner brand is the Number Two among Europe’s ice-tea brands.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

The new cutter POLAR N 92 Pro with stack lift and a unique WiMotion knock up block was put into operation in April at a start-up print shop called Duprint. First results show boost in productivity and also turnover increase.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Rieke Packaging Systems’ factory in Hangzhou, China has achieved the highest ‘A’ grade rating in the British Retail Consortium (BRC) Global Standard for Packaging and Packaging Materials.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

PneumaticScaleAngelus will promote its latest innovations in technology at Pack Expo 2014, November 2 to 5, in booth #S-2100 at the McCormick Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

At SIG Combibloc’s Brazilian packaging plant, an extrusion line has now been put into operation which laminates unprocessed cardboard for the company’s carton packs on-site.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

As growth in the UK’s manufacturing sector continues to accelerate, industry professionals are poised to flock to this year’s PPMA Show 2014, the UK’s premier, free-to-attend complete production line event for processing and packaging machinery.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

CHEP Australia has received the Australian Packaging Covenant’s High Performers Award in the Small to Medium Packaging Manufacturer category, in recognition of its commitment to environmental sustainability.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

SITA Australia has received top sustainability honours at the 2014 Australian Business Awards for its de-packaging unit.

Published: Jul 31, 2014

Smurfit Kappa, the Ireland-based packaging group, has announced a pre-tax profit of €228 million for the first half of the year. This is a massive increase of 79 per cent on the same period last year.

Published: Jul 30, 2014 By: Ms Margaret Zhang

ProPak China 2014 marked two decades of this processing and packaging technology trade show from 16-18 July 2014 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre, recording the largest exhibition in the events 20 year history.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Adnams, the Suffolk-based brewer and distiller, has added a new Triple Sec to its award-winning range of small – batch spirits.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Sidel has made two appointments in senior positions to further strengthen its ability to meet increasing market demand in PET solutions for liquid packaging.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

The wide-ranging versatility of Ishida’s weighing and quality control solutions will be amply demonstrated at this year’s PPMA Show where the company’s stand will feature a variety of models from its multihead weigher and X-ray ranges.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

Edeka, the German supermarket corporation, is building a new bottling plant at Teublitz near Regensburg, Bavaria in Germany.

Published: Jul 30, 2014

It’s been a year since the US Senate held a hearing on logjams at metal storage facilities and rising fees. Since then, costs have gone up and waiting times for delivery at some sites are even longer.

Published: Jul 29, 2014

Aspall has refreshed the look of its bottled ciders using a lightweight Vichy bottle produced by leading glass manufacturer Beatson Clark.