Winterthur, Switzerland-based Greatview Aseptic Packaging (GA Pack), the second largest supplier of roll-fed aseptic packaging material in the world, invests 50 million Euro to build a European production facility in Halle (Saale), Germany.
PepsiCo Inc has developed a bottle made from plant-based, renewable resources that is fully recyclable, and will start using it in a test program next year.
As the most influential and largest packaging and beverage technology exhibition in China - The 18th China International Exhibition on Packaging Machinery & Materials (Sino-Pack 2011) and The 15th China International Exhibition on Brewery, Beverage and Liquid Packaging (China Drinktec 2011) kick off at China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex (Area A), Guangzhou, PR China.
Specialist plastics packaging technology business Petainer has launched an environmentally-friendly, economical, alternative to metal kegs for draught beverages.
Stora Enso Pharma DDSi Wireless - a new medical package offering improved opportunities for real-time adherence control.
One major focus of Krones’ process technology lies in the development of system components that make use of energy-saving potentials in order to minimise environmental impact and progress resource-economy.
RPC Containers Corby has launched the ‘Uncan,’ an enhanced range of retortable barrier jars for catering applications that represents an ideal mix of food-safe, long-life, lightweight jars with significant large-format cost savings.
Italian plastics processor association Unionplast has failed in an attempt to have new legislation banning non-biodegradable plastics shopping bags declared illegal.
Plastics additives producer Milliken will be at Interpack to demonstrate how its market-leading Millad clarifying agents and Hyperform HPN nucleating agents can make major contributions to converters’ process economics while ensuring improved product performance.
The largest packaging and beverage technology exhibition in China - The 18th China International Exhibition on Packaging Machinery & Materials (Sino-Pack 2011) and The 15th China International Exhibition on Brewery, Beverage and Liquid Packaging (China Drinktec 2011) will be staged at China Import & Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, PR China during 9-11 March 2011.
China has developed into a global super power with giant strides. According to estimates of the German professional association VDMA Chinese machinery manufacturers took the lead for the first time in 2009.
Volvic has launched its Greener Bottle made from 20 percent sugarcane waste. The beverage maker says it is the first UK company to introduce a 100 percent recyclable PET plastic bottle using this renewable plant material.
