PET chosen by ASDA for sustainability and convenience benefits
ASDA is launching its Chosen by You salad dressings in a new 250ml PET bottle, designed and produced by APPE, which offers significant consumer convenience and sustainability benefits.
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Functional self-adhesive labels for the food and beverage market
In food and beverage retailing, a self-adhesive label can create a multi-functional solution that will both simplify accurate workflow and product throughput and provide an invaluable additional level of product authentication.
Filling hot dessert sauces in step with Austrian quality
Carinthian dessert sauce specialist Liotta relies on the packaging competence of Greiner Packaging International for the long term.
Amcor opens new facility
Amcor Rigid Plastics, one of the world’s leading producers of rigid plastic packaging, held a grand opening today for its new on-site bottle manufacturing operation at PepsiCo’s Gatorade production facility in Mountain Top, Pa.
Grocery store pilot taps new sources of recyclable plastic materials
A first of its kind pilot project focused on recovering grocery store plastic packaging has identified more than 350 million pounds of plastic material that can be easily separated and used as feed stock by plastic recycling facilities across the country.
Printpack Wins 2012 IOPP AmeriStar and DuPont Packaging Awards
In May 2012, the Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats Package received both an AmeriStar Award in the Food Category and a Gold DuPont Packaging Award for Excellence in Innovation and Waste Reduction for the new Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats package.
Mauser opens first plant in Poland
Mauser Group, a worldwide leading company in industrial packaging, is expanding its presence in Europe: By opening its first plant in Poland, the company is able to serve its customers in the Central European region in the best possible way with industrial packaging solutions. The new plant also provides additional production capacities for a region with increased demand.
Pepsi Twists gets a makeover with Rexam's Fusion bottle
Rexam’s award winning Fusion aluminium bottle has given Pepsi Twist a new look, with the original lemon flavoured cola from PepsiCo Italy being repackaged and launched for a trial run in Italy.
SIG Combibloc: new service generating sustainable increase in overall equipment effectiveness
Today’s food manufacturers operate in a fast-paced environment in which, now more than ever, keeping production processes efficient and competitive is a key factor in corporate success.
Metsä Board will focus on meeting demand for sustainable paperboard packaging
“Metsä Board has undergone significant structural changes, transforming from a paper company to a profitable paperboard company. We look forward to a future based on sustainable products, modernised mills and improved services,” said Mikko Helander, CEO of Metsä Board.
Sustainable packaging: Paper Blow from Yonwoo
Paper Blow is Yonwoo’s eco-friendly 100ml airless pack that conforms to the four Rs, according to the company’s earth-friendly philosophy: Refill, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.
EuPR HDPE Eco-design guidelines
EuPR, the Brussels based organisation representing plastics recyclers in Europe has developed NEW European eco-design guidelines for HDPE bottles in order to bring HDPE recycling to new horizons.
