Americas: Prolamina Corp installs second pouching machine from Totani
North American packaging company Prolamina Corporation has recently received a custom-built pouching machine Totani BH80.
Housed in Prolamina’s Neenah, Wisconsin facility, this is the company’s...
Europe: UK milk shake product range in PET bottles
Mr Sherick’s Shakes are the brainchild of former Marks & Spencer buyer Andrew Sherick.
The range of milk shakes is packaged with polyethylene terephthlate (PET)...
Europe: Coveris acquires flexographic print company in the UK
Coveris has acquired Learoyd Packaging (Holdings) Limited, a UK flexographic print specialist supplying flexible packaging
solutions to major supermarkets, brands and food manufacturers and retailers.
Terms...
Americas: Packaging association honors inductees to Packaging Hall of Fame 2014
PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, congratulates the Packaging Hall of Fame Class of 2014, who include:
• Mel Bahr, MGS Machine
• James Downham, PAC
• Joseph...
Europe: Dutch company uses combidome for 1L juice products
Dutch company Hero (part of the Swiss-based Hero Group) is packaging its newly introduced ‘Hero’ Fairtrade juices in combidome from SIG Combibloc.
The carton bottle,...
Europe: UK survey finds most older consumers prefer ‘natural’ to “healthy” product claims
Consumers aged 55 and older associate ‘natural’ products with a healthy, yet tasty, lifestyle and diet, according to a July 2014 survey of 2,000...
Americas: Reusable Packaging Association to hold education forum at Pack Expo 2014
The Reusable Packaging Association will be holding the education forum – the Reusables Learning Center (RLC) – at Pack Expo in Chicago, US.
The lineup...
Americas: Flint Group to engage visitors with discussions, presentations, machines at Labelexpo Americas
Flint Group Flexographic Products and Flint Group Narrow Web will display their most recent innovations at Labelexpo Americas from September 9 to 11 in...
Americas: AIPIA Congress explores profitability of active and intelligent packaging at Pack Expo 2014
The Active and Intelligent Packaging Association (AIPIA) will survey the role active and intelligent packaging technology can play in profitability during AIPIA’s Congress (November...
Europe: Linpac Packaging, Addmaster release bug-busting packaging for fresh meat
Linpac Packaging, and Addmaster, a supplier of performance additives to industry, have developed a range of trays and lidding films with built-in antimicrobial technology...