Asia Pacific: Pakistan’s milk brand gets Ecolean’s lightweight packaging touch
Pakistan’s Engro Foods has relaunched its flagship milk brand Olper’s in Ecolean’s lightweight packaging. The shape and large printing surface of Ecolean’s 250ml aseptic package is set to make Olper’s brand stand out on store shelves in a category dominated by traditional carton packaging. In early 2013, Engro Foods rebranded Olper’s to further differentiate it from other brands in conventional packaging. Ecolean’s...
Europe: KP’s net sales increase by 2% in 2012/13
The Klöckner Pentaplast Group (kp) has continued on its growth track in the financial year 2012/2013 ending September 30, 2013. Net sales increased by 2% from €1,167 million ($1,597.22 million) to €1,191 million. Klöckner Pentaplast’s strong performance in FY 2013 is primarily attributable to its strategy for profitable growth. Since 2011, the company has launched a number of initiatives to develop kp...
Americas: Adept Technology names Harpak-ULMA as preferred partner
Adept Technology, Inc has announced a partnership agreement with Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC as its primary and secondary food packaging partner. Selected for their advanced technical capabilities and knowledge base, Adept's preferred food packaging partners define, configure, and deliver fully integrated solutions using Adept robots, software, and grippers to increase speed and efficiency on food processing lines. "Automated primary food packaging necessitates...
World: Smurfit Kappa wins two Global 2013 PPI Awards
Recognized for its commitment to sustainabilty, Smurfit Kappa was awarded the Bio Strategy of the Year and Mill Manager of the Year awards at the PPI Awards ceremony which took place on December 11, 2013, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. “These awards demonstrate the commitment of Smurfit Kappa to deliver sustainable paper based packaging solutions to our customers while showing...
Americas: Natural Drinks use HPP solution in juice production
Brazil-based company All Natural Freshness (ANF) has worked with Natural Drinks to develop a total high pressure processing (HPP) buffering and material handling solution that would maximize throughput on the HPP operation, keep pace with the juice manufacturing operation, and assure the highest quality product possible. The solution offers customer specific levels of automation versus manual operation and, the key...
Europe: Stora Enso acquires Fortum’s power plant, invests in renewable energy at Enocell Mill site
Stora Enso biomaterials division’s Enocell Pulp Mill’s power plant will be transferred from Fortum Power and Heat Oy to Stora Enso at approximately €16 million ($21.9 million) in accordance with an existing finance lease agreement. Stora Enso has approximately €16 million short term finance lease liability specific to this transaction in the September 2013 balance sheet. The division will also invest...
Americas: Owens-Illinois, eCullet JV opens recycled glass processing center in Portland
Joint venture (JV) company Glass to Glass by Owens-Illinois (O-I) and eCullet has opened a recycled glass processing facility in Portland. The facility will use advanced technology and equipment to make more recycled glass available to be made into new, sustainable glass bottles and jars. It will supply recycled glass to the O-I Portland plant located a few miles away. "Using recycled...
Asia Pacific: Report expects eco-friendly packaging to gain importance
Bioplastic packaging is increasingly gaining importance in emerging regions such as the Asia-Pacific region, with increasing demand for effective, advanced, and eco-friendly packaging, according to the Global Flexible Packaging Market 2014-2018 report by reportsnreports.com. Markets in countries in the region such as China and India are forecast to witness the fastest growth (a compound annual growth rate of approximately...
Americas: AIOE, Ecodesk to improve supply chain transparency for sustainability goals
The Alliance for Innovation & Operational Excellence (AIOE) has formed a partnership with Ecodesk, a cloud based platform for enhancing global supply chain sustainability. This partnership will give AIOE members a better way to communicate their sustainability efforts to their customers with enhanced oversight over their supply chains, said AIOE MD Stephen C. Schlegel. “With this partnership, we will see some...
Americas: PMMI Research finds Mexican packaging machinery market remains strong
After a slow recovery period, Mexico’s packaging machinery marketplace is coming back strong, according to PMMI’s 2013 Mexico Packaging Machinery Market Study, published in April. The study reviews current market data and interviews with companies to analyze packaging machinery demand and supply trends in Mexico. “Current conditions in Mexico are favorable for capital investment projects,” said Enrique Guzman, director, PMMI Latin...