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Entries for tag: packaging
Beverage industry going through increasing innovation
The beverage packaging industry is experiencing increasing innovation in design, materials and efficiency to meet cost and environmental concerns while trying to entice splintering consumer groups according to a report by Applied Market Information.
Read ArticleAcquisition may help print firm expand in eastern Europe
Today, Flint Group, a solutions provider to the Packaging and Print Media industries, signed an agreement to acquire Torda, a manufacturer of printing inks for the packaging markets in Northern Europe, the Balkans and the Middle East with a substantial presence in Eastern Europe. Torda generated revenues of approximately €23m in 2009.
Read ArticleThe road to greener goods
Growing demand for more environmentally sustainable goods and services within the European Union has brought about the launch of two new environment-focused groups for the European retail sector and the European food chain. What are their aims?
Read ArticleCan is claimed to go on
Packaging fashions come and go but the can lives on! As the food can celebrates the 200 years of its inception, we look at how the unique properties of steel for packaging have meant it is a high performing, safe, reliable and sustainable packaging solution for the future.
Read ArticleSteel industry says it is looking forwards
Meeting and surpassing the ever-evolving needs of the can maker, legislator, consumer, retailer, brand owner and filler has always been the highest priority of the steel for packaging industry. As a result, in recent years we have seen a wide range of exciting developments which reflect the industry’s commitment to innovation through continuous improvement.
Read ArticleThe salt pepper of brand design
Grzegorz Brzoska of the Warsaw based brand design agency Salt Pepper sees a trend in packaging towards simplicity. They have worked with the Bakoma range in producing over 100 packages.
Read ArticleEU funding supporting industrial innovation
MTC Pharma Center specializes in the production of high quality foil packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical industry. The company is owned by Austria-based MTC Holding, an international group with production sites also located in Croatia, Slovenia, Romania and Serbia, and works in partnership with Constantia Verpackungen AG Group.
Read ArticleEU project aims to create bioplastics with complete hydrosolubility
A new type of packaging obtained from non-food agricultural raw materials which after use can be disposed of with ease thanks to its complete hydrosolubility. That is the aim of the ReBioFoam (Renewable Bio-polymer FOAMs) research project, financed under the EU Seventh Framework Programme and which involves 10 partners from 8 European Countries (Italy, Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom), in association with ERRMA (European Renewable Raw Materials Association), a body devoted to Europe-wide promotion of the use of renewable raw materials in the energy and materials sectors.
Read ArticleEU Data Debunks Common Assumptions on Waste
Data released from the European Union contradicts widely held perceptions that packaging has led to a mountain of waste across Europe. Despite 40% growth in GDP in the nine year period from 1998 to 2006, the amount of packaging placed on the EU market only increased 11% while packaging going to landfills actually fell by 33%1. Furthermore, the target of 55% package recycling set by the European Union was surpassed or reached by 12 Member States well ahead of schedule—thus representing a decoupling between GDP growth and packaging consumption.
Read ArticleShopping basket study published
The most comprehensive and wide ranging study of how much packaging a typical household shopping basket contains and what materials it is made of has been published by The European Shopping Baskets Program (ESB), a joint project of EUROPEN (The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment) and STFI-Packforsk AB Stockholm.
Read ArticleRock hard packaging
The following comes from the Gourmet Retailer.
Penta Water Introduces Packaging Made of Rock
March 22, 2009
This is a case where casting the first stone is a good thing. The Penta Water Company, dedicated to keeping the environment as pure as its water, is taking the bold step of turning to one of nature’s more prolific resources […]
Aiming full service packaging towards Poland
Wander Reijinders of Goglio explains at the Taropak fair in Poznań how his company offers a full service meaning both equipment and packaging materials.
Read ArticleTaropak boss pleased with success
Janusz Mazurczak, head of the Taropak international packaging fair in Poznan Poland explains who visited the fair this year.
Read ArticleLiasa seeking Polish markets using innovative packaging
Guiseppe Conti of the LIASA company from Italy but based in Spain explains how his pallet box aimed for industrial users is gaining new markets.
Read ArticleAmcor Flexibles announces EUR25m investment in Lodz
Amcor Flexibles, a division of Amcor, today announces an investment of €25-million to build a new state-of the-art plant in Lodz, Poland. This investment aligns with the company’s strategy for growth in Central and Eastern Europe and confirms its investment in its future.
Read ArticleDu Pont appoints Polish agent
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (P&IP) has appointed Biesterfeld Polska Sp. Z o.o as its distributor for DuPont™ Surlyn® and other specialty polymers for cosmetic packaging and related applications in Poland. The new agreement is a natural extension of the companies' long-standing partnership in the European cosmetic industry, among many other industry sectors. It also underlines the importance of Central Europe, and Poland in particular, as an attractive growth market for premium packaging solutions.
Read ArticleLogistic centre opens in Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Brenntag has opened a logistic centre in Kędzierzyn-Koźle held the Grand Opening of new production facility for a wide range of feed additives.
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CEE Packaging appears in print form
Our new publication, Central and Eastern European Packaging is now available! CEE Packaging is the international platform for the Central and Eastern European packaging industry focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers.
Read ArticleEUR200m tin factory for Mielec
The US company Ball Packaging Europe, will enter the Euro-Park Special Economic Zone in Mielec. In the first stage of its development the firm is to invest 200 million EUR and employ app. 100 workers
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Whisky walking off the shelves
The right packaging sells, and promotional packaging sells even better. Campaigns can boost day-to-day sales when they capture spontaneous consumers who might not otherwise have bought the product. The concept is to build on the impulse of the moment – Do it now! – whether by presenting gift ideas for Christmas, Easter or summer holidays, or simply by brightening an ordinary day. Brand owners work hard to tempt consumers with attractive packaging, often containing a “free” gift or offering an attractive price that convinces people to take the plunge.
Read Article18 September : Packaging day
The growing role and significance of packaging in our lives and the resulting increase in the share of the packaging industry in economy entail dissemination and promotion of knowledge about packaging management.
Read ArticleFood packaging fair for Poznań
The Fair of Food Packaging PAKFOOD will be held for the first time on the grounds of the Poznań International Fair on 17 – 20 September 2007.
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Tray for Mispol's ready meals
The use of multi-layer food trays from RPC Bebo UK Corby has enabled the Mispol Group to launch a new product range to meet the growing popularity of ready meals in the Polish market.
Read ArticlePakmar goes biodegradable
Marek Rosłon, managing director of Pakmar in Piaseczno tells Alan Heath of what his company is doing and shows some of its product range. He talks also about his move into PLA biodegradeable plastic. This interview was filmed at the Intercharm cosmetics and beauty trade fair in Warsaw on 24 May 2007.
Read ArticleLumson targets Poland
The Italian Lumson, manufacturer of high end packaging products for the cosmetics industry is targetting Poland. Here international sales manager Mirko Cochi explains something of the company's products and why it is looking to the Polish market. (more)
Read ArticleStrazaplastika looks to open business in Poland
Robert Posavec, sales manager of Strazaplastika of Hum na Sutli in Croatia speaks of his company's products, its history and hopes for the Polish market.
Read ArticleSeufert opens Warsaw office
Ferdinand Gutbrod, export manager of Seufert Transparente Verpackungen explains why his company has opened an office in Warsaw as well as something about his company and its product range.
Read ArticleFollowing Avon to Lublin
Chris Hill of the Condalkin Group explains how his company followed Avon Cosmetics from the UK to Poland to become a platform for sales into eastern Europe
Read ArticleSCA to open two plants
SCA is investing within packaging on a broad front in Eastern Europe and China. Expansion investments in two plants in Poland and one in Romania, together with two new corrugated board plants in China, mark yet another step in SCA’s plans to capture market shares in some of the largest growth markets in the world.
Read ArticleStora Enso producing more
Finnish packager Stora Enso is to increase the capacity of its Polish corrugated packaging plant to meet growing demand for its products from the country's booming fruit juice market.
Read ArticleAmcor relocating to Poland
Amcor could raise the price of its products as part of measures to recover the increasing input costs it blames as partly responsible for its disappointing half year results.
Read ArticleRegion leads in biodegradeable packaging
Growing demand, the region seems poised to lead growth in the global biodegradable packaging sector up to 2011, as per a report by Pira International. The region is predicted to undergo the most dynamic growth over the next four years, despite being substantially less developed compared to other markets.
Read ArticlePackager sold
One of Europe's largest suppliers of plastic packaging, who own a number of operations in Eastern Europe, has been sold to US-based Sun Capital Partners.
Read ArticleSuperfos at Lubień Kujawski
I spent the night at a motel just outside Poznań. I woke up, as usual, at around five in the morning although I did try to sleep longer expecting a long night but I could not.
After a breakfast of scrambled eggs, bread, butter and orange juice, I took a slow drive into Poznań. […]
Jar for ice cream concentrate
RPC Containers Corby's Sapphire foodservice jar has given Polish food ingredients manufacturer Grados an ideal combination of function and style for its Torrini ice cream concentrate.
Read ArticleRexam opens Łódź plant
Rexam, the leading global consumer packaging company, has opened its first plastic packaging plant in Poland. The new facility, located in Lodz (130 km west from Warsaw), is the first manufacturing plant dedicated to Rexam Home & Personal Care in Central and Eastern Europe. This Greenfield project, launched by Precise Technology prior to its acquisition by Rexam last December, successfully started production in mid-April.
Read ArticlePoly One in Poland
PolyOne Corporation, a leading global polymer and masterbatch compounder, announced that to meet its growing customer base in the region it will expand in Central Europe with the construction of a manufacturing facility in Kutno, Poland.
Read Article25 packaging fairs
The 25th edition of TAROPAK will be held on the exhibition grounds of the Poznań International Fair on 18-20 September 2006. TAROPAK was first organised on the PIF grounds in 1973.
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