Packaging news from FPJ – Page 8
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Packaging vital, insists paper industry
Packaging is essential to reducing environmentally harmful food waste, says the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI).
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Ulma Packaging employs new manager
Ulma Packaging, global leader in the design and manufacture of high performance packaging solutions, has announced the appointment of Paul McMahon as business manager for machine sales.
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LabOx released for MAP packaging
Witt Gas Techniques has launched LabOx, a new non-invasive O2 measurement analyser for use with Modified Atmosphere Packaging (MAP) in the food processing and packaging industries, including for fresh foods.
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Packaging defends itself
The Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment, Incpen, has hit back at last week’s report from the Local Government Association about over-packaging.
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Packaging on trial: could be cut by 25 per cent
Trials carried out by Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) have demonstrated that the fresh produce industry can reduce packaging by around 25 per cent without compromising product quality.
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Packaging giants combine
Two of the world’s leading companies in the packaging industry, Multivac and Ishida, have agreed upon a strategic co-operation to provide customers with fully integrated, best-in-class packing line solutions.
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Packaging industry gets glittering award ceremony
International Forum Design will launch the first-ever IF packaging award at interpack 2008.
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Food ‘Nobel prize’ goes to packager
A man who invented a way to store mass quantities of processed foods so they could be shipped and used at later dates has won the food equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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Packaging company takes prizes for innovation
Atlas Packaging has collected a number of prizes for its living plants packaging concept.
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PAFA to overhaul packaging industry
Two former packaging organisations have merged to create the brand new Packaging and Films Association (PAFA).
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Easy picking with PFM Packaging Machinery
A new series of feeder-placer robotic systems has been launched as part of the PFM Packaging Machinery range.
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Packaging Automation reshuffles
Tray sealing and filling equipment specialist Packaging Automation Ltd has reorganised its sales team after several new appointments and internal promotions.
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Produce Packaging re-brands
Produce Packaging will celebrate the re-branding of its company at the National Fruit Show next month, marking 25 years in business.
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Sharp Interpack acquires Rexam’s plastic packaging division
Sharp Interpack has today confirmed rumours that it has acquired Rexam’s Bristol based food plastic packaging division for an undisclosed sum.
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New packaging to reduce banana bruising
Bruised bananas could be a thing of the past with a Banana Saver launched this week.
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Zip-Pak launches new packaging
Zip-Pak, the Netherlands-based re-sealable packaging specialist, has launched a zippered degradable packaging for food products.
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Packaging portfolio revamped
French container manufacturer International Paper has revamped its portfolio with a new range of cartons for the European fresh produce industry.
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Packaging website solution
Arlington Packaging has launched a new website to attract customers looking for a returnable packaging solution.
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ECR UK launches free Retail Ready Packaging guide
Retail Ready Packaging (RRP) has been identified as a key way to address the industry's £3billion on-shelf availability problem.
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Packaging needs could scupper RFID
Recyclables and RFID tagging may be the buzzwords in packaging but we are unlikely to see a huge shift in either direction, said Tim Rothwell, senior VP of Lansdown Capital Ltd.