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The Botanical Food Company has adopted Environmental Code of Practice for Packaging (EcoPP), recognising it in product development processes, and implementing changes to reduce the impact of packaging waste on the environemnt. Before Botanical Food Company’s packaging suppliers would supply their packaging in cartons.  Once empty these cartons were broken down and sent to offsite recyclers. After ...[Read More]

Responding to tis Covenant responsibilites,  MeadWestvaco set out to deliver a paperboard that would improve the environments  benefits of their carton packaging. Before The worldwide supply of High Wet Strength (HWS) paperboard contains an average of 10% to 15% recycled content with all of Ausralia’s HWS board requirements being met by imports. After MeadWestvaco Beverage Grade Board (MBGB) is a ...[Read More]

The initial briefing from Toyota / Aspect Packaging to Visy Board was to increase the number of Bumpe rBar boxes being packed into export containers.  The original packaging did not utilise internal of external pckaging space to its full potential, consequently wasting packaging materials and supply chain efficiencies. Visy is committed to specific actions to improve the lifecycle management of pa...[Read More]

This display was developed for Nestlé. Besides the general product coffee doses the display allows promotion due the attached flap in front part an additional product. Smart construction of bottom saves material consumption using the side windows cuttings. Two Self-locked bottoms are assembled together without gluing. Designed for flat transportation and easy using in the shop. Made from corrugate...[Read More]

Votes cast by more than one-hundred of the most prominent marketing and retail executives from across the country have been tabulated and the verdicts have been announced. The entrants in this year’s DOT Awards Competition which have best utilized a particular display type to meet the challenges of a specific retail category have been selected, and the Gold, Silver and Bronze awards were announced...[Read More]

As automation becomes more and more of a focus for packaging manufacturers, we take a look at some of the technologies that are driving the industry towards greater efficiency. Because the demands are complex there is no shortage of automated packaging tools to meet the requirements. Hughes Enterprises, one of the leading suppliers of packaging solutions to a variety of industries – especial...[Read More]

China is drafting a long-term development plan to build the country into one of the world’s packaging giants. That was disclosed by Che Xiangfu, deputy secretary-general of the China Packaging Technology Association, at an ongoing fair for the equipment manufacturing business in west China, held in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province. According to Che, China hopes to develop its own cor...[Read More]

New figures from Repak show the amount of packaging waste recycled last year was up 36% on 2001, but the organisation has warned that greater enforcement is required if future targets are to be reached. Repak said 323,000 tons of packaging waste was recycled which amounts to about 40% of all packaging placed in the Irish market. A breakdown of the figures shows that glass recycling is up 25%, card...[Read More]

Production of corrugated board in Russia will reach 3.3 billion m2 by 2007, according to a new report by Pyrabelisk, the leading specialist in information on the paper and packaging industries in Central/Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Multi-national investors in the Russian corrugated industry account for only 15% of capacity, the rest being Russian owned. Production of corrugating ma...[Read More]

International Paper Co., the world’s largest maker of forest products, said it swung to a first-quarter net profit, but higher energy costs and only a modest rise in sales pressured the bottom line. The forest products industry has suffered from a downturn for more than two years due to a lackluster global economy. During that time, International Paper has sold more than $3 billion in assets...[Read More]

The Europe corrugated market also have a though time as the retailer and fast moving consumer goods trying to sustain from any cost increase. All European market, except the East Europe will only expected to grow about 2.3% annually in the next 5 years, while East Europe still will enjoy about 6% growth annually. As now the trend in the corrugated market is falling to the light weight this make th...[Read More]

During the last decade Korea corrugated has a rapid growth following it rapid industrialization. The quality is increasing to overcome the need of their export packaging. Except during 1998 it drop about 10% but has rebound immediately the following year. And continue to grow until now. There are about 30 paper mills in Korea and it product sufficient for the need for its domestic product of 3.1 m...[Read More]