Roll-fed shrink films
28 August, 2009 byAvery Dennison has announced that its Roll Materials division has entered into a collaboration agreement with Polysack Plastic Industries to exclusively distribute and sell Polysack’s Polyphane Fit roll-fed shrink films in Australia and New Zealand.
Rigid PET films
28 August, 2009 byKlöckner Pentaplast has partnered with Packaging 2.0 LLC to introduce SmartCycle rigid PET films. Made from recycled plastic beverage bottles and designed to help meet packaging sustainability goals, SmartCycle films are used for general-purpose, food and all-plastic box packaging applications.
Inclusions for baked goods
06 July, 2009 byHawkins Watts has available a range of inclusions for baked goods including the Felix Koch Offenbach range of caramel, coffee and mocha chips, pastes and syrups. These products have endless applications in baking.
Top for hot-fill pudding
06 July, 2009 byChadwicks has produced a printed aluminium lid for a range of luxury chocolate Gü puddings being sold in Britain and France.
Compounds gain listing
03 July, 2009 byTrelleborg Sealing Solutions has two compounds that are listed by NSF International as conforming to the requirements of NSF/ANSI Standard 51 — Food Equipment Materials.
Carton packaging
03 July, 2009 byThe Tetra Pak carton packages are designed with unique shapes and sculptured sides to improve shelf appeal. Enhanced packaging material and quality printing options are used to improve package attractiveness, make the product stand out on the shelf and immediately separate the brand from the rest.
Microwaveable packaging for ready meals
26 May, 2009 byTop chefs from four of the world’s top culinary schools recently showed how far ready meals have come by preparing three gourmet dishes that were packaged and heated in Cryovac’s Simple Steps microwaveable packaging.
One-way kegs
01 April, 2009 byThe KeyKeg consortium has announced two new product developments for the one-way keg market — the KeyKeg disposable dispensing line and the first three KeyKeg beer and wine cooler dispensers to accommodate the new disposable dispensing line.
Compostable extruded tube netting
01 April, 2009 byBioPak has launched BioNet compostable extruded net tubing.
Domed lids
01 April, 2009 byThe Rigid Dome Lid is a packaging solution for ready-to-cook products that provides meat and poultry producers wider market opportunities.
Mt Wellington distribution centre for CCA
02 November, 2008 by SwisslogCoca-Cola Amatil (NZ) officially opened its multi-million-dollar, state-of-the-art distribution centre in Auckland in August 2008.
Cartoning new markets
01 November, 2008 byIn the fruit juice drinks and still water segments, carton packaging has lost market shares to PET in recent years, but worldwide, the use of carton packaging for beverages is still increasing.
Lightweighted hotfill PET
01 August, 2008Manufacturer of PET stretch blow moulding machines for the production of PET bottles, SIPA has developed lightweighting technologies for hot fill PET bottles used in the juice, tea, isotonic and flavoured-water markets.
Skin packaging
01 August, 2008Chilled rather than frozen ready meals are filling the fridges of consumers in ever-increasing numbers.
Closures
01 August, 2008Based on the success of the DIN 45 closure SK 45/26 MAB MDR and the child-resistant variant SK 45/27 MAB MDR CR, Bericap has developed additional sizes with different technical features and can now offer closures for all thread profiles according to DIN 45, 44 and 60 in a uniform, attractive design for all sizes.
