Bioplastic packaging and a modern plastic alternative to the tin can are just some of the innovations RPC Group is currently working on, the company revealed at its press conference in Dinklage, Germany, on April 18.
An innovative 'bag in box' solution has been developed for a Danish
sauce manufacturer to ensure that customers enjoy maximum yield
with the minimum amount of wastage.
Retailers often place their fresh produce ranges close to the
entrance of the store to take advantage of the smell, colour and
variety to attract customers into the shop. Achieving the same
effect with canned fruit would, of course,...
UK packaging group Rexam has blamed Germany's recycling system for
a dramatic loss of business in the country. The system, which
requires customers to pay a deposit on cans and bottles used only
once, has meant that capacity...
Finnish packaging provider Huhtamaki has supplied Unilever with a
line of innovative packaging for its Carte d'Or ice cream yoghurt,
recently launched in a number of European countries.
Pactiv Corporation, the US-based packaging provider, has introduced
the Panta-Pak line of polyvinyl chloride trays for pears, which is
said to make transportation far less risky.
Sidel and Pressco Technology have signed a strategic alliance
agreement for the distribution and sale of Pressco's Intellispec
PET container vision inspection systems.
In the US, TAPPI's Corrugated Containers Division has changed its
name to the Corrugated Packaging Division in a move that the
company said more accurately reflects the division's membership and
activities.
Spanish company Isurpak Asmalanak has developed a liquid packaging
system which it claims is far more recyclable than any existing
product on the market.
With food marketers constantly on the look out for more flexible
packaging to achieve eye-catching aesthetics, it seems that the
future of blow-moulded high-density polyethylene containers looks
sealed.
Science Network is set to supply to countries and developing
regions with the technology and the necessary support for the
production-in-deries of mini-plants in mobile containers that can
be used for the production of food.
