Consumers are continually changing the way they view, interact with and discard packaging. Whether you're a manufacturer or a product marketer, you know how important it is to reflect the changing needs of the consumer in your products.
The US packaging industry must improve material recovery and not “bury its head in the sand and pretend the problem will go away” according to an expert.
The packaging industry must properly embrace active and intelligent packing or face the prospect of going out of business in the next decade, declared the head of a new trade body dedicated to the technology.
Increases in European steel values have made the EU the most
expensive market in the world, with inevitable consequences for the
region's packaging industry. Anthony Fletcher reports.
Rexam CEO Rolf Borjesson told FoodProductionDaily.com
yesterday that the packaging industry is only just beginning to
adopt new technology that could transform the food industry, and
that the industry will be characterised by consolidation...
Following approval by UK regulatory authorities, the Packaging
Industry Awarding Body Company has been formally launched in an
attempt "to drive forward excellence in education and training
throughout the industry".
ELAU, the German provider of drives and controllers for the
packaging industry, says that it is optimistic for 2003 following a
healthy jump in sales for last year. The company says that it is
now aiming for sales double digit sales...
China is readying to draft a long-term development plan which aims
to build up the country's existing packaging industry into one of
the most dominant players in the world.
In the US, Women in Packaging has launched an active programme to
assist governmentagencies, consumer goods and packaging industry
companies in establishingconcrete diversity policies.
The age of digital printing is upon the packaging industry. At the
same time as opening up new mediums to promote products and
increase customer appeal this new technology has instigated new
dilemmas for the packaging industry.
