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Schutz opens new packaging plant
China – Schutz GmbH & Co has opened its second plant in China for the production of intermediate bulk containers (IBCs) and F1 plastic tight-head drums. Located on a 50,000 square metre site in...
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Toppan’s Thai starts operations
Thailand – Japan’s Toppan Printing Company’s newest paperboard packaging plant in Thailand recently started operations and received British Retail Consortium (BRC) safety certification. The facility,...
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Counting the costs of local manufacture
Australia - The accelerating demise of the Australian food manufacturing sector and the implications of this for the supply chain were the subject of Simplot CEO Terry O’Brien’s keynote presentation...
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Amcor invests in packaging distribution
Australia – Amcor continues to expand its reach across the Australian packaging customer base, announcing on 28 June its purchase of independent Australian packaging distributor Wayne Richardson Sales...
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Reasons to be cheerful – but not complacent
Nick Mockett (Moorgate Capital) Europe – It’s widely agreed that the pronounced focus upon packaging print at last month’s drupa exhibition was no coincidence, nor indeed a one-off. Whilst commercial...
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Mexican packaging machinery companies join PMMI
Mexico – Makers of packaging and related converting machinery in Mexico can now join PMMI, Reston, Va., as General Members. Affirmative votes in April and June by the PMMI Board of Directors and the...
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Formation of IoPP U.K. reflects global nature of packaging
US – Reflecting its growing number of members from outside the United States, the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP), Naperville, Ill., has established a division in the United Kingdom....
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Tetra Pak reaches 800 million sugarcane caps
Brazil – The Brazilian subsidiary of Tetra Pak recently announced t the local press it has reached the milestone of 800 million caps made from sugarcane. The “green caps”, as the product is called, was...
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Wine in carton packages overcome bottles
Argentina – According to data released by the National Institute of Viticulture (INV) in June, participation of carton packaged wine to the domestic Argentinean market reached 45.7% in May, surpassing...
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1 liter bottle is becoming a fever
Paraguay – Several breweries in Paraguay confirmed: the locals are more and more migrating to 1 liter bottles to consume their beers. After Pilsen has released the first bottle of the genre, the trend...
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CCU invests US$ 50 million on new facilities
Argentina and Chile – 2012 was an interesting year for the bottler and brewer CCU group. The companyrecently reported a 7.6% growth in sales volumes for the last year, followed by a significant...
View ArticleAdvertisers need to think twice before conforming to ‘thin ideal’
The objectification of women and unrealistic images in advertising has long been a problem and serves to alienate people, but new research says that thin models in advertising may not attract or...
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