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Quest for Perfection Quest for Perfection
Danone is fuelling growth in its brands by building a packaging strategy that nurtures bright ideas from inside and outside...

Beverage Packagers Still Have A Mountain To Climb Beverage Packagers Still Have A Mountain To Climb
The EU's Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive has achieved most of its environmental objectives.

Bottling Success Bottling Success
The Coca-Cola Company has been restructuring its value chain and launching new brands.

Surging Forward Surging Forward
Diageo is hoping it has created the next revolution in serving nitrogenated products – the Surger.

The Value of Brand The Value of Brand
Packaging is always going to have a huge impact on brand awareness and expansion.

Beer in PET bottles - alternative packaging Beer in PET bottles - alternative packaging
In October 2005, San Miguel - the Philippines based beer company - launched its beer in 1L PET bottles, in addition to its...

A Calculated Risk A Calculated Risk
Adopting new packaging innovations are a risk for any company, but as Phillippe Roulet, head of global packaging material...

Plastic to dominate healthy growth Plastic to dominate healthy growth
The health of the packaging industry tends to mirror production trends in the various packaged goods industries.

Bottle Top Bottle Top
Bottling is a fast-changing market, with consumers' tastes fickle.

Versatility drives demand Versatility drives demand
Glass has long been the packaging material of choice for many in the industry largely due to its versatility and the wide...

Beverage resource efficiency Beverage resource efficiency
While it has always been important to assess which form of packaging is most efficient in its use of resources and transport...

Outward improvement Outward improvement
Once the poor relation of the packaging world, contract packing has seen itself develop into an efficient means of creating...

WPO promotes packaging WPO promotes packaging
The packaging markets are constantly in flux, what with new technology, demographics and international development.

Protect and print Protect and print
As end-users call for coatings and films that are more flexible and resistant, developers are attempting to meet their needs...

Information and innovation Information and innovation
Carl Olsmats, general secretary of the WPO, discusses the key ideas and developments that will feature in this issue of...

Plastic fantastic? Plastic fantastic?
Since plastic structures for packaging were first introduced, there has been one objective: to simulate the barrier properties...

PET: The shape of things to come PET: The shape of things to come
In the past year, there has been renewed interest in PET bottling of beer.

Bottlefuls of high quality Bottlefuls of high quality
Thanks to great triumphs in engineering, bottle making can now match the demands of beverages with prolonged quality retention,...

Technology holds the key to success Technology holds the key to success
The Flexible Packaging Association showcases some of the new forms and functions that have been realised in the packaging...

PP is closing in on PET PP is closing in on PET
Dr Surendra Agarwal of Kraft Foods spells out the numerous advantages offered by polypropylene compared to PET, and speculates...

Innovations galore from drinks giant Innovations galore from drinks giant
Packaging Technology International looks at Coca-Cola's latest developments in the packaging field.

Retailers Face Myriad Challenges Retailers Face Myriad Challenges
Terry Robins of Sainsbury's supermarkets investigates trends in retail packaging and the consequences of growing environmental...

The Harmful Effects of UV Light Exposure
Based on research showing the detrimental effects of UV exposure, Dr Daniel Connor of Milliken Chemical states that the...

New trends in security packaging New trends in security packaging
New security-enhancing packaging steals the show at Pack Expo Las Vegas 2003.

Preserving the future of a packaging icon Preserving the future of a packaging icon
Its bottle and logo helped it to become one of the world's most recognisable brands, but Coca-Cola has had to keep the packaging...

The popularity of PET packaging The popularity of PET packaging
Why is PET packaging the most widely used plastic packaging material?

Increasing brand turnover Increasing brand turnover
Recent innovations in beverage packaging have brought, for example, cans in revolutionary new shapes.
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