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Stabburet selects Crown closure for jam re-launch
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Norwegian manufacturer of jams and ready meal products Stabburet, a member of the Orkla Group, has selected the Orbit Closure from Crown Food Holdings for its Nora's Homemade jam...

Saci selects UPM ProLiner for product labelling
Tuesday, February 21, 2012 Italian liquid detergent producer Saci has selected UPM Raflatac's ProLiner PP30 for some of its product...

Amcor profit declines in last six months of 2011
Monday, February 20, 2012 Australian packaging company Amcor has announced a 9.4% drop in net profits to $204.9m for the six month period that ended 31 December...

Ball designs 360-degree beverage can for Avery
Monday, February 20, 2012 US supplier of packaging solutions Ball has provided Avery Brewing with a 360-degree graphic can...

Amcor to develop PET wine bottles with corks
Friday, February 17, 2012 US producer of plastic packaging Amcor Rigid Plastics has announced plans to develop polyethylene terephthalate (PET) wine bottles with both synthetic and natural...

UAE prepones disposable plastic ban to 2012
Friday, February 17, 2012 Increasing plastic pollution has prompted the Ministry of Environment and Water (MoEW) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to bring forward the ban of all disposable plastics, except those made...

Halewood installs Makro bottle labeller
Thursday, February 16, 2012 UK producer and importer of wines Halewood International has installed a modular bottle labeller made by Italian company Makro...

Lactalis adopts green packaging for cheese brands
Thursday, February 16, 2012 Lactalis American Group has launched its Precious Sticksters cheese varieties in renewable packaging developed by US flexible packaging maker Clear Lam Packaging, under Lactalis'...

ECHA releases EU chemicals inventory for safer labelling
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 The European Chemical Agency (ECHA) has published its first EU Classification and Labelling Inventory (C&L), classifying all chemical substances used in the region and listing potentially...

BWAY reports rise in Q1 net sales
Wednesday, February 15, 2012 North American supplier of general line rigid containers, BWAY has reported a 3.2% rise in net sales to $248.4m for the first quarter of fiscal 2012 compared to $240.7m in the same period last...

Crown to open new beverage can lines in Malaysia, China
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 US supplier of metal packaging products Crown plans to install a second two-piece beverage can line at its existing facility in Bangi, Malaysia and a new two-piece beverage can plant in...

Metso to supply containerboard machine for Kipas Kagit mill
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Finnish technology services company Metso has secured an €80m order from Turkish Kipaş Kağıt Sanayi İşletmeleri for a containerboard machine to be supplied to a new mill in...

IP, Temple-Inland deal receives Antitrust approval
Monday, February 13, 2012 Global paper and packaging company International Paper (IP) has received approval from the Antitrust Division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to take over Temple-Inland in a deal worth...

Bosch to acquire Eisai machinery business units
Monday, February 13, 2012 Germany-based Bosch Packaging Technology has announced plans to acquire the machinery business units of Japanese pharmaceutical company...

Abbott introduces BPA-free baby bottle
Friday, February 10, 2012 Abbott Nutrition, a division of global health care company Abbott, has launched a new BPA-free baby bottle, designed with features that provide comfort during feeding, the company...

Australian Government defends plain tobacco packaging
Friday, February 10, 2012 The Australian Government claims that is has the legal right to enforce plain tobacco packaging in a defence filing with the High Court, as it responds to a legal suit filed by four global...

Smurfit Kappa posts rise in annual revenue
Thursday, February 09, 2012 Irish paper and packaging group Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) reported a 10% rise in 2011 revenue of €7.36bn compared to €6.68bn a year ago, while the company’s earnings before interest,...

Tesco to trial new packaging technology
Thursday, February 09, 2012 Supermarket giant Tesco will deploy new packaging designed to keep its fruit and vegetables fresher for longer period, as part of its effort to reduce food waste in the...

US plastic recycling on a rise, says report
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 The recycling of post-consumer plastic bags and wraps in the US reached approximately 972 million lbs in 2010, reflecting a 14% increase since 2009 and an increase of 50% since 2005, according...

BPF: UK government plastics recycling targets unrealistic
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has slammed the UK government's proposed plastics packaging recycling targets, saying that they were...