packaging news French Champagne Makers Try for a Greener Bottle France’s Champagne industry is trying to cut the carbon dioxide it emits transporting billions of tiny bubbles around the world.   nytimes.com   2010-09-01 Science Illustrated: A Boat From Bottles Plastiki, environmentally-friendly boat made of 12,000 reclaimed two-liter bottles, begins 10,000-mile trip from San Francisco to Sydney, Australia; boat can use wind, solar and pedal power; drawing   query.nytimes.com   2010-08-28 Protection in Nifty Packaging: Finalists for New York Condom Wrapper Contest City room blog; New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announces five finalists in its design competition for condom wrappers; people will vote on final design which will wrap around millions of Lifestyles condoms promoting safe-sex; photos   query.nytimes.com   2010-08-24 A Design Campaign for Bananas Chiquita makes the most of minimal packaging with a sticker-remixing stunt.   nytimes.com   2010-08-21 Maker of Hefty Bags Is Sold The Reynolds Group, a unit of the Rank Group, acquired Pactiv Corporation of lake Forest, Ill., for about $6 billion including debt.   nytimes.com   2010-08-18 Single-Use Coffee Pods a Conundrum Green Mountain Coffee Roasters promotes its environmental record, but most of its sales last year came from nonrecyclable single-use pods.   nytimes.com   2010-08-11 Cost of Freight Shipping Rises, Hurting Retailers As retailers cut inventory, the shipping industry scaled back, leading to higher prices and regular delays.   nytimes.com   2010-08-03 OP-ART; The Plastic Forest Bryan Graf Op-Art piece commemorates Earth Day with photographs of discarded plastic bags he found near his home; holds it is time to reflect on relationship between humankind and nature; photos   query.nytimes.com   2010-07-18 Leslie Buck, Designer of Iconic Coffee Cup, Dies at 87 The Grecian design seems to have been here forever, as if bestowed on New York by the gods. But in fact, it was created by man.   nytimes.com   2010-07-18 U.S. Concerned About The Risks From A Plastic Food and Drug Administration expresses concerns about possible health risks from bisphenol-A (BPA), widely used component of plastic bottles and food packaging that it declared safe in 2008; is concerned about potential effects of BPA on brain, behavior and prostate gland of fetuses, infants and children; will join other federal health agencies in studying chemical in animals and humans; action is another example of drug agency under Obama administration becoming more aggressive in taking hard ...   query.nytimes.com   2010-07-15 NEWS ANALYSIS; In Recall, Role Model Stumbles Johnson & Johnson division McNeil Consumer Healthcare's recall of several hundred batches of popular over-the-counter medicines comes 20 months after after first consumer complaints about moldy-smelling bottles, drawing harsh criticism from federal officials who say company did not respond quickly enough; industry analysts say slow response is seemingly out of character for one of America's trusted corporations and brands; recall may cause public backlash, encouraging consumers to opt for less ...   query.nytimes.com   2010-07-15 Celebrating Half a Century Of Loud, Soothing Pops City Room blog celebrates 50th anniversary of Bubble Wrap's creation; photo   query.nytimes.com   2010-07-15 The New Old Way to Tote Your Beer Growlers 64-ounce glass vessels that look like a moonshine jug have become the beer accessory of the moment.   nytimes.com   2010-07-15 With Kleenex, the Package Is Part of the Product Kleenex packages made to look like slices of watermelon, orange or lime are meant to keep the product “relevant” when it is not cold and flu season.   nytimes.com   2010-07-09 LETTERS; Making A Beer Run Jean Kennedy Hunter letter comments on Jan 27 article about growlers, glass vessels for carrying beer   query.nytimes.com   2010-07-02 Australia Fights Tobacco With Taxes and Plain Packs Proposed rules would increase a tax on tobacco products and, starting July 2012, restrict the use of logos and colors on packaging.   nytimes.com   2010-04-30 The Toxic Side of Being, Literally, Green The cruel truth is that most forms of the color green, the most powerful symbol of sustainable design, can be damaging to the environment.   nytimes.com   2010-04-04 New E.P.A. Scrutiny Is Set for a Chemical in Plastics The government will add BPA, which is widely used in food and drink packaging, to a list of chemicals of concern because of potential adverse impacts on the environment and human and animal health.   nytimes.com   2010-03-30 Coded to Obey Law, Lights Become Marlboro Gold Tobacco companies plan to use light packaging to identify “light” cigarettes, which critics say skirts the law.   nytimes.com   2010-02-19 Smurfit Kappa Wins Coveted WorldStar Award Smurfit Kappa has been awarded a highly coveted WorldStar Packaging award for its 'Gun Box', which was created specially for brewers Hall & Woodhouse.Presented by the World Packaging Organisation, WorldStars are only given to packages judged to be superior in their own right and better in class by execution or innovation by comparison. 129 packages from across all sectors around the world were awarded WorldStars for 2010 and, of these, only six were picked from the UK.Designed as a limited edition collector's pack to launch the new bottle shape for Badger Ales, Smurfit Kappa's B-fl...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-02-12 TER HELL Takes Over the Distribution of AddiFlex Eco-Intelligent Additives Since the beginning of the new year the distribution, production and trading corporation TER HELL & CO. has also been distributing AddiFlex®. The manufacturer of this eco-intelligent additive system solution is the Swedish company Add-X Biotech. With the help of such innovative additives packaging materials such as standard plastics (e.g. PE, PP, and PVC) become oxo-biodegradable.During the composting process the long polymers disintegrate into water, carbon dioxide and biomass. This procedure allows packaging manufacturers around the world to actively support and conform to strin...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-02-10 TER HELL & CO. GMBH New Distributor of Add-X Biotech's AddiFlex Eco-Intelligent Additive System Since the beginning of 2010 the distribution, production and trading corporation TER HELL & CO. GMBH is also distributing AddiFlex®, an eco-intelligent additive system solution by Swedish company Add-X Biotech AB.With the help of such innovative additives packaging materials including standard plastics, for example PE, PP, and PVC, become oxo-biodegradable. This allows packaging manufacturers around the world to actively support and conform to stringent environmental specifications. The optimised application of AddiFlex to products also reduces the levels of raw materials and energ...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-02-10 High Barrier Compostable Packaging Film Increases Shelf Life of Fair Trade Chocolate Innovia Films' high barrier compostable material NatureFlex™ NK has been selected by Dutch company Amigos International to wrap its new range of Ananda fair trade, organic dark chocolate from Ecuador.Available in five mouth-watering flavours with a minimum of 70% cocoa content, Ananda means "ecstasy" in Sanskrit and Pali and is a popular Buddhist name. Eating regular small amounts of dark chocolate can benefit your health due to its happiness-producing particles, so-called Anandamides.Amigos International believes in fair trade principles and works closely with farmers, proce...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-02-03 BERICAP's PUSH PULL Sports Cap Next Generation BERICAP's PUSH PULL Sports Cap Next Generation is a new closure solution for 'On-the-Go' consumption combining an attractive and consumer-friendly design with the latest, state-of-the-art technical developments.There are sports closures suitable for aseptic filling in the market, many of which have low flow rates or require very complex treatment of the closure in the filling and closing process.Due to its new design the PUSH PULL Next Generation corresponds to all requirements for the aseptic filling of beverages as this sports closure is suitable for both wet and dry decontamination....   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-28 BrandWatch Leads the Fight Against Counterfeit Medical Products Counterfeit medical products are becoming an international epidemic. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than 8% of the medical devices in circulation are counterfeit. The offending products may be assembled from inferior-quality components, or worse yet, from fake parts that could contain toxic materials. In either case the dangers are the same. Counterfeit medical devices pose a significant liability to the manufacturers and a health risk to both the patients and healthcare providers that could result in injury, permanent disability, or even death.In response to th...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-28 In Mayor’s Plan, the Plastic Bag Will Carry a Fee Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg called for charging shoppers 6 cents for every plastic bag needed at the register, which could generate $16 million a year for the city.   nytimes.com   2010-01-28 Food Vendors: A Thai Tradition With a Twist of Innovation An exhibition in Bangkok highlights inventive new ways of serving street cuisine.   nytimes.com   2010-01-28

packaging news KRELUS Unveils New Full-Area Modular Infrared Heaters KRELUS, a leading manufacturer and supplier of custom-made infrared radiation systems, has unveiled its new KRELUS-MINI full-area modular infrared heaters. These innovative units have a uniform setting, edge-zone setting and individual setting, to meet differing applications.KRELUS provide bespoke infrared radiation systems for a wide range of industries and applications, including thermoforming; textile, film, paper and foil coating; embossing calendars; laminating machines; pre-drying and heating equipment....   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-21 Romaco Provides First Siebler StripTabs Line to Ankur Drugs and Pharma Romaco has developed the first Siebler StripTabs™ line for Indian contract manufacturer ANKUR Drugs and Pharma Ltd. The system's innovative design was specially created for the production and packaging of pharmaceutical film tablets.For the first time, this novel drug delivery system will contain active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). Taken orally, the wafer-thin StripTabs dissolve on the tongue in seconds. This type of medication, which is based on a starch and polymer solution, is used in pain and hormone therapies, as well for treating erectile dysfunction. StripTabs are current...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-21 AlpVision Achieves Profitability Five Years in Succession Despite a weak global economy affecting businesses, who were faced with theneed to shrink expenses and investments, AlpVision was able tomaintain its profitability in 2009 for the fifth consecutive year. This wasachieved even while increasing the company's headcount and officespace by 25% in response to the demand for deployment of newanti-counterfeiting programmes.The number of Cryptoglyph® andFingerprint™ users both increased significantly worldwide. AlpVisionalso increased its presence at major events, notably at 11 exhibitionsand seminars in 2009, including tw...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-20 AlpVision to Demonstrate Fingerprint at Pharmapack Exhibition AlpVision will showcase Fingerprint™, a world-leading technology for authentication of genuine medicine tablets without any markings, at the Pharmapack exhibition in Paris, to be held on the 1-2 February 2010.Roland Meylan, AlpVision's co-founder, will feature in a session on product security for protection against counterfeit tablets on 1 Feb 2010 starting at 11:20am in the exhibition's auditorium. This session will be chaired by Jean-Marc Bobée, director of anti-counterfeit strategy at Sanofi-Aventis, and Professor Jean-Claude Chaumeil of the Université René Desc...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-20 ADAM Software Raises Capital to Establish Leadership in the Global DAM Market ADAM Software has closed 2009 with double-digit growth, having built a strong management team and secured a number of highly visible customer contracts.To continue this accelerated growth over the next three years and strengthen the enterprise for its customers, ADAM is raising its capital by securing a private placement. Prana, the investment company of Guido van der Schueren, will make up a major part of this placement and Arkafund will invest in ADAM for a second time to enhance its shareholder's position.ADAM Software is growing fast in the digital asset management (DAM) space in t...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-20 ADAM Kick Off Conference to be Held 26 January 2010 With more than 150 registrants already, the 5th ADAM Kick Off conference is fast becoming one Europe's leading events focusing on digital asset management (DAM). This year's event will be held on Tuesday 26 January 2010, in Ghent, Belgium.Why attend?Meet with professionals from leading, global MarCom/media organisations Join discussions on what's happening in the world of DAM with industry experts Learn about recent ADAM customer cases, and how ADAM can help your organisation Get product introductions to the ADAM platformBenefit from key analysts' insights, including Forrester Co...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-18 Study Examines Economic Impact of ADAM's Digital Asset Management Platform A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of ADAM Software examines the total economic impact and return on investment (ROI) enterprises may achieve by deploying ADAM's digital asset management solution.The study illustrates the financial impact of deploying ADAM's solution at a large US-based marketing agency with more than 2,000 employees. The organisation, which is part of an even larger group, offers direct marketing services, including a broad data-solutions component.The client explained that ADAM not only provided digital asset-management capabilities but also...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-18 ADAM Software Acquires New Team Members ADAM Software is strengthening its team to respond to the accelerating growth of the company and the wider acceptance of the ADAM platform by leading industry players.To support an expanding international customer base, ADAM Software has hired Cheyenne Demaertelare as business controller, while the development team has been enhanced with the arrival of Dave Van den Eynde, who was previously a contributor to the ADAM Developer blog. Brand owners, meanwhile, will benefit from the expertise brought in by Niels Goossen, who joins the sales team....   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-18 ADAM Achieves Excellent Efficiency at Elopak InfoTrends, a leading worldwide market research and strategic consulting firm for the digital imaging and document solutions industry, has written a report on the ADAM software platform's implementation at Elopak, the third-largest global liquid packaging production provider in the world.As print-run lengths continue to get shorter, print service providers (PSPs) like Elopak have been forced to achieve operational 'super-efficiency', especially in their prepress process. Although many PSPs take a siloed approach to application development — purchasing many 'boxes' — a more viable...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-18 Smurfit Kappa Unveils Zidstand, a High Impact, Competitively Priced and Easy to Erect PoS Europe's leading paper-based packaging manufacturer Smurfit Kappa has developed the 'Zidstand' - a cost-effective, high impact and easy to use new point of display unit. It is currently being used by Hayman Distillers to advertise their London Dry Gin within retailers, where it is expected to create an uplift in product sales.The Zidstand has been created as a quality sales aid to advertise the launch of new products and services. It is designed for use within a retail environment, but is suitable for use in a variety of promotional settings, including shopping centres, exhibitions and...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-18 BrandWatch Authentication Solutions Help Wine Producers Stomp Out Counterfeit Wines An alarming number of fake California wines are being sold in Asia as authentic imports. Counterfeiting does not just damage the brand owner's reputation and result in loss of revenue, but may also expose the owner to liability and the consumer to harm. What are the consequences if wine is produced without health department inspections, sanitizing safeguards, quality control tests, product purity, and proper storage? How long before these counterfeit bottles of wine appear in America, on the shelves of your local wine retailer, or in your glass at your favorite restaurant?Counterfeiting is...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-18 PAC Machinery Group Announces New Western Regional Sales Manager The PAC Machinery Group (PMG) has announced a new employee due to continued growth of its sales and marketing division. Ted Marquis, with over 30 years of sales experience in the packaging industry, has been named western regional sales manager. Ted was president of MARQ Packaging of Yakima, Washington, and prior to that he was president of MARQ'S engineering services division. Ted has served on numerous industry association committees.Serge Berguig, CEO and president of the PAC Machinery Group stated, "Ted's packaging equipment experience and knowledge, along with his ability to identify ...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-15 Saito Group Expands - Consolidation of Two Sites Completed and New Facility in Vietnam Approved Following a rigorous examination of operating methods, in 2009 Saito Group embarked on a path of consolidation of its manufacturing facilities into two sites. This consolidation process enhances the capability of the two sites and eliminates needless duplication.The Brisbane, Australia, site has been expanded as has the site in Tawari Street, Mt. Eden, Auckland."We have been very successful in recent times, winning work as a result of our investment four years ago in advanced label manufacturing capability and our NZ-based ongoing R&D effort. In today's market, as clients look to r...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-13 The 17 Million Piece Lady – 'Olympic Champion' Koppers treatment facility in Picton, Western Australia, were one of the early adopters of the HandiTagger system for identifying and branding their treated timber product.As part of her daily tasks, Sam Watts is responsible for the ticketing of every piece of treated timber.It is estimated that over the six years that Sam has been doing this, she has tagged over 17 million pieces. Sam is enthusiastic about the performance of the equipment. To keep the equipment in good working order and to make her job efficient, Sam insists on the regular routine of lubrication and service to mainta...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-13 Mondi Consumer Flexibles Builds New Powerhouse for Flexoprinting in Great Britain Following several modernisation projects and investments, Mondi Consumer Flexibles has established a new powerhouse for flexoprinting in Great Britain. Investmentsin the production site have led to an expansion of the plant by 2,500m², creating focused manufacturing zones and increasing efficiency of processes and material flow.In addition, a new 2,600m² warehouse was taken in operation, equipped with a computerised location scanningsystem and linked up wirelessly to the main enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The newadditions to the manufacturing facility significa...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-11 Eltromat Strengthens Sales Team eltromat is restructuring its sales organisation in response to the increasing internationalisation of its customers and the shift in important markets.eltromat will divide its sales team into the sales areas North America, South America, Europe / Africa and Asia. The well-proven support of key accounts will be reinforced.In doing so the supplier of quality assurance and register control systems will assure the delivery of target-oriented services for each market. This includes the individual adaptation of products to the respective market conditions. Klaus Hamacher will be in char...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-11 OxySense Appoints Lora Tradex as its Distributor in India OxySense, Inc., the leader in optical oxygen testing and monitoring systems for the packaging industries, has announced the appointment of Lora Tradex Pvt. Ltd., a division of PBJ Industrial Electronics Pvt. Ltd., as its representative for the full line of OxySense systems and accessories throughout India.Lora Tradex has been serving the packaging industries in India for more than 40 years. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, the company has nine sales and service branches located throughout the country."The rapidly growing Indian packaging market offers a significant opportunity for OxySe...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-11 Scavenger Closure for Beer PET Bottles Successfully Introduced in China The world market for beer filled in PET bottles and closed by plastic screw caps is steadily growing. Germany was the first of several countries, mainly in Eastern Europe, to introduce beer in PET bottles. To secure the quality of the beer BERICAP introduced an oxygen scavenger, which absorbed the oxygen in the headspace of the PET beer bottle. This was an important development as beer is an oxygen-sensitive product and to absorb the oxygen was an important step to secure the quality of the beer during its shelf life. BERICAP initially introduced the DoubleSeal SuperShorty® Crown O...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-08 New Whitepaper from AlpVision Outlines How to Prevent Counterfeiting Using Standard Packaging and Labelling AlpVision is an industry leader in the development of covert solutions to protect products and brands against counterfeiting.AlpVision's new whitepaper, 'Low-Cost, Effective, Invisible Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions to Protect Various Layers of Packaging and Labelling at No Extra Production Cost', explains how digital imaging and Internet technologies can be used to protect branded products against counterfeiting using standard packaging and labelling.Click here to download this free whitepaper. ...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-07 AlpVision to Exhibit its Invisible Anti-Counterfeiting Solutions at Pharmapack 2010 Pharmapack 2010 will be held 1-2 February at the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, France. AlpVision will exhibit at stand number B04, where it will showcase its cost-effective invisible anti-counterfeiting solutions to protect off-product (primary, secondary and tertiary packaging) and on-product (medicine tablets, bottles and moulded packaging parts) against counterfeits.AlpVision will showcase Fingerprint™, a world premiere for authenticating genuine medicine tablets versus counterfeited ones, without any markings. Roland Meylan will present a session on product security to pro...   packaging-gateway.com   2010-01-06 ULMA: Experience and Innovation in Blister Packaging ULMA Packaging, a leader in the manufacturing of packaging machines and systems, has improved its Univers machine model designed for continuous production of blister-type packs. It is focused to non-food industries such as electronics and electricity, office and publishing stationery, spare parts, hardware, household, drugstore and personal care, toys, etc.With an accumulated experience of 50 years in packaging and more than 15 in blister packaging, ULMA brings an automatic blister pack offer reached after a constant evolution path. This machine includes different characteristics that make...   packaging-gateway.com   2009-12-24 IoPP Launches Sustainability Packaging Committee A new task group has been formed by the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) to address the unique challenges sustainability brings to the medical device packaging industry.The IoPP Sustainability Packaging Committee task was proposed at HealthPack 2008 by the Medical Device Packaging Technical Committee's co-chairs Alison Tyler, of Beacon Converters, and Harold Reisman, of CR Bard. Members of IoPP were encouraged to establish this committee because of the increasing necessity for an environmental focus and the inimitable challenges sterilisable packaging brings to the sustainabilit...   packaging-gateway.com   2009-12-12 Your Personal Invitation to the ADAM Kick Off 2010 Conference Why are ADAM customers such as LEGO, Microsoft, Elopak and many more shifting their focus from cost control to proven ROI?ADAM Software has changed the view on digital asset management from a super file system into a business execution system. At the fifth ADAM Kick Off conference we present customer cases, product introductions and analysts' insights. Take the opportunity, together with more than 120 professionals from leading organisations, to discuss what's happening in your world of DAM.Date: Tuesday 26 January 2010Hours: 2.30pm-12am CETLocation: Archipel Business C...   packaging-gateway.com   2009-12-10