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Packaging show in Mexico City exhibits strong environmental focus
Mexico - Sustainable solutions gain prominence at Expo Pack Mexico, 26-29 June 2012 at Centro Banamex, Mexico City as a Sustainability Pavilion joins established programs. “Sustainable manufacturing is...
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Lack of cans affects dairy industry
Venezuela – The Dairy Industry Chamber of Venezuela (Cavilac) recently revealed that there is no enough cans available in the country to comply with the demand. Since the state-run company Sidor is...
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SIG Combibloc expands Tirol’s portfolio
Brazil – Third largest UHT milk processor in Brazil, Dairy Industries Tirol has increased the investment in SIG Combibloc packages for a limited line of products. Frutein, a new soft drink based in...
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Plasticos Alusa buys Carvajal’s subsidiary
Chile – US$ 35 million was the amount offered by Chilean Plasticos Alusa to buy Colombian Empaques Flexa, a subsidiary of the giant packaging company Carvajal group. An official statement released in...
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Amcor and Velcro have got it all ‘lokked up’
Europe – Amcor Flexibles and Velcro Europe have formed a strategic partnership to bring an innovative easy-to-open and re-seal system to the fresh and dairy flexible packaging market. Developed as the...
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Laser-based MAP solution for fresh produce sector
Australia - While high demand from on-the-go consumers is driving the market for convenience products like ready meals and ready cut fresh produce, consumers have also raised concerns over the...
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Biodegradable film is a sweet sensation
Europe – Innovia Films’ cellulose-based compostable NatureFlex barrier-coated NE film is providing a fairytale ending for the flow wrap packaging used by a premium brand of confectionery that has...
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Berg2Beach clean-up campaign
South Africa – Plastics SA, the umbrella organisation for South Africa’s plastics industry, is using National Water Week (March 18 to 23) as a platform to launch one of the Sustainability Council’s...
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BRC standard introduced to packaging
Australia - The month of April will see local packaging companies acquainting themselves with a stringent new set of international standards for food packaging and safety, which will have implications...
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Qapco opens South African office
Mohammed Yousef Al-Mulla (Qapco’s vice chairman and CEO) and Bashir Al Sherawi (Qatar Ambassador to South Africa) cut the ribbon marking the inauguration of Qapco’s representative office in Cape Town....
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