Mikoh has launched the SecureContainer, a durable, reusable container with a closing system and tamper-resistant seal.
26/09/2007
Lightweight, high technical performance, ease of industrialisation and possibility of personalising the container: this was SIPA's aim in developing the new 10.9g bottle to be used for still and sparkling water.
09/01/2008
Container deposits on cans and bottles are to double in South Australia.
12/02/2008
The food and beverage industry has questioned the South Australian government's decision to double the container deposit levy on beverage containers from 5 to 10 cents.
13/02/2008
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has called on Environment Ministers to reject calls for a national container deposit system.
16/04/2008
Australians are looking for more container recycling facilities especially when they are away from home, according a new study by leading polling organisation UMR Research.
05/11/2009
A new chocolate desert has hit the shelves with packaging as warm and tempting as the desert itself.
27/08/2007
FlowPack’s pillow-pack style of packaging, which has long been used for a variety of consumer goods, is now specifically designed for fresh produce.
13/11/2008
Demand for beverage containers in China is projected to increase 8.2 per cent per annum to 298 billion units in 2012 according to the latest research from the Freedonia Group.
01/07/2009
Viscount Plastics and Dulux have achieved a breakthrough in plastic packaging technology set to invigorate the Australian paint industry. It will change the traditional use of the metal paint can forever.
11/11/2009
The DuPont Vespel family of products delivers improved glass contact part life, reduced damage to the glass and cuts costs in the glass container industry.
11/11/2009
During 2007, Nestle New Zealand took the opportunity to make some adjustments to their traditional packaging for Maggie stocks an desserts, and said goodbye to the trustee tin can with the help of Viscount Plastics.
15/01/2008
The Enercon Super Seal is a robust, portable and very reliable induction sealing machine well suited for production in food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical manufacturing plants.
11/02/2008
Accuweigh’s Budpak branch recently commissioned a carton palletiser fitted with a special gripper for simultaneously palletising both cartons and drums, of vegetable oils at Cargill’s processing plant in Newcastle.
20/08/2009
PET Engineering signs an exclusive beer bottle characterized by concave bottom and asymmetric shape.
12/03/2008
A new US study finds demand for cosmetic and toiletry containers is projected to increase 2.8 percent per year to 25.5 billion units in 2012.
17/04/2008
US demand for food containers is projected to increase 2.5 per cent per year to $25 billion in 2013, or more than 300 billion units, the Freedonia Research Group says.
15/05/2009
Introducing Container Deposit Legislation (CDL) in Australia was not as simple or inexpensive as many people believe, according to a Senate inquiry report released yesterday (Thursday 17 September 2009).
18/09/2009
Southern Bar-B-Que Sauce, Inc. has become the first company that produces barbeque seasonings and sauces to introduce a product in an inverted bottle.
19/11/2009
Nestle New Zealand (NZ) and Australia partnered with Viscount Plastics NZ to design and produce a plastic container to replace the metal cans previously used for packaging and distributing Maggi stocks and desserts to the institutional catering trade in both countries.
02/08/2007