The government's work programme, partnering with industry to grow New Zealand's high-value food and beverage exports, is expected to benefit New Zealand's packaging industry as demand for more and innovative packaging increases.
11/07/2007
PACKAGING company, Amcor, has released its interim profit results for six months ended 31 December 2009.
02/03/2010
Global demand for plastics processing machinery is forecast to climb 4.7 per cent annually through 2012 to almost US $25 billion.
06/11/2008
A new report released by McCrindle Research indicates skills shortages and the associated workplace expectations of Generation Y will continue in the future.
24/08/2007
The printing industry continues to be in recession according to the December 2007 quarter national accounts figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
11/03/2008
Members of the food, beverage, packaging and manufacturing industries are now invited to submit abstracts under the theme Climate of Change: Towards a Sustainable Packaging Industry, for the 2008 Australian Institute of Packaging National Conference that will be held from June 12th to 13th, 2008, at Luna Park, Sydney.
07/08/2007
According to PMMI’s 2007 Shipments and Outlook Study, US packaging machinery shipments reached $6.110 billion in 2006, a 6% increase from the $5.765 billion in equipment shipped in 2005.
27/08/2007
Retail ready packaging (RRP) and sustainable distribution will be the focus of a presentation by James Tupper, ECR learning and change manager, IGD in the UK at the 2008 AIP National Conference from the 12th to 13th June.
30/11/2007
Internationally renowned experts Professor Neville Norman, Dr Peter Ellyard and Mr David Parkin have been confirmed as the keynote speakers for the highly anticipated PacPrint 09 Forums.
06/03/2009
HENKEL has predicted results will improve in the next financial year after encouraging results were announced for fiscal 2009.
10/03/2010
Amcor Ltd expects to reverse its declining profitability with a $2.44 billion purchase of Rio Tinto Ltd's packaging units that will make it a global packaging giant.
19/08/2009
The Investment Allowances offer a truly unique opportunity for business which hasn’t been offered for 20 years.
21/10/2009
The current economic crisis is making beverage companies rethink their products, systems and processes.
13/11/2009
Wine producer, Cheviot Bridge, is confident that the growth of the Long Flat B-Pak range will continue despite the global economic downturn due to its great value for money offer.
15/01/2009
Demand for rigid bulk packaging in the US is projected to increase 2.1 per cent per year to $7.0 billion in 2013 despite the economic downturn predicts the Freedonia Group.
17/04/2009
September 16-17 marked the 2008 Contract Packaging Conference in Chicago, a meeting place for the who’s who of packaging and this year Australia had something to offer.
08/10/2008
Global demand for caps and closures is forecast to expand 4.7% each year, reaching $32 billion, or 1.4 trillion units, by 2011.
20/07/2007
Sydney’s Luna Park, well known for its famous face and slogan “Just for Fun” was a spectacular venue for the recent 2008 AIP National Conference.
19/06/2008
Buyers intending to visit PacPrint 09 received good news with the announcement of the Rudd Government’s 10% Temporary Investment Allowance.
22/01/2009
While some companies are reducing the size of their products yet still charging the same amount, HUGGIES brand is offering mum’s extra nappies at no extra cost.
22/01/2010