08-Jul-2010 - An Indian firm is targeting UK food manufacturers with a novel vegetable-based organic greaseproof paper that can be re-used three times and withstand temperatures of up to 200°C.
02-Jul-2010 - A lifecycle analysis (LCA) study comparing the carbon footprint of plastic reusable transit packaging (RTP) with corrugated board has triggered wider debate about the transparency of LCA data and the way such studies are audited and reported.
02-Jul-2010 - New bottle designs from Italy are using glass colour and shaping to differentiate wine brands, while closer to home, the environment continues to dominate brand communication in the sector.
02-Jul-2010 - Tetra Pak says its operational cost reduction (OCR) programme, successfully implemented at one UK customer, is being rolled out at a further three, and will gradually be extended to others. .
01-Jul-2010 - Flexibility and speed are the main benefits of a new Schubert automated packaging line chosen by confectionery maker Thorntons to pack a wide variety of its assorted chocolates.
08-Jun-2010 - Arla Foods has marked the start of commercial cream production at its new £70m creamery in Leeds with the launch of new injection-moulded, in‐mould label pots.
04-Jun-2010 - At last month's Total Processing & Packaging show, Bosch Packaging Technology gave pride of place to its portfolio of delta robots.
04-Jun-2010 - When it comes to the various indicators of a brand's ethical credibility, packaging can punch above its weight, according to research from Datamonitor.
04-Jun-2010 - The recent Loughborough University report on oxodegradable plastics was supposed to draw a line under the long-running argument between the champions of different types of degradability.
04-Jun-2010 - The plastics industry wants the new government to do more to promote plastic packaging as a solution to food chain waste, rather than see it as a source of the problem.
04-Jun-2010 - The plastics packaging industry has called on the new government to make new decentralised waste-to-energy plants a central part of its energy policy.
01-Jun-2010 - Milk Link has created Grip Strip packaging, using a 'Velcro' style hook and loop system it claims is easier to reseal, in partnership with specialist technology firm Aplix.
01-May-2010 - A recent evaluation of conventional and robot palletisers by Chronos BTH shows a combined equipment base of more than 700 installations around the world. Reflecting this expertise, the stand at Total will feature a Chrono-Pal RP Robot Palletiser, which utilises a Fanuc robot palletising arm.
01-May-2010 - Allen Coding Systems will be showing a wide range of high- performance laser, thermal transfer and carton coding and marking equipment.
01-May-2010 - French food firm Marie Surgelés has selected Ishida to design and install a new line to weigh and pack ready meals into microwavable trays.
01-May-2010 - Smaller glass manufacturers and distributors have reported greater interest among premium and speciality food suppliers for custom designs and 'families' of containers.
01-May-2010 - If biodegradable and compostable packaging has been suffering as a result of a consumer shift away from costlier organics, then at least one supplier detects signs of returning confidence. Clondalkin group company Van der Windt UK is adding a series of compostable trays formed from sugar cane bagasse to its packaging range.
01-May-2010 - The arrival of fresh milk in pouches as well as polybottles opens up the prospect of alternative packaging formats for consumers with different environmental priorities.
26-Apr-2010 - An inventor behind a novel packaging concept that would enable food manufacturers to package multiple snack bars, coffee granules and other products at up to 12 times the speed of conventional flow wrappers, is looking for a partner to take his idea to market.
15-Apr-2010 - One of the latest examples of clear barrier polypropylene (PP) twinned with an oxygen scavenger underlines the benefits of this type of food pack, particularly given the wider sustainability debate, says supplier RPC Bebo.
15-Apr-2010 - A study commissioned by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), from Loughborough University has confirmed what many have long suspected: that so-called 'oxodegradable' plastics are neither strictly speaking 'degradable' nor environmentally beneficial, as is often claimed.
15-Apr-2010 - Retailers and food manufacturers have been quick to sign up to Courtauld Commitment Two (CC2), the second phase of the voluntary agreement to reduce the environmental impact of packaging and waste.
22-Mar-2010 - Downsizing its Easter egg packaging has delivered a surprising number of operational as well as environmental benefits, Cadbury has revealed. Cadbury has cut the packaging weight...
15-Mar-2010 - The Food Standards Agency (FSA) Board last week accepted a recommendation in a House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report to compile a confidential...
01-Mar-2010 - The current priority for modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) systems for meat and poultry is not to provide improved barrier or longer shelf-life, according to a...