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9 February 2010

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01/02/2010 - 02/02/2010

Paris, France

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07/03/2010 - 10/03/2010

Abu Dhabi, UAE

CFIA Rennes
09/03/2010 - 11/03/2010

Metz, France

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28/04/2010 - 30/04/2010

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18/05/2010 - 19/05/2010

Philadelphia, USA

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15/06/2010 - 18/06/2010

Moscow, Russia

Breaking Industry News

'Adapt Mobile Plants Trees With New Eco Case'

Environmental awareness is becoming the hottest fashion of the 21st Century and this year is set to reveal man...

3:04 pm 8/2/2010

Vuye boosts productivity on flexible packaging with Martin Automatic

Vuye Flexible Packaging (a division of Drukkerij Vuye) has installed Martin Automatic unwind and rewind units...

2:54 pm 8/2/2010

Rio Tinto appoints managing director, China

Rio Tinto has appointed Ian Bauert as managing director, China, with immediate effect. Ian will be based in Sh...

2:21 pm 8/2/2010

Protective packaging offers enormous environmental benefits

FP International has launched two environmentally friendly protective packaging lines, adding to its reputatio...

2:11 pm 8/2/2010

Marel announces sale of Stork Food & Dairy Systems

Marel has reached an agreement with the Dutch investor Nimbus on the sale of the Food & Dairy Systems division...

2:02 pm 8/2/2010

Blue Marlin creates refreshing new packaging for Balance Water

New York – Independent integrated branding agency Blue Marlin has created a new brand expression for Balance W...

1:49 pm 8/2/2010

PackFlow team update the research which could show the way forward for packaging recycling to 2012

The PackFlow group, which includes organisations and experts such as Valpak, INCPEN, Alupro, Corus, British Gl...

1:32 pm 8/2/2010

The Scott Partnership has been appointed to handle public relations for Payne Security

Payne Security is an operating company within the Coated & Security Products division of Filtrona plc and is o...

1:17 pm 8/2/2010

A new force in bioplastics is launched

Stanelco Plc is pleased to announce the rebranding of its fast growing bioplastics division. The new company r...

11:18 am 8/2/2010

TAPPI “PEERS” is New Name for Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference

TAPPI has announced “TAPPI PEERS Conference” will be the new name for the TAPPI EPE Conference (Engineering, P...

11:11 am 8/2/2010

OXO 'Stock' up on PET Jars from Graham Packaging

Premier Foods has launched its latest OXO innovation -- Reduced Salt Stock Granules in a PET container from Gr...

11:02 am 8/2/2010

Burt Rigid Box, Inc. has announced its alliance with industry leader Plaza Packaging

Burt Rigid Box, Inc. has announced its alliance with industry leader Plaza Packaging. Beginning today, busines...

10:52 am 8/2/2010

New Multilingual Website for Boyd Food Machinery

Boyd Food Machinery, the UK based purchaser and supplier of industrial food processing equipment launches a ne...

10:38 am 8/2/2010

Eastman Shrink Film Offers European Brands New Package Design and Marketing Opportunities

Full-body shrink film labels manufactured with Eastman Embrace™ LV copolyester, now available in Europe, enabl...

10:27 am 8/2/2010

TIMCON issues warning over price rises and challenges to timber supply

TIMCON is alerting interested parties that timber prices have increased during 2009 and are continuing to do s...

10:20 am 8/2/2010

EPSON REWARDS CUSTOMER LOYALTY WITH DISCOUNTS ON SELECTED MODELS

Existing Epson Stylus Pro owners* can enjoy discounts of up to £900 when purchasing selected models from the S...

10:18 am 8/2/2010

Qosmedix Hygienic Sampling Essentials

Qosmedix has recently increased its offering of essential hygienic sampling supplies. At very competitive pric...

10:14 am 8/2/2010

Arkema increases Acrylic Acid and Acrylic Esters prices in Europe

Arkema announces a €150/ton price increase for its acrylic monomers (acrylic acid, methyl acrylate, ethyl acry...

9:52 am 8/2/2010

ANTHEM WORLDWIDE FEATURED IN “DESIGNING FOR THE GREATER GOOD”

Anthem Worldwide, a Schawk (NYSE: SGK) Strategic Design Company, whose integrated global network provides inno...

9:46 am 8/2/2010

Citizen expands bar code and label printing operation in South Africa

Citizen Systems Europe, the leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced, rugged bar code and label printing...

9:44 am 8/2/2010

New HACCP guide completes portfolio

Fresh produce and animal feeds are important components of the food supply chain. A HACCP-based approach to fo...

9:33 am 8/2/2010

Packology: Resource and opportunity for the packaging industry

In a few months, the PACKOLOGY Exhibition of Technology for Packaging and Processing launched by the partnersh...

9:23 am 8/2/2010

5 mil Nylon Label Material for Connector, Wire, and Cable Identification (XF-300)

Polyonics, a leader in industrial identification products, introduced XF-300, a 5 mil coated nylon, pressure s...

9:10 am 8/2/2010

Pharmaceutical pouch delivers one day transit protection

Coldpack has launched a high-performance inflatable thermal envelope specifically designed for transporting sm...

8:27 am 8/2/2010

Barrier bowl provides the "balance" for Cow & Gate

A new range of meals developed especially for toddlers is benefiting from a convenient ambient packaging forma...

8:01 am 8/2/2010

High barrier compostable packaging film increases chocolate's shelf life

Innovia Films’ high barrier compostable material, NatureFlex™ NK, has been selected by a Dutch company, Amigos...

7:06 am 8/2/2010

Heraeus Infra-Red Help To Produce Environmentally-Friendly Confectionery Packaging

Short wave, infra-red emitters from Heraeus Noblelight are being used by Plantic Technologies of Jena to optim...

3:25 pm 5/2/2010

Ahlstrom commences repurchase of its own shares

Ahlstrom Corporation announces that its Board of Directors has decided to utilize the authorization given by t...

1:40 pm 5/2/2010

BASF raises prices for ethanolamines, ethyleneamines and isopropanolamines in Europe

With immediate effect, BASF is increasing the sales prices for ethanolamines, ethyleneamines and isopropanolam...

1:35 pm 5/2/2010

Buyer Sought For Western Corrugated Factory in Cwmbran, South Wales

Cardiff based commercial property consultancy, GVA Grimley, has been appointed by Jonathan Pope and Richard Hi...

1:30 pm 5/2/2010

Gabriel-Chemie Austria in its Jubilee Year

Gabriel-Chemie Ges.m.b.H. is celebrating two anniversaries at once this year: 60 years of company existence an...

11:38 am 5/2/2010

Institute of Packaging Professionals Elects Mary Slaga A Vice President

The Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) has elected Mary Slaga vice president-chapters. In this capac...

11:23 am 5/2/2010

CATALENT PHARMA SOLUTIONS APPOINTS CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER TO LEAD INNOVATION ACTIVITIES

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc. announced today the appointment of Kurt Nielsen, Ph.D. as Chief Technology Off...

11:08 am 5/2/2010

NewPage To Launch OptiprimeTM Digital Label Paper At The Dscoop Annual Conference

NewPage Corporation has announced the introduction of its new HP Indigo certified OptiPrime Digital label pape...

11:07 am 5/2/2010

Silgan Announces Record Earnings and Strong Cash Flow for the Full Year 2009

Silgan Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq:SLGN), a leading supplier of consumer goods packaging products, today reported fu...

10:57 am 5/2/2010

Superfos wraps it up: All efforts count but packaging is just a part of the big CO2 picture

Many consumers consider it an environmentally friendly behaviour to avoid food products in packaging. They are...

10:50 am 5/2/2010

EPG NAMED EXCLUSIVE WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTOR OF COLORTRONIX PRODUCTS

Essex Products Group (www.epg-inc.com), the Connecticut based manufacturer of KeyColor integrated ink contro...

10:47 am 5/2/2010

SKion exceeds threshold of 95 percent of the ALTANA shares and makes squeeze out request

The SKion GmbH has informed ALTANA that as of Tuesday it is holding 129,342,421 shares, i.e. 95,04 percent of...

10:35 am 5/2/2010

Xeikon Extends Environmental Sustainability Leadership

World’s greenest manufacturer of printing equipment and consumables teams with one of the primary energy produ...

10:24 am 5/2/2010

AMCOR LAUNCHES NEW GLOBAL BRAND

Amcor announces today the launch of a new global brand. Coinciding with the acquisition of the Alcan Packaging...

10:14 am 5/2/2010

ALCAN PACKAGING ACQUISITION COMPLETE

Amcor announces today that the acquisition of the Alcan Packaging businesses has been completed. This acquisit...

10:08 am 5/2/2010

European tube industry: inventiveness to tackle economic crisis

Despite the global economic crisis, the European tube industry was uncompromisingly pursuing its commitment to...

10:01 am 5/2/2010

Higher Standard of Security by New Check of Syringes for Pierced Needle Shields

Seidenader Maschinenbau GmbH, one of the leading suppliers of automatic inspection machines for the pharmaceut...

9:55 am 5/2/2010

Packaging line for nanobiotechnological beauty products

Nanobiocare is a packaging line for nanobiotechnological beauty products which contain particles of gold (Au)...

9:54 am 5/2/2010

LFH refreshes packaging for Arwa water

Arwa, the bottled water brand owned by The Coca-Cola Company, is being re-launched with new packaging design b...

9:39 am 5/2/2010

Fortune favours the bold in the Tweenie and Teen comsuer market

From holograms and hot stamping foils to creatively shaped containers and the use of brash colours, the appear...

8:57 am 5/2/2010

Packaging manufacturer highly satisfied with large format from Heidelberg

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) made its debut in format class 6 in June 2008 when packaging manuf...

8:40 am 5/2/2010

Grandstand for Big Brands at UK’s Largest Food and Drink Trade Shows

Well-known brands from every part of the food and drink sector will be in Birmingham from 21-24 March 2010, de...

8:17 am 5/2/2010

Stora Enso launches Performa Bright

Stora Enso enters the New Year with a revised carton board offering and new product launches. At the ProSweets...

2:40 pm 4/2/2010

Sun Chemical confirms Ultrachem as National Distributor

Sun Chemical has announced a new distribution arrangement for its Commercial Sheetfed inks and Consumables pro...

2:28 pm 4/2/2010

Atlantic Zeiser presents cutting edge technologies for card personalization at Prepaid Expo in Las V

Focusing on significant benefits for the entire payment card value chain including substantially lower persona...

2:27 pm 4/2/2010

STATEMENT by SYMPHONY IN RESPONSE TO “POSITION-PAPER” ISSUED BY “BIOPLASTICS COUNCIL” in JANUARY 201

All plastics will degrade and then biodegrade, but normal and recycled plastics can take decades to do this. P...

2:21 pm 4/2/2010

LINPAC division wins Dulux Australia 'Supplier Excellence Award' following major paint container inn

LINPAC Viscount, the division of LINPAC Group serving the Asia Pacific region, has received the ‘Dulux Austral...

2:10 pm 4/2/2010

Hawesko on a successful course

The wine trading group Hawesko Holding AG (HAW, HAWG.DE, DE0006042708) published its preliminary results for t...

1:58 pm 4/2/2010

RAKO also uses the Gallus RCS for offset printing

The RAKO GROUP is one of the largest and most modern adhesive label manufacturers in Europe. The group's workf...

1:29 pm 4/2/2010

Arpeco® is purchased by Mark Andy, Inc.

Arpeco, the popular line of US-made inspection rewind equipment, has been acquired by Mark Andy, Inc. The bran...

11:27 am 4/2/2010

Serac innovates with a breakthrough in H2O2 packaging decontamination

While packaging sterilization by means of hydrogen peroxide vapor (H2O2) is widely used in food processing, Se...

10:50 am 4/2/2010

Alpha Packaging Introduces Larger Sizes of PET Liquid Bottles Using Reheat and Blow Molding Process

Alpha Packaging, a leading manufacturer of plastic bottles and jars for the personal care, pharmaceutical and...

10:47 am 4/2/2010

NewPage Introduces EcopointTM Plus Bottle Label Paper With 10 Percent Recycled Fiber

NewPage Corporation has announced the introduction of EcoPoint™ Plus, a new high-performance bottle label pape...

10:39 am 4/2/2010

Today’s top stories

9 February 2010

Access 280,000 packaging buyers for the very first time

Rosinski to build on success with European growth

Master Packaging Achieves One Hundred Percent Inventory Accuracy Leveraging PECAS Vision ERP

Heyne & Penke Verpackungen GmbH

Budweiser Budvar invests into returnable beer packaging

Procter & Gamble inaugurates a new factory in Poland

LFH creates D-Night for Carlsberg Baltic

Breaking Market News

Another new brand from Fuller’s

Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C. is delighted to unveil Bengal Lancer, a brand new, full-bodied, traditional Indi...

1:35 pm 4/2/2010

Lorenz Bahlsen Snack-World Selects SuccessFactors to Drive Business Execution

SuccessFactors Inc. (NASDAQ: SFSF) has announced that leading European snack food manufacturer, Lorenz Bahlsen...

8:16 am 4/2/2010

Competitions for Butchers & Bakers Test the Best at Foodex and BIE

Butchers and bakers will be put to the test with two new competitions joining the more established events at F...

9:41 am 3/2/2010

Gerolsteiner extends its leading position amongst brand name quality waters

With a market share of 15.5 percent, Gerolsteiner remains the leading mineral water brand in the price segment...

7:53 am 29/1/2010

Cold Lech’s invitation to hot Dubai

Snowboard fun in … hot Dubai is offered to the winners of the ‘On Top of the World’ winter promotion for LECH...

1:24 pm 28/1/2010

Report on Kompania Piwowarska’s operations in Poland

Kompania Piwowarska’s operations in Poland generate (directly and indirectly) approximately PLN 4.7 billion in...

1:21 pm 28/1/2010

Fuller’s releases the latest version of Gales’ classic strong ale

Fuller, Smith & Turner P.L.C., London’s only traditional brewery, is delighted to announce that the latest bre...

12:52 am 28/1/2010

FAST PAYBACK AS IDCS ENHANCES MOKATE QUALITY

The installation of Ishida’s new IDCS (Ishida Data Capture System) for checkweighers has delivered significant...

10:23 am 20/1/2010

BIOMEDevice Europe 2010 -first European event dedicated to the booming market of the new generation

The development of new combination products is regarded today as one of the most promising fields in terms of...

8:58 am 20/1/2010

Food industry addresses research needs

Campden BRI members have identified natural ingredients, product shelf-life and ways to improve the overall 'h...

2:31 pm 19/1/2010

Dairy UK: Dairy industry is cutting emissions every day

Responding to the WWF report How Low can we Go?, Dairy UK Director General Jim Begg said: “WWF suggests removi...

1:53 pm 19/1/2010

Walkers Nonsuch launches a new Family 1Kg Bag Range at Gulfood 2010

Walkers Nonsuch, England’s finest speciality toffee maker has launched a new Family 1Kg Bag Range.

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1:11 pm 19/1/2010

Coroli Launches New Oils at Gulfood 2010

For three decades, Coroli (Abu Dhabi Vegetable Oil Company - ADVOC) has added that full-bodied taste to dishes...

9:44 am 18/1/2010

LPK Beauty develops branding strategies to launch dermal Renu® facial skincare line

LPK, the international brand design agency, working with Wellness Formulations LLC, has developed branding str...

8:50 am 18/1/2010