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LycoRed Expends Natural Beta-Carotene Production Capacity

    LycoRed Expends Natural Beta-Carotene Production Capacity

LycoRed, Israel, announces the expansion of production capacity of its natural beta-carotene colouring line in response to the growing demand of food and beverage companies in the US, West Europe

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Energia adds 100 new roles to help take on the residential energy market

    Energia adds 100 new roles to help take on the residential energy market

Independent energy provider Energia has revealed 100 positions to be added to its offices in Dublin and Cork in preparation for the company’s entry into the residential electricity and gas

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Malibu Red gets groundbreaking design

To increase shelf appeal and consumer interest for its new addition to the Malibu family, France-based beverage manufacturer Pernod Ricard looked to Eastman Chemical Company and Embrace copolyester when creating

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Flexible packaging market to grow 5.1 percent by 2018

The market research report “Flexible Packaging Market by End-Use (Food, Beverage, Personal Care & Pharmaceutical), Material (Polypropylene, BOPP, CPP, Polyethylene, EVOH, PA, BOPET, PVC, Aluminum, Paper, Cellulosic) – Global Trends

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Branded reusable secondary packaging increases purchase intent

Secondary package design with on-message, brand-building color and graphics can lift brand awareness and increase purchase intent when integrated into in-store marketing campaigns, according to a study released by Clemson

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Inspection system improves productivity in beer industry

Teledyne DALSA is helping a company in China to realize the full potential of machine vision. By incorporating the Canadian firm’s multi-camera embedded machine-vision technology into its products, Shangdong-based Mingjia

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Staeger comes up with pack solution for Asda Xmas cakes

Staeger Clear was behind a new range of Christmas cake packaging for Asda. The clear packaging specialist linked up with Greencore Cakes & Desserts. Traditionally the protective collars were produced

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Morrisons’ wine, beer and spirits range revamped by Elmwood

Design consultancy Elmwood has worked with Morrisons on the re-launch of the supermarket giant’s range of own brand wines, beers and spirits. The aim is to make the supermarket a

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Dragons’ Den popcorn brand turns to NXL for new packs

A brand that featured on the BBC’s Dragons’ Den show has turned to NXL Design to create its packaging. Love Da Popcorn secured Dragons’ Den panelist Peter Jones as an

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Cider brand Merrydown gets refreshed look from Ziggurat

Cider maker Merrydown has turned to Ziggurat Brands to refresh its branding. The design agency was tasked with creating a look that would reach out to new drinkers while not

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Asda launches roast-in-the-bag chickens with FFP packs.

Asda has introduced a new roast-in-the-bag chickens in packs produced by FFP, the flexible packaging specalist. The flexibles group worked with food company Faccenda, who had, according to FFP, been

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Bulletproof looks to 1950s to revamp Mondelez’s Ritz crackers

Mondeléz International has refreshed its Ritz cracker brand across Europe with new pack designs that draw inspiration from the brand’s early years. Design agency Bulletproof raided the Ritz archive and

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UK WASTE AND RESOURCES BODIES UNITE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS OF THE EU TO OUR INDUSTRY

Several of the UK’s representative bodies for the waste and resource management sector have joined forces to express their common positions in response to the UK Government’s recent EU Balance

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UK WASTE AND RESOURCES BODIES UNITE TO HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS OF THE EU TO OUR INDUSTRY

Several of the UK’s representative bodies for the waste and resource management sector have joined forces to express their common positions in response to the UK Government’s recent EU Balance

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Stylish Container Combines Rigid and Flexible to Save Material

 Skinny-epak is an innovative, new, eco- friendly container for liquid food which reduces the consumption of plastic by 60 per cent, according to Italian makers Meclat, which teamed up with

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TCL Packaging installs Rofin-Baasel system for perforation

TCL Packaging has worked with with Rofin-Baasel UK to develop a turnkey system for high speed laser micro perforation and scribing of its printed packaging films. The system has three

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Horticultural co-packer Focus Pack installs two Allen coders

Horticultural contract packer Focus Pack has installed coders from Allen Coding to print dates and codes onto its products. The Lincolnshire-based business, which packs Crowne Green premium lawn seed and

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Shrink films and labels

Titan shrink films and labels are designed to enhance beverage packaging quality, efficiency and brand appeal using advanced polyethylene shrink technology. The films create vibrant, sustainable shrink multipacks that replace

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Venezuela’s first ambient yogurt uses barrier PET packaging

Empresas Polar, a leading Venezuelan food and beverage manufacturer, has broken new ground with the commercial launch of the first ambient stored yogurt in Venezuela. The non-refrigerated pourable yogurt, called

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Vertical shrink wrapping streamlines multipacking

The Sevin line of garden insecticide products has long been popular on the shelves of thousands of nurseries, lawn and garden centers, and big box retailers. The dust product kills

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Strategic Appointment for SolutionsPT

Strategic Appointment for SolutionsPT   Industrial IT provider, SolutionsPT, has appointed Kraig Appleton as a Solutions Architect, as it continues to expand the company’s growing team of specialists.   In

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Art captures the flavour of Absolut range | Case Study

Pernod Ricard’s Absolut Vodka brand has a track record of creating eye-catching special edition bottles. For its flavoured range of drinks the brand pulled out all the artistic stops for

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Shropshire Spice Co turns to Quantum for reverse-printed packs

Quantum Print & Packaging has created a new look range of packs for the Shropshire Spice the Company. The packs

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Pack specialists combine to create whisky bottle

A new bottle for whisky brand Ballantine’s has been launched, created by glassmaker O-I and designed by Air Innovation. The

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Liberation launches winter nut packs into Oxfam stores

Liberation Foods has unveiled its first winter range of nuts with new packs in Oxfam stores. The packaging was created

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Crosta & Mollica launch Italian bread and snack range .

Crosta & Mollica has unveiled a new range of Italian regional breads and savoury snacks. The new packs have been

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Ardagh behind Absolut Originality bottles

Packaging giant Ardagh was behind the Absolut Originality special edition range of bottles, rolled out this month.   The company’s

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Staeger comes up with pack solution for Asda Xmas cakes

Staeger Clear was behind a new range of Christmas cake packaging for Asda. The clear packaging specialist linked up with

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Discover Danone’s development process at Packaging for Retail Success

Danone and design agency Dragon Rouge are to reveal the relationship between packaging and product development for a new range

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Strategic Appointment for Solutiohttp

    Industrial IT provider, SolutionsPT, has appointed Kraig Appleton as a Solutions Architect, as it continues to expand the

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The Oriel Sea Salt Company

  The Oriel Sea Salt Company

The Oriel Sea Salt Company has just launched a new Mineral Sea Salt that is stirring a lot of interest

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Wood, as far as the eye can see

  Wood, as far as the eye can see

Few high-bay facilities are as impressive as the new distribution center operated by Alnatura Produktions- und Handels GmbH in Lorsch,

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100% Accurate Beer Keg Barcode Reading

  100% Accurate Beer Keg Barcode Reading

To ensure the fill quantity matches the stated weight, the Warsteiner brewery, located in Germany, weighs their kegs before and

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Reveal inks

  Reveal inks

The statistics can be staggering: one in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year (that’s nearly 53

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Rosemary… sustainable or not ?

  Rosemary… sustainable or not ?

“In today’s environment, consumer perceptions and trends are moving toward natural ingredients”, says Kelly De Vadder, marketing manager of the

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Re-launched Great Food packs created by Slice

  Re-launched Great Food packs created by Slice

Slice has designed new packaging for the re-launched ‘Great Food’ brand, which it has also re-positioned and branded The brief

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PPS produces luxurious Bollinger gift box

  PPS produces luxurious Bollinger gift box

Retail gift and presentation packaging specialists Professional Packaging Services (PPS) has produced the Pentagon Special Cuvée Gift Box for premium

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APPE Thermalite jar houses G’s M&S pickle range

  APPE Thermalite jar houses G’s M&S pickle range

APPE’s ThermaLite pasteurisable PET jar is being used for a range of Marks & Spencer pickles supplied by food manufacturer

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Shropshire Spice Co turns to Quantum for reverse-printed packs

  Shropshire Spice Co turns to Quantum for reverse-printed packs

Quantum Print & Packaging has created a new look range of packs for the Shropshire Spice Company The packs for

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Smurfit Kappa, Sweden’s best packaging supplier – Packaging Industry Awards

  Smurfit Kappa, Sweden’s best packaging supplier – Packaging Industry Awards

Smurfit Kappa has been recognised as Sweden’s best packaging supplier at the Packaging Industry Awards, winning the top prize in

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Tyson Foods debuts the first 100 percent recyclable stand-up pouch

  Tyson Foods debuts the first 100 percent recyclable stand-up pouch

Package recyclability is a major driving factor affecting purchasing decisions by both product manufacturers and their customers. Not only does

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Puratos opens the world’s first Sourdough Library, with a unique collection of traditional sourdoughs

 Today, the inauguration of the Sourdough Library took place at the Puratos Center for Bread Flavour in Saint-Vith (Belgium). The

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Macfarlane to double capacity for label range with new kit

  Macfarlane to double capacity for label range with new kit

Self-adhesive and resealable labels specialists Macfarlane Labels has introduced additional machinery to double capacity for production of its Reseal-it labels

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Unilever simplifies spreads with real ingredients

  Unilever simplifies spreads with real ingredients

In response to growing demand for foods with simple ingredients, Unilever USA announces the introduction of two new spreads—I Can’t

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Carton makers purchase Ergosa packing systems

  Carton makers purchase Ergosa packing systems

Ipack solutions has sold three Ergosa 8C universal packing systems to major folding carton manufacturers. The units give carton makers

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Korbel releases its first brandy in more than a decade

  Korbel releases its first brandy in more than a decade

Korbel Brandy is excited to introduce Korbel 12, a limited-edition California brandy of extraordinary character. The first new Korbel Brandy

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David Muncaster: Web offset lithography for flexible Packaging – really?

  David Muncaster: Web offset lithography for flexible Packaging – really?

Yes, really. The typical response of people who are not using web offset lithography for flexible packaging is often surprise

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Walsh Whiskey Distillery Unveils €25m Expansion Programme to Build Share of Global Irish Whiskey Market

  Walsh Whiskey Distillery Unveils €25m Expansion Programme to Build Share of Global Irish Whiskey Market

Walsh Whiskey Distillery Unveils €25m Expansion Programme to Build Share of Global Irish Whiskey Market · Major Italian drinks company

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Collaboration could deliver 30% savings in food waste processing across hospitality sector

  Collaboration could deliver 30% savings in food waste processing across hospitality sector

A new report commissioned by the Hospitality Carbon Reduction Forum (HCRF), whose members include Whitbread, J D Wetherspoons, Mitchells and

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Meat and fish industry bolstered by major new partnership

  Meat and fish industry bolstered by major new partnership

International consultancy firm Columbus and Emydex, a provider of Production Management software systems, have announced their partnership in the Meat

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Puratos opens the world’s first Sourdough Library, with a unique collection of traditional sourdoughs

  Puratos opens the world’s first Sourdough Library, with a unique collection of traditional sourdoughs

The inauguration of the Sourdough Library took place Tuesday at the Puratos Center for Bread Flavour in Saint-Vith (Belgium). The

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JF Hillebrand Benelux acquires Meerendonk Advanced Logistics

  JF Hillebrand Benelux acquires Meerendonk Advanced Logistics

JF Hillebrand Benelux is delighted to announce that an agreement has been reached with Meerendonk Advanced Logistics for the acquisition

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Updated EU Requirements on Protein Sources in Infant and Follow-On Formula

  Updated EU Requirements on Protein Sources in Infant and Follow-On Formula

Commission Directive 2013/46/EU (2) was published on 28 August 2013 and amends Commission Directive 2006/141/EC (1). Goats’ milk protein is

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New food trends at Anuga 2013

  New food trends at Anuga 2013

We have only been into two halls so far and already there are plenty of new products to write about

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