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The European contract manufacturing market in food and beverages is expected to roughly double in size by 2020, driven by
Based in Ashbourne Co. Meath and working in partnership with leading European fresh pasta producer, Giovanni Rana, supply chain specialist
Bryson Recycling will be the first firm to send its bales of used materials to the UK’s first beverage carton
Glanbia, the global nutritionals and dairy business group, is cutting 106,000 km a year from its delivery vehicle routes by
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Kerry Group, the global ingredients, flavours and consumer foods group, is to establish an industry-leading Global Technology & Innovation Centre
As a leading manufacturer of specialty printers, Primera offer a wide range of products meeting the needs of small businesses
Zetar, the UK-based confectionery and natural snacks manufacturer, is being acquired for £42.7 million by Zertus Group, a leading group
Wincanton has been awarded a multi-million-pound, five-year contract by supermarket group Morrisons to operate its first ever dedicated UK convenience
Linpac Packaging has secured a contract to supply Poland’s meat processing company Pini Polonia with more than 100 million polystyrene
Treatt plc, has expanded its portfolio of natural distillates with two TreattSweet options. TreattSweet Extra 9856 and TreattSweet Sparkling 9857 enable
Carlsberg Group, the world’s fourth largest brewer, and its subsidiary Baltika Breweries, Russia’s largest beer company, are to invest up
Packaging ‘upcycle’ business Terracycle is aiming to boost the recycling of coffee packaging after linking up with Kenco Both companies
China’s potential plans to prohibit the import of unwashed post-consumer plastics will jeopardise the chance of the UK meeting new
Paper maker Arctic Paper’s Mukedals mill has acquired 50% of Kalltorp Kraft. Kalltorp Kraft is a water energy company running
Unilever has been announced as the latest firm to sign up to fund metal packaging recycling campaign MetalMatters The consumer
Recycling technology developer Enval has announced that its laminate recycling plant will be located at Alconbury, near Huntingdon In a
Students from Buxton Community College have won prizes for a recycling competition organised by mineral water brand Buxton and plastics
Paper maker Bolloré This Papers has launched, what it calls, a new eco label It said that its new label
The global market for bioplastics is expected to grow fivefold by 2016, according to European Bioplastics Trade body European Bioplastics
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French firm Flexico is launching, what it calls, its ‘green’ packaging closing systems into the United Kingdom. The resealable packaging
With over twenty years’ experience working in the field of factory automation Phil Cooper joins the team at SCM Handling
Mexico-based Grupo Bimbo, which is one of the largest baking companies in the world, is strengthening its Spanish business, Bimbo
Design consultancy Echo has worked with Joe’s Tea Company to create a new look for the brand The design agency
Sweet‘N Low, has been rolled out into the retail sector, with Tesco the first major supermarket to stock the US
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The latest James Bond film has inspired another piece of special edition packaging, this time for Bollinger Champagne Called ‘002
Ardagh Group has produced a new bottle for the well-known Jameson triple distilled Irish Whiskey bottle Working closely with brand
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UK sports and energy brand Lucozade is introducing a new pack for its first ever pink lemonade flavoured variant to
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When Gerhard Schubert presented his first hot-melt box erecting and gluing machine to the public 46 years ago, his sons
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SIG Combibloc, part of the New Zealand-based Rank Group, has launched a new small-format carton pack for the food and
Guala Closures, a leading maker of aluminium closures for spirits and wines, has bought the Metal Closures division of South
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Grange Packaging and Distribution is producing pouch packs for Kellogg’s and Fox’s Biscuits, using Ilapak’s Vegatronic 4000 continuous film motion,
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