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Latest issue of CEE Packaging now available

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The autumn edition of Central and Eastern European Packaging has just become available. For your free copy please use the contact form.

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Containers sought for household cleaners

Eastern European company seeks heavy duty plastic containers for a variety of household cleaning agents.

Line sought for cellophane warming

Production line for cellophane warming sought.

Dell claims to have reduced packaging by nine million kilos in two years

Dell claims to have eliminated the use of more than nine million kilos of packaging material since 2008. For perspective, that’s approximately the same weight as 226 fully-loaded 18-wheelers or almost 4,184 small pick-ups.

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Sliders can help reduce carbon footprint

Slider closures extended from pet food to human food

Coffee producer gave good start for zipper business in Poland

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Sliders can help reduce carbon footprint

Keeping food fresher longer is an excellent way of doing something about reducing carbon footprint as CEE Packaging publisher Alan Heath suggests in this video.
Air freighter claims to have advantages for packaging companies

Murray Hilborne MD of Marco Limited claims that his company, Marco Packhouse Solutions, can bring unexpected airfreight savings.
Slider closures extended from pet food to human food

Joe Honet of Pactiv explains how pet food has driven the market for slider closures but has now extended well into human food as well.
Coffee producer gave good start for zipper business in Poland

Marcin Pawelek, Managing Director of Elplast in Zory Poland, explains how his company's business is growing. Continued demand coupled with good resin prices and advantageous exchange rates have aided Elplast. The company was fortunate enough to be located close to Mokate which is one of the largest users of zippers in Poland. Nonetheless there still remains a great deal of possibilities in the growth of zippers in this country as some areas, most notably pet food, are hardly touched at all.
Croatian frozen food supplier installs three packing lines

Ledo, the largest supplier of frozen food products in Croatia, has installed three weighing and packing lines for frozen vegetables, fish and pastry that have enabled the company to reduce product giveaway, increase production capacity and tighten production control.
New packaging line for asprin

At its plant in Bitterfeld, Germany, Bayer HealthCare AG produces Aspirin® for a number of applications and in various dosages. In order to extend production capacity for its Aspirin® Effect product, the installation of a packaging system from Bosch Packaging Technology is scheduled. This system solution provided by Sigpack Systems in Beringen (Switzerland) and Bosch Packaging Technology in Waiblingen (Germany) will achieve output levels of 1000 Stick Packs and 100 cartons per minute.
End users demanding lower prices in Russia

Speaking in Moscow, Armin Teusch of CFS Lifestyle Performance talks of the Russian market. He notes that things are not as bad as were expected after the crisis although end use clients are demanding cheaper products.
Ishida passes from father to son

A modest but significant event in the worldwide history of weighing and packing was enacted on 19th May 2010 in Kyoto, when Takahide Ishida took over the presidency of Ishida Co., Ltd from his father, Ryuichi Ishida.
Hungarian chicken producer takes a new look at packaging

Hungarian poultry processor Her-Csi-Hús Kft. faced a double-edged challenge with its latest premium-line launch. In addition to implementing ambitious animal welfare and quality criteria effectively, the Bo-Csi Happy Chicken products had to achieve vital differentiation and credibility in consumers’ eyes.
100 years of aluminium foil

There is no better way to celebrate the future than to draw lessons from history, which is why the European Aluminium Foil Association is celebrating the 100th anniversary of aluminium foil with a look at past, current and some future technical developments.