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Visiting Fruit Logistica in Berlin
If you will be visiting Fruit Logistica in Berlin then you may wish to speak to CEE Packaging!
Read ArticleSwiss support for Macedonian and Ukrainian producers
"SIPPO is a Swiss Import Promotion Programme for small and medium enterprises from emerging markets, helping them prepare their market image and supporting them for three years in Europe", explains Project Director Constantin Kostyal. Three such supported countries are represented at the SIPPO stand at this year’s FRUIT LOGISTICA: Indonesia with one company, Macedonia with eight and Ukraine with four.
German apples aiming at Russian market
In spring of 2000, the six leading growers' organisations for marketing dessert apples in Germany, which represent nearly 80% of the entire marketing volume from organised production, founded the German Fruit Export Office (DOEK).
Spanish producer opens Russian office
"In the previous 2008/2009 campaign we generated sales of around EUR 450 million and we marketed 672,000 tonnes of fresh products", reports Anecoop Managing Director José M. Planells.
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Transporting emmertal long distance
Packaging a cheese weighing 100 kg to make a trip across the Atlantic is no mean feat. The challenge grows even bigger when the customer at the other side expects the cheese to stay fresh and retain its excellent quality for many months. Leading Swiss cheese maker, von Mühlenen AG, regularly fulfils this task with great success, using plastic bags. The ultimate recognition for the fulfillment of these tough requirements has been a string of world champion titles for von Mühlenen cheeses. They have been collected from locations as far removed from the green pastures of Switzerland as Wisconsin, USA and Las Palmas, Gran Canaria.
Creating multilayer structures in plastics
Plastics are intrinsically highly versatile materials, but for many applications the requirements can only be met by combining various plastics into a single product. In such cases, multilayer systems can offer an excellent solution. Yparex®, a product from DSM Engineering Plastics, plays an important role as a tie layer between the various layers of such – increasingly high-tech – systems.
Bioplastics are developing succesfully
The development in the bioplastics market continues steadily despite the financial crisis and other challenges. The 4th European Bioplastics Conference, which recently took place in Berlin with a record number of 380 industry representatives, also provided a fresh blast of optimism.
Fancy drink looks for fancy packaging
Sprizzerol, the Italian drink that would like to say so much about the glamour of those who drink it, is synonymous with the jet-set lifestyle of the rich and famous. Think of Sprizzerol and the manufacturers say you can’t help thinking of fast cars, yachts and all that is Mediterranean – be it hot summer parties on the Cote D’Azure or après-ski in a snow-coved chalet.
How important is tin today?
Speaking at Fach Pack in Nuremburg on 29 September 2009, Tony Beer of the Dutch company The Box bv speaks on the importance of tin. He believes that tin offers the possibility of long term branding as it comes in packaging that is not thrown away.
Sustainability is a matter of getting rid of old habits
Alexander Rossner, a consultant in energy efficiency from Germany, explains that there are plenty of ways to be more sustainable as far as energy is concerned. In this video he makes suggestions as to how the packaging industry could respond to this by getting rid of old habits.
Economic slowdown aiding short run labelling
Frank Vanmeenen of the Belgian Xeicon explains how flexo labels can be matched to a digital press as well as web to print applications. The benefits of short run labelling and other packaging applications is clear for short term publicity campaigns. It could be that because of the current economic crisis that the demand for digital applications has actually increased!
Label printer based on granite launched
At Labelexpo Europe 2009 on 23 September, the Gallus Group launched the Gallus ECS 340. The press is based on a robust core of technical granite. In this video interview, Klaus Bachstein, the CEO of Gallus in Switzerland explains how this works as well commenting on future business possibilities.
Amcor's tea stick wins award
Amcor Flexibles, licence holder for the micro-perforated Tstix® package, has announced that this packaging solution has won The President's Award Bronze at the recent WorldStar Packaging Awards.
Digital printing on paint cans becomes possible
Speaking at Label Expo in Brussels in September 2009, Eun Leij of the Dutch based Impress explains what possibilities are now available for digital printing on cans meaning very short print runs.


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