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Fish : deliver them fresh
Packforum®, the Sealed Air Cryovac European customer care center near Paris, hosted its second global fish and seafood event last month. The programme comprised a seminar session with a series of presentations from leading industry experts on all aspects of fish packaging, specific workshops and an optional tour of a flagship French supermarket store. The event welcomed 85 delegates from retail, industry and food sciences representing 64 companies and 21 countries in West and Eastern Europe as well as Saudi Arabia.
Read ArticleInk, heart and soul
True to its roots and yet international in outlook, and highly innovative while respecting its long tradition – this is how Siegwerk presents itself at the drupa 2008 trade show in Duesseldorf, Germany. Visitors can find one of the world’s leading manufacturers of printing inks at booth E49 in hall 04. Siegwerk’s new philosophy “Ink, Heart & Soul” means that Siegwerk people develop individual printing ink solutions with heart and soul. Siegwerk partners with customers to deliver optimum results at every stage of the printing process and beyond. The booth contains examples of how this approach has succeeded, drawn from ten different customer segments.
Read ArticleToothpaste packaging - implemented on the spot at Interpack
In late April, the international packaging industry met for its biggest trade fair in the world, the “interpack PROCESS AND PACKAGING 2008“. Siegwerk participated in the event and also showcased its ideas at the special “Innovationparc Packaging”.
Read ArticleDegraf to attend drupa
Degraf SpA, worldwide leader in the development and design of equipment for the production of flexographic plates, reconfirms its role of technological driver with its presence at Drupa 2008 in Düsseldorf, showing its most advanced range of solutions for the flexo platemaking.
Read Article179,000 visitors to Interpack!
interpack PROCESSES AND PACKAGING 2008 was a source of excellent business for the 2,744 exhibitors. On few other occasions in the event’s fifty-year history has the mood in the halls been quite as exuberant, the contacts forged by companies as abundant and the volume of orders placed as high. A total of 179,000 visitors got the lowdown on innovations in machinery for producing packaging, confectionery and bakery goods as well as packaging of all material classes between 24 and 30 April.
Read ArticleLyondellBasell Industries to show polyolefins capabilities at Plastex in Brno
LyondellBasell Industries, producer of polymers, chemicals and fuels, will feature its polyolefins technology, production and marketing offerings at Plastex 2008, the Czech Republic's premier trade fair for the plastics industry, to be held May 13 to 16 in Brno.
Read ArticleUPM to showcase paper and printing method innovations
UPM, one of the world’s leading forest industry groups and the leading producer of printing papers, is showcasing its newest innovations at drupa 2008, running from 29 May to 11 June in Düsseldorf.
Read ArticleUnity on flexo food packaging for drupa
GIDUE, IST Metz, Air Liquide, Softal and Sun Chemical have joined forces to present a breakthrough concept for UV flexo printed food packaging at Drupa 2008.
Read ArticleWhat is the point of drinking?
Drinks as thirst quenchers? They are far more than this, according to the German futurologist Matthias Horx. He thinks drinks are lifestyle. Luxury and sustainability are no longer contradictory. For example, a person who enjoys smoothies doesn’t show he is too lazy to snip fruit, but demonstrates spirit of the times, humour and style! According to Horx, drinks will be successful in future if they are presented as “pleasant personalities” and meet the consumers’ desire for health and activity – just like the fruity drink snacks in the handy container for a vitamin boost between times.
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Bioplastics attracting scores of visitors
From 24th to 30th April 2008, the bioplastics group exhibition ‘Bioplastics in Packaging’ attracted scores of visitors and got top marks from exhibitors and visitors. 96 percent of the participating companies were very satisfied and have already indicated their intenti-on to exhibit at the next interpack in three years’ time.
Read ArticleAlcan happy with awards
Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, is pleased to announce that it received three out of the seven Alufoil trophies that were awarded by the European Aluminium Foil Association during Interpack 2008, the world’s biggest packaging fair that took place in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 24 to 30 April.
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