Ceepackaging

Depending on where a European smoker lives, some will die 10 years sooner than their neighbours! This huge discrepancy is due to differing European levels of tobacco control, services and availability of clinically proven products. Smoking is a serious health inequalities issue which is now being tackled by the European Network of Quitlines thanks to funding from a Pfizer Foundations Global Health Partnership Programme.

It has long been accepted that greater wealth allows people to make better health choices, but does the reverse apply? Does greater health lead to greater wealth, both on a personal and a national level?

With increased levels of interest in the health and hygiene arena, M&H announces the launch of a revolutionary new Antimicrobial Product.

How will packaging look in ten years? What are our consumption patterns, and what makes packaging sell? These are the questions Korsnäs asked young design students at the Packaging Impact Design Awards (PIDA). This year, concurrent competitions were held in Sweden, Germany and France. First out of the box was the Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart. This year’s PIDA coincides with Korsnäs’ introduction of the new cartonboard Frövi White, and the contest assignment was to choose a luxury product in the beauty, beverage, confectionery, fashion, media or health & medical segment and design packaging for it using Frövi White These are the market segments for which Korsnäs introduced the new board, developed with focus on whiteness, smoothness and formability.

In the beverages sector, natural, light and health concepts have never been so fashionable. Fruit juices focus on a health image and the origin of the fruit, while milk has invested heavily in the theme of active health.

The 8th Moscow International Exhibition “Pharmtech – Technologies of Pharmaceutical Industry 2006” will take place in Expocentr from the 20th to the 23rd November 2006. This is the only specialised event in Russia and CIS dedicated to pharmaceuticals production. For the first time the exhibition will be held in a new venue, modern architecture and developed infrastructure of which provide for holding events up to the highest standards.

As technology never ceases its progress, mechanical elements are gradually being replaced by electronic devices. Cosmetic filling machines have not escaped this trend. A development which offers product fillers improved performance, comfort and user-friendliness.

At Luxe Pack 2006 in Monaco (24 to 27 October), the Gerresheimer Group impressively demonstrates that glass is an extraordinarily versatile material for cosmetics design and can display widely varying characteristics.

For more than 20 years MEGA has been a leader in Airless Technology. From our state of the art facilities in Germany and US we have developed a superior offering of German engineered airless dispensers used in oral care, consumer health care, skin and body care, as well as cosmetic applications.

Competition was fierce and standards high when Sweden’s most prominent packaging design schools went head-to-head in Korsnäs’ PIDA design competition. This year’s theme was the health trend and the entries demonstrated the students’ creative approaches to customer friendly packages adapted to various sales channels like the Internet and speciality stores. “The designers of the winning entry made optimal use of shape, colour, punching and hanging features that did justice to the superb designability of Frövi cartonboard. A fine example of how the package can enhance the value of a simple product,” was the jury’s assessment.