Ceepackaging

Development in the beverage industry over the past decade or two has been remarkable. Single-serve portions which started out as a trend have become an established convenience in the daily routines of more and more people who demand maximum convenience and superior quality. The ever-expanding variety of hot and cold beverages and the increasing number of market players add to a very dynamic sector.

BASF SE has announced plans for a significant expansion of its production plant for the biodegradable plastic Ecoflex® at the company’s Ludwigshafen site. The move will raise Ecoflex production capacities from the current 14,000 by 60,000 metric tons per year. Production at the expanded plant will commence in the third quarter of 2010.

Extensive development and investment into the production of clear A-PET and GAG has made RPC Cobelplast-Montonate one of Europe’s leading suppliers of plastic sheets for printed box and drum applications.

BERICAP will show a variety of new closure concepts at the INTERPACK for the food, beverage and chemical industry.

Silgan White Cap has launched the 51PT-Band. This patented composite metal and plastic closure features a plastic tamper evident band and safety button indicator and its universal closure design is suitable for all Press-On Twist-Off applications.

The RPC stand at Interpack 2008 promises to be something of a talking point at the show with a design that focuses on some of the key markets served by the group – food and drink, healthcare and beauty, industrial and automotive, and home and garden. RPC says that the stand will provide the ideal environment for the Group’s latest innovations in rigid plastics packaging.

The population of the world is growing older. At the same time, the desire is growing to remain active and healthy even in old age. The beverage and food industries have responded to this increasing health trend with new product developments, and according to Andreas Steinle, CEO of the Future Institute at Kelkheim near Wiesbaden, they are making process profiling themselves as 'health providers'.

2006 was the year when recovery of plastics reached the 50% for the first time. Underpinned by strong growth in mechanical recycling as well as energy recovery resulted in 3% points increase over 2005.

The mayor of Lodz declared 24 January a day without plastic shopping bags and has gone on to declare his action a big success.

RPC Bebo UK Corby and RPC Barrier Containers France have provided new plastic packaging for major Spanish fish processor Salica, enabling its range of tuna-based ready meals to be heated directly in the microwave.

Spanish table olive producer and speciality foods Grupo Angel Camacho S.L. has turned to RPC Containers Corby to develop an innovative plastic foodservice jar to replace its current glass packaging by offering improved performance and safety.

After two years working side by side, Mart Tiismann succeeded Gérard Stricher as president and CEO of Sidel on January 1, 2008.

Because of its expertise and Know How in the field of plastic injection, MBF Plastiques has been chosen to package the My Blend personal care line by Dr. Olivier Courtin.

For pharma packaging and systems the Gerresheimer Group is without doubt one of the most multi-facetted exhibitors at PharmTech in Moscow. From 20 to 23 November 2007 this leading international glass and plastic specialist presents a further expanded range full of quality and useful innovation (Pavilion 2, Halle 7, Stand D214). From pharmaceutical vials to prefillable syringes and from inhalers to closure systems it covers practically all requirement fields. But it is not only the enormous breadth of this product spectrum which makes a visit worthwhile: the latest developments open up new dimensions of safety, economy and practice orientation. A specialist lecture also deals with development of this type – this time in the field of plastic packaging.

From 24th up to 31st of october 2007 Messe Düsseldorf opened their gates for the K, the world-wide leading fair for the plastic and rubber industry. Over eight days 3,130 exhibitors had the chance to convince approximately 242,000 specialized visitors from all over the world of their products. On 96 sqm HSM presented itself as specialist for the lasting compaction of PET bottles and for the pressing of foil, cardboard and special materials, like hard plastic (e.g. Television and computer frames).

If you want to accumulate less waste packaging, the single most important step is to shop less at supermarkets. Though the big retailers are making commendable efforts to cut down on packaging, there’s still too much of it. An 80g pack of organic Portobello mushrooms bought recently (not by me!) at a national chain came in a clingfilmed plastic tray weighing 20g – one quarter the weight of the contents.

During the next edition of Luxe Pack Exhibition, which will be held from the 23 to October 26, 2007, in Monaco, Keenpac group will present (booth CD- 17, Hall Diaghilev) its latest innovations as well as its whole range of services and products in the "retail" packaging.

At the automatic packaging of stick shaped products the weighing and dosing aggregates play an important role with regard to product gentle handling. The HASTAMAT Multihead-Combination weigher of the CP-series is the ideal weigher for weighing or counting of stick shaped, fragile products such as for example salted sticks, biscuit sticks, chocolate sticks, long pasta or technical articles.

The launch of the microwaveable Snap Pot, the revolutionary new concept from HJ Heinz for its famous baked beans, has been made possible by the multi-layer thermoforming expertise of RPC Bebo Plastik.

Announced September 13 at the 2007 Global Bottled Water Congress in Mexico City, the 2007 bottledwaterworld awards honored the water market’s best innovations chosen from 169 entries from 32 countries. The prize for the year’s best packaging innovation went to Sidel for its NoBottle™.

BeeCeuticals Organics, a company dedicated to providing body care products that enhance the health and well-being of their customers, community and the planet has launched an innovative and earth friendly way to package their Hive Five(TM) Kits. The new case, which contains five travel size products, is made entirely from 100% U.S. grown corn, not foreign petroleum. This material is produced from plastic that consists of polylactide, a corn-based versatile polymer.

Increased safety – and in addition increased economy through the entire process chain: with these qualities an innovative closure system for pharmaceutical products totally convinced the jury for the 2007 German Packaging Award. This internationally prestigious prize was awarded to the new type of desiccant closures for tablet containers which Gerresheimer has developed under the Duma® trademark. It is the first company in the world to produce the multi-function plastic products completely in one connected process – together with the integrated desiccant elements. The result is regarded as a pioneering innovation: for the pharma industry it also facilitates fulfilment of the prescribed registration requirements.

In May, Arla Foods in Sweden launched six “On-the-Go” products in Tetra Top Carton Bottle; Pucko Ischocko (milkdrink with chocolate flavour), Smoothie Jordgubb (strawberry smoothie), Smoothie Hallon (raspberry smoothie), Latte Kaffe Vanilj, Latte Kaffe and Latte Cappuccino (coffee drinks).

Maspex Wadowice, Poland, chose a special promotion for their juice and nectar brand “Kubus”: more than 40 different Twist-Off closure designs are printed with all relevant characters of “Shrek” - just in time for the launch of the new movie.

Axilone, one of the main leaders in caps and closures for the perfume, cosmetics and make up industry, is the only producer of plastic and metal components based in Europe, in the USA and in China. Axilone is positioned to respond to the global needs of its customers.

It is compact, cost-saving and at the same time very efficient: the new machine unit SR-T100 for the processing of the patented reclosable system Slide-Rite® by the packaging specialist Pactiv (USA). „Because of its low investment cost the new developed SR-T100 unit will allow many companies to decide for Slide-Rite® resealable packaging”, explains Josef Honert, Marketing Manager Pactiv Slide-Rite® Products Europe.

India-based Essel Propack, part of the Essel Group, is to enter its 15th market having unveiled plans to open up a beauty packaging production facility in Poland that will serve growing demand for plastic tubes in the region.

Since September 1st, 2006 the European sales office of Pactiv Slide-Rite®, the successful reclosable system for plastic packaging bags, has a new address. The Marketing Manager of Slide-Rite® Products Europe Josef Honert (53), who is responsible for the sales of Slide-Rite®-Technology within Europe, seizes the opportunity and provides an interim analysis of perspectives and challenges.

On 20 September 2006, Superfos officially declares its new production facility in Lubien Kujawski open at a festive ribbon-cutting event

Rexam, the global consumer packaging company, has opened its first plastic packaging plant in Poland, where it already has two glass plants in Gostyn and Wyszkow.