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Rexam PLC, the world’s second largest consumer packaging group, announces that Malcolm Harrison has been named as the Group Director Plastic Packaging.

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.

The Chinese government, large retailers and the Chinese packaging industry are increasingly setting high value on the environmental aspects of packaging materials for food, beverage and other consumer goods. Thus, plastics film producers are seeking innovative solutions to meet future market demands in terms of environment protection.

RPC Cobelplast-Montonate has a new range of A-PET sheet for printing and box applications, manufactured using 50-70% post-consumer recycled (PCR) A-PET scrap.

The durability and convenience of a reusable plastic bottle incorporating 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) material has provided eco-cleaning brand aquo with a strong packaging solution that underpins the brand’s waste reducing solution.

The associations European Bio-plastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) have recently published a jointly-commissioned study on bio-based plastics. It forecasts their capacity developments and technical substitution potential. The authors, from Utrecht University estimated a substitution potential of up to 90 percent of the total consumption of plastics by bio-based polymers to be technically possible.

Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions has announced the appointment of Gerd Löbbert as Executive Vice President for Base Chemicals, effective January 1, 2010. He will report to Chief Executive Mark Garrett and be based at the Borealis Head Office in Vienna, Austria.

On November 20, 2009, Borealis, a provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, inaugurated its international Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria. This event is the culmination of approximately one and a half years of construction and a total investment volume of EUR 50 million. About 350 international Borealis employees from over 30 countries, working in research and product development as well as in marketing and sales, are developing plastic materials of the future for Borealis’ global customers and housed in the Innovation Headquarters. 100 new employees in research and development complement the existing approx. 1,100 employees who are currently working for Borealis in Linz.

Schwarzkopf & Henkel Production Europe has recently extended its successful hair care line Gliss Kur with a new variety, Asia Straight. The shampoo is again packed in the PET bottle family which was successfully introduced by Schwarzkopf & Henkel in 2008.

Rexam claims to have shattered the industry’s old-school bottle material paradigm with its launch of Crystal Transparency, a new choice which in addition to what the company considers to be clarity and visual appeal, offers manufacturers some marketing and production ideas.

The new Sika click packaging was developed to increase ease of use and reduce consumption of Sika’s pre-treatment products.

In the Russian capital numerous experts from the pharma & life science industry gathered at a very special event: for their East European customers the Gerresheimer Group organized the ‘Gerresheimer Pharma Day Moscow’ on September 23 and 24, 2009. In ten specialist talks the advanced program provided background knowledge about pharmaceutical primary packaging and drug delivery systems from various viewpoints. Across the field of glass and plastic the focus was on future-oriented production technologies for ampoules and vials as well as the filling of sterile syringes, specific requirements for primary packaging materials for biopharmaceutics and the application of eye drops.

The topic of "Art Goes Plastic" will also be presented to the public at what is certainly the most important European plastics fair of the year, the Fakuma 2009 (13 to 17 October 2009 in Friedrichshafen).

M&H Plastics has announced they have worked in partnership with Naked Bodycare (97% natural toiletries brand) on the launch of their new hair styling range in Post Consumer Regrind (PCR) packaging which is 50% recyclable.

One of the Netherlands’ leading food retail companies has chosen a multi-layer container from RPC Bebo Nederland for its first venture into plastics packaging.

Pira International is to hold its fourth annual three day Biopackaging event, hosted from the Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington, London on the 8-10 September 2009.

Bosch Rexroth has developed a centre of competance which includes various applications for different types of food and beverages. Hygenic design plays an important part and Bosch has been an innovator in plastics technology especially for that which is easy to clean. Xavier van der Elst of Bosch Rexroth explains how this process works.

The Cadbury HIGHLIGHTS range of powdered hot chocolate drinks has been relaunched with an improved recipe with eye-catching and newly designed shrink-sleeves – but Cadbury’s has kept faith with the existing HIGHLIGHTS jar from RPC Containers Raunds for its style and convenience.

Consumers throughout Europe believe that bottled water should be offered in packaging that is safer for the environment. That is a key finding of research undertaken by multi-packaging specialists Hi-Cone into bottled water packaging in France, Germany, Spain and the UK.

The bagging of small batches of bulk goods as well as the economical handling of irregularly placed orders mark the ideal application spectrum of the new, compact design and economically priced RUBIN FFS bagging system which will be demonstrated live by German based engineering company Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) in hall 3.0 at this year's ACHEMA. The new form-fill-seal system is designed to handle free-flowing products including salts, special sands, plastic resins, fertilizers, wood pellets, animal feed and pet food, or fine chemicals with perfect reliability. Maximum bagging speed is 400 bags/h.

This year, Düsseldorf-based etma - european tube manufacturers association will be celebrating its golden jubilee at its congress in Istanbul from 10-12 June. The association represents the European tube industry in relevant public bodies and other important organisations. At European level, it monitors legislative procedures and regulatory developments relating to packaging, food legislation and environmental topics. It collects and supplies reliable data on the packaging market and the respective commodity markets. It provides statistics and comparative data on productivity benchmarks for its member companies.

The combined forces of the economic downturn and environmental pressures are causing a sharp slowdown in the global bottled water market, according to a recent analysis by global beverage industry specialists, Canadean. The situation is most marked in the USA, where Canadean is forecasting annual growth of under 1% for the next five years. This is a significant deceleration from the double-digit rates seen from 2000 to 2008, and has major implications for the PET plastics industry, in particular.

RPC Containers Oakham has developed a new lightweight 3 litre plastic pail designed to meet growing demand from the wet wipe market.

RPC Containers Corby is responding to market demands from both the food industry and retailers for maximum safety and convenience in their packaging with the introduction of a brand new range of multi-layer plastic jars.

All polypropylene reactors in a new laboratory at the Borealis Innovation headquarters in Linz, Austria, are now up and running and yielding results well beyond original expectations. The reactors will form an important part of the company's strategy to accelerate product development.

Paris is sprucing itself up for PCD: from 3rd to 4th February 2009 the spotlight is on Perfumes, Cosmetics & Design in this city of aesthetic and technical sophistication. With extravagant glass objects and a high-quality plastic range Gerresheimer shows itself from two very attractive sides in the packaging world around fragrances and cosmetics.

In selected packaging markets where paper and plastic compete, plastic’s overall volume share will continue to expand, reaching 49 percent by 2012.

Borealis, a provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, starts to re-launch its Bormed™ LD PE range for blow, fill and seal products in response to customers demand for continued availability of the high-performance grades.

Gillette® is a division of Procter & Gamble and a household name around the world. Well-known for their large line of shaving products, Gillette manufactures a variety of high-quality blades and razors for men and women, which are sold in grocery stores, pharmacies and club stores. The Procter & Gamble community consists of over 138,000 employees working in over 80 countries and offers one of the largest, strongest portfolios of trusted brands in the world.

O.BERK Company has introduced the Sunrise * Sunset Collection of jars in both plastic and glass for the cosmetics, health & beauty care, aromatherapy, cosmeceutical, and private label markets.

DW Plastics has expanded its customer base with a new contract to supply a bespoke plastic crate to AMP in Belgium, the country’s largest newsprint distributor.

For many years OCME has enjoyed a high reputation as a major specialist in the field of secondary packaging and a leading brand in the case-packing and shrink wrapping sector.

Sealed Air, a leading manufacturer of food and protective packaging systems and materials, has added paper based protective packaging solutions to its European portfolio through the launch of the fastest paper packaging system in the industry. The PackTiger paper packaging system produces up to 150 paper pads per minute and is smaller and more environmentally considerate than traditional paper packaging systems.

Borealis, a provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, has introduced a new grade of Borstar® random polypropylene (PP) with a unique combination of flow and transparency. Borstar RJ900MO was developed to meet the packaging market need for shorter cycle times, transparency and mechanical properties in applications such as house- and kitchenware and food packaging. The material also offers very good organoleptic properties and low extractables to meet the needs of the packaging producer, filler and end user.

BERICAP, a worldwide operating manufacturer of plastic closures, will, as in previous years, be exhibiting at the BRAU Beviale 2008.

With scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers are getting minimal guidance about how to protect themselves.

A number of French school canteens are benefiting from the long-term product freshness and attractive appearance of plastic cups supplied by RPC Barrier Containers France.

Less than 10 years after having introduced on the market the first plastic closures for still water, traded as HEXACAP®, that weighted less than 2 g and that were produced on large scale across the world (almost 10 billion closures per year), BERICAP is now engaged with another major challenge with HexaLite® closures at less than 1.5 g, saving a minimum of 0.5 g of plastic resin (HDPE), on new light weight neck finish for PET bottles saving at least 1.5 g of PET resin, allowing savings of 2.0 g per package.

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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.