With support from the OYSTAR Group, Milchhof Sterzing (Cooperativa Latteria Vipiteno) — in Italy has nearly doubled its capacity for producing yogurt. This permits it to meet the increasing demand for quality products of the “Sterzinger” brand. The investments in new packaging machines from OYSTAR Gasti in Schwäbisch-Hall and OYSTAR A+F in Kirchlengern have also strengthened Milchhof Sterzing’s position as the fourth-largest supplier of yogurt products to the Italian market.
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Amplast, which manufactures disposable packaging in Arges county, hit turnover of EUR8.1m in 2007 , against EUR7.6m in 2006, an increase that was triggered by packaging supplied for new products, such as Yoplait yoghurt from Tnuva, and Alpine Milk Dessert chocolates from Kraft Foods, according to Catalin Bolbose, legal adviser at Amplast.
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Huhtamaki's BioWare(TM) range has been extended to include bio-coated paperboard packaging for ice cream and chilled dairy products such as yogurt.
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The "Tandem Blow" process developed by Bekum is increasingly proving to be an engine of efficiency. This process, first unveiled at the K1998, can point to an extremely successful market penetration after almost 10 years. The success of this technology ideally complements the trend towards small drinking yoghurt bottles, such as Actimel & Co.
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Right in time for the K 2007, BASF joined forces with ALPLA, one of the world’s largest manufacturer of plastic beverage bottles, to come up with a bottle for milk and yoghurt beverages using impact resistant Polystyrene (PS-I). This demonstrates that Polystyrene is an inexpensive alternative when it comes to packaging for this sector.
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Certain foods like yogurt just got a lot more convenient with the introduction of CrushPak® “go spoonless” containers. “CrushPak allows consumers to access products immediately, with or without a spoon – they choose,” comments Paul Adams, CEO of Inveratek, developer of the new technology that is now available for licensing in the US and Europe. The new packaging consisting of a compressible, accordion-like cup has energized food industry imagination, igniting new ideas about the presentation of everything from dairy foods to fruit pulps to jellies to condiments, sauces and pastes,” comments Adams. “It’s the new single serve cup.”
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Bloomberg reports that Pannonplast Nyrt, a Hungarian exporter of plastic yoghurt cups, will spend Ft 355 million ($1.6 million) setting up a consumer packaging unit in Serbia to add a third foreign market to its operations. Pannonplast, based in Budapest, expects production to start in the Q1 of 2007, it said in a stock exchange statement. By having a company in Serbia, Pannonplast will be exempt from a 20% customs levy it currently must pay. The company, which also operates in Romania and Ukraine, has been selling property and unprofitable units to stem losses and concentrate on consumer packaging. It will spend a total of € 10 million ($12.8 million) on building the plant in Serbia this year and buying another in Bulgaria in the H1 of next year CFO Dénes Gyimóthy said Aug. 1. Pannonplast expects its Serbian unit to contribute Ft 400 million to revenue in its first year of operation, which will probably triple in three years, the company said.
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Anton Volpini de Maestri Verpackungsgesellschaft mbH, Spittal/Austria has opened a new plant, a company spokesman confirmed.
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