November 2014

&quotthe future of the tobacco and tobacco packaging market in ireland to 2018&quot, published by canadean, is a dataonly report providing extensive and highly detailed time series consumption data on primary and outer packaging in the retail market. the report provides indepth quantitative data on retail tobacco and tobacco packaging, covering key segmentations such as pack material and type, closure material and type, outer information.

1earlier this month, cat owners in japan stumbled across affordable, adorable beds for their pets at ikea, of all places. but while repurposing the furniture megastore&rsquos doll beds will make your cat look incredibly cute while it&rsquos sleeping, what about when it&rsquos awakeactually, we just picked up a collar with a design so elegant it wouldn&rsquot be out of place on an exalted feline in ancient egypt.

ghent, belgium &nbspthe ghent workgroup gwg&nbspis solving what may be the most common, potentially expensive problem in production and approval cycles version frustration.

salem &mdash lawmakers asked lots of questions about oregon&rsquos new legal pot law during last week&rsquos first legislative committee meeting since voters approved measure 91.starting july 1, 2015, adults 21 and older can possess cannabis for personal use. the oregon liquor control commission will begin accepting applications for retailers in early 2016.the agency has a lot of work to complete before then, and it was clear during the nov.

hartsville, s.c., nov. 25, 2014 globe newswire sonoco nyseson, one of the largest diversified global packaging companies, has been named supplier of the year by madico in their &quotsupplies and services&quot category.

counterfeit plan packaging will lead to the rise in fake cigarettes, says the regions packaging alliance chiefmike ridgway of the consumer packaging manufacturers alliance responds to calls in lancashire for plain tobacco packagingcontrary to the recent coverage of tobacco free futures, which has been using young people to promote its quest for standardised packaging for tobacco products, there is no evidence that plain packaging leads to reduce smoking rates or the uptake of smoking particularly by young people.the evidence coming out of australia, the only country in the world to have int

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durst used a twoday open house at its production facility in lienz, austria on 1011 november to demonstrate its new rho 1300 series wideformat printers, which were launched at fespa 2014.durst welcomed more than 120 delegates to its twoday eventthe 2.5m durst rho 1312 and 1330 are enhance versions of the rho 1000 series printers, the rho 1012 and 1030 respectively, featuring a productivity boost and an advanced media transport with a higher vacuum.both 1300 series printers are approximately 25 faster than their 1000 series counterparts, with the 1312 capable of 620sqmhr to the 1012&39s

chicago, nov. 25, 2014 prnewswire berlin packaging, a leading fullservice supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, today announced a significant hiring initiative that will add 100 employees to existing offices in 25 metropolitan areas in the u.s. by the end of 2015. half of the new hires will be sales consultants, increasing the companys current 120person sales force by 40.

cooperative food stores will only be selling roastinthebag chickens across its entire range from january.in response to the risks of handling raw chicken, the cooperative group is the first retailer to eliminate the need for consumers to handle chicken, which limits the potential spread of bacteria.foods standards agency guidelines encourage consumers not to wash raw chicken prior to cooking and, after handling raw chicken, to wash hands and utensils thoroughly.the rollout of the packaging follows a trial of whole chickens in roastinthebag packaging, which now account for a fifth of all who