January 2015

with a new sales and support team on staff, custom packaging &amp branding agency crp poises itself for exciting new business development opportunities in 2015.houston, tx prweb january 30, 2015custom packaging &amp branding agency crp kicked off 2015 with a significant investment in the future of the company, adding several industry leading sales representatives and support staff in regional offices across the nation.

oakland, calif.business wireecologic brands &ldquoecologic&rdquo, the premier and awardwinning designer and manufacturer of paper bottles, is pleased to announce the appointment of two senior hires to its executive team. sarah bird has joined as ecologic&rsquos new chief commercial officer, and bruce mckay as vice president of sales. bird will oversee and enhance all sales and marketing activities for the company mckay will lead sales.&ldquoboth sarah and bruce possess a keen understanding of the emerging trends in both the consumer product and packaging space.

&nbsp&nbsp&nbspnew york, jan. 29, 2015 prnewswire dubbed the &quotpizza box of the 21st century,&quot the &quotgreenbox,&quot a multifunctional, ecofriendly pizza box that breaks down into four plates and a storage container for leftovers, will have sharks seeing green on abc&39s hit show, &quotshark tank.&quot the episode airs this friday, january 30th, 2015 at 9 p.m.

summaryapio, landec&rsquos core vegetable packaging and processing business will benefit from increased health consciousness of consumers, with upside potential from the introduction of new superfood products.landec&rsquos biomaterials business, lifecore, a supplier of medicalgrade sodium hyaluronate products, is wellpositioned to capitalize on the growth in cataract surgeries resulting from an ageing population.investors get lifecore for free at current valuations, considering conservative assumptions for the valuation of the company&rsquos packaging &amp processing busines

us packaging giants agree to merger combined company would have close to usd 16 bn in sales plastics operations part of megadealin a deal that will create a new global packaging leader with a combined equity value of usd 16 bn, meadwestvaco mwv, richmond, virginia usa www.mwv.com and rocktenn norcross, georgia usa www.rocktenn.com on 26 january announced plans to merge.

coating the mouth with food that contains bpa, like soup, does not lead to higher than expected levels of bpa in blood, according to a new study authored by justin teeguarden of pacific northwest national laboratory.bpa, also known as bisphenol a, is a chemical used to make some plastics and to seal canned food containers against bacterial contamination.

washington a new research has revealed that coating the mouth with bpacontaining food, like soup, does not lead to higher than expected levels of bpa in blood.bpa, also known as bisphenol a, is used to make some plastics and to seal canned food containers against bacterial contamination and food, which picks up trace amounts of bpa from packaging, is the major source of human exposure.health concerns about bpa center on its potential to mimic certain hormones at really high exposures, but within the last month, the european food safety authority and the us food and drug administration reaff

transparency market research httpwww.transparencymarketresearch.com includes new market research report &quotantimicrobial plastics market&quot to its huge collection of research reports.albany, ny releasewire 01282015 repeated use of plastics causes the growth of harmful bacteria and the addition of antimicrobial substances in plastics helps destroy or control this growth.

sealed air corporation ceo jerome periberethey invented the bubble wrap way back in the sixties. today it constitutes just two per cent of the total sales worth 7.7 billion for sealed air corporation. ceo jerome peribere describes his company as one which doesn&39t sell protective packaging but sells longer shelf life.until the late 1990s, sealed air was exclusively a protective packaging company.

environmental groups cited wendy&39s as &quotpoor&quot in the area of packaging sustainability. one reason is that the chain still uses black plastic bowls, which cannot be recycled.npr &mdashlet&39s face it we are people who consume many of our meals on the go. that means we&39re not eating on real plates or bowls but out of plastic containers and paper boxes.