January 2015

21 jan 2015cerulean demonstrates importance of testing creases on whole cartonscerulean has published a case study showing how its whole carton crease testers have been used to solve an intractable problem for a leading carton producer.the producer experienced rejections of two million cartons while another visually identical carton from another manufacturer caused no packing problems and noone could find out why.the cartons from the two producers were for high speed packing of cake products featuring a top window opening.

boutique design agency appartement 103 has created limited edition packs for hennessy xo.the brief was to create an inspiring yet desirable limited edition that would modernise this iconic brand during the end of season festivities.beyond an eyecatching limited edition, the success of this project rested on a true brand story, resonating the consumers with the brand&rsquos history and core values.marc savary, appartement 103&rsquos creative director., said &ldquothe gift box consists of a modern yet abstract graphic play of &ldquox&rdquo and &ldquoo&rdquo letters

rockwell solutions has introduced a laserperforated version of its reseal versatile film that allows food to be fresh for longer duration.formulated to seal to apet, rpet, pp and pe trays, the reseal peelable films are resealable after opening, allowing the consumer to store uneaten food fresh for longer in the original packaging, reports packaging europe.the laser perforation technology allows for extended shelf life for fresh produce both before and after peeling.the film can also be used for confectionery, hardware bags, food in bags and thermoformed packs and is suitable for packing coo

Ukbased mercian labels is the world&39s first pilot site of the xeikon cheetah and has chosen this innovative, highspeed press to help it continue its doubledigit growth path. xeikon cheetah, the most productive fivecolor digital label press in its class, will be installed early february at mercian labels&39 new factory in staffordshire, and run alongside their existing xeikon 3000 series digital press as well as hotfoiling, flexo and inkjet technologies for an exceptionally robust label manufacturing platform.dr.

second soma flexo press at pabex aimed at gravure and offsetsoma engineering has announced the installation of a second somaflex press at polish flexible packaging converter, pphu pabex sj.

new agreement expands existing relationship into u.s. marketchicago innerworkings, inc., a leading marketing execution firm, was named u.s. marketing partner of edrington, the international maker of iconic scotch whiskies and other premium spirits. under the longterm multiyear agreement, innerworkings will produce edrington&rsquos print, pointofsale, and other branded materials throughout the u.s.this agreement expands innerworkings&rsquo relationship with edrington into the u.s.

sussex, wiscounsin &ndash quadtech today announces the appointment of tim hilton from innovo packaging technology, as a uk agent for sales of quadtech web inspection and color control systems for the packaging sector.with a graphic arts background spanning 18 years, tim has worked for a range of businesses including cerruti graphic systems and paper converting machine company.

hindu community is planning to approach advertising standards bureau asb, an australian organization that investigates breaches of advertising standards, to file a complaint against australian brewer brookvale union for using images of hindu deities ganesh and lakshmi on its beer bottle.brookvale union is allegedly continuing to use images of ganesh and lakshmi on its beer bottle, despite promising to redesign their bottles and packaging and removing the objectionable images from the website in 2013.earlier in november 2013 brookvale union said &quotwe have subsequently apologised for a

new bopp film provides proven mineral oil barrierinnovia films has launched its first bopp film that has been officially proven to provide up to 1.5 years protection from mineral oil migration propafilm rcu.its development has been the result of proactive investigation into the mineral oil hydrocarbon moh and mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbon moah barrier protection of their films.

a new extrusion line to produce polylactic acid pla foam has been introduced by canadian film and sheet extrusion machinery supplier, macro engineering &amp technology inc.using tandem extruders, the foamed pla sheet produced by the new line would be between 1.2 and 5.0 mm thick and up to 1,270 mm wide.