February 2015

25 feb 2015cce international 2015 presents series of open seminarsfrom 1012 march 2015 the corrugated and folding carton industry will gather at the munich trade fair centre for cce international 2015. a total of 156 exhibitors from 22 countries will showcase a comprehensive range of raw materials, machines, accessories and services for the production and conversion of corrugated and cartonboard.

25 feb 2015diageo and thinfilm unveil the connected &39smart bottle&39diageo&39s iconic johnnie walker blue label will showcase technology at mobile world congress in barcelonadiageo plc, a world leader in beverage alcohol, and thin film electronics asa, a global leader in the development of printed electronics and smart systems, will look to completely change the role of a bottle in the consumer experience, with a prototype johnnie walker blue label &quotsmart bottle&quot that will be unveiled at mobile world congress, taking place march 25, 2015.the connected &quot

spectra packaging is premiering its latest offerings at packaging innovations 2015 currently taking place at the nec birmingham.this year spectra is revealing a host of unique new concepts at the show, with a particular emphasis on closure technology.some of the new closure concepts on show include a clever twopiece cap that boasts an inner screw mechanism, allowing customers to snap on 5 alternate outer shells for a mix and match outcome.

24 feb 2015water bottle caps will &quotfly right by&quotin npe booth w623elexis sp ultrahighspeed hybrid injection molding machine will mold over 180,000 highprecision 1.3gram caps per hoursumitomo shi demag announced today that it will team up with several key partners at npe 2015 to &quotmeet or beat&quot the worldrecord the company set for water bottle cap production in 2014.exhibiting in npe booth w623, sumitomo demag will run an elexis sp 420 molding a 2925 water bottle cap with tamper evident band molded by mechanical slides.the highprecision, 96cavity hotrunner mold i

rpc group has announced the completion of the acquisition of promens group as, following receipt of all required antitrust clearances.as a result of the &euro386m deal, the new combined group will have a turnover in excess of &euro2bn, operate from more than 90 facilities worldwide and employ circa 15.000 people.

feb 24 2015bread packagingpefc uk has welcomed the results of a confederation of paper industries cpi commissioned yougov poll, which showed that over half of the uk&rsquos consumers visiting their local supermarket or food retailer prefer their groceries and fresh produce to be available in paperbased packaging.the research revealed that over half of the 2,289 people surveyed in the nationwide poll, some 57 said they preferred their grocery and food packaging in paperbased material, whilst some 31 expressed no preference and just 8 preferred plastic containers.the consumers surveyed we