February 2015

award recognizes quality, value and service achievements in packaging overthecounter health care products for top supplier to convenience retailing channelcedar rapids, iowabusiness wirelil&rsquodrug store products, inc.

&ldquowhen we choose the paperboard for chocolate packaging, the decisive factor is taste and odor neutrality,&rdquo said tom du caju, du caju printing &amp packaging, belgium. &ldquoof course the paperboard must be suitable for the construction we have chosen but if we do not minimize the risk of the chocolate acquiring an offtaste from the packaging material then the rest does not matter.&rdquothis is how tom du caju and his colleagues at du caju printing &amp packaging describe their experiences in food packaging.

exxonmobil chemical&39s new vistamaxx 3588fl polymer can be used to provide outstanding sealing performance in cast polypropylene cpp films and heatsealable biaxially oriented polypropylene bopp films designed for fast and reliable packaging operations.the new grade is said to combine very low seal and hot tack initiation temperatures with a broad hermetic seal range, making it well suited for applications such as snack, biscuit and candy packaging.using pure vistamaxx 3588fl to replace standard terpolymer pp in the sealant layer of 3 or 5layer heat sealable cpp or bopp films can enable

agua enerviva has launched its naturallyenergising beverages in lightweight, hot fill containers that have been designed by scorcreative at amcor.containing only 10 calories and 3 grams of sugar per 8oz serving, agua enerviva claims to combine the best features of sports drinks, enhanced waters and energy drinks, with the flavour and vibrancy of traditional aguas frescas.amcor&39s scorcreative design team worked with the company to deliver a sleek bottle featuring horizontal ribs with an attractive shrink label.according to scorcreative principal engineer michael lane, the company provi

the european food safety authority&rsquos efsa finding in january that bisphenol a bpa poses no health risk to consumers at current exposure levels may be brought to bear on france, which has unilaterally banned bpa in food packaging.&ldquoclearly, the plastics industry strongly objects to such differing standards and laws in individual member states in what is designed to be a single european market,&rdquo said jasmin bird at plasticseurope&rsquos pcbpa group.

drinks can deliveries reached 9.819 billion in 2014, an increase of 228m units, up 2.4 on 2013 across the combined beer and cider and carbonated soft drink csd can markets.the can makers, the industry trade body representing uk drinks can manufacturers, said growth for csds was strong, with can deliveries up 146m units to 5.296bn, an increase of 2.8.nielsen figures showed the share of overall csd packaging mix for drinks cans increased by 2.3 in volume terms up to 29.7 from 27.4 in 2013, taking share from pet bottles.all csd can sizes enjoyed growth over the year, with 50cl cans, led by ene

17 feb 2015join the street food revolutionplanglow launch street food inspired hot food packaging rangeeco packaging providers planglow have launched a brand new range street food an environmentally friendly threepiece collection specifically designed for hot foods.