February 2015

the institute of packaging professionals iopp annual salary survey asks you for your personal take on the economy.

packaging innovations, running alongside empack and label&ampprint, returns to birmingham&rsquos nec on 25 &amp 26 february with more show content than ever before.six new features, a seminar lineup that reads like a who&rsquos who of industry professional and interactive debates, making the show a must attend.the ever popular big print debate will be addressing &lsquoas personalisation increasingly becomes the norm will its greatest impact be on the shelf or in the home&rsquo this interactive debate takes place at 1130 on thursday 26 february, in the label&amppr

masterchef winner dhruv baker will be tempting visitors to the benson group stand with his signature blend of asian and european cuisines.on each day of the show, attendees will be able to enjoy three live demonstrations of baker&rsquos creations served in benson&rsquos range of carton tray packaging.

turbofil packaging machines will unveil two new products at the 2015 packexpo east show in philadelphia, pennsylvania.the products include the new multihead hybrid capper mh120 and reditrace pharmaceutical track and trace.mhc120 is a technologydriven solution for bottle capping and can be deployed over the customer&39s existing conveyor.turbofil said the racetrack layout has the capacity to deliver capping speeds of about 120 containers per minute.the company developed the reditrace solution in partnership with miracom computer.turbofil said the reditrace cloud&39s track and trace p

16 feb 2015cawston press launches three new vegetable &amp fruit drinksnew blends take firm into the chiller for the first timefollowing significant market growth in the vegetable juice market and the success of its own &39brilliant beetroot&39 blend, cawston press now a &pound8m retail sales value brand is launching three new vegetable and fruit drinks.

in less than two weeks packaging innovations, running alongside empack and label&ampprint, returns to birmingham&rsquos nec on 25 &amp 26 february with more show content than ever before.

the next edition of packaging innovations will be held on the 25 and 26 february 2015 at the national exhibition centre nec, halls 9 and 10, in birmingham. alison church, event director, told premium beauty news about the show&rsquos main features.&nbsp alison church, packaging innovationspremium beauty news packaging innovations is now in its tenth edition. can you tell us more about the showalison church the event has grown extensively over the years with dedicated areas for sustainable packaging and contract packing.

the recycling of cardboard boxes helps to keep them clear of bacterial contamination, a study has found.commissioned by the us organisation corrugated packaging alliance, and carried out by university of california davis and haley &amp aldrich, the study found that 100 of boxes tested met acceptable levels of bacteria for food packaging.with no guidelines on packaging bacteria levels existing from the us food and drug administration, a 1000 colony forming units per swab threshold was used by the study that had been developed by the university of guelph, food safety authority of ireland,