March 2015

pet container manufacturer&39s association pcma today said the results of the tests conducted by sgs did not find any leaching of heavy metals, formaldehyde, endocrine disruptors, colors etc in pet containers used in packaging of various substances.pcma had recently engaged sgs, a leading industrial research firm, to conduct rigorous tests to find out the facts that whether packaging of pharmaceutical and food products results in leaching or contamination in pet polyethylene terephthalate containers.pcma said it had engaged sgs after a series of allegation levied by a few ngos stating t

kfc has made a few hedgehogs very happy, after deciding to change its packaging to protect hedgehogs from harm.the packaging for the kfc krushems dessert meant that the little creatures sometimes got their heads stuck in the lids, trying to lick the leftover ice cream out.this could make them unable to eat and any of our spiky friends who got stuck would starve to death.the british hedgehog preservation society asked the fast food giant to change the packaging, and after negotiations, kfc agreed.kfc krushems packaging will no longer be harmful to hedgehogs if littered, and the little creatu

mikopac is a belgian company that is specialised in plastic packaging. these are made out of polyproplylene. &quotthe reason we make packaging out of polypropylene is that this material can absorb large changes in temperature,&quot says director karl hermans. &quotwe serve a lot of different segments, including the fruit and vegetable sector. &quotour customers mainly supply processed fruit and vegetables. this is because the fresh sector is mainly interested in pet, seethrough plastic.

newswise &mdash a national alert for serious medication errors has been issued by ashp and the institute for safe medication practices ismp, warning of potentially dangerous mixups between two relatively new presentations of older medications, neostigmine injection and phenylephrine injection.the products are manufactured by eclat pharmaceuticals as bloxiverz neostigmine and vazculep phenylephrine. bloxiverz is a chlolinesterase inhibitor indicated for the reversal of nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade after surgery.

beverage packaging designs that elicit an emotional response from their target audience tend to do quite well in the marketplace. it could be a millennialfavored newage aseptic carton or an electrifying label that pulses to the beat at a club.the first three months of 2015 has seen a bevy of beverage packaging debuts. our top 10 list starts with an unusual material for beer bottles&hellip1. carlsberg supports biodegradable, woodfiber beverage bottlecarlsberg is partnering with moldedfiber packaging supplier ecoxpac on a biodegradable, woodfiber beverage bottle.

mumbaibased parksons packaging has received rs 200crore capital injection from kedaara capital.

whatech channel industrial market research reportspublished on wednesday, 25 march 2015 2041submitted by danny whatech maxnews from market research storeread 13 timesglobal flexible plastic packaging market will grow at a cagr of 4.86 percent over the period 20142019. global flexible plastic packaging market 20152019, has been prepared based on an indepth market analysis with inputs from industry experts.

with its highquality milk products, osm pitnica is one of the largest dairy industries in poland. its main product, cottage cheese, has also introduced the company to a wider audience throughout europe.see product and contact details of greiner packaging international gmbh.view suppliers of similar products in the packaging network.in collaboration with greiner packaging, osm pitnica has developed a new packaging concept for its healthy, proteinloaded snack a sleeved cup with two chambers, one for the cottage cheese and the other for honey or fruits.

only 10 of packing peanuts are recycled in the uschemical engineers at purdue university, us, have found that socalled packing &lsquopeanuts&rsquo can be recycled into materials for rechargeable batteries.only 10 of packing peanuts, traditionally made from polystyrene but increasingly from cornstarch, is recycled in the us, as it is not economical to do so. in landfill, they take up a lot of space and can leach harmful materials &ndash such as heavy metals, chlorides, phthalates and detergents &ndash into the soil.

design consultancy falcon has created the packaging design for a new range of erasers and pencil sharpeners from swordfish, a subsidiary of snopake brands.renowned for its wide range of shredders, laminators and trimmers, swordfish has created a range of handheld erasers and sharpeners.