April 2015

south africanmade klikboxes &ndash individual gift packs made from recycled bottles, is set to launch in the uk this autumnthe boxes are recycled plastic 1litre and 2litre plastic soft drinks bottles that have been transformed with colourful and quirky designs into a new packaging concept that can be used for various uses, from food packaging to gift packaging for scarves or ties.lynn worsley, the former operations manager of a high street fashion chain, founded all women recycling, the company that makes the klikbox.the original team of 22 has increased to a team of over 70 ladies who

design agency essen have recently completed a packaging and rebranding project for tangent garment care, a stockholmbased company committed to the development of organic garment and shoe care products that aim to ensure longevity. their design solution &ndash a simple, utilitarian, monochromatic typographical approach &ndash delivers a sense of information purity through the rejection of superfluous language or superficial graphic detail and choosing to divide content only by the uppercase and lowercase typesetting of a neutral sansserif.

britannia garment packaging has opened a new production facility in dhaka, bangladesh, which it hopes will set a new precedent for the global garment industrythe new factory will include 120 staff occupying 70,000 square feet of factory floor, which includes a dedicated woven label building and modern equipment.britannia produces a range of packaging solutions for the garment industry, with a global network of production facilities spanning eight countries.it supplies a range of packaging and labelling products for leading fashion retailers, including debenhams, george at asda and the arcad

kite packaging has been delivering packaging solutions to the furniture and wider retail industry since 2001, and in that time it has developed a reputation for its highquality service level. furniture news spoke to bruce mcinnes, chairman of kite packaging group, to find out more ...tell us about the history of the company.kite packaging was founded in 2001 by a group of people who were passionate about packaging and service, and wished to be masters of their own destiny.

dickson city &mdash the ads have been running for weeks. a furniture store chain has been promoting its recycling efforts.and going behind the scenes at raymour and flanigan&rsquos store near the viewmont mall in lackawanna county it&rsquos easy to see just how much packaging material comes from the furniture industry.&ldquothere&rsquos a great deal of styrofoam. there&rsquos a great deal of packaging.

made from cottonseed hulls and mycelium, or mushroom roots, new protective packaging for steelcase inc.&39s currency line of readytoassemble office furniture has earned packaging supplier ecovative the innovator of the year award in the non fdaregulated products category of the 2011 greener package awards. in june, ecovative was also named as a dupont award winner.

the owners of trujuice beverages have pumped millions into new packaging and products and are about to take on a new segment of the juice market following a soft launch last year.partners, trade winds citrus limited and wisynco group first introduced a nonchilled juice drink in tetrapak packaging under its down market brand, squeezz, but did so without fanfare.now the company is taking the same step with its trujuice brand, under which it has developed a line of juice drink products for the nonrefrigerated market segment.

the london crisp co. is a new hand cooked british crisp range, now available in local pubs throughout london, with a packaging treatment developed by b&ampb studio.

rigid plastic packaging manufacturer plastipak packaging will be acquiring the appe packaging division of la seda de barcelona group for &euro360m.the amount includes a gross up of &euro65m of accounts payable that will be discounted from the bid which would result in the actual investment being &euro295m.plastipak, a fullyowned subsidiary of plastipak holdings, manufactures rigid plastic containers for the food, beverage and consumer products industries.

tetra rex 100 renewable packagetetra rex 100 renewable packagelausanne, switzerland, april 1, 2015 3bl media &ndash following its successful introduction with finnish dairy valio, the world&rsquos first fully renewable package, tetra rex&reg biobased, is now being rolled out to tetra pak customers worldwide.valio has been selling its valio eila&reg brand of lactose free semiskimmed milk drink in tetra rex biobased for the past three months and now plans to use the fully renewable package for some other products in their range.