May 2015

at achema, which takes place in frankfurt from 15 to 19 june, multivac will be presenting in hall 3.1 stand c47 its ipackaging, labelling and marking solutions for the life science and healthcare industry, and among these will be a compact thermoforming packaging machine for packing products in small batch sizes.&nbspwith the r 081 thermoforming packaging machine, multivac will be showing a new entrylevel model that is designed for packing products in small batches.

new research commissioned by huhtamaki shows that 85 of consumers want outlets to use compostable takeaway cups for hot drinks.the research also showed 80 of the uk population purchase takeaway hot drinks, and over half of consumers 57 would pay 2 more for their drinks to be served in compostable takeaway cups.additionally, 83 of consumers would prefer caterers to use disposable cups made in the uk.two thirds of consumers 68 are aware of the availability of biodegradable paper and &lsquoplastic&rsquo products, and understand the concept of biodegradability.

&nbspu.s.a. &ndash handblown glass bottles with paper labels, neckbands and handassembled stoppers provide shelf impact for luna nueva tequila and help expand its distribution in the united states, while a limitededition, softtouch mattepink bottle for alacran tequila gives consumers an additional purchasing incentive.

australia &ndash a brand and packaging makeover for nestle purina&rsquos fancy feast range of cat food has reinforced its marketleading position and made it the fastest growing brand in wet cat food segment. wet cat food is the largest segment within the australian pet care category and fancy feast holds 22.9 per cent share of the market.prior to the redesign, however, the fancy feast wet cat range was decreasing market share for the first time in a decade. sydneybased saltmine design group was consulted to remedy the situation.

eric collins, managing director of nampak plastics visiting an infini milk bottle factorya producer of plastic milk bottles in stonehouse is appealing for the british dairy supply chain to keep its commitment to recycled plastic.falling oil prices have prompted reports of financial challenges at a leading supplier of recycled high density polyethylene rhdpe called closed loop recycling.some sources have claimed that certain dairy packaging companies are switching back to virgin hdpe instead of rhdpe due to price issues.eric collins, managing director of nampak plastics, said &ldquothis

samsung has improved its chip scale led packages by compacting even smaller to a dimension of 1.2 mm by 1.2 mm, compared to its previous 1.4 mm by 1.4 mm measuring chip scale packaging csp leds.samsung uses csp to save another packaging process after the actual led chip manufacturing.

shardul nautiyal, mumbaimonday, may 18, 2015, 0800 hrs istindian institute of packaging iip is in the process of formulating a set of uniform standards for packaging pharma products for indian companies. this is expected to bring about costeffectiveness, uniformity in pricing of packaging and help boost exports.once finalized, the standards would be submitted to the commerce ministry for implementation.

after the widespread confusion on packaging standards that prevailed during the last crop season, orchardists are now seeking greater clarity regarding the norms.