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Is Packaging Sabotaging Your Skin-Care Routine?

13 Apr 2018
Madhu Sudan Si…

Tubs and Jars

What they're good for: Thick creams, ointments, and body moisturizers.

What they're not so good for: Scrubs—or anything else that you use in the shower. We know, a lot of them are packaged this way, but if water gets in, they can—gross—get moldy. Plus, moisturizers with vitamin C tend to hold up better in tubes and pump bottles (the skin-brightening ingredient is relatively unstable and tends to degrade faster the more it's exposed to air and light).

Small Pots

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Cartonplast Best Practice for transporting glass, cans and PET-containers

13 Apr 2018
Bhaskar Ch

Cartonplast Group (CPL) offers Europe's most successful outsourcing transportation system with plastic layer pads (PLPs) on a rental basis for glass, cans and PET containers. The following CPL best practice examples provide insights into the practice of the work processes of two different companies and show concrete and positive changes. What works well for one can also work well for the other! The examples serve as a suggestion for companies looking for solutions to similar production problems.

Propak China 2018

13 Apr 2018
Radhika Rewri

Propak China is an event dedicated to processing and packaging technology. In 2018, 24th edition of this event is scheduled to organise from 11 to 13 July at Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC), China. The show will continue with its five sections(BevTek, DairyTek, FoodTek, PharmaTek and CosmeticTek), and will introduce two brand new "Sections in Exhibition": the "E-commerce Packaging & Logistics Technology (E-LOGITEK)" and the "Shanghai International Packaging Materials & Products Technology Expo (PMPTEK)".

Novio Packaging is the new holding for Oosterbeek Packaging B.V., Alpha Packaging International B.V., Maer Flexibles B.V., Maer Hong Kong Ltd and FehnPolycap GmbH.

13 Apr 2018
Bhaskar Ch

To offer our customers a broader range of services, backed up by improved international effectiveness, the five companies listed above will be joining forces as from today, as Novio Packaging. This combination enables them to offer one another additional support in terms of production, distribution and service provision.

 

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Injection-moulded Polypropylene (PP) tube

12 Apr 2018
Radhika Rewri

The product does not only have special technical refinements, but also uses them in a clearly structured design, which has a strong brand management and clearly communicates the “Brilliant Shine” product’s USP to the consumer. TheJohn Frieda SB Brilliant Shine Shampoo uses tube which is injection-moulded tube consists of Polypropylene (PP), in combination with a PP-InMould label, which is protected by a satin coat and integrated in the material complex. The closure is also made of PP, is equipped with a hot embossing film, has 2 water-drain holes and can be unscrewed if needed.

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Real-time communication in the Industrial IoT State-of- the-art communication architectures with OPC UA TSN

12 Apr 2018
Bhaskar Ch

At this year's Hannover Messe (Hall 9, Booth D33), the Ethernet POWERLINK Standardization Group (EPSG) will demonstrate how interface-free communication can provide seamless connectivity from the sensor layer to the ERP layer and into the cloud. The foundation has already been laid with the companion specification for OPC UA and POWERLINK.