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the 5,000sqm facility in fareham, which was built last year to replace two sites in portsmouth, is now fully operational and is running a combination of b2 and b3 presses. while the facility already has around 25 higher capacity than the two it replaces, the company, which spun out of nampak europe in december 2010, is planning further expansion. bill thomas, operations manager at contego packaging portsmouth pictured, said &ldquothis move has brought all the different functions of our operation under one roof making for more effective production.

gerresheimer acquired a 70 stake in netural glass from the owner family, which has retained 30 of the shares. for the german company, the rapid growth of the pharma sectors in the emerging markets makes having local production operations in india a strategically significant move. &ldquothe indian pharma market is gaining in international significance and it is growing at an impressive rate,&rdquo commented uwe r&oumlhrhoff, ceo of gerresheimer ag.

according to a new report by visiongain 1 a market research firm and business information provider specialising in various industries, including the telecoms, pharmaceutical, defence, energy and metals the global cosmetics packaging market is expected to reach 24 billion u.s. dollars in 2012. the importance of cosmetics packaging to the success of cosmetic products, as well as several consumerdriven trends should also contribute to steady and continuous growth of this market over the next decade. &ldquocosmetics packaging is an essential component of cosmetic products success.

after scientific evidence failed to convince the u.s. food and drug administration to outlaw bpa in food packaging, a lawmaker has spotted another way to get the agency to regulate the substance. ever since 2008 when new research suggested that bisphenol a used in packaging to make plastic harder or protect metal can linings could be toxic to humans, consumer advocates have been pushing for an allout federal ban on containers carrying the chemical.

Greenpeace said in a statement late last that lego had dropped app over its alleged role in deforestation in indonesia &ndash allegations that app strongly denies. The assertion came after lego published an update on its efforts to improve the sustainability of its packaging in which helle sofie kaspersen, the group&rsquos vice president of corporate governance and sustainability, said the company would no longer deal with suppliers involved in deforestation.

Us &ndash crown prince seafood,city of industry,calif., switches from a 6ounce, twopiece aluminum can with a standard end to a 5ounce, twopiece aluminum can with an easyopen end. The smaller, easyopen can provides a container with a lining free of bisphenol a bpa, a controversial chemical commonly used in can linings. The bpafree can, supplied by impress,deventer, the netherlands, the world&rsquos largest supplier of seafood cans, is used for crown prince natural brand wildcaught yellowfin, albacore and tongol tuna. Updated paper labels announce bpa free.

The &ldquobaby boomer&rdquo generation has been a major market driver for everything from houses to cars to entertainment to almost all consumer products for several decades. Generally defined as those born between the years 1946 and 1964, the very first of these &ldquobaby boomers&rdquo are turning 60 this year.

A new survey by association of chamber of commerce and industry of india assocham found that 82 of india&rsquos workforce prefers readytoeat packaged food, rather than eating outside or roadside dhabhas local restaurants in metropolitan cities like delhi, mumbai, kolkata, chennai, bangalore and hyderabad.

The leicester university students pictured are working on a project to genetically engineer a new organism that will quickly break down polystyrene waste. The team of secondyear students, who make up leicester&rsquos international genetically engineered machine team igem, want to find examples of bacteria which already degrade polystyrene to help them design a more efficient organism.