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The plastic manufacturer has worked with contract manufacturer severn delta and graphic designer tracy sellar on the relaunch of pitrok natural deodorants. The designs were created by sellar and the products have been packaged in a distinctive colour palette of black, gold and silver which have high shelf appeal and convey a premium image. The new collection includes pitrok natural spray deodorants in 100ml nonaerosol tubulars, 50ml natural crystal push up deodorant and natural rollon deodorant fragranced for women.

In a statement, the usbased company said that it will build its plant by the second half of 2012. According to sonoco&rsquos vice president rodger fuller, the company will build a 120,000plus square foot plant and install several pet injection stretch blowmolding and injection molding lines to produce packaging and components for personal products. Total cost of the plant building and equipment is projected to be approximately 15m and the operation will employ approximately 60 new workers.

More than 100 distinct products in the company&rsquos ownbrand and privatelabel range will appear in containers injection stretch moulded at the llantrisant factory. Tetrosyl has switched production to rpc llantrisant from its own inhouse moulding operation. Rpc llantrisant sales manager george sweeney said &ldquothis represents a major investment by tetrosyl and rpc in new packaging.

Borealis&rsquo first pp grade for squeezable cosmetics tubes is called borsoft sl600m0. According to borealis, tailored to meet the needs of the production process and the tube, the grade was optimised for &ldquooutstanding flowability, good flexibility, excellent contact transparency and outstanding environmental stress crack resistance&rdquo. Clube was developed by plastic packaging manufacturer plasticum group.

The thinwall multilayer polypropylene pack is being pitched as an alternative to glass and tin formats and has been developed by the group&rsquos bramlage division. The barrier technology, rpc said, is achieved by simultaneous injection of skin and core layers. This provides a strong barrier to oxygen and water vapour,

The &lsquoirish recycled plastic waste arisings study&rsquo is the first to look at plastics recycling and demand across the republic of ireland and northern ireland and was compiled by the rx3 agency. The survey found that 482,366 tonnes of plastics were generated yearly. Plastics manufacturing demand stood at 465,381 tonnes. However, while the study found that ireland had capacity to reprocess 319,800 tonnes of plastics, in 2011 only 108,730 tonnes was recycled. Despite this underused materials supply, plastics processors are still importing waste into ireland for reprocessing.

This latest development aims to help sainsbury&rsquos cut its total packaging by a third by 2015. According to the supermarket giant, the new jars &ldquoare just as functional as the previous ones&rdquo, and the reduced weight means not only do they have a lower environmental impact,

The convertor and manufacturer of pet preforms and bottles will also be launching a new barrier technology at the show that takes place in nuremberg. In a statement, appe said that its &lsquodeep grip&rsquo bottles will offer a recess of up to 25mm each side to create an &ldquoeffective hand hold, providing convenience and easy handling for containers up to seven litres in size combined with the many established benefits of pet including clarity, light weight and design flexibility&rdquo.

Amcor said its new 24oz round widemouth pet jar is a &ldquolightweight replacement for glass for pasta sauces, apple sauce, salsas, jams and jellies, and other food products filled at temperatures up to 205 f&rdquo. &ldquoamcor has taken wide mouth, hot fill containers to a new level by combining our round wall design and novel blowtrim technology to create a glasslike pet container that has all the desirable consumer advantages,&rdquo according to amcor principal engineer ron mcfarlane.