wish you great and healthy healthy 2007 with lots of new ideas in packaging to look good, perform better and less polluting new twopiece can wins gold daesang co. ltd., south korea, has successfully relaunched its leading luncheon meat and high pork products in newly designed twopiece aluminium rectangular can closed with an easy peel end generating consumer interest and creating shelf impact in a competitive domestic market.  the deepdrawn process is carefully controlled to produce a straightsided can with a shouldera design feature that also aids meat release. the can is closed with a printed easy peel end in which the aluminium foil is bonded to a polypropylene sublayer and is specifically designed for heat processing of the product.  new designs were recognized by the industry at the cans of the year 2006 award ceremony held at the canmaker summit in dolce sitges, spain, in october, receiving the gold award for food twopiece cans. lighter and lighter pet engineering has halved the weight of its bottles to five grams, for a capacity of 100 milliliters. the new containerintended for dairybased and functional drinkswas designed in partnership with the canadian company husky injection moulding systems, the american firm invista and sleever international for the decoration. the new singleserve bottle is extremely light, allowing a weight reduction of around two grams compared to similar containers in todays market, and bringing a net decrease in production costs and in the containers impact on the environment. the most critical consideration in the definition of this container involved the planning of the preform, for which a tailormade design was developed undertaken by husky in collaboration with pet engineering, allowing the weight to be reduced to a minimum while maintaining excellent technical performance. the new bottle has been designed in two versions one in pet and the other in polyshield pet resin. furthermore, from a technical point of view, a special snapon cap has been developed, which allows the weight to be further reduced by sealing the container with aluminium film. laticrete international wins haver 2006 innovation awardan innovative producer of building materials. haver & boecker, based in oelde germany, officially recognizes laticretes cooperation in the mutual development of clean packaging, protecting the product and increasing shelf life for the building materials industry. laticrete will install the newly developed fourspout benjamin machines at several locations across america by the middle of may 2007. the packing machines operate according to the haver adams process hap, a machine technology that allows powdertype products to be filled into leakproof plastic bags. due to its lightweight made it possible to build highrises. this remarkable innovation, which at the time was not held in the highest regards, secured the companys future and became the secret of its success. and with the introduction of the hap technology, laticrete continues on this path to success. environment friendly new packaging for potato amcor flexibles has worked with uk supermarket retailer tesco plc and its two chosen new potato suppliers greenvale ap plc and branston potatoes, to change the pack format of the tesco new potato range in a move to a more environmentally friendly recyclable film saving nearly 500 tonnes in polystyrene packaging per annum.the original pack format used was a hips high impact polystyrene punnet lidded with amcor pplus laminate film this has now been updated with a vffs vertical form fill seal bag produced from amcor flexibles recyclable coextrusion film. the packs still utilise the amcor pplus technology to maintain the excellent quality of the potatoes.the coextrusion film produced at amcor flexibles winterbourne was designed to be a high speed packing film capable of exceeding up to 120 packs per minute on the 1kg weight. the film is then finished at amcor flexibles ledbury where flexo printing, antimist and the amcor pplus technology are all applied.the tesco range of 1kg new potato packs include charlotte, baby new, miniature baby new, baby bakers and jersey royals when in season.amcor flexibles is the leading flexible packaging supplier to the fresh produce market. part of amcor, one of the worlds top 3 global packaging companies, the business operates 45 manufacturing plants in 18 countries in europe and the americas supplying a wide range of markets including food, healthcare and tobacco. new plasma3tm delivery systems meet customer needs headonenercons plasma3tm atmospheric plasma technology apt has demonstrated its ability to go beyond corona treatment and add value to traditional converting applications. the powerful smooth generated by plasma3tm has inspired many of our customers to drive this technology beyond the realm of traditional flexible packaging applications. plasma3tm is being used to          clean printed circuit boards          improve lamination to foams          provide textile functionalization          functionalize and clean base rfid inlays          remove surface contaminants from metals  new members          propack china alcan          safire lithgraphers, chennai, india          technova imaging systems p limited, raigad, india          zaki group of companies, mumbai, india          efi india pvt. ltd., bangalore, india          arrow coated products ltd., mumbai, indiaoffers          plastic tubes as per dmf          30ml hdpe bottles as per dmf          digital printing services for pharmaceuticalsevents          feb. 1315 anaheim westpack 2007, packaging technologies exhibition by canon communications llc. concurrently with md&m west, pacific design & manufacturing, plastec west, electronics west, and automation technology expo west. all at anaheim convention center. to register, go to www.devicelink.com.    feb. 2527      tampa charting the course, annual     automatic identification showcase of aim global. at renaissance international plaza. contact diana bowser at 7249344470 march 56 montreal corrugatedthe whole package strategies for competing globally, annual conference and trade fair of the canadian corrugated case association ccca. at hilton bonaventure. contact ccca at 4165909471. march 89 new orleans healthpack 2007, conference and tabletop exhibition for medical device professionals. at astor crowne plaza. to register, visit www.healthpack.net. important emails press@packagingconnections.com   jobs@packagingconnections.com  offers@packagingconnections.com   info@packagingconnections.com   happy and prosperous packaging in 2007  the editorwww.packagingconnections.com
