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Tetra pak today announces that new volume options and advanced photographic printing techniques are now available on its tetra fino aseptic packaging range. The combination brings improved efficiency, stronger product differentiation and greater brand impact to manufacturers seeking highly cost effective packaging solutions. Tetra pak&rsquos optisize volume concept for tetra fino aseptic allows customers to produce cartons tailored precisely to 70ml and 220ml portions &mdash with more size options to follow &mdash thus reducing packaging materials waste.

Within a very short time, new beverage additives have turned into a real lifestyle product. This development is another manifestation of the global trend toward increasing personalization with us adapting the products we use to our own preferences and wishes. Water is perhaps the most valuable beverage given to us by nature. We should drink up to 3 litres a day. Many people find that difficult, as they experience water as having a very boring taste. It therefore comes as no big surprise that aromatic beverage additives and flavour enhancers are all the rage.

When the people at sabormex began to develop a strategy to do a full relaunch of their brand of soluble coffee café oro, they faced tremendous challenges in their bid to succeed in very competitive markets, with strong leading brands. With the help of tricorbraun mexico and that firms ability to design and engineer costeffective, reliable and innovative packaging, the relaunch of the café oro brand was a remarkable success.

Badger plug company has added a fourth location to its recycling program, which sees it help clients divert and reuse roll packaging components that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Newport, indiana, joins the other north american centers where badger plug will accept and recycle an array of packaging components previously used for protecting roll products during shipping and storage. Badger plug first started recycling these products in 1984 at the companys headquarters in greenville, wisconsin.

In its sixth edition, the annual sustainability in packaging conference sponsored by packaging digest and pira intl. Demonstrates the evolution of sustainability in the packaging segment.this years conference, held march 1214 in orlando, fl, highlighted sustainable packaging developments and the latest advances in the science of sustainability. In summing up the event, conference chairman john kalkowski, editorial director of packaging digest, urged delegates to innovate, demonstrate and collaboratethe three major themes developed in presentations throughout the conference.

Cpia by cm consulting, findings show that an increasing number of canadians have access to recycling many different forms of plastic packaging, including nearly countrywide access to plastic bottle recycling 95 percent and 91 percent access to recycling of household tubs and lids used for yogurt containers and other dairy products, up from 88 percent in 2009.

The "be an honest kid" promotion seeks to educate children and their parents about the importance of reforestation and the critical role trees play in the environment, including cleaner air, safer drinking water and thriving wildlife populations.

"I am thrilled that the national park foundation chose to package their famous white house easter eggs in sficertified boxes," says sfi president and ceo kathy abusow. "this action is an excellent example of making environmentally responsible decisions and will hopefully inspire others in the public and private sector to think creatively about their own sustainable practices.