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Screwcap Revolution

06 Nov 2012
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Nampak closures has created a screwcap for graça&rsquos wine bottle, helping south africa&rsquos "favourite talking, eating, drinking, laughing, singing, and above all, sharing wine", switch from its traditional cork closure to a screwcap. This 30 x 50mm length closure with the 30 x 60mm wine finish top and side seal, is a first for nampak closures and is unique to graça. The first thing winelovers will notice with the new closure is a cork key ring featuring the message &ldquosoon to be extinct&rdquo. These key rings have been adorning every graça bottle from midjuly.

Bottled Water New Design

06 Nov 2012
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Icelandic water holdings ehf, makers of the awardwinning, carbonneutral premium natural spring water icelandic glacial, announced today the rebranding of its logo, bottle and outer box packaging by launching a sleek redesign that embraces the brand&39s native country of iceland. Arriving on store shelves in midseptember, the new identity was developed by communications agency team one, a division of saatchi & saatchi, to immerse consumers in the full icelandic glacial experience of purity, beauty and pristine environment.

Super Lightweight Trays

06 Nov 2012
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Europe&rsquos leading multimaterial packaging manufacturer, linpac packaging is launching a groundbreaking super lightweight monomaterial tray for meat and poultry at fachpack 2012 later this month september 25th27th, nuremburg germany, hall 9, stand 635. The novel patentpending tray uses a sealant on the tray flange to create a secure seal with the lidding film, thus removing the industry standard laminated pe base film, the new rfresh® elite range of rpet trays are 100 recyclable at the end of their service life.

Green Matter Biopolymers Help Green The Event Industry

06 Nov 2012
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Heightened awareness of the need for more sustainable answers to issues from material use to endoflife solutions is leading to the development of projects based on closedloop thinking and whole life cycle approaches. It&39s a trend that has been especially evident in the events and festivals organized this year around the world, with, of course, the london olympics and paralympics as the most notable examples of all.

Wikicell To Replace Wasteful Packaging

06 Nov 2012
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Pretty much every food item you bring home from the store has some kind of wrapper. Those that don&rsquot, like fruits and vegetables, you put into one. Beyond the simple hassle of dealing with food packaging, this creates massive amounts of waste, which takes its toll on the environment. A startup in cambridge called wikicell hopes to change all this, and they&rsquore off to a promising start with the announcement today that they&rsquove raised 10 million from flagship ventures and polaris ventures.

Uk How A Faulty Leakproof Cap Cost Britvic 25m

06 Nov 2012
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Britvic&39s mass recall of its popular fruit shoot drink due to a faulty cap will cost the company up to £25m, the drinks maker has said in a profits warning. Why did the company decide on the recall two months ago, britvic launched a new &ldquospill proof magicap&rdquo for its popular robinsons fruit shoot and fruit shoot hydro drinks, which it believed would solve every parent&rsquos worst nightmare finding their child&rsquos school bag covered in juice after their drinks bottle was accidentally tipped upside down.

New Tetra Pak With More Functionality

30 Oct 2012
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Tetra pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, today announces its latest innovation in carton packaging. The tetra brik aseptic 1000 mid lightcap 24 builds on the success of tetra pak&rsquos leading tetra brik aseptic 1000 base perforation carton packaging. It features tetra pak&rsquos lowest cost screw capwhich offers consumers increased functionality while giving customers increased space for branding and product promotion.

Uht Milk In Fsc Carton

30 Oct 2012
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Major dairy manufacturer, dairybelle has taken a new step to community and environmental stewardship with its newlylaunched forest stewardship council fsc certified aseptic uht milk carton packs from sig combibloc obeikan. "as one of the leading dairy manufacturers in south africa to launch fsccertified aseptic uht milk carton packs, dairybelle will lead the way in encouraging a more environmentallyconscious approach from both consumers and industry peers," says a sig spokesman.