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Smurfit Kappa Celebrates 150 Years Of Paper Making In Birmingham

23 Jul 2012
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More than 200 people including past and present employees, customers, suppliers, local residents and organisations all associated with the smurfit kappa ssk paper mill in nechells, joined together for this event. The event occurred on tuesday evening 22 may. Founded back in 1862 by three victorian entrepreneurs thomas bird smith, sir john benjamin stone and frederick knight, the smurfit kappa ssk paper mill now plays a vital role in providing local employment as well as reducing the city&rsquos carbon footprint, according to the firm.

Uk Meets Packaging Targets Despite Decrease In Glass

23 Jul 2012
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The environment agency has published the results on the national packaging waste database. More than 7.7m tonnes of packaging were recycled or recovered during the 2010 compliance year. The actual 2010 target was 6.8m tonnes. However, uk packaging producers only met their materialspecific target for glass by a small margin. In total, 1.64m tonnes of glass packaging were sent for recycling in 2010 and the uk obligation figure was 1.69 million tonnes. The glass target was met with the help of packaging recovery notes prns carried into 2010 from 2009.

New Oasis Packaging From Cocacola

23 Jul 2012
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The brand will be supported by a marketing campaign called &lsquoit&rsquoll go with anything&rsquo. The new bottle will be available as a 99p pricemarked pack on 500ml variants. Cocacola enterprises communications manager selena taylor said &ldquooasis is set for bumper sales with the return of the blackcurrant apple flavour, and a multi million marketing campaign to support the range.

Pepsi Plans To Reduce Its Reliance On Oilbased Plastic

23 Jul 2012
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Speaking to pn from new york about pepsico&rsquos sustainability agenda, denise lefebvre said that the firm wants its material to come &ldquofrom renewable materials and to reduce our reliance on oilbased plastic&rdquo. Pepsico&rsquos brands include pepsi, tropicana, copella, 7up and walkers crisps. In march, it announced that it will be developing a pet bottle made from 100 plantbased materials using nonfood sources.

Malmesbury Syrups Gift Pack By Graham Packaging

23 Jul 2012
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Graham packaging europe helped malmesbury syrups to create two 50ml gift sets containing four syrup bottles from their range of vanilla, caramel, cinnamon, ginger, banoffee, toffee, mintchoc, hazelnut and amaretto. The 50ml clear pet bottle produced and supplied by graham packaging europe&rsquos factory based in ettenleur has been supplied to the wiltshirebased company.

Pitrok Deodorants Gets Revamp From M&H Plastics

23 Jul 2012
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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.

Sonoco Develops New Plastic Container Plant In Ohio

23 Jul 2012
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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.

Rpc Lands Contract With Car Care Product Manufacturer

23 Jul 2012
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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.

New Borealis Pp Grade Used In Squeezable Cosmetics Tube

23 Jul 2012
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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.