Double Shelf Life for Funken Fresh Cut Salads

Facing short shelf life of fresh cut salads? Funken, Germany, adapted an innovative packaging system solution, developed by Hefestus, Israel, to overcome the challenges of its products’ shelf-life.

Vegware biodegradable cutlery sets wrapped in compostable natureflex™ film

Innovia Films’ biodegradable and compostable material, NatureFlex™ NE30, has been chosen to flow-wrap Vegware’s natural starch cutlery sets.

AGI creates award winning packaging for CSI Series

MWV’s AGI, a leading supplier of packaging and creative services for the media entertainment industry, was the partner of choice for Momentum Pictures to package CSI, one of the biggest TV franchises in the world, and its three individual series: CSI Vegas; CSI Miami; and CSI New York. The limited edition packaging campaign won the Creative Initiative of the Year Award at the 2009 British Video Association Awards.

APEAL welcomes European Commission’s communication on beverage packaging

New report provides increased legal certainty to the packaging sector and confirms that deposit systems create barriers to trade

All Good Things Come In Less Packaging According To Yeo Valley

Yeo Valley Organic, has made significant in-roads into packaging reduction across its range of organic adult and children’s yogurts. The company has eliminated a total of 109 tonnes of packaging since January 2008, through a combination of reducing the amount of plastic used, increasing the amount of packaging made from recycled material and the removal of avoidable cardboard sleeves.

MWV Beverage Receives Top Honors for the Molson Carling Lager Pack

MeadWestvaco Corp. recently received the Gold Award in the Paperboard category from the Packaging Association of Canada (PAC) for the Molson Carling Lager pack. MWV prints the package for Molson, Canada’s oldest brewer, at its Ajax, Ontario, facility. The awards were announced at PAC’s annual Leadership Awards in Ontario on April 22.

21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation winners honoured for achievements in enhanced sustainability and performance

In announcing the winners in the 21st DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation, DuPont reaffirmed its commitment to sustainability and sustainable packaging. The winners were honoured in a global on-line event including exchanges on key sustainability topics in the packaging industry including solutions for end of life.

Plastics in Food Packaging

Applied Market Information (AMI) is carrying out an extensive study on the markets for thin-wall packaging: plastic tubs, cups and trays for applications varying from yogurt and ice cream, soup and ready meals, fresh produce and meat, to cake and pastries.

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