Crown Closures metal cap range
19 September, 2011 byThe Crown Closures metal cap range is not only designed to seal a product for protection and preservation, it can also provide ‘shelf appeal’ to help to sell the product. Available in printed or plain formats, the caps can be embossed for the premium image or specially shaped to give brand recognition and differentiation.
Bosch Packaging Technology Eco|Save|Pack packaging
16 September, 2011The Bosch Packaging Technology Eco|Save|Pack packaging is a safe and eco-friendly tray carton for the packaging of fragile products. The package will be produced on the CUT 120 horizontal cartoning machine that has production rates up to 120 pieces/min. The pack style was created by Bosch in cooperation with the carton manufacturer Faller.
Avery Dennison Flexis Air One-way coffee valve
06 July, 2011 byThe Avery Dennison Flexis Air One-way coffee valve is a pressure-sensitive degassing valve that can be applied at high speeds to flexible or rigid containers of ground or whole bean coffee.
Flexis Steam valve
05 July, 2011 byThe Flexis Steam valve is suitable for food producers of ready-to-eat meals. The custom-engineered valve allows the measured escape of steam from food packaging during microwave cooking. The self-venting valve is claimed to enable home-heated packaged foods to cook with greater consistency, more thoroughly and faster than foods in conventional steam-release packages.
Avery Dennison Flexis Oxygen Valve
04 July, 2011 byThe Avery Dennison Flexis Oxygen Valve is a multi-level solution to oxygenating meats. The valve provides retailers with greater control over when packaged meat will bloom for placement in display cases.
Curwood FreshCase vacuum packaging for red meat
01 July, 2011 byFreshCase packaging is a material technology from Curwood for case-ready meats. It is claimed to deliver flavour, quality and extended shelf life of vacuum packaging; the fresh red colour consumers prefer; and cost advantages.
Krones LitePac pack strapping
30 June, 2011Krones LitePac pack strapping is used for PET secondary packaging. The product is designed to provide a resource-economical alternative to film-wrapped shrink packs.
Tetra Evero Aseptic 1 L carton bottle for milk
30 June, 2011The Tetra Evero Aseptic is a 1 L aseptic carton bottle for milk. The bottle combines the easy handling and pouring of a bottle with the environmental and cost advantages of a carton.
Label Power Stone Paper Labels
30 June, 2011Stone Paper is said to be a natural product manufactured from calcium carbonate which is a by-product of limestone quarrying. The calcium carbonate is ground into a fine white chalk powder and blended with a non-toxic resin to create Stone Paper.
BASF Uvinul 4050 FF monomeric hindered amine light stabiliser (HALS)
30 June, 2011The Uvinul 4050 FF is a monomeric hindered amine light stabiliser (HALS) which is registered for food contact in polymer applications. The product is compliant with EU Directive 2002/72/EC as last amended in Regulation (EC) No 975/2009 and with Food-Contact Notification (FCN) 647 in the US.
Putting a twist on beer packaging
22 June, 2011 byGage Roads Brewing Co has partnered with glass packaging maker O-I to launch the first application of internal embossing in Australia. The product has shown good results in the US already, where Miller Light has used the unique packaging technique to boost the market share, by around 6%, of it’s previously declining sales brand beer. Gage Roads Brewing Co is hoping for the same type of success for its award-winning beer and to help secure its place as a strong contender in the Australian beer market.
The future of Australia’s packaging industry
31 May, 2011 by Pierre Pienaar*Any packaging consultant would love the gift of prophesying but, sans that, there are some clear trends that have emerged in the packaging industry which warrant serious attention if participants in this very important sector of the market are to keep up with change.
From the idea to the bottle
31 May, 2011They’re required to look great, feel good, to be light and nonetheless stable, and also possess a high recognition value into the bargain. We’re talking about PET beverage bottles. A successful design for a beer, water or soft-drinks bottle is always preceded by a process of exciting complexity.
Ardagh aluminium beverage bottle
24 May, 2011 byThe Ardagh Group now produces aluminium beverage bottles at its facility in Taree, NSW. Ardagh took the decision to extend the Taree aluminium portfolio from aerosols to aluminium bottles after its research identified an opportunity to enter a niche, but growing, market segment.
More companies band together against advertising of high-fructose corn syrup as 'corn sugar'
24 May, 2011More US sugar companies and trade associations have joined a lawsuit to stop the corn processors from marketing high-fructose corn syrup as a 'natural' product.
