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WEB2 Sep 2024. Dow has revealed the finalists for the 35th Packaging Innovation Awards (PIA), with winners to be announced at a ceremony on 24 October 2024 during Tokyo Pack. The winning entries will also be displayed at the exhibition from 23 to 25 October. PopBox vented packaging adds crunch. PIDA 2024: Sustainable Packaging Design.
Mars Food Australia’s spiced up packaging rollout
WEBBy Lindy Hughson | 22 July 2021. This July, Mars Food Australia is rolling out its new Masterfoods Herbs & Spices packaging, sporting a new closure system by Cormack Packaging, and produced on a revamped, automated packaging line at its Wyong, NSW manufacturing plant. The packaging overhaul – which marks the biggest process improvement ...
Zipform Packaging opens new plant in Melbourne
WEBBy Lindy Hughson | 31 August 2023. Zipform Packaging has opened its new $8m manufacturing facility in Dandenong, Victoria, for linear formed composite packaging, doubling the company's production capacity and expanding its footprint on its Western Australian base. The opening ceremony was attended by …
Encouraging bright young minds in packaging
WEB6 June 2016. Another lucky packaging enthusiast has the opportunity to upgrade their professional qualification by winning the annual APPMA scholarship, announced last week. Michael Seaman, Packaging & Process Improvement Specialist at Integria Healthcare is the recipient of this year’s APPMA scholarship, valued at $9000, which covers the ...
Jalna launches "little pots of purity" - Packaging News
WEBSep 12, 2014 · Jalna Dairy Foods is one of the few dairy companies to use recyclable plastics in packaging, so they can be collected for conversion to non-food containers. So Jalna tubs do not have to add to land fill and generally conserve energy. “Jalna use food-grade HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) plastic …
OjiFS opens new Mildura plant, brings wax-free boxes to market
WEBJun 13, 2019 · The new highly specified 4500sqm OjiFS packaging plant in Mildura is open, with the company now offering its innovative wax-free PowerPly cartons to the local market. The new plant consolidates the two previous OjiFS Mildura sites into one, and has three separate sheds on the site. OjiFS more than doubled down on its …
Nestle's KitKat in paper packaging trial - PKN Packaging News
WEBJan 11, 2023 · More than a quarter of a million KitKat bars will be wrapped in the new paper packaging – enough to stretch almost 50 kilometres end-to-end. The trial paper-based KitKat pack carries a QR code inviting consumers to have their say. As one of the biggest users of flexible packaging, a material that is notoriously hard to recycle, Nestlé would ...
Fibre packaging: On the right side of history
WEBSep 20, 2021 · Fibre packaging: On the right side of history. Australia’s consumption of fibre packaging lifted above 1.7 million tonnes in 2020-21, to a new record that hovers tantalisingly close to 1.8 million tonnes. Tim Woods, MD of Industry Edge, writes for PKN. Demand for locally produced or converted corrugated boxes, folding cartons, bags, sacks ...
Woolworths introduces sustainable paper meat tray
WEBSep 24, 2020 · The new paper trays used for Woolworths’ Specially Selected and Grass Fed beef ranges are the first step in a plan to make all Woolworths’ Own Brand red meat trays recyclable over the coming months. The redesign features a paper tray and fresh seal film, using 75 per cent less plastic than the previous packaging. It is to eliminate 2.2 ...
Call for national approach to fruit sticker ban - Packaging News
WEBApr 11, 2024 · The International Fresh Produce Association A-NZ (IFPA A-NZ) says it supports a national approach to banning plastic non-compostable Price Look-Up code (PLU) produce stickers and wants to see compostable adhesive excluded from South Australia's proposed 2025 ban until growers, packers and retailers have more time to phase in approved alternatives.