Pub-sized lager bottle
Rockware Glass has produced what it believes is the first ever half-pint bottle for a premium lager sold…
FSA again declares material safe
31 Jul 04After the second full year of rigorous expert testing by the Food Standards Agency, plastics film packaging has…
Inline launches Shark attack on the UK and Irish markets
31 Jul 04The Metal Shark range of metal detectors – said to represent a "completely new design in high sensitivity…
Carton pulping plant opens
31 Jul 04The UK's first commercial beverage carton recycling plant, at Leslie in Fife, has been opened by environment minister…
Weedkiller pack said to be a first
31 Jul 04RPC Containers' Raunds and Market Rasen sites have worked together to produce an innovative blowmoulded container for pbi…
Making paper from straw
31 Jul 04On behalf of the Home Grown Cereals Authority, BioRegional MiniMills (UK) is developing technology to enable straw to be turned
Treaters to Russia
30 Jul 04Danish company Vetaphone has entered into a major contract with one of the largest producers of packaging materials in Russia.
BRIEFS
29 Jul 04Dodd Engineering has commissioned a 42m long airshaft handling system to improve safety on nine extruder winders for a PE
Kappa spends €3M
29 Jul 04Kappa is investing at its corrugated board production and conversion plant at Northampton, in the UK. A Martin DRO 1628
Pack improves child resistance
29 Jul 04The PharmaPak SHR is a new "small-hands-resistant, senior friendly and high compliance" packaging solution for pharmaceuticals. The result of a