African Packaging News
WEBpackaging launches Premium Subscription service
WEBpackaging has launched an exciting new Premium Subscription service giving packaging professionals access to extended tools, services and information not found anywhere else, and providing a number of genuinely useful benefits.
Read moreAll the latest Shows and Events for Q2, 2012
As a service to packaging professionals, WEBpackaging here presents all the latest packaging-related shows for the 2nd quarter of 2012.
Read morePropak West Africa gains momentum as international market recognises West Africa’s potential
Propak West Africa, taking place from 4-6 September at the EKO Hotel and Conference Centre in Lagos, is aimed at the suppliers and purchasers of food processing, packaging, printing, labelling and plastics.
Premium Access RequiredThe Label Summit in Africa gets a resounding success
The inaugural Label Summit Africa has been hailed a huge success after 303 senior delegates including converters, brand owners and label designers attended. The Summit’s innovative program proved thought provoking and brought new ideas of how to do business across the wider continent to the forefront.
Premium Access RequiredBlue Skies uses TempTRIP to ensure quality for Africa-to-U.K. fruit shipments
Blue Skies is using a time/temperature monitoring system from TempTRIP, LLC to help make sure that its fresh-cut fruit maintains its quality as it travels from African fields to UK tables in as little as 48 hours. The race against time begins the second fruit is harvested.
Premium Access RequiredSuccess in the pharma market - seizing opportunities
Growing demand has made pharmaceuticals a profitable arena but challenges include counterfeit drugs, more generic suppliers, and a constant flow of new regulations. High quality and innovative labelling products are essential when overcoming these challenges, which is why Avery Dennison has made a significant investment in its pharma plant at Bourg-de-Thizy.
Premium Access RequiredChinaplas 2012 delivers new performance and technology at Shanghai in April
Chinaplas 2012, the 26th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries, will showcase the world-class cutting-edge plastics and rubber technologies. Returning to Shanghai, PR China will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre on April 18-21, 2012.
Premium Access RequiredRexam publishes new Consumer Packaging Report
Rexam, the global consumer packaging company has released the 2011/2012 edition of its 'Consumer Packaging Report', the fifth of its kind over the last eight years. Under the title "Packaging Unwrapped", this year's edition looks at the global trends in consumer packaging, statistical market data drawn from a number of sources including Rexam's own business intelligence, and the key growth drivers in mature and developing markets around the world.
Read moreRexam agrees to sell Closures for $360M
Rexam PLC, the global consumer packaging company, announces that it has agreed to sell its beverage and speciality closures business (“Closures”) to Berry Plastics for $360M in cash, subject to certain asset adjustments. Completion is expected in Q3 2011 and is conditional on regulatory approvals.
Read moreNew Company Profile: Trepko
The Trepko group is a long-established, market leading producer of filling and packaging machinery for the food industry. With over 60 years of manufacturing experience, the Trepko Group is firmly placed at the forefront of the packaging industry. Today, Trepko can boast that they have loyal customers in more than 90 countries throughout the world.
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