Packaging Caps and Closures News

Packaging Caps and Closures News

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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.

Experiment with caps using the new iPhone app by Scandinavian Packaging

Scandinavian Packaging has launched a new iPhone app that enables professionals to have a look at the company's entire assortment of standard caps, order samples, and more. As a brand new feature, the app also permits virtually fitting the company's caps onto a customer’s real world bottles using the iPhone's camera.

Innovation or shelf impact: Package designers share their priorities for package design

Priorities for brand managers and purchasing executives are closely aligned, when asked to rank company performance attributes that are most critical to purchase decisions of caps and closures, “Most Reliable Supplier” and “Most Cost Efficient” were first and second, in terms of company priorities.

Portola Packaging reduces energy by almost 20%

Portola Packaging, Inc.'s North American facilities reduced energy usage by almost 20% and recycled more than 5.5 million pounds of material over the past two years. The company, known as a leading closure manufacturer, is reporting an 8% reduction in energy usage in 2011, in addition to a 10.5% decrease in 2010, compared to the year prior.

Lindal Group announces sale of Russia’s Linar

Lindal Group, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of valves, actuators and spray caps for aerosol products, has announced the sale of Russia-based Linar GmbH to the Massilly Group.

Bericap at Cannex 2012

At the occasion of the Cannex Asia Pacific 2012, in Guangzhou (China) Bericap will show a variety of closure concepts for metal packaging as well as closure solutions for the Agro-Chemical and the Automotive Industry.

Weatherchem's sustainability initiatives continue during 2012

For some companies, sustainability initiatives have been a popular “fad” of the last few years, launched with great fanfare but rapidly devolving to little more than taglines on a poster displayed by a recycling bin. Weatherchem has always taken the environment far more seriously, and has invested significantly – and made significant progress – toward its eventual goal of becoming “landfill-free.”