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UK – Chesterfield-based manufacturer of rigid luxury presentation and gift box packaging, Robinson Paperbox Packaging has created luxury packaging for Aveda Parti Pris and Mini and More boxes. Both boxes were made with a black lined board interior using a CMYK outer design which has a matt varnish and gloss UV varnish gloss finish. Jon Walker, new business development manager…
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USA – Automation equipment vendor Duravant has acquired National Presort LP (NPI), a provider of automated sortation solutions that will add to Duravant’s material handling equipment portfolio. Texas-based NPI manufactures high-speed sortation systems that are modular and configured to customers’ specific application needs. Their sorting equipment features a sliding shoe and slat design and is engineered to precisely sort flats,…
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UK – Food packaging specialist Colpac has extended its recyclable, food-contact Stagione range to include PE-coated pots and implement ovenability into its PP-coated packaging. The extended Stagione range will now include polyethylene-(PE) coated pots available in multiple sizes, including 500ml, 750ml, and 1000ml. The company stated that the PE coating on the newly added pots helps in providing a grease-resistant…
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UK – A recent study by Action on Sugar, based at Queen Mary University of London, has exposed the hidden truth behind beloved breakfast cereals and yogurts that boast kid-friendly packaging. The research highlights the shocking amount of unnecessary sugars lurking within these seemingly innocent products, with some containing as much as four teaspoons of sugar per suggested serving –…
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IRELAND – Belfast-based carton packaging, paper wraps and self-adhesive labels provider Biopax has invested in a Heidelberg press to increase productivity. The Belfast packaging company, set up by former Delta Print and Packaging chairman Terry Cross, is due to receive the XL 106-6+LYYL at its new £47m Belfast factory in September. The press joins an identical Heidelberg installed in late…
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AFRICA – At the 19th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), Greenpeace Africa has called on Africa’s 54 Ministers of Environment to urge Member States not to compromise in the negotiations for a treaty that would cap plastic production at the source. The session of AMCEN will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 14 to…
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