Falconer creates ‘stand-out’ cartons for pregnancy skincare range

CARTON manufacturer Falconer Print & Packaging has worked with Myrtle & Maude to develop 'stand-out' packaging for a new pregnancy skincare range. Since its launch...

Carton manufacturer looks to the future after recruiting first apprentice

CARTON manufacturer Falconer has recruited its first apprentice. Nathaniel Pendlebury recently began an 18-month lean manufacturing course at the firm. A former student at Halifax...

Cartonboard innovation to be celebrated in ECEA competition

WITH Pro Carton’s pan-European Awards set to return this September, the countdown to enter the European Carton Excellence Award (ECEA) is underway. There is just...

SIG launches tethered caps for beverage cartons

SIG has revealed plans to launch tethered caps for its beverage cartons in Europe in the second half of 2021, well ahead of the...

Onex to buy SIG Combibloc Group

PRIVATE Equity firm Onex has agreed to acquire SIG Combibloc Group. The takeover is anticipated to formally close in the first quarter of 2015, subject...

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Pro Carton names new president

PRO Carton has announced the appointment of Michele Bianchi as its new president. Mr Bianchi, who is CEO of RDM Group, succeeds Horst Bittermann who...
Winfried Muehling

Latest Pro Carton research highlights shift in consumer concerns

NEW research from Pro Carton has found that 66% of Europeans now cite the cost of living as their top factor influencing consumer behaviour,...
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Sustainability: the bigger picture

By Tony Hitchin, general manager of Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard Manufacturers 'SUSTAINABILITY'is a term everyone is familiar with, but few...

Entries sought for European Carton Excellence Awards 2019

ENTRIES are now open for this year's European Carton Excellence Awards. Run by Pro Carton and the European Carton Makers Associations (ECMA), organisers revealed this...