combidome - HERO

A real hero for ‘Hero’

Popular juice brand now available in the combidome carton bottle August 2014. Nothing suits a real ‘hero’ better than superhero packaging. So well-established Dutch company...
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FEFCO summit: “Onwards with modernisation”

PROFESSIONALS from around the world attended the European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO) Summit in London from 4-6 June. Several speakers addressed FEFCO’s...
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Employee-owned paper maker celebrates

PREMIUM paper and board producer Tullis Russell has held a series of activities and fundraising events at its Markinch mill to celebrate ‘Employee Ownership...
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Bag design keeps cakes upright

PAPER packaging products manufacturer Dempson Crooke has come up with a new design of bag that allows delicate items or boxes of food to...
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Well-defined pulp is recyclable/ compostable

HIGH quality, custom-designed moulded pulp packaging from Plastique entered production in early 2014. The process known as thermoformed fibre or pulp thermoforming uses...
Christchurch’s makeshift cathedral made use of corrugated packaging, allowing Christmas services to run following the 2011 earthquake.

Corrugated renaissance, more than just a medium for making boxes

Corrugated cathedrals, bicycles and racing cars are just a few of the recent creations that showcase the possibilities of this enduringly popular form of...
(l-r) Hans Huyghe, md of Plantin-Tetterode, Marc Binnemans, CEO Antilope Printing, and Aviv Ratzman, CEO and co-founder of Highcon with the miniature “theatre”.

Digital production converting machine is a cut above

BILLED as “the first fully digital cutting and creasing machine for folding carton converting”, the Euclid from Highcon has in recent months had its...

One-piece beer case doubles as an ice holder

A corrugated beer case for Miller Genuine Draft expands when opened and holds ice to chill bottles before drinking. Developed in conjunction with packaging...

Flexo print process for decorative corrugated

DESCRIBED as a major breakthrough in decorative corrugated packaging, corrugated packaging specialist Charapak has, in conjunction with Forum Packaging, launched what is described as...
Tetra Brik® Aseptic carton

Tetra Pak’s aseptic carton addresses long-life storage

M&S has launched its first range of long life skimmed, semi-skimmed and whole milk, packed in Tetra Pak’s 1-litre Tetra Brik® Aseptic carton. Produced in...