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...

SIG’s combisafe carton pack turns up the volume

THREE ‘Bio Sonne’ brand vegetable varieties are now available in Germany in the heat-resistant combisafe carton pack from SIG Combibloc. The combisafe carton packs, filled...

New solvent barrier solution from RPC Moirans

RPC Emballages Moirans has developed a new barrier solution for its range of blow-moulded containers up to 30 litres. Providing an effective barrier against solvent-based...

UK discovers nature’s secret to health and youth

A new nationwide drinks brand is looking to introduce Brits to the health benefits of aloe vera. Simplee Aloe has just launched its first...

Tetra Pak launches first entirely plant based renewable package

TETRA Pak has announced the launch of the industry’s first carton made entirely from plant based, renewable packaging materials. The new Tetra Rex® carton will be...
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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...