Bottles top the agenda
SOME of the biggest names in bottling will discuss the latest industry developments at a forthcoming conference hosted by The British Bottlers’ Institute (BBI).
The...
Plastic Oscars
THE cream of the UK’s plastic industry will be hoping for a glorious night out when hundreds gather at this year’s Plastics Industry Awards.
Organisers...
New plant opens
PLASTICS firm Faerch Plast has opened a manufacturing facility as part of an expansion strategy that could lead to the creation of 100-150 permanent...
Biscuit firm’s eco-friendly wrapper plan
MCVITIE’S biscuit brand manufacturer United Biscuits has teamed up with recycling experts TerraCycle UK to launch the ‘McVitie’s Biscuit Wrapper Brigade’.
Hailed by the firm...
Mondi’s flexible friend
MONDI Kraft Paper has added a new paper grade to its flexible packaging portfolio.
Clemens Stockreiter, the company’s CEO describes its Advantage MG White Cote...
Less is more
A new lightweight beer bottle by Beatson Clark has cut over one third of the weight from its predecessor.
The 500ml tapered product can be...
Firm waging war on waste
PACKAGING waste could be reduced by an average of 20% today by simply reducing the packaging that many products are put in.
An estimated ten...
Design to a T
THE design and packaging of Tennent Caledonian’s new Tennent’s Original Export has been developed using designs by Stirling-based illustrator Steven Bonner.
His interpretation of the...
Linpac’s forward thinking
LINPAC Allibert is urging its customers to get ahead of the game and plan for a busy autumn and run up to Christmas.
To...
Scottish sites secure big slice of £500m expansion
AN investment of more than £100m will create 100 new jobs across GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) Scottish operations in Irvine and Montrose.
The pharmaceutical giant plans to...
