Posts Tagged ‘news’

Austrian firm opens beauty care packaging plant in North Carolina

Posted in Business News, Cosmetics & Toiletries on July 10th, 2009 by Jane Bear – 4 Comments

10-Jul-2009  www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com

Plastic packaging supplier Alpla is opening a $7.2m (€5.2m) facility in North Carolina to produce plastic bottles for shampoo, conditioners and body wash products.

 

The facility will operate out of a Unilever plant in Raeford, one of the company’s biggest clients, according to press reports.

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Bottled water producers under scrutiny as regulatory gaps revealed

Posted in Business News, Drinks Packaging on July 10th, 2009 by Jane Bear – 14 Comments

By Rory Harrington, 10-Jul-2009  www.foodproductiondaily.com

Neither the public nor federal regulators in the United States know enough about where bottled water comes from or how it is made safe, the chairman of a congressional oversight committee has said.

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Strong growth forecast for pharmaceutical packaging

Posted in Business News, Healthcare & Pharma on July 8th, 2009 by Jane Bear – 9 Comments

Edited by Jim Butschli        www.healthcare-packaging.com

By 2013, world pharmaceutical packaging demand is projected to increase 6.3 percent annually to $62.3 billion. That’s up from last year’s $45.9 billion. The solid growth is forecast in “World Pharmaceutical Packaging,” a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc. (www.freedoniagroup.com).

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Design Cognition launch on-line blog ‘www.packaging-pulse.com’

Posted in Design Cognition News on June 19th, 2009 by Chris Penfold – 6 Comments

Design Cognition have just launched an on-line blog giving you a daily snapshot of current news and views from the world of packaging and beyond. Come and have a look at www.packaging-pulse.com We look forward to seeing or hearing your comments. Enjoy!