December 17, 2002
The following article is part of the public relations effort of the Interpack exhibition in Germany. We have only corrected some of the grammar in a few places in the interest of making it read better... Read More >>
November 19, 2002 | By S. Chidambar
In the last issue, we looked at the complex framework of some discrete but interdependent concepts that come into play when we discuss the packaging-environment interface or, to ... Read More >>
October 28, 2002
South Asian Petrochemical Ltd. (ASPET) - a new company promoted by the Dhanukas of the Dhunseri Tea Group - is setting up a new 140,000 MT per year Polyester (PET) Bottle Grade Resin plant at Haldia, ... Read More >>
October 26, 2002
Ntanya (Israel), October 3, 2002 - Aprion Digital has been awarded the Green Label by the \"Standards Institution of Israel\" (SII) for its family of water-based pigmented inks. ... Read More >>
October 21, 2002
Sealed Air Corporation is currently test-marketing an inflatable version of Bubble Wrap. This system enables them to ship the material to customer sites in small rolls and have it inflated there. This... Read More >>
October 19, 2002 | By S. Chidambar
Some of the pioneering work on regulating packaging waste vis-à-vis the environment has been done by the European Union. The EU realized very early on that the problem needed to be tac... Read More >>
August 19, 2002
From 18 to 22 November 2002, Paris will once more be the setting for one of the biggest world gatherings in the field of packaging. Over 2,700 companies, including the biggest pr... Read More >>
July 31, 2002
In the future, rather than just providing passive protection, packaging will additionally play an active role. Developers in the USA, Japan and Australia have been looking into the idea of active pack... Read More >>
July 23, 2002
Reliance Industries and Reliance Petroleum have decided to merge creating a fully integrated oil and petrochemical giant that will become the world\'s 28th largest oil company and figure in the Fortun... Read More >>
July 19, 2002 | By S. Chidambar
In recent years, the most high profile and significant facet of packaging has been its interface with the environment. If this is an aspect that has been hyped to mind-boggling... Read More >>
July 19, 2002
ITC Ltd. posted a 17 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 259.23 crores for the third quarter of this fiscal as compared to Rs 221.60 crores during the same period last year. Gross income went up fro... Read More >>
June 24, 2002
Nitin Patel of Numex Blocks in Mumbai has run a flexography prepress trade house for a long time although he has only recently gone digital. He championed flexography in the face of the strong gravure... Read More >>
June 23, 2002 | By S. Chidambar
The term “environment” actually relates to a number of issues. Although packaging has recently had to face most of the flak as being a major contributor to the overall problem, there is re... Read More >>
June 22, 2002
The High Definition Flexo Consortium (HDFC) has closed down with effect from 15 May 2002. The membership of the non-profit organisation, which was launched in 1999 to accelerate the growth of flexogra... Read More >>
June 19, 2002
In a dramatic turn of events, Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) snapped up 26 per cent equity and management control of the public sector unit Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (IPCL) by quoting Rs ... Read More >>
May 21, 2002
Ink major Flint Ink Corporation of Ann Arbor, Michigan has announced a merger-cum-acquisition deal with German ink major Gebruder Schmidt GmbH, under which the two companies will merge their European ... Read More >>
May 19, 2002 | By S. Chidambar
The 2002 budget is expected to provide a small but useful benefit to users of packaging materials and systems. While there have been no major changes in excise duties, customs duties ... Read More >>
April 19, 2002 | By S Chidambar
The USFDA has officially rejected a food contact notification (FCN) to market ethylene vinyl alcohol (EVOH) polymers for use in packaging materials meant to hold food for irradiation. The FCN program ... Read More >>
April 19, 2002 | By S. Chidambar
In the last issue, we had looked at why one is usually better off using a combination of materials to provide the requisite barrier and other functional properties instead of a single (usually thicker... Read More >>