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30 November, 2005
Pack Expo beats the odds
30 November, 2005
A trip to Pack Expo Las Vegas was certainly no gamble for the record 21,000 plus visitors who came to the convention centre in September reports Pauline Covell
Optimism, but shows to get a "close look"
29 November, 2005
The PPMA says, although visitor numbers at its long-established UK packaging and processing machinery trade exhibition have shown a "slow decline" since 2000, "in line with most UK trade exhibitions", this year's event "gave considerable cause for optimism". Chris Buxton, the Association's new ceo, talked to many exhibitors and was pleased that "many described the second and third days as amongst the busiest in the show's history". He adds: "Although attendance has been slightly down in recent years, with more companies taking smaller stands and sending fewer representatives in line with today's pressures on efficient resource use, I received very positive feedback from numerous exhibitors this year. There was a particularly good buzz about the second day. We are seeing greater emphasis on decision-making visitors." While the PPMA hails this year's show and the concurrent, first ever Packaging Innovation Show as "generally very successful", it acknowledges "UK manufacturing industries are challenging" and admits that, "as organisers, we need to listen carefully to both exhibitors and visitors. Buxton says the Association and show organiser Reed Exhibitions will thus be "sitting down to take a careful look" in the next few months at how the three key shows – PPMA, the Packaging Innovation Show and Total – can best work in tandem in the future.
Marked improvement
29 November, 2005
The need for greater consumer protection and pressures within the supply chain is elevating the profile of coding and marking. Des King reports on a new breed of technological innovation aimed at rewriting the marketing code of behaviour
Minimalist protection
29 November, 2005
Board competes with plastics, aluminium, tinplate and glass for market supremacy in the beverage-packaging sector, but is more than capable of holding its own as Rodney Abbott discovered
In the eye of the beholder
29 November, 2005
Cosmetics and toiletries packaging often sells a dream to the consumer and today that consumer could well be a man writes Pauline Covell
Pouches provide material benefits
29 November, 2005
Benefits in weight, shelf life, marketing opportunities and environmental impact make pouches an interesting alternative to more traditional packs. Rodney Abbott reports
Simple camera system for checking labels
29 November, 2005
Fuji Alpha rapidly wraps Butts' speciality breads
29 November, 2005
Flexible high-speed traysealer
29 November, 2005
Ready meal maker chooses Fastfill 60
29 November, 2005
AEW Delford introduces new labellers
29 November, 2005
First all-PP chocolate packs
29 November, 2005
Leather look for Bootleg wine
29 November, 2005
White label stock added
29 November, 2005
Plastic packs stand up to river gravel
29 November, 2005
Starch-based trays
29 November, 2005
RFID food chain safety event
28 November, 2005
Charity dinner success
28 November, 2005
Mid-term report
28 November, 2005
The head of the IOP's Packaging Awarding Body Company, Gordon Stewart, reports on progress since the Institute first began IOM3 merger talks just over a year ago
