Retail Packaging Jan/Feb 2014

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THIS ISSUE 4 INDUSTRY NEWS All the essential info on the people making the packaging business boom 8 PRODUCT NEWS The lowdown on all the latest releases, renovations, revisions and revolutions 12 PACKAGING INNOVATIONS SHOW PREVIEW A sneak-peak of what to expect from the first big date in the UK calendar 20 CONTRACT PACKING: EVOLVE PACK STEVE FRIXOU from Evolve Pack explains the advantages of in-house outsourcing 22 CONTRACT PACKING: BCMPA Looking for local links in the chain?

BCMPA’s RODNEY STEEL has the answer and more 24 FOOD PACKAGING: FFP PACKAGING SOLUTIONS GARY TEE from FFP talks us through adding value and reducing waste 26 FOOD PACKAGING: NICHOLL FOOD GROUP CEO, FABRICE DERIAZ, states the case for the convenience of aluminium 28 PLASTIC CONTAINERS: RPC CONTAINERS UKSC General Manager of RPC, DAVID BAKER, highlights the practicalities of plastics

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30 PLASTIC CONTAINERS: HLPKLEARFOLD UK The pioneers of clear plastic packaging announce a new brand identity for the UK 32 PACKAGING MACHINERY: MOSCA MD, GAYE TATE, explains why strapping equipment should never be left to last 34 MACHINERY NEWS This issue’s round up of some of the sharpest new tools of the packaging trade 36 ENVIRONMENT MATTERS: BAG RE:BORN Forget the 5p! RICHARD SIMMONITE has a far more elegant alternative to the plastic bag tax 37 ENVIRONMENT MATTERS: BEST FOOT FORWARD SEBASTIAN DUNNETT unveils the answer to recycling’s supply and demand shortfall 42 INDUSTRY INSIGHT: ATLAS PACKING Atlas MD, JASON SHARMAN, provides the answers for our first company Q&A

Hello, I’m the new boy. Yes, as those with the finger firmly on the pulse of packaging news will know, Mike is now settling into a well-deserved retirement, leaving me to take his place as Editor of Retail Packaging and, hopefully, build upon his epic amount of good work over the years and not ruin it for everyone. And whilst my knowledge of the packaging sector cannot hold a candle to that of Mike at this stage, you’ll find I’m a quick study and looking forward to learning the ropes from all of you as I find my feet within Mike’s metaphorically massive shoes.

Also the more eagle-eyed of you may have noticed that we’ve had a bit of a freshen-up on the design-front too. Completed to complement the changeover when Mike regenerated into me sometime around Christmas, we hope the new look helps enhance our aesthetic and entice your eyes to the varying news, views and interviews that will, as always, keep you informed and updated on every aspect of the industry.

Speaking of which, in this inaugural new-look issue, you’ll find all you need to know about Contract Packing, Food Packaging, Plastic Containers, the machinery behind it all, the impact it all has on the environment and a preview of where you can see it all first: the Packaging Innovations Show – where you’ll also be welcome to come and say hello to both myself and the rest of the RP team.

So, head on in and let us know what you think of the redecoration and remodelling. Cut me some slack, though, it is my first issue…

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All the essential info on the people making the retail packaging business boom…

CHESAPEAKE PRINTS CHARMING Chesapeake Bristol, part of Chesapeake’s Branded Packaging division, has become the first self-adhesive label manufacturer in the UK to introduce an ultra-low migration (ULM) ink system as standard for all its customers. The move to ULM-only ink is a significant one, as it follows extensive trials and rigorous testing procedures. The Bristol operation is Chesapeake’s lead label site in the UK for food labelling and this initiative offers customers further reassurance that they are using one of the latest and safest inks available.

Andy Walter, Bristol’s Managing Director, said: “We were previously using low-migration inks but we wanted to fully move to an ultra-low migration ink system as soon as we had completed and validated the test results. As part of this process, we’ve changed our ink stocks, conducted trials and completed profiling tests. We supply labels to some of the UK’s best-known brands and we always strive to offer our customers the latest print finishes and effects. For us, this move to an improved lower migration ink system was an easy decision.”

The migration into food products of some chemicals from certain types of packaging ink was first highlighted several years ago. As a result, there have been a number of major changes to ink formulations as well as to the type of packaging substrates specified for certain food products.

Chesapeake’s Group Packaging & Safety Compliance Officer, Elaine Murray, said: “The inks have been independently tested on paper and filmic substrates and only minute trace levels of migrating photoinitiators were found. These have a higher propensity to migrate through primary packaging into some food types. A number of products known to be sensitive such as high-fat content foods are typical of the goods which use self-adhesive labels. Testing had been conducted in accordance with the guidelines set out in the BPIF Labels GMP. These have been specifically developed for the printing of labels and related packaging for the food and drinks markets. The adoption of this new ink ULM system provides an extra layer of security for our customers.”

The new inks were initially tested at ISEGA by the supplier and were then independently tested by Chesapeake using another specialist business. These additional tests covered a broader range of potential migrating components to provide greater assurance.

Overall, this initiative complements a similar move by Chesapeake’s carton production sites that are focused on food packaging and have adopted the manufacturing guidelines issued by the European Carton Makers Association (ECMA). Following the full implementation of the ECMA GMP at Chesapeake’s German operations in 2011, sites in the UK and Poland that supply food-related packaging announced compliance with the same directive in September this year. www.chesapeakecorp.com

MEATIER ROLL FOR LAYTON Taking his talents countrywide from its Colchester-base, Marel GB has promoted Ross Layton to Sales Manager for Great Britain.

Heading a team of six, he will be responsible for sales of all Marel products and systems in the meat, fish and poultry processing industries.

Ross has worked in the meat protein sector for some 10 years, having held key positions with a number of leading machinery manufacturers prior to joining Marel in 2010.

“Ross’s considerable experience has provided him with expertise in most aspects of the processing industry, says Graeme Rolinson, General Manager. So he has the essential all round knowledge that his new position demands. Having once been a professional golfer, Ross is fully aware of the need to be motivated and the hard work required to be successful in business – an admirable trait that has been recognised by us.” www.marel.co.uk 4 www.retailpackagingmag.com

Striking back at the corrugated packaging naysayers with some good old fashioned solid fact, the Confederation of Paper Industries (CPI) has addressed claims from some quarters that used corrugated is a waste material, when in fact most of it is recycled and made into new packaging, creating a very low impact on the planet thanks to a recycling rate of over 80%.

CPI’s Director of Packaging Affairs, Andy Barnetson, said: “To say that using alternative packaging may result in ‘less corrugated’ misses the point. Corrugated is single-trip but has such a high recycling rate that it doesn’t substantially impact on the waste problem. Our industry has always invested in recovery and recycling processes. Corrugated is fully recyclable through a closed loop system, so landfilling of corrugated must be viewed as a last resort. Such a versatile, easily recycled product should be recovered wherever possible, in order to make the most of the resources which went into its production.”

In today’s challenging economic climate, it is quite right that supply chains are being scrutinised in an effort to drive down costs and meet environmental objectives.

But when developing packaging solutions, many factors must be taken into account including transport efficiency. If every single lorry on the road was filled to complete capacity, the savings in fuel costs and CO2 emissions would be huge. Corrugated can adapt itself to product after product whereas, by contrast, alternative packaging options do not have this flexibility and are not as space-efficient.

There will be more pressure to reduce the environmental impact of packaging – packaging waste is viewed by people as a bigger or equal problem to food waste, but figures from WRAP do not confirm this.

Its CO2 emissions are far lower than the food we buy – just 10.8-million tonnes compared with 166-million tonnes, while items such as salads, sliced meats, bread and rolls stay fresher five times longer in packaging than when stored naked. Food for thought. www.paper.org.uk

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PPS PACK ’EM IN The packaging design and production specialist, Professional Packaging Services (PPS), has strengthened its design and account management teams having won a series of large global contracts, bringing in Steve Young and Ed Bailey.

Steve Young, a well-known figure in the industry, returns to PPS as a national Account Manager having previously spent six years in the role prior to leaving to expand his already broad experience of the packaging sector. More recently he has been providing packaging consultancy services to a premium chocolate confectionery manufacturer, which included helping to establish its UK co-packing facility. His initial focus at PPS will be on the further development of cosmetic and toiletry gift packaging for a major client with whom he and the company has a long standing relationship.

Commenting on his appointment, Steve said: “I am delighted to re-join the team in its new chapter within the InnerWorkings organisation. While there is much that remains familiar, I can see that the company has moved into exciting new market sectors as a provider of luxury packaging.”

Joining Steve is Ed Bailey, who originally joined PPS as an intern during his final year at Leeds University studying product design and gaining a Master’s degree in 2012.

Having spent almost a year as a design engineer with a tool manufacturer, PPS approached Ed to offer him the position of Trainee Constructional Designer. In his new role he will be working closely with head designer Simon Shemwood.

Speaking about Ed’s appointment, Simon said: “We are really excited that Ed has joined the team. He will bring a fresh perspective to the PPS studio and his background, in both design and engineering, will complement the increased complexity of products we are developing for our global client base.” www.p-p-s-ltd.com

CARTBOARD COMPETITION Cropping up every two years and offering design students a kickstart in the packaging industry, the International Pro Carton Design Award honours new, as yet unrealised, design ideas in the field of cartonboard. Open to entrants throughout the whole of Europe, participation is free of charge and the deadline for entry is June 5th, so if you’ve happened across the work of an as-of-yet undiscovered designer, let them know now!

The objective of the competition is to discover solutions and design ideas relating to cartonboard applications throughout Europe and to present them to the public. The competition features two categories: Cartonboard Packaging and Other Cartonboard Applications (i.e. direct mail, displays/POS material).

The award ceremony will be held at the Pro Carton/EMCA Congress 2014 in Naples, Italy, on September 18th, with all finalists and their teachers cordially invited, plus travel costs paid for by Pro Carton. The awards will be presented

during the Award Party, together with the Pro Carton/ECMA Awards for packaging that’s already made it to market.

A further prize is a practical and training week at a European packaging design agency and a practical in a leading company of the cartonboard and carton industry.

Pro Carton requests that students, schools or classes wishing to participate send them a short email so that they can offer support during the entry process. Further information and the entry form can be found at the web address below. www.procartondesignaward.com

OPTIMA PRIME FOR REUTER Stepping up to the plate over in Germany, Stephan Reuter has been announced as the new CEO of OPTIMA pharma GmbH in Mornshausen, a worldwide known manufacturer of high quality innovative freeze-drying systems for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries.

Mr. Reuter joined Optima Pharma from an executive position at B. Braun Melsungen AG. As a qualified engineer, he brings to this new position two decades of professional and management experience in the pharmaceuticals.

His previous fields of responsibility included the development of project management processes, management of complex international product developments and investment projects, the structuring and managing of project management departments and the execution of major projects worldwide. As head of project management and engineering he spent many years in a pharmaceuticalsoriented engineering and management consulting business and prior to this, in leading international plant engineering companies.

With his extensive knowledge of pharmaceuticals technology and many years’ experience in management and project management, Stephan is clearly tailor-made for taking the top job. www.optima-pharma.com

OFFSET TO AID ECONOMY PRN Offset will stimulate economic growth and provide a sustainable business model for the plastic recycling industry – that’s the 2014 message that Chris Dow from Closed Loop Recycling is giving key influencers in the industry.

Pioneering plastic recycler Closed Loop Recycling has welcomed the latest commitment by key industry organisations to look at reform of the outdated PRN system in favour of a PRN Offset. The British Plastics Federation has announced its own review of the PRN system and is currently looking into the viability of the proposed PRN Offset model.

Labour MP and APSRG co-chair Alan Whitehead welcomes this development and has also offered his support for a PRN Offset which he sees as a natural extension of his original ‘Renewable Content Obligation’ proposal. This policy called for a requirement for some packaging, such as plastic bottles, to contain a minimal level of recycled material by law.

Commenting, Alan Whitehead said: “Retailers and packaging manufacturers have a responsibility to the public and the environment to do all they can to sustain the life of the packaging they produce, thus preventing thousands of tonnes of this resource ending up in landfill or being exported overseas. Incentivising brand owners and packaging companies to use recycled content is nothing short of essential if we are to operate to a circular economy.

“However, current UK legislation does nothing to encourage the use of recycled content in packaging. It’s clear that this needs to change.”

Chris Dow added: “We’re delighted that Alan and others in the industry are backing a PRN Offset model and have chosen to support our call for a review of the PRN system. Alongside others in the industry, we are continuing to raise this important issue in order to guarantee the future of the UK recycling industry and solve a huge environmental issue.” www.closedlooprecycling.co.uk www.retailpackagingmag.com 5

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RETAIL PACKAGING PROFILE - INDUSTRY NEWS Making its mark – Benders cracks the (QR) code

Fresh faces for Freshware at LINPAC Packaging

As the first paper cup manufacturer in Europe to print QR codes, Wrexham based Benders Paper Cups has firmly positioned itself as a leader and innovator when it comes to quality printing. The leading paper cup company is building on this reputation, secured by over 40 years of delivering print solutions, with QR coding being the latest extension of this, providing a means for both vending and catering clients to enter into immediate dialogue with their customers using this flexible, current method of communication which is highly relevant to today’s fast-paced ‘technology savvy’ market. Benders understands the growing importance of branding and is keen to help them take advantage of the marketing and communication opportunities its paper cups offer. 52

LINPAC Packaging has appointed two new product designers to focus on developing innovative packaging solutions for its Freshware range. Martin Jordan and James Rowson join a team dedicated to extending the company’s portfolio of products for the Martin Jordan James Rowson chilled retail prepared and convenience food market. The Freshware team track retailing trends in the sector and work closely with customers to understand their requirements. Innovations Manager, Ben Elkington said: “Martin and James are two creative and talented individuals; working on the Freshware range will provide them with a perfect opportunity to demonstrate their artistic and innovative abilities by generating a series of high quality design concepts to meet the bespoke needs of our customers.”

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RPC’s Ron Marsh honoured for outstanding contribution to packaging industry

EFIA – The Flexo Trade Association leading the way

RPC Group’s retired Chief Executive Ron Marsh has received the UK Packaging Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry after guiding the company to become one of the world’s leading rigid plastic packaging manufacturers. Ron led the management buyout in May 1991 that created RPC Containers, which has since grown from the original five factories in the UK to over 50 operations throughout Europe and the USA. During his tenure as Chief Executive, the company continually demonstrated excellent growth in turnover and profits, to be acknowledged as one of the best and most consistent performers in the packaging industry as whole. This culminated in 2012 in the company being named Packaging Company of the Year at the UK Packaging Awards.

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EFIA is the leading trade association supporting the entire flexo supply chain from designer to printer to brand owner & retailer.

Showcasing the best of flexo performance through its annual print competition and gala dinner, as well as hosting multiple events through the year, EFIA leads the way in driving flexographic print performance. Hosting exhibitions, member’s luncheons, seminars and networking events, EFIA has over 300 active members. EFIA also provides a National Skills Academy accredited, flexible, modular e-training solution to drive up the skill set of the print industry. To join EFIA and find out more, contact Debbie Waldron-Hoines at debbie@avant-tout.com or at admin@efia.uk.com 45

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Faster print turnaround from National Flexible In a new development, National Flexible has strengthened their offering to an expanding customer base for pre-printed films with the installation of in-house cromalin production facilities.

The Yorkshire-based company was formed 20 years ago, initially as a distributor of plain, unprinted films, sacks, pallet wrap and various packaging sundries. Since then their unique business model has seen their portfolio grow and evolve into the industry’s leading one-stop-shop for flexographic, gravure and digitally printed films.

National Flexible now provide flexible packaging to companies such as Premier Foods, Unilever, Reckitt Benckiser and Nestle, who are among the most prominent FMCG manufacturers and brands in the UK. As their market share of printed films has grown over the years, so has the extent of their printing capacity. With presses based across the UK, Europe and the Middle East, they offer fast turnaround on variable run-lengths underpinned by their investment in stock of base materials for printing, lamination and slitting.

The latest installation of GMG proofing equipment gives National Flexible the ability to remotely print colour calibrated proofs on-site which are matchable to any of the printing presses in their portfolio. The proofs can be printed directly onto a range of substrates including clear, white and metallised films and allows for even faster turnaround of print jobs for customers.

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Ravenwood Celebrates a Decade as Linerless Labelling Experts Ravenwood Packaging is celebrating 10 years of producing linerless labelling technology during 2014 after breaking through the milestone of selling 1,000 linerless applicators. The UK-based company which has pioneered linerless labelling since it set up in 2004 has customers spanning major supermarkets and brands including Tesco, ASDA, Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Morrisons and Marks & Spencer.

Two new concepts from the linerless professionals will be showcased by the company during its tenth anniversary year at Foodex 2014 at NEC Birmingham (24-26 March) and internationally during the autumn at LabelExpo in Chicago, USA. The company will be showing its new ‘slideable’ labels, these linerless labels can be applied automatically by Nobac 500 applicators. Unlike conventional linerless labels they slide on the pack allowing the customers to view the product inside. The ‘slideable’ labels are sleeves with a difference in that they come on a roll.

Also new for 2014 is ‘skin pack’ labelling which are now applied by Nobac linerless labelling machines to give products an extended shelf life. The main benefit of skin pack technology is that various products can be packed in fewer trays as the product can be applied to fit to a standard tray which can simply incorporate large and smaller items.

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Key appointment as Charapak Integrated Fulfilment focuses on growth Charapak Group has appointed Helene Lyall as Business Development Manager for its Charapak Integrated Fulfilment division. In her new role, Helene will support the continued growth of Charapak Integrated Fulfilment which offers a multi-functional fulfilment service, tailored to the precise requirements of each customer.

Key services include design, co-packing, assembly, labelling and rework, delivering bespoke fulfilment solutions to markets such as retail, manufacturing, food & drink, cosmetics & toiletries, household & automotive, DIY, pet care and entertainment. Helene has over 20 years’ experience in sales, key account and customer service management with particular expertise in the logistics sector, supporting customers in a diverse range of markets including retail, construction and shipping.

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Growing reputation for PPS leads to further work in Russia

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Professional Packaging Services’ (PPS) reputation for producing innovative packaging for the global drinks market has led to a new contract with Maxxium Russia.

Working in partnership with the graphic design agency, PPS created two carry packs, one to contain three 70cl bottles, the other for a bottle and two glass pack.

The three pack was designed with a large aperture on the front panel to give the bottles visibility and to enable the customers to touch the bottles.

The second design carries one bottle of The Famous Grouse and two glasses, which are secured with flocked VAC inserts. To enable the pack to be displayed in an open position on shelf, the lid can be placed underneath the base.

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RESEAL OF APPROVAL If you’ve been pondering lately just what the Top Packaging Breakthrough in the last 25 years has been, then ponder no more, you slight obsessive, for Reclosable Packaging has snapped up the title.

Two new reports confirm the fact, an initial report published by DuPont which revealed that, in terms of packaging innovations, reclosable packaging has had the greatest impact on people’s lives in the last 25 years, topping even the advent of microwaveable and recyclable packaging. And, secondly, an independent report conducted

by Abis stated that 98% of consumers deemed resealable packaging both useful and practical, and 68% of consumers agreed resealable packaging is essential.

A double-whammy of confirmation then that has been particularly well-received by one of the leading innovators in the arena of the resealable, the Flexico Group, whose latest range of Sensogrip® closing systems and packaging products have just been launched. Developed in response to consumer requests for effective and easy to use resealable packaging, one of the UKs leading supermarket giants is the first to launch a product in one of Flexico’s new Sensogrip resealable packaging solutions in the UK. Flexico’s UK Sales Manager, Paul Francis said: “As an innovative and forward-thinking manufacturer of resealable packing solutions, we are delighted to see food manufacturers and suppliers taking our packaging innovations and using them to meet consumer demands. There are many factors to take into consideration but in the light of recent reports it’s encouraging to see a positive response at this early stage of the launch of our Sensogrip profiles.” www.flexico.co.uk

FEELING LUCKY, PUNK? Reusable plastic transit packaging (RTP) kingpin, Schoeller Allibert, has further expanded its Magnum range of folding large containers (FLCs) with the introduction of Magnum Helium, a lightweight container to simplify handling operations and reduce fuel costs.

Designed specifically for handling light-tomedium weight loads, Schoeller Allibert has developed lighter sidewalls and a pallet base which significantly reduce the overall weight of the Magnum Helium, making it easy and safe to handle as well as reducing fuel consumption while in transit. Inside, smooth surfaces provide both protection for delicate goods as well as a hygienic easy-clean finish, making Magnum Helium ideal for transporting food and fresh produce.

Simon Knights, Schoeller Allibert’s regional sales director for the UK and Ireland, explains: “Moderate loads pose a special challenge, as cardboard and traditional lightweight containers are not robust enough to protect contents while heavy-duty FLCs are perhaps not necessary. We have developed Magnum Helium with advanced injection moulding techniques to create a truly light FLC, keeping contents in excellent condition

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while being easy for both operatives and automated systems to handle.

“In addition, large folding sides allow the container to be folded flatter for the return trip, leading to more than a 60% space saving in return logistics – which can lead to a reduction in vehicles on the road. Despite its light weight and folding capabilities, Magnum Helium can securely stack three high carrying unit loads of up to 300kg.

Magnum Helium is also ideal for manufacturing logistics, ideal for transporting automotive parts, tools, electronic components and subassemblies. www.schoellerallibert.com

With competition rife at this time of year shop retailers are more reliant than ever on their promotional displays for grabbing customers’ attention and Goplasticpallets. com believes it holds the solution: the plastic point-ofsale pallet.

Jim Hardisty, Managing Director of Goplasticpallets. com, said: “Consumer confidence might be on the up, but shop retailers need to be smarter with their in-store promotions and this is where our plastic display pallet can help.”

Goplasticpallets.com’s APB6080 display pallet allows retailers to ship products straight to the shop floor, sparing the hassle of unpacking products in the store room, as pallet trucks can transfer the loaded pallets directly to the merchandising area. As a result, retailers can achieve cost and environmental savings as the process requires fewer staff and generates less packaging waste.

Keith Jenkins from Proteus Packaging, specialists in printing packaging systems, said: “We produce a lot of display stands for supermarkets and DIY stores, including Tescos, B&Q and Homebase, and most are made to fit certain size pallets. Transporting display stands on wooden pallets requires delicate handling to stop the display moving. Although staples can be used to fix the display to the pallet, this is a fiddly and timeconsuming task. Goplasticpallets.com’s plastic display pallet alleviates this problem and also makes the construction of the cardboard display much simpler and cheaper. The slot around the top of the pallet is deep enough to hold the display securely in place.”

The APB6080 point-of-sale pallet has been specially designed with a slot around the top deck to fit a 7mm cardboard display box or plastic sleeves. As the pallet nests, it saves considerable space in storage and transportation as it can be piled up to 78 pallets high, which allows a standard trailer load of 66 stacks to transport 5148 pallets in one go.

Measuring 800mm (L) x 600mm (W) x 130mm (H), the APB6080 display pallet is available with an open or closed deck, and with or without an edge rim. The standard pallet comes in recycled black high-density polyethylene (HDPE) or virgin HDPE. For large orders, the pallet is available in a variety of different colour options and can be personalised with a moulded insert allowing retailers to protect their products from damage or loss in transportation.

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INDUSTRY NEWS RETAIL PACKAGING

GLOBAL FLIPS ITS LIDD Developed by HH Global, the global marketing services company, in conjunction with Parkside Flexibles (Europe) Ltd, the Lidd™, a patented and innovative peelable lid film, is a cost effective and environmentally friendly packaging solution for ready meals that has the potential to revolutionise the food packaging market, worldwide.

Unlike traditional ready meal packaging, the HH Global Lidd utilises a two layer laminated film construction to not only seal the product, but also displays the usual printed marketing information – allowing branding on the upside and nutritional information on the reverse. This innovative approach eradicates the need for cardboard sleeves which in turn reduces packaging weights by over 45% and packaging costs by at least 10%. Lidd can be used in any environment, ambient/ chilled or frozen, on plastic, aluminium or paper/plastic tray combinations.

In addition to reductions in product weight and increased environmental performance, there are further associated reductions in product warehousing and transportation. What’s more, the eradication of a cardboard sleeve from the production line also enables Lidd to reduce traditional manual handling costs and bottlenecks.

HH Global has been working with a major food group to introduce Lidd to product lines totalling 100 million+ units per year. The associated packaging weight reduction from utilising the HH Global product is expected to be 600 tons per year, with an expected cost saving of nearly US$1,000,000 PA. Tony Massey, CMO at HH Global said: “Lidd represents a quantum leap in food packaging development. By utilising the new solution, very significant savings can be unlocked across all ready meal product ranges. Lidd is a perfect example of where a relatively simple idea creates an innovation that makes huge commercial sense. Client interest in this new product has been considerable, and we are working very closely with several large retailers and brands to help them maximise its many benefits.” www.global.com

SUPERLOCK-SAUSAGE ON A ROLL Curing consumer consternation over its cured meat, Salami manufacturer Norwegian Grilstad has upped sales and attracted media attention by addressed demand for an exciting new packaging format using the acclaimed SuperLock® from RPC Superfos.

A survey run on behalf of Grilstad showed that Norwegian consumers were not satisfied with the available packaging for sliced salami and would prefer a twist-off, screw-on lid to replace the traditional tear-open flexible pack. As a result, the company worked closely with RPC Superfos and came up with the idea of also using the pot upside down so that the lid acts as a serving dish – an innovation which further enhances ease of use.

Development Manager at Grilstad, Terje Sørnes, explains: “We chose the SuperLock pot because it is the only solution on the market

offering three desirable qualities all in one: an oxygen barrier, decoration with In-Mould Labelling and a twist-off screw-on lid. Working with RPC Superfos has been exciting and rewarding.” www.rpc-superfos.com

BRUSH WITH GREATNESS The Kittfort company has been successfully producing and selling paint and related products for 20 years from its base in the Czech Republic, and the company knows that to get the customers’ attention it is essential to be different from the rest; hence the SuperCube…

CEO at Kittfort, Daniel Doksanský, says: “We focus on quality – this is the best way, if not the only way – to beat our competition and to take in new customers. Packaging is part of the quality aspect and helps to stand out. So when we recently started to produce interior paint under the brand name COLORLINE, we decided to launch it in a rectangular SuperCube® container. The shape of the pail is new to us and our customers.”

Among the advantages that Kittfort gets from SuperCube is the easy-to-open peel-off lid and convenient carrying. The user-friendliness is important for the professional segment and for the DIY market as well.

“As SuperCube is rectangular, it gives us a better platform for decoration and brand display than on the round pails,” continues Doksanský.

“When our pails stand on shelf closely and neatly side-by-side they look brilliant. Bright, gorgeous and vibrant – like the parrot we use as a distinctive sign for our interior paint.

“The shape of SuperCube is perfect for using a 180mm paint roller and the response to our launch has been very positive, including the new, innovative packaging. We are very satisfied with the decisions we have made and with the sales figures.” www.rpc-superfos.com

A GLASS ACT The new glass packaging for Hayman’s Gin range has started shipping to UK retailers and, through distributors, to export markets around the world. The family celebrated 150 years of gin distilling by relaunching its Hayman’s Gin range in a new bottle created by glassmaker O-I and design agency Cook Chick.

Paul McLavin, marketing manager North West Europe for O-I says: “The whole gin industry is on the move, with customers developing new gin styles, especially at the craft end of the market, and looking for distinctive, premium glass packaging to convey the right image. The Hayman’s project is one of the most technically challenging new designs we have made in the UK this year. The successful completion of the project bears witness to the expertise of our team in the plant which has brought a bottle to market which meets the increasingly stringent and complex design specifications set by our customers.”

O-I has produced a square bottle with four very flat panels which taper outwards towards the shoulder, based on a

bespoke family bottle from 1947 which was discovered in the brand’s archives in London. The side panels are plain, with the front embossed with ‘Hayman Distillers’ above the label and ‘Family Gin Distillers since 1863 England’ at the base. The back panel features an embossing of the Hayman coat of arms, a device reproduced in colour on each label. The angular shoulders are topped by a tall neck sealed by a screw cap closure with a deep tamper-evident collar.

The technical challenge was to maintain the flat surface and get good distribution of glass into all the corners. The container also features very crisp embossing, which is far beyond the level of what was thought achievable by blow:blow glass manufacture even just two or three years ago.

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RETAIL PACKAGING PROFILE - PRODUCT NEWS Tullis Russell board chosen for APIVITA natural cosmetics brand

Alexir on Stand J43

Trucard, from premium paper and board manufacturer Tullis Russell, has been selected by internationally acclaimed natural Greek cosmetics brand APIVITA. The board from the employeeowned company will be used for the cartons which are being distributed to 14 countries worldwide.

APIVITA manufactures cosmetics from honey bee products and extracts from indigenous Greek plants, grown from organic and sustainably managed local sources. With a strong philosophy on social responsibility and the environment, the company searched the market for an FSC recycled cartonboard that would not only meet their environmental requirements, but also stand out on shelf with a premium look and feel.

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Following the successful launch of Cartocan® in the UK, Alexir will be showcasing the new GALAXY Iced Coffee Cartocan® on its stand (J43) at the Packaging Innovations Show at the NEC from 26-27 February. Diana Steiner, from Austria, will be available on the stand to meet potential customers and answer any questions about this innovative development in the drinks industry.

She says “We are happy to announce that GALAXY Iced Coffee Double and Single Shot Mocha Latte is now available in our environmentally-friendly trendsetter, Cartocan®!

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Kite Packaging Set To Launch New ‘Wrap & Hold’ System

High-impact Essentra label showcases design innovation

Kite Packaging gears up for another product launch this month, with the introduction of its ‘Wrap & Hold’ packing machine and system. The system is completely unique to Kite, and is the first patented* design for the packaging business. The new product will be launched at the Southern Manufacturing Exhibition in Farnborough, 12–13 Feb. Kite’s highly experienced sales engineers will be on hand to demonstrate the machine for the first time at stand J89. Designed for high volume users, the Wrap & Hold system offers a universal packing solution that is secure, saves costs and completely eliminates the need for void fill and in-box solutions.

Machines are available to rent through Kite’s branch operation. *patent pending

An innovative label solution from Essentra Packaging has been selected for the launch of a new range of equine health products.

Made in the UK, organic Aloeride from Santé Franglais is the choice of horse owners worldwide who want to help support their horses’ health and be sure of remaining competition legal.

The label had to reflect the high quality of the product but at the same time be practical and robust, taking into account where the finished product was to be stored and used, in working equine centres.

Essentra’s solution attracts potential customers with an eye catching design featuring a high quality photographic image, together with clear product information and a QR code.

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Corrugated mann’eco’quins provide ‘dummy run’ for south west retailer

Digby Fine English creates elegant sparkling wine gift box with Celloglas decorative finishes and Smurfit Kappa board Digby Fine English Sparkling Wine has developed a new, elegant gift box for its sparkling wine range. The packaging was designed by agency Big Fish and was produced by Boxes and Packaging using a combination of Smurfit Kappa’s T-Flute Microflute corrugated board and Celloglas decorative finishes, including Cellotouch Lamination, embossing and a gold foil pattern.

Each box was printed using 4 colour process plus a special colour, creating coral and sage green versions, which were softened with a Cellotouch lamination finish, leaving a luminous matt effect on the colours.

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Visit the Atlas Packaging, a south west based corrugated board specialist, has provided a local retailer with mannequins constructed entirely from cardboard. The concept was conceived

by Alessia Sheldon, an ex-Armani employee and now Manager of re:store, a charity shop in Barnstaple. Alessia was looking for an eye catching way of creating impact in the forty feet of window space the shop occupies in the town centre, using materials that were lightweight, eco-friendly and cost efficient. Alessia approached Atlas Packaging with the idea for cardboard mannequins and the structural engineering team got to work, creating shaped and curved torsos to mirror both the male and female form. Alessia commented on the initial dummies which have now been supplied to the shop: ‘Being a charity shop budgets are always tight. These mannequins really do the job well. They are cost effective and made from 100% recycled materials but surprisingly durable, too. As it’s always the merchandise in the window that goes first, I’m constantly having to change the outfits. This is so much easier to do now as the mannequins are so light and manoeuvrable. They also hang perfectly from the ceiling just by using a piece of ribbon.’

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ADVERTORIAL RETAIL PACKAGING

frip finishing launch window lamination FRIP Finishing the UK’s leading specialist decorative print finisher would like to introduce their latest existing new process Window Lamination.

A first for the UK sheet-fed market Window Lamination is a revolutionary new way to display your product whilst keeping your packaging as eco friendly as possible.

Window lamination is a film based process which reduces packaging waste. It can be applied both internally and externally to any product and has a number of benefits over the more traditional style window patching. When applied internally the film creates a food safe barrier between the board and product so eliminating the need for bags, PE board or window patching. When applied externally the film decoratively enhances the pack and gives added protection to both product and packaging. Other notable benefits include the 100% recyclability, added pack security and production/cost benefits by comparison with single carton window patching. A wide range of films grades are available including options for direct food contact, heat sealable along with all standard options.

The £700,000 investment has been installed into FRIP’s Redditch facility to run alongside and compliment its existing die cutting and finishing processes.

In total FRIP operates 6 sites within the UK market employing over 80 staff.

For further information and full list of benefits of all processes including Window Lamination please see our website www.frip.co.uk or visit us at Packaging Innovations NEC Stand B35 Halls 9/10 26th and 27th February 2014.

Alternatively contact Shaun Morris smorris@frip.co.uk or David Stanyard dstanyard@frip.co.uk.

FRIP Group Managing Director Leslie Gibson commented “ this revolutionary new process extends the boundaries for both functional and decorative see- through windows , not only does it bring significant benefits but it also allows for the opportunity to use multiple apertures of practicably any shape allowing for the window to become integral to the design of the packaging and of the brand.”

FRIP has over 40 years experience in providing processes, special effects and traditional finishing services. It has expanded from being the industry leading specialist for hot foil stamping and embossing into a leading decorative print finisher providing a wide range of laminations, coatings, finishes and speciality papers and boards.

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RETAIL PACKAGING SHOW PREVIEW

packing them in SHOW SEASON IS ALMOST UPON US IN THE UK AS THAT COLOSSUS OF THE EXPO CALENDAR, PACKAGING INNOVATIONS, PREPARES TO OPEN ITS DOORS. IN THE INDUSTRY? THEN HERE’S WHY YOU NEED TO BE THERE… This February sees Packaging Innovations back in Birmingham, offering an absolute array of product launches and packaging solutions; so whether it is food and drink packaging, industrial solutions, luxury, cosmetic or pharmaceutical packaging that floats your business boat, this show has it all covered.

Taking place 26 and 27 February 2014 at the NEC, the show organisers have highlighted digital technology, intelligent packaging, cost-cutting and sustainable solutions as key focuses for the show. In addition, the launch of Converting Innovations,

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showcasing the latest converting machinery and equipment, will add another exciting and integral part to the event.

It will be jam-packed with over 350 exhibitors, and a full learnShops programme, spanning across every aspect of packaging delivered by world-class industry experts, such as Marks & Spencer, Procter & Gamble, Iceland Foods, Tesco, ASDA, Wilkinson and Mintel. Plus plenty of show floor ‘theatre’ in the form of The BIG Packaging Debate, one-to-one advice and the Lions’ Lair.

WHO’S ON SHOW? Paramount Packaging Systems the UK and Ireland distributor for Fuji Wrapping will be showcasing its flow-wrapping and tray wrapping systems with two innovative options, a resealable system for product freshness and Freshcare for shelf life extension, keeping products fresh until the very last bite.

HP will be transforming its stand into a ‘digitally printed supermarket’, showcasing the many consumer items that feature digitally printed labels and packaging that have been printed on HP Indigo Digital Presses, demonstrating the versioning capabilities of HP digital printing technology. Also on display will be secondary packaging that has been printed on HP Scitex Industrial Presses. The shelves will be filled with wine bottles, health and beauty, pharmaceutical and other typical household products.

Bringing the industry together for banter and beers.

SHOW PREVIEW RETAIL PACKAGING Those looking to invest in the latest labelling solutions will find plenty of expertise at the show; Epson will be demonstrating the Epson TM-C3500 colour label printer and the GP-C831, rugged inkjet, tractor feed label printer.

KTEC GROUP will be showcasing its extensive range of Primera label printers, revealing a whole host of label finishes for smaller producers’ right though to larger companies looking for greater production volume, providing the opportunity to totally automate and customise the label.

Making its first ever show debut is environmental start-up company, Bag Re:Born, with a new innovation for the carrier bags market. International exhibitor Schur Star Systems will be launching its latest developments in the UK, a Fresh `n` Go bags aim to keep fruit and vegetables fresh for longer, whilst providing convenience for the consumer. Silgan Plastic Food Containers will be showcasing an alternative to the traditional metal can with Bentos® re-launched Meat Puddings using Silgan PFC’s new light-weight plastic bowl.

If you are looking to reduce storage and shipping costs, Airpack Systems will be showcasing its latest 100% recyclable inflatable packaging solutions for fragile goods that need to be shipped through courier networks.

And for those looking to source the latest cosmetic and pharmaceutical packaging will find plenty of expertise at the show with M&H Plastics, Measom Freer, Toly, Aptar Beauty + Home, Leo Luxe and Toly.

BIG IDEAS The BIG Packaging Debate will also be returning to the NEC, where a panel of packaging experts will form a lively Question Time style session, discussing whether packaging is designed for the consumer or for the supply chain.

Visitors can also get one-to-one personalised advice on any aspect of their packaging from expert professionals at the Packaging Consultancy Clinic, or take part in Lions’ Lair where the audience can grill a selection of brave exhibitors as they pitch their latest innovations to a panel of experts, hoping to receive a very public thumbs-up.

Those interested in exploring what active and intelligent packaging can do for their brand can gain tailored and specific advice on the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association stand. Furthermore, on the second day of the show, the BIG Print Debate will bring industry experts together to discuss whether the latest print technologies provide brands sound ROI or are simply a gimmick.

A drinks reception for all those visiting the show will be held after The BIG Packaging Debate at the close of the show on Wednesday providing an opportunity to meet the panel and the rest of the

speakers at the show, network with colleagues, new contacts, and exhibitors.

A SEPTUPLET OF SHOWS The 2014 event will feature seven co-located shows in total: Packaging Innovations, Ecopack, Contract Pack, Packtech, Print Innovations, Labelling Innovations and, new for 2014, Converting Innovations.

Visitor registration is free via the Packaging Innovations website: www.easyFairs.com/PIUK Companies interested in exhibiting at can find out more about booking a stand by calling the packaging team on: +44 (0)20 8843 8800 or emailing: PackagingUK@easyFairs.com

SHOW FEATURES There will be a number of new show features at the show, including an Eye-Tracking Technology Feature, run by Campden BRI, providing a unique opportunity to see through the eye of the consumer, understand what drives their spending behaviour and store navigation. This will provide businesses with the necessary information to develop an enhanced strategy for POS, pack design and product positioning.

A new Recycling Clinic, run by Recoup, will feature experts providing free, one-to-one recycling advice; and additionally, a 3D Print Feature which will enable designers, engineers and educators to test and perfect their work with 3D modelling.

To keep up with latest issues and trends there will also be an array of free-to-attend learnShops seminars, with expert and case study speakers spanning the world of print and packaging.

Headlining the exciting line-up of speakers will be packaging guru Lars Wallentin, drawing upon his experiences after a 40-year career at Nestlé as head of packaging design, as he talks ‘Packaging Sense’ at the show. Other key companies featured will be Procter & Gamble, Iceland, Tesco, Wilkinson, Asda and olive brand Oloves.

Sun Branding Solutions will also be on hand to present its case study on the redesign of Mondelez International’s European chewing gum brands Trident, Stimorol and Hollywood, in the biggest cross-country branding project undertaken by Mondelez to date. RPC Containers Corby will be touching upon Heinz’s latest revolution in packaging.

Mike Fairley, Managing Director at Labels & Labelling Consultancy, will be discussing the latest print technologies – new brand and marketing opportunities, and building on the theme of labels Ian Schofield, Own Label Manager at Iceland Foods, will be looking at the packaging challenges for retail. Plus, Steve Morgan from Recoup will give delegates a clear idea of the Plastics Recycling Agenda for 2014 looking at the UK’s progress against its plastic recycling targets and how this will be affecting compliance costs.

easyFairs really know how to pack the aisles…

Stands that deliver: brace yourself for the first big show of the year.

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RETAIL PACKAGING PROFILE - PACKAGING INNOVATIONS Westflex Flexible Packaging Solutions on Stand number C30

National Flexible, Stand G36

Westflex continues to bring cost effective and environmentally friendly packaging solutions to a diverse range of consumers. They now have an extended range of traditional style, readymade bags in polypropylene, Natureflex and Cellophane films. Their comprehensive range of block bottom SOS, cross bottom and side gusset bags have in particular captured the imagination of brand designers as an economic, yet eye catching solution for packing anything from handmade chocolates to organic flour.

New this year on the show Westlex will exhibit multiple side gusset Diamond bags and a range of paper and paper/film laminate food service bags.

Westflex has more than thirty five years experience in flexible packaging, so if you a have a requirement for a product they don’t currently have talk to them and they can probably find and source a solution for you.

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New for 2014, National Flexible will be previewing several innovative developments in the flexible packaging industry which will be of interest to large scale users of plain and printed packaging films, brand owners/managers, manufacturers and multiple retailers who are looking to drive down costs, improve on-shelf appeal and minimise the amount of packaging they use.

National Flexible is the UK’s leading distributor of packaging films supplied for use on reel-fed automated packaging machinery including flow-wrap, VFFS, sachet, thermoform, tray-sealing and box over-wrap applications. Their factory was purpose built to be compliant with the latest BRC and ISO global standards for food grade flexible packaging materials and is arguably the UK’s largest BOPP film conversion site.

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Printpack to showcase resealable and printing innovations

Allen to show new upgraded XL-Series of thermal transfer coders for the first time

While exhibiting in Birmingham Printpack will be presenting its most recent launches from innovative printing technologies, award winning resealable formats, to high barrier and retort laminations.

Full Access Reseal-It (Pat. Pending) is a consumer friendly, 'no-mess', resealable application, which was applied on a chocolate bar (enabling easy sharing/ portion control for calorie conscious consumers). This unique easy open, reclosable solution increases or even creates a completely new consumer user experience while not adding any technical complications to the Brand owner. Printpack will be also showcasing its innovative printing technologies, developed to achieve an outstanding and reliable print service option.

Visit our stand E37 to see products printed with High Resolution Gravure (HRG).

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As part of its on-going strategy to target further growth in emerging global markets, such as China, India, Korea and South America, Allen Coding will be showing its high performance XL-Series of thermal transfer units for the first time at Packtech. The new models feature advanced Unicode capability and iView colour touch screen for easy real-time and variable multi language printing. Other equipment on display will include the popular Hitachi RX-S inkjet printer, ICON laser coder and TJ thermal inkjet printers.

Suitable for all intermittent applications within overseas food, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries, Allen’s XL-Series does not compromise on print or system quality despite being an impressive 35% less expensive than other thermal transfer systems.

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Tel: 01438 347 770 | www.allencoding.com

Epson at Packaging Innovations 2014 - Stand K10 Epson will demonstrate the latest developments in packaging and labelling solutions including the Epson TM-C3500 colour label printer and the GP-C831, rugged inkjet, tractor feed label printer.

The TM-C3500 offers a variety of industries a new way of printing colour labels in-house, the TM-C3500 creates colourful, long-lasting labels that dry quickly and are smudge, water and fade resistant It uses individual DURABrite Ultra pigment ink, rather than dye-based ink, ensuring labels, barcodes, tags and tickets last for longer, are much sharper and are more durable, compared to those printed using dye-based inks.

Designed for a wide range of industries including manufacturing, healthcare, retail and hospitality, this printer allows businesses to create their own labels, avoiding wastage, waiting times and high costs of label manufacturers.

Epson’s GP-C831 rugged colour inkjet label printer for chemical labelling combines the benefits of a rugged colour inkjet printer with the accuracy of an 8-pin tractor feeder. It’s the first inkjet solution that has been BS5609 certified meaning it complies with the latest Globally Harmonised System standard for chemical labeling.

Designed for organisations that need to print on continuous paper, such as factories, hospitals, laboratories and offices it gives users the flexibility to print advanced barcodes, graphics and crisp text on a range of media.

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Airsac by Network Packaging – the next generation in protective packaging Network Packaging is the UK's leading independent packaging distributor. Focussing on innovative packaging supply and logistics for over 15 years, we pride ourselves on offering the latest packaging technology. We also place an emphasis on customer service, ensuring top quality products are teamed with a positive customer experience.

Airsac, our inflatable packaging system, is a cutting edge protective packaging product that's composed of only 2% film and 98% air. Airsac will virtually eliminate damages and returns, as well as increase eco credentials as it is 100% recyclable and reusable. This not only reduces overall cost of packaging, but reduces the amount of packaging required – benefitting the environment. It’s light weight too, so can help reduce carbon footprints.

Perfect for transporting fragile items in retail such as televisions, tablets, laptops and mobile phones through to wine, spirits and beer - Airsac comes in a number of stock sizes. It can also be completely tailored to any application. To showcase the versatility of Airsac we’ll be exhibiting at EcoPack 2014 at the NEC on 26th and 27th February. You’ll be able to come along to stand D24 and see Airsac in action.

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RETAIL PACKAGING PROFILE - PACKAGING INNOVATIONS New Launch at EcoPack AB Group Packaging are the UK’s leading flexible packaging manufacturer of branded paper and plastic bags, internet mailing bags and food packaging. With over 28 years in the industry they continue to invest in their people, processes, and latest technology at their sites in the UK, Ireland and Spain ensuring the very best level of service to their ever growing customer base. in addition new innovative products are high on their agenda, in 2012 they launched the first ever paper bag for life, in 2013 they introduced their 100% UK closed loop recycling offer. 2014 is no different as they will be launching a unique newly developed bag at Ecopack. Visit the team on stand J25.

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Cerulean launches portable version of its laboratory carton tester stand H3 Cerulean, part of Molins PLC, is introducing a new portable carton tester on at this year’s Packtech exhibition. The Cerulean Newton PCT (portable carton tester) is easily calibrated and fully transportable for rapid quality testing in situ. It is suitable for testing whole cartons made from corrugated, paper board and waxed carton board up to 230mm wide and 8mm thick. Housed in a rugged Storm case with pre-programmed integral lap top, the PCT combines three essential quality control tests. It measures crease strength, spring back and box-forming force. It also evaluates friction properties to identify potential carton sticking and feeding problems. Data analysis and reporting is provided through the unit’s integral graphic user interface.

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EasyFairs 2014 – Shrink Wrapping

Leading The Way in Luer Caps on Stand D30

Leading supplier of shrink wrapping equipment, Yorkshire Packaging Systems, with over 35 years of trading will be exhibiting several systems at the upcoming easyFairs show in February at the Birmingham NEC. The company will be exhibiting their highly successful fully automatic side feed sleeve sealer complete with shrink tunnel. A complete range of sleeve wrapping systems for transit packaging including inline and side feed machines will also be available. These latest models incorporate many new features which have been added to further strengthen their position in the market. If it is shrink wrapping machinery or low cost palletising you are looking for then please make sure you visit YPS, stand E4.

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Brand NEW to the UK manufacturing market is Measom Freer’s luer cap range. Made from polypropylene, they fit any of their 18mm R4 neck sized bottles from 15ml to 100ml and provide safe and leak free dispensing.

Typical uses include lubricants, e-cigarette refill, solvents, adhesives, inks, chemicals, veterinary preparations, fishing bait applications and assembly fluids. Measom Freer stock a wide range of bottles to fit these caps including round, square, oval and coloured. Screen printing in one or several colours is also available to complete the desired look. Come and meet the team at EasyFairs Packaging Innovations, NEC, 26th – 27th February 2014 on Stand D30 and see their great value packaging products for yourself.

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It’s Show Time: Denny Bros to present Fix-a-Form® at Packaging Innovations stand B38.

Denny Bros will be highlighting ways to maximise on-shelf presence at Packaging Innovations, Birmingham NEC, (26-27 February).

Fix-a-Form® multi-page labels allow for the communication of large amounts of text on-pack including legal information, usage instructions, multiple languages and cross-brand promotions. They work in synergy with the host-pack eliminating the need for major artwork changes to the original packaging.

For the food and FMCG sectors, the supermarket environment is increasingly competitive and on-shelf presence is key to creating sales. With the rising costs of getting POS material into shops and food outlets, it has become much more critical to build a culture around the brand on shelf with on-pack ideas and the easiest way to make impulse decisions happen is to flag-up intelligent-CRM messaging by using the multi-page label concept Fix-a-Form.

As a pharmaceutically accredited company, Denny Bros processes and people are assessed and monitored continually to ensure the development of effective and dependable products such as the 80-page and 120-page double booklets and ‘piggy-back’ labels which feature one label stuck on top of another where the bottom layer forms the backing for the top one. These ingenious booklet-labels are made possible by using 45gsm paper. They can also include security features, alpha-numeric and unique random numbers, QR codes, which can now include URN’s, and Braille.

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Plastique’s Latest Packaging Innovations

At Plastique we have over 30 years’ experience in designing and manufacturing innovative thermoformed rigid plastic packaging, constantly working to offer clients better products with superior performance. In addition to our core plastics business we are expanding our capabilities and developing new product offerings which now include the following: • Thermoformed Fibre - custom designed moulded fibre packaging with a paper smooth surface.

• Thermoformed Paper (PaperForm®) - An innovative new thermoformed paper based packaging concept • Thermoformed Fragility Packaging – 100% recycled and recyclable protective cushioned packaging If your products could benefit from the latest packaging innovations backed by the expertise gained from 34 years’ experience in designing and manufacturing thermoformed packaging and components for many of the world’s leading brands and organisations, please get in touch or visit us on stand A42.

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CBC on Stand D33 Continental Bottle Company Ltd. are one of the UK’s largest suppliers of primary packaging to the cosmetic, toiletry and fragrance industries. A wide range of standard bottles, sourced from their global manufacturing partners, can be complemented by using pumps, collars or closures that are available in a variety of materials and finishes.

Their full decoration service includes screen printing, frosting, spraying, hot foil stamping, sublimation and metallisation, and can be supplied on bottles or glasses for wax fill.

Continental Bottle Company have a wealth of experience and design knowhow contributing to quality and excellence in all parts of the design process. They can offer custom designed bottles and closures to complement your packaging requirements.

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Holfeld has recently been recognised by Repak and awarded overall winners in sustainable packaging design. Holfeld offer a continuous commitment to R&D in film and packaging technology, a wide ranging portfolio of packaging products, a bespoke packaging service and a comprehensive Roll Film supply.

Holfeld are leaders in sustainable packaging recognised by customers across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Their revolutionary rPETeCO sets the highest standard for low carbon packaging. All Holfeld’s packaging contains up to 90% post consumer recyclate.

The comprehensive portfolio covers the fresh produce, salads and soft fruit markets, meat, poultry, fish and prepared foods with flexibility on size of run, product dimensions and colour – Holfeld offer up to 42 stock colours.

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RETAIL PACKAGING PROFILE - PACKAGING INNOVATIONS VMS packaging focus for J&J Pont Packaging

Staeger Clear Packaging – Stand B31

J&J Pont Packaging will be focusing on its growing strength in the VMS packaging sector at Packaging Innovations – stand A29. Its very latest introduction is a new range of PET Sirop bottles and a new Veral bottle for packaging various liquid medicines and treatments. A modern alternative to traditional glass bottles, the lightweight PET Sirop bottles come in 100, 200, 250 and 300ml sizes and in medical amber as standard from stock but with other attractive colours available to order. Also on show will be the Waisted Roundpacker for packaging nutritional and slimming products, manufactured in HDPE and now available in 1,000 and 1,250ml sizes.

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Staeger Clear Packaging is the UK’s leading manufacturer & designer of clear plastic packaging solutions in re-cycled Pet [Rpet].

Their material is made from a minimum 50% Post Consumer Waste [old bottles] and can be re-cycled where facilities exist. It is also suitable for direct food contact.

Based in Coventry and part of the Swiss owned Stager Group since 2007, the company has an enviable reputation throughout Europe for quality innovation and service. Their motto is Packaging Without limits and they think ahead to create never ending possibilities to delight and inspire.

From clear folding boxes to cylinders round or oval they have a range of process capabilities all from within one BRC approved site in the heart of the UK.

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Pollard to unveil new capabilities in drinks packaging

Charpak announces ‘Packaging Surgery’ for EasyFairs Innovations Show

At Packaging Innovations 2014, leading rigid box manufacturer Pollard Boxes will unveil its latest capabilities in the manufacture of deep boxes and slipcases, which are ideal for luxury drinks packaging.

The company has invested £500,000 in the installation of a new fully automatic Emmeci MC2012 MEB for the manufacture of high quality presentation boxes up to 330mm deep. This is the first of its kind to be installed in the UK and is a major advance over existing machines which are only capable of producing boxes up to 210mm.

The boxes can be finished with a variety of high quality decoration options including film lamination, embossing, silk screen UV varnish and hot foil stamping, all produced in-house, to help reinforce premium brand image onshelf.

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Justin Kempson, Sales Director at Charpak Ltd has announced they are holding a ‘Packaging Surgery’ on its stand F46 for the easyFairs Innovation show.

There will be a designer on hand to look at Brand Owners’ Packaging issues and to advise how Charpak can create innovative new designs with sustainability in mind.

Justin says “Retailers are specifically looking to the premium end of the market to drive sales, Charpak is uniquely placed to help in this area.

Visibility is the key driver for sales of premium products. Why would you hide a great looking product in a box?” Charpak is showing its latest Patented Product the Twist-Loc a genuine packaging reduction innovation. A crystal clear Dome that locks a board base into it, removing the need for a base forming. Charpak are looking at other market sectors that could utilise this innovation.

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Direct personalisation connect with consumers

Viridiflex packaging reduces food waste

Sharp Iris and Shere Print have combined their skills in design and digital print to launch a service focused on true personalisation.

Personalisation is big news and a marketers dream, with many brands and retailers determined to use the technology to directly link to consumers; investing more resources in new campaigns and products that interact with shoppers. Take a look at My Walkers, a promotion by Walkers Crisps that featured true personalisation on crisp packs.

Supported by social media, personalisation is a key tool to reach customers looking for that personal touch, vital in the quest to grow brand loyalty in a marketplace bursting at the seams.

The Sharp Iris business has been fundamental in taking digitally printed packaging to the next level, creating Smartflow, a system that enables fast turnaround packaging design through to print.

Chris Tonge, Sales and Marketing Director, Shere Print ‘Digitally printed personalised packaging is not all about the end product, we have to consider how we feed the press data and how we make a workflow that leads to both accuracy and speed along with stunning printed designs’.

Visit the team at Packaging Innovations 2014, stand G40 at Birmingham NEC 26th and 27th February, who will be happy to show you how we make true personalisation a reality.

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Viridiflex packaging films can extend the shelf-life of fresh produce. Created by Ultimate Packaging, Viridiflex films are the perfect solution to extend the shelf-life of delicate crop potatoes, sprouts and parsnips.

When using Viridiflex substantial waste savings are predicted throughout the supplychain.

Asda reported a 92% reduction in complaints from consumers after Extra Special Cornish Crystal Potatoes were packed in Viridiflex rather than conventional bags. The film can significantly improve the freshness of delicate crops and reduce the frequency of rots in crops that have suffered due to very wet weather.

Jon Wynn, ASDA Produce Category Technical Manager: ‘I am delighted with the performance of Viridiflex film and the Extra Special Cornish Crystal potato pack. ASDA customers have benefited from a significant increase in product life and end of life product quality.’

Viridiflex is an active film that draws moisture away from produce, holding moisture in pack to maintain its integrity and transpiring excess moisture away reducing pooling in pack, therefore preventing rots. In combination with Adapt MAP laser perforations, developed by Ultimate Packaging, Viridiflex provides the perfect modified atmosphere packaging to extend the shelf-life of a range of fresh produce.

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Widdowson Group on Stand L37 easyFairs stand number: J31

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The Widdowson Group’s contract packing division offers a highly flexible range of packing solutions. The operation specialises in hand assembly, promotional pack design, clip stripping, stretch wrapping and heat sealing, labelling and bar coding.

Operating from a dedicated 50,000 sq ft building at the Company’s head office in Leicester the division provides gift packing and pre-retail preparation support to some of the UK’s biggest brands. The great strength of the Widdowson co-pack operation lies in its ability to flex its staffing levels at short notice to meet ever changing client demands.

In 2013 the operation retained its BRC Global standard certification and was proud to become a member of Sedex enabling it to produce and distribute products to a number of leading UK retailers.

The Widdowson Group offers a fully integrated supply chain service including the warehousing of component products and distribution of finished goods to customer destinations across the UK and Ireland.

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Chester Medical Solutions

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Chester Medical Solutions provides a comprehensive range of contract packing services to the pharmaceutical & healthcare industries from their purpose built facility at Bromborough on the Wirral.

Fully approved by the MHRA their range of services include blister packing, pot filling, medical device assembly, re-working, shelf ready packaging (SRP), secondary packaging and hand assembly. Their experienced staff regularly pack into SRP collations, clip strip assemblies, in store displays, promotional packs etc all to stringent GMP standards. With their in-house PS9000 accredited artwork studio & printing facility (cartons & leaflets), Chester Medical Solutions can take your product from concept through to the finished printed & packed item, ready for market. This, along with their packing expertise offers customers a unique one stop shop opportunity for their packaging requirements.

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Tin boxes are the ideal companion for food or gift packaging.

Whatever your project The Box are your ideal partner to launch your next venture. Stock tins with low minimum quantities can be customised to suit your style or design. We offer a full bespoke tin facility from 3000 units.

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RETAIL PACKAGING CONTRACT PACKAGING

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If you had to pick one word to describe McVities Biscuits Distribution hub in Leicestershire it would be ‘BIG’. The site – The Midlands Distributions Centre, or MDC, to giver it its full name – has space for no fewer than 60,000 pallets in its giant part-automated warehouse, and some 90% of McVities production of household-name brands including Digestives, Jaffa Cakes, Hob Nobs and TUC pass through MDC on their way to the supermarket shelves.

At the heart of the site is a contract packing operation. Run by Evolve Pack, one of the UK’s fastest growing co-pack business, packing some 18-million+ cases per year. McVities contract packing activities involve re-packing cases of product and producing end of aisle display/merchandising units for the supermarkets, products that require flow wrapping, clip stripping and cartoning.

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completed, based on agreed cases per man-hour calculations, rather than hourly labour rates. Temps are a thing of the past, this is guaranteed productivity; ‘you only pay for what you get’.

CONTRACT KILLER The main reason for United Biscuits going down the route of Managed Internal Contract Packing was through the way customers work – United Biscuits need ultimate flexibility on site to do the job. The customers don’t always want what they forecasted, so it’s not unusual for a customer to come in and say that next week they want an extra 20,000 cases of a certain product. It can even be next day. So Evolve Pack have to react and get their teams and equipment in and produce the stock.

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The contract packing evolution in action.

Yet flexibility for the customers is only part of the story; the contract packing operation also steps in to support UB’s other factories in their crisis moments.

On occasions when a line breaks down in one of the manufacturing sites around the UK, but an order needs to get to a customer, the co-packing operation can be called on to do a ‘re-pack to support’.

As a business, McVities are always looking to reduce cost. If you’re sending something to a third party, you’re adding at least two journeys. It’s cheaper to do it on-site, rather than send it somewhere else.

There are massive benefits in doing contract packing work internally. Evolve Pack had many jobs thrown at them last year where UB had to produce thousands of cases at the drop of a hat and, as always, it’s a matter of adapting your site to cope with it, then working with someone like Evolve Pack to get that ultimate flexibility. McVities Distribution and Evolve Pack get results every time they are challenged, and long may it continue! www.evolvepack.co.uk

ADVERTORIAL RETAIL PACKAGING

Specialist Manufacturers and Packers to the Food Industry KapaK Foods offer a vast range of services to the Retail, Food Service and Business to Business Industries with an extensive client portfolio both in the UK and abroad. Ranging from Baking Mixes, Confectionery, Breakfast Cereals, and Snacking products. Products also include supplies to the Dairy Industry, Pulses, Rice, Soup and Sauce Sachets. KapaK Foods are “Total Solution Providers” offering advice and consultancy from initial concepts, graphic design & story board support, product development and research, engineering design and machinery build to full production lines in supporting its customers in getting product to market.

CAPABILITY - EQUIPPED FOR THE JOB. KapaK Foods have invested in a new plant and machinery as well as new packaging technologies and have a wide profile of machine and packaging capabilities. This is fully explored in the new factory location in St Helens. KapaK Foods has process technologists and food engineers from many disciplines in the food industry and provide its customers comfort and resource of a very high technical competence.

KapaK Foods give advice and consultancy for any specialist packaging requirements and have an

KapaK bag it, pack it, wrap it and distribute it all under one roof.

NEW LOCATION, NEW OPPORTUNITIES

experienced process engineering team to discuss various manufacturing options, all of which can be catered for on-site. Just some of the areas of food packaging expertise they offer are products in cartons, pots tubs & top-hats, bags pillow packs and sachets to tubes, drums, and Doy Packs to name but a few.

KapaK Foods have relocated to a 90,000 sq ft unit on a 10 acre site boasting clean room facilities and a state of the art production unit. Relocating to a fantastic new site that is ideally situated close to major motorway links makes distribution and logistics a strong part of KapaK’s offering to clients.

KapaK Foods. Where retailers, food service and manufacturers come together.

Kapak Foods, Ennio Morricone House, St Helens WA9 4HU 01942 868500 www.kapak.co.uk

“PROVIDING CUSTOMER SERVICE BEYOND THEIR EXPECTATION…” KapaK Foods can provide a “total Service” by sourcing and purchasing raw materials and packaging.

With several accreditations including BRC and Organic, it can now offer facilities for the manufacture of “Free From” Foods and “Gluten Free” alternatives.

Customers can come to site and work with their technologists in the new NPD & Farmhouse Kitchen to invent and develop new products and concepts.

To fully understand our flexibility and capability visit us at stand H36 at Packaging Innovations on 26 & 27 February 2014.

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RETAIL PACKAGING FOOD PACKAGING

mapping success WHETHER YOU NEED TO FIND A PACKER, FULFILMENT HOUSE OR LOGISTICS COMPANY NEARBY – OR A TRADE SHOW TAILORED TO YOU – BCMPA’S RODNEY STEEL POINTS THE WAY…

Locating a professional contract packer in your area may have been a challenge in the past, but not anymore – the British Contract Manufacturers and Packers Association has launched the BCMPA UK Contract Packers Map! The Google map, accessed via the BCMPA website, marks the location of over 120 member companies and has all the usual pan and zoom facilities to enable you to home in on the area of interest. By clicking on a flag, the name of the packer appears and by clicking again, you are linked through to the member’s profile page on the BCMPA website.

Profile pages feature a summary of the services that each member provides, together with full contact details and a link to their website.

BCMPA members aren’t just contract packers.

Many are involved in blending and filling or fulfilment, pick and pack or provide storage and distribution services – all this across a wide range of industry sectors. The website has a comprehensive search facility to help customers achieve a shortlist of companies with the appropriate facilities to help them with their outsourcing projects. Alternatively project details can be circulated to members free of charge via the online enquiry form. All members are audited prior to joining the BCMPA with the aim of keeping quality standards high, and are encouraged by the Association to achieve relevant accreditations in their field.

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IT’S SHOW TIME If you are planning to visit the easyFairs Packaging Innovations exhibition at the NEC at the end of this month (see the preview on p12), then you can meet over 25 contract packers face to face in the Contract Pack zone. Start your visit at the BCMPA Hospitality Stand (J36) where Rodney Steel, Emma Verkaik and the team can chat through your requirements and point you in the right direction.

This easyFairs event is now the leading packaging show in the UK and also features some excellent seminar sessions, so there are lots of reasons why it’s definitely worth a visit.

Also, if you are looking for outsourcing partners specifically in the cosmetics or toiletries sector, then another date for your diary is Making Cosmetics at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on 25-26 March. The event combines an exhibition with a series of seminars, workshops and demonstrations, focusing on developing, sourcing, manufacturing and outsourcing cosmetics and personal care products and taking them from concept to consumer.

The event is supported by the British Contract Manufacturers and Packers Association and features BCMPA members Design Plus Packaging, Fleet Laboratories, Flexible Medical Packaging, Hampshire Cosmetics, Inovia International, Reabrook Health & Beauty and Statfold Seed Oils.

And one final mark to make on your calendar, organisers Step Exhibitions are launching their new show Making Pharmaceuticals at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on 29-30 April, once again supported by the BCMPA. To find out more about the UK Contract Packers Map or any aspects of how best to make contact with professional outsourcing partners, just visit the BCMPA website. www.bcmpa.org.uk

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Lemonpath plan expansion in 2014

wepack offer a unique packaging service. Their team are experts in all areas of packing and materials handling. They have the experience to manage jobs of any size or complexity, store your products at their specialist packing facility and offer cost effective delivery solutions. wepack handle jobs in all areas of the packaging industry; from concept and design, through to sourcing and delivery. You will be kept updated with the process of your order from beginning through to completion. “wepack. Like the name suggests, we pack, we store, we deliver!” 53 For further information, please visit

Following successful BRC re-accreditation and major growth in food and drink gift packing during 2013, Leicester based Lemonpath is looking to double the size of its clean room and food storage facility in early 2014. Plans are underway for a major refurbishment of an existing facility at the head office site which will see substantial investment in what is seen as a key growth area in one of Lemonpath’s key areas.

Subsequent to initial BRC accreditation in 2012, Lemonpath targeted sales in this expanding gift assembly sector which saw significant new business, not only for Christmas 2013 (35% growth year-on-year) but sizeable “all year round” projects that will underpin the new investment.

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slimming down GARY TEE, SALES DIRECTOR AT FFP PACKAGING SOLUTIONS, TACKLES THE TRILOGY OF BRAND VALUE, ADDED VALUE AND REDUCING FOOD WASTE…

It may well be that 2013 will come to be seen as the year in which public perception started to move decisively beyond a criticism of packaging and towards the area that should get the greater focus: food waste.

Back in March, WRAP issued a very interesting report in which they surveyed consumer perception of both packaging and food waste. One paragraph caught my eye particularly – they found that, of people sampled, negative perception of both was roughly the same at around 72% of respondents.

They then made three statements: first, that the UK discards enough food waste every year to fill Wembley Stadium nine times over; second, that the average family wastes around £480 worth of food each year (£690 for a family with children), and third, that rotting food in landfill produces methane, a much

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more serious greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide.

Afterwards, concern about food waste rose to 80% of respondents, while concern about packaging had fallen to 58%.

Since then we have seen a lot of coverage in the press and online. A further report from WRAP detailed food waste, and was picked up by major news channels, including the BBC. There is still plenty of hostility to packaging out there born of ignorance but, if the press is a barometer of public opinion, then maybe this particular tide has turned.

50 SHADES OF GREAT For packaging manufacturers all over the UK the imperatives have remained fundamentally to do with the alignment of our businesses around the needs of the major brand owners, retailers and other

stakeholders. A great example of this process has been the drive to manage colour across ranges and thereby to support brand consistency. Colour is a complicated topic and, while the tools to measure colour values have been available for many years, the final arbiter of colour matching has often remained the eye of the printer and, of course, the customer.

From the customer’s point of view, all they want is a consistent result for their whole range, right across the shelf, in tune with the brand standards. How we achieve that is very much our problem!

In flexible packaging, particularly, the way that the finished colour of an ink expresses itself varies depending on whether we are printing the surface or reverse of the film, and we use different formulations of ink for the wide variety of polymer types we print onto – an ink printed onto a polyester film used in an ovenable application is quite different from an ink printed onto polythene. Leading printers such as FFP have invested heavily in colour management systems to accurately predict the results on press. That exercise starts with a thorough ‘fingerprinting’ exercise and involving the installation of spectrophotometers both on press and on proofing units, plus the ‘licensing’ of repro partners, specification by specification, to guarantee that colour standards can be met when a design comes to be printed. Only by going through this rigorous process can we be confident that, regardless of substrate or pack format, we can achieve colour consistency across the shelf.

FOWL PLAY An area of flexible packaging that has seen continued growth through the last year has been direct-to-oven packaging based on principles of ‘no-touch, waste minimisation’. Over the last couple of years the approach has become well-established, with brands such as Birds Eye taking advantage of the opportunity to make fish more pleasant to handle and cook. More recently the idea has developed to include whole-bird chicken. Chicken is particularly tricky to transport, handle and store as a raw protein, so packaging that means the customer never has to come into contact with raw chicken is a major move forward – from supermarket chiller to domestic refrigerator and directly to the oven, never exposed to the atmosphere; hygienic, convenient and easy.

Asda were first to market, with their Butcher’s Selection range, interestingly backed up with YouTube video showing people how to most effectively carve a chicken, part of Asda’s ‘Love Your Leftovers’ campaign aimed at reducing food waste; which is where I came in… www.ffppkg.co.uk

…the oven and plate. Convenient and contact-free.

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PROFILE - FOOD PACKAGING RETAIL PACKAGING Excelsior Technologies launch microwaveable pouch

Faerch plast’s new absorber extends shelf life and reduces wastage of fresh meat & fish

Excelsior Technologies of Deeside have designed and manufactured a ‘freshTECH’ modified atmosphere, microwaveable stand up pouch for fresh Brussels Sprouts. This technology is now available to UK packers. The stand up pouch allows the customer to break the seal with a tear strip at the top of the pouch, add ingredients such as bacon bits and then hermetically reseal with a Ziplock closure.

The pouch is placed in to a microwave and cooked for 5 minutes. Steam pressure in the bag builds up to assist the fast cook process. Eventually pressure is sufficient to open a patented valve system and steam exits the pack towards the end of the cooking cycle. The bag is re-opened by releasing the Ziplock and the contents are ready to be consumed. The pouch is suitable for a range of microwaveable vegetables.

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As part of a new sales agreement with Paper Pak Industries (PPI), Faerch Plast is now offering a new type of absorber for use in its trays for fresh meat and fish.

The PPI UltraZap® XtendaPak, limits bacteria growth while enabling the fresh product to better retain its juices. This helps extend shelf life by one or two days and keeps the meat attractive right up to the expiry date.

Extensive testing in the laboratory and by customers has shown that this reduction in bacterial formulation can extend shelf life by 1-2 days for fresh meat and possibly even longer for fish – provided, of course, that the meat’s initial quality, product flow and cold chain are up to standard.

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LINPAC Packaging leads the rigid VSP market with four options for customers

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Food packaging company, LINPAC Packaging, is leading the way with its vacuum skin packaging (VSP) offer to customers looking to extend shelf life and reduce food waste in the supply chain.

Europe’s leading multi-material packaging manufacturer has the broadest rigid VSP tray range on the market today. Fish, meat and poultry packers can choose from four tray material options ensuring they receive a solution best suited to their application. The trays are lightweight, fully recyclable and compatible with a range of high barrier, high shrink films.

They are available in mono PET, PET/PE, Barrier PP and Barrier EPS and suitable for all current VSP designed tray sealing machinery. LINPAC Packaging’s continual innovation programme has enabled the company to develop a competitive alternative to the standard sheet skin packs traditionally used in vacuum skin packing.

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RETAIL PACKAGING FOOD PACKAGING and printing options, mean aluminium trays can play an important role in delivering on-shelf differentiation, while the material’s overall quality image helps to reinforce a product’s premium positioning.

In terms of sustainability, aluminium has always enjoyed a positive environmental profile, since it is endlessly recyclable without any loss of quality (75% of all aluminium ever produced is still in productive use today). This has helped aluminium qualify for the ‘Widely Recycled at Recycling Points’ labelling under the British Retail Consortium’s On-Pack Recycling Label scheme.

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thought for food FABRICE DERIAZ, CEO OF THE NICHOLL FOOD GROUP, EXPLAINS WHY ALUMINIUM CONTINUES TO PLAY SUCH A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN CONVENIENCE FOOD PACKAGING…

Success in retail markets is about meeting customer demand, anticipating customer demand and indeed creating customer demand. The challenge is that very often what customers want can be conflicting.

In the food sector, for example, today’s busy lifestyles have fuelled the demand for convenience.

The UK has led the growth in ready meals – a recent survey found that 49% of all ready meal sales in Europe come from the UK. At the same time, we are becoming increasingly health-conscious and seeking out more fresh food items. But we are also becoming more environmentally aware, and this can cause particular conflict for consumers who love all the benefits of convenience foods but feel guilty about the packaging.

For packaging manufacturers, therefore, the challenge is to find solutions that can satisfy these differing requirements, and aluminium foil has been at the forefront of developments since the ready meal was first introduced in the USA in the 1950s.

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Ready meals have come a long way since those early days, and so too has aluminium foil packaging.

As recipes have become more sophisticated, a variety of tray designs has been introduced with different shapes, sizes and depths, and single and multicompartment formats. User-friendly features such as easy peel lids and handled trays have also been introduced.

In terms of product quality, technology enhancements have seen the introduction of MAP, CAP and vacuum packaging to help to maximise shelf-life and maintain quality and taste. In particular this has helped to meet consumer demand for prepacked fresh produce as well as facilitating the introduction of fresh, ready-to-cook products.

Yet recyclability is only one part of the material’s excellent environmental record. With food waste highlighted as having 10x the environmental impact of packaging waste, aluminium trays’ ability to protect products and minimise food waste is a vital benefit. Prepacked food also contributes to effective portion control, which is another important benefit in the battle against unnecessary waste.

Innovations such as SKINFoil – which removes the need for a tray sleeve – can help to minimise packaging, while over the years light-weighting initiatives across the industry have reduced the weight of trays, minimising both the use of material and transport costs. Our new improved redesigned range of trays for example, uses up to 19% less material than the standard foil tray while retaining the strength and appearance of a traditional smoothwall tray.

Aluminium trays have the flexibility to help meet, anticipate and create customer demand. This is the reason why so many solutions are customised to specific product or market requirements; and why at Nicholl we offer a product range in excess of 1000 different items. Not surprisingly therefore, even during these recent troubled economic times, aluminium packaging production has continued to grow (+2.55% in the first half of 2013) and is forecast to continue to increase faster than global GDP in the next two years. www.nfpfoil.com

SLIP SOME SKIN One of Nicholl’s recent innovations, for example, is our SKINFoil pack, which combines the convenience of an oven or grill tray with the superior extended shelf-life of vacuum packaging. The pack features a special film that seals to all surfaces of the tray – rim, sidewalls and base – thereby tightly covering the entire contents. Importantly, this type of pack solution can be used for larger products such as joints which are higher than the sides of the trays. As well as product protection, this solution offers increased visibility and enhanced product presentation, while the quality of the tray means product can be served directly from the oven to the table.

Naturally presentation is critical in competitive markets to help create on-shelf appeal and brand identity. The variety of designs, coupled with colour

Perfectly positioned for creating a premium proposition.

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PROFILE - FOOD PACKAGING RETAIL PACKAGING Ulma Packaging’s equipment makes poultry wrapping untouchable

Environmentally aware food-to-go with Dempson Crooke’s all-paper take-away bag

Ulma Packaging, one of the country’s leading suppliers of packaging equipment for the whole fresh bird wrapping market, has in conjunction with a major industry processor launched an exciting new packaging format for poultry that offers attractive presentation, product protection and exceptional hygiene standards by removing human contact with the uncooked item from the supermarket shelf to oven.This latest innovative machinery delivers an ovenable polyester film in quad pack format, which also comes with complete modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) for extended shelf-life. It was designed by Ulma following an approach from a customer for a cost-effective, high value cook-in-the-bag solution for fresh whole chicken.22

The two-ply paper bag from packaging innovator Dempson Crooke is an environmentally-friendly option for packaging hot, take-away food. This bag-in-bag technology is perfect for a broad selection of hot, take-away food.

Not only does Dempson Crooke source its paper from sustainable sources, but, as a 100 per cent paper bag it is both recyclable and biodegradable.

The stock line two-ply bags from Dempson Crooke combine a white kraft paper outer ply with a greaseproof paper inner ply. This design provides insulation to keep food hot. It also provides grease resistance and as a result of the two-ply construction the bags can also carry heavier food products more easily.

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FFP’s New Packaging for Whitworths’ Breakfast Range

Silgan and Hame – Czech Mates

FFP Packaging Solutions have supplied flexible packaging for Whitworths’ latest product launch.

Whitworths’ Breakfast range consists of 30 new products included 13 film designs which FFP produced using its unique and award-winning Platinum Print flexographic workflow, an approach that guarantees colour accuracy and ‘right first time’ on-press performance.

Whitworths and FFP are long term packaging partners, with a shared history that encompasses over forty years and thousands of designs.

FFP worked closely with repro supplier Itarus to ensure that the colour separations accurately preserved the Whitworths brand identity. This was a particular challenge, given that the pack material, number of layers in the laminate structure, and associated design colours change throughout the product range. Additionally, the packaging was being produced to meet a very tight launch window.

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Silgan Plastic Food Containers (SPFC) and major Czech food producer, Hame s.r.o., have worked together to produce a new range of long shelf-life, ambient, microwaveable ready-meals. These include regional specialities such as Fazole and Madarsky Gulas, as well as more international favourites such as Mexican Chicken and Spaghetti Bolognaise.

The high-barrier plastic containers supplied by Silgan PFC are part of their stock range of bowls and trays and are closed with a double-seamed standard 99mm easy-peel metal can end. The bowls are filled, seamed and retorted on a modified conventional canning line,

Tel: 01604 798600 | www.ffppkg.co.uk

reducing the investment required to run the new range of products.

Nick Brewin, Silgan PFC’s Director of Sales & Marketing, said “We are delighted to be working with a company such as Hame, which has a great reputation for innovation and quality. This partnership is an important part of Silgan PFC’s strategy of developing its business into the new, exciting markets of Central and Eastern Europe.”

Marcela Mitá ková, Hame’s Marketing Director, said “We are already purchasing metal cans from Silgan Metal Packaging

ThermaLite® jar is the clear choice for G’s Packaging solutions manufacturer APPE’s ThermaLite® pasteurisable PET jar is being used for a range of Marks & Spencer pickles supplied by food manufacturer G’s. The wide mouth jar was chosen because it offers the same crystal clarity as glass as well as delivering improved production line efficiencies and less environmental impact. ThermaLite® jars are manufactured using the unique double-blow technology developed by APPE and Nissei ASB which enables them to be hotfilled and/or pasteurised at temperatures up to 95°C. Their light weight – up to 85% lighter than glass equivalents – offers efficiencies during transportation and filling, as well as safety and convenience benefits, and they are fully recyclable.

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Wide range from JB Packaging JB Packaging is a leading manufacturer and supplier of temperature controlled packaging to some of the finest food producers in the UK. With over 25 years experience in the food industry, the company’s packaging solutions keep produce as fresh as the day it was packed. JB supplies a wide range of expanded polystyrene boxes, waxed cardboard, foam liners, ice sheets and pads as well as packaging sundries. Ideal for mail order delivery, the company is able to deliver any quantity of boxes required from stock.

Polystyrene and cardboard boxes can be branded to customer requirements with a company logo, contact details and box contents.

Contact JB Packaging today to request a brochure or visit the website for more information.

Tel: 0800 285 1339 | www.jbpackaging.co.uk

and were very pleased to find that Silgan PFC was able to offer this range of plastic containers. They enable us to extend our product range to those who want a quick, nutritious, convenient meal to eat ‘on the go’, straight from the microwave oven. After the initial launch in 2013, we have developed a further four new recipes for 2014”.

The high-barrier containers are

made from polypropylene, using Silgan’s proprietary Rotary ThermoForming (RTF) technology, which offers customers unique technical and commercial benefits including superior material distribution, barrier properties and retort performance.

For further information, please visit Silgan on Stand J59 at the Packaging Innovations Exhibition, Birmingham (26 & 27 February) or contact Nick Brewin.

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RETAIL PACKAGING PLASTIC CONTAINERS

plastics fantastic

Ideally placed to meet the continuing demand for convenience products, the General Manager of RPC Containers UKSC, DAVID BAKER, talks plastics…

The term ‘convenience’ can mean many things in packaging – functionality and easy handling, microwavability, easy opening and closing, and ‘eating on the go’ are all obvious examples. But convenience can also refer to extending the shelf-life of products or ensuring their safe handling in a busy kitchen environment. For these requirements and more, plastic has few equals. Its many convenience benefits have been invaluable both in helping to develop market sectors and to launch new products. The variety of pots and tubs created for dips, salads and all types of snacking on the move, and the introduction of high barrier squeezy sauce bottles are just two examples.

Central to the growth of convenience products has been the development of barrier technologies for

plastics which have contributed to the introduction of a wide variety of extended ambient shelf-life products such as ready meals, sauces, soups, fruit desserts, nuts, vegetable spreads, dairy products and pickles.

And to this long list another product can now be added, with the huge popularity today of plastic coffee capsules and other drink systems that allow the quick and easy preparation of freshly-brewed hot and cold drinks.

One of plastics’ great benefits is its ability to offer different manufacturing processes to meet the needs of these many different product types. At RPC for example, we can provide thermoforming for tubs and trays, blow-moulding for bottles and jars, and injection moulding for re-closable pots.

Such a choice also contributes to plastics’ design flexibility, which enables brands to individualise their packaging and create on-shelf differentiation in crowded and competitive markets.

PUTTING THE SQUEEZE ON

Corby’s Apollo container – actual rocket science.

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All these convenience benefits have resulted in plastics replacing more traditional materials for many convenience food packing applications. One of the first markets to capitalise on this was the introduction of high barrier squeezy bottles for ketchups, mayonnaise and sauces, offering the convenience of long shelf-life and easy serving and portion control with the added advantage of a high resistance to breakage.

And such a safety benefit made multilayer plastic jars the obvious choice for glass replacement, in line with HACCP recommendations and other regulations, in the foodservice sector. Not surprisingly, this quickly filtered down to retail markets as well.

In all these applications the PP/EVOH/PP multilayer structure provides effective protection

against oxygen ingress for long shelf-life and the bottles and jars are suitable for a variety of food processes including hot fill, retort and pasteurising.

Users of other pack types are also seeing the benefits of switching to plastics. Bornholms – a market leader in seafood in Scandinavia – is converting most of its packaging solutions from cans to plastic packs from RPC Superfos, citing the benefits of improved logistics, user-friendliness and a shelf-life of two years under ambient temperatures.

Similarly RPC Corby has now introduced a new standard pack, the 380ml Apollo container, as a modern plastic alternative to the tin can, combining extended ambient shelf-life with all the established lightweight, easy handling and safety benefits of plastics, along with the convenience of re-closing.

And in another standard container development, RPC Corby’s Artemis jar provides a practical and convenient solution for a variety of dried, powdered and granulated products such as nuts, instant coffee and infant milk formula.

LEANER, GREENER Convenience benefits bring environmental advantages as well. Lighter containers save on raw material usage and reduce the carbon footprint of transportation, while re-closable packs and extended shelf-life do much to help reduce food wastage.

Plastics are also fully recyclable and the recent RECOUP Recyclability by Design report confirms that multilayer PP/EVOH/PP containers can be effectively handled in current recycling systems.

Indeed, when you add design-flexibility and sustainability to plastics’ many convenience benefits, it is hard to imagine what food market packaging would be like today without it. http://en-uk.mosca.com

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the difference is klear Announcing a new brand identity for the pioneers of clear plastic packaging, C M Yeung, Managing Director of The Hip Lik Group, talks HLPKlearfold UK…

The quality of the clear plastic boxes from HLPKlearfold has never been in doubt, and the benefits of allowing the customer to see the product inside said box and boost their confidence in the product is more important than ever; especially with overcrowded shelves and hundreds of brands competing against each other for every sale.

For 2014, we at HLPKlearfold UK have re-launched our brand so that we can better communicate with UK business our unique position as a local-arm of the world’s largest and most experienced clear plastic packaging manufacturer.

Despite HLP being a global business, it is important to build on the heritage of the UK business and the benefits we can offer, benefits which are often lost within large multinationals. To that end, the UK team provides a local level of service that seeks to

The advantages of HLPKlearfold UK are crystal clear…

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build similarly local relationships and instil the confidence required to develop world class packaging solutions for all UK products and brands.

Whilst HLP has been positioned as the ‘worldwide local packaging manufacturer’, we are a business that takes pride in understanding the subtleties of cultural differences. The customers we spoke to believed strongly that the vast reserves of skills, knowledge and experience within the global workforce of their companies represented an invaluable asset. So what makes HLP special is how well we have transferred the lessons learned in one emerging market to another.

GLOBAL, LOCALLY There can be few UK businesses that can boast having the backing of a packaging global powerhouse like HLPKlearfold, with its renowned reputation for technical excellence, research and development, unrivalled manufacturing processes, logistics and experience. This coupled with local levels of service is a powerful combination.

With this strength behind it, the UK team base its business on supporting UK companies working on packaging development, assisting them in setting up production in China, and following up with aftersales support. This level of support is vital, and it’s no coincidence that HLP UK has a loyal customer base which values the level of service they receive and view our working relationship as being a true partnership.

Another important principle we pride ourselves on is our honesty – if clear plastic packaging isn’t the right solution for a product, the UK team won’t try and convince you that it is! When clear plastic packaging is right, however, our team will use all their passion, skill and experience to develop world class packaging that will maximise the sales potential

of a product and give it every chance possible to be a massive success.

BOXING CLEVER Being part of the global HLP family, HLP UK has quite the reputation to uphold. As experts in the packaging arena HLP UK exude professionalism. It’s the professionalism combined with the level support and honesty that makes HLP UK a unique and special business to work with.

Which is all well and good, but if the end product itself does not make the grade, the whole process is pointless. Thankfully for HLP then, the quality of the end product is never anything short of outstanding. HLPKlearfold’s clear plastic boxes are superior to normal plastic boxes because of certain features, including strong wearability, anti-static performance and few water ripples and crystal grains. Oh, and two other features that are of the utmost importance: high impact strength and high transparency.

So, want to learn more? Then start your journey towards clear plastic packaging today and experience working with a truly unique company.

T: +44 (0)1684 273 905 www.hlpklearfold.co.uk

Perfect packaging for any product.

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PROFILE - PLASTIC CONTAINERS RETAIL PACKAGING APPE bottles support Oji drink’s sustainability message

Schoeller Allibert extends range of awardwinning Maxinest Trays

PET packaging specialist APPE has worked with Oji and Hero to produce an environmentally friendly 100 per cent recycled PET (rPET) bottle for Oji’s ‘sustainable’ functional fruit drink. The Oji drinks are available in four variants featuring different fruits and health benefits. APPE’s rPET material was the ideal choice for Oji’s strong environmental ethos with its firm focus on sustainability and respect for environmental and social issues. The new bottle enables the brand to achieve a ‘closed loop’ recycling system as the product can be recycled and then reused for a new 100% rPET bottle. Equally important, the bottle provides an ambient shelf life of six months for the preservative-free drinks.

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Schoeller Allibert, a world leader in plastic reusable transit packaging (RTP), has extended its award-winning Maxinest range of produce trays for food and grocery distribution with the launch of the new Maxinest Dual Height Half Tray.

The newest member of the Maxinest family has been designed for maximum versatility, with the dual-height option and 400 x 300mm footprint enabling the same tray to be used for a number of different applications, and allowing both small and large store formats to be handled within the same supply chain.

The Maxinest Dual Height Half Tray’s two stacked height options make it an ideal solution for the field-to-store supply chain.

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Christmas looked sweet in RPC confectionery packs

M&H launch new range of body butter jars

It looked a lot like Christmas thanks to RPC Containers Blackburn’s packaging for festive Mondelez International confectionery. The site has developed five different gift packs for the company’s famous Maynards and Bassetts ranges, which are designed to give maximum on-shelf impact in the lucrative, and highly-competitive seasonal confectionery market. The custom moulded PET sweet jars, which will be available in the UK only, come in five different shaped designs; depicting Santa, an elf and a snowman for Maynards Christmas Jellies and a large Bertie Bassett and Jelly Baby for Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts and Jelly Babies. The gift packs, which contain pre-bagged sweets, offer a strong point of sale presence.

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M&H Plastics announces the addition of 2 new jars to its standard products: 50ml Body Butter Jar and 10ml Lip Butter Jar. Injection moulded in PP the Body Butter Jar range now comprises: 10ml Lip Butter Jar (Ref. 8460), 50ml Body Butter Jars (Ref. 8452) and 250ml Body Butter Jar (Ref. H900).

M&H has an extensive range of 200 standard jars from 2ml to 1400ml manufactured in PET, SAN, PE and PP. EcoCert approval is available for the majority of the range. In addition custom moulding is available for those requiring a unique design. 09

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Petainer joins Carlsberg to take part in ground-breaking ‘upcycling’ initiative

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Petainer, the leading supplier of PET preforms to Carlsberg’s DraughtMaster™ system, has been invited by the Carlsberg Group, one of the biggest brewers in the world, to participate in the Carlsberg Circular Community based on the Cradle-to-Cradle® design framework; a unique and ambitious upcycling programme designed to eliminate packaging waste.

Carlsberg has invited suppliers to take part in the new initiative, which is based on the idea of creating packaging that is optimised for recycling and re-use – an approach, often referred to as ‘upcycling’. The co-operation has been formalised through the Carlsberg Circular Community, for which Petainer has been invited to participate as a founding member and the only current PET packaging supplier.

Under this initiative, Carlsberg aims to have new products undergo an assessment for ‘upcycling’ potential using a Cradle- to-Cradle® analysis, which will reveal if the products contain any chemicals or additives that would reduce the value and quality of the materials.

Petainer supplies Carlsberg with DraughtMaster™ preforms, high-quality lightweight PET material that cost less than 10% of the price of steel kegs, while also offering a range of environmental and performance benefits.

Unlike steel kegs or other plastic variants, DraughtMaster™ kegs do not have to be cleaned, so there is no need for the water, chemicals or energy usually associated with the cleaning process.

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RETAIL PACKAGING PACKAGING MACHINERY

strappingly built IT’S NOT OUT OF SIGHT BUT IT IS OFTEN OUT OF MIND; MOSCA’S MD, GAYE TATE, EXPLAINS WHY STRAPPING EQUIPMENT SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNTIL LAST…

Over the years the packaging industry has seen some remarkable changes. The increase in use of digital print, improvements on the supply chain logistics side as well as increased regulation have led to production plants being state-of-the-art streamlined environments.

Bearing this in mind, strapping equipment is often the “we’ll think about it later” problem, when all other machinery has been specified. When considering setting up a corrugated plant or making investment in new equipment, usually the large pieces of kit are the ones at the forefront in the minds of management. As the strapper is not involved in the manufacture of any of the products, it tends to be a piece of equipment that is bought last in the production purchasing process.

This can be a massive oversight in the strategic planning of a production facility. Strapping is a key link in the production chain, ensuring efficient distribution between producers and end users.

Without an effective system a bottleneck can be created and the only way to solve this problem is to stop production – not a situation any business would want to find itself in.

Equally, very often a company will carry on using the same old strapping equipment for years because of the perceived costs and disruption to production that can be envisaged in the buying of a new system.

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Of course, like any company, we understand that there are always considerable budgetary pressures to be dealt with. For that reason spending cash on a piece of end of line equipment before the old one breaks may appear a foolish idea. However, older models may already be costing money in terms of service charges and spare parts to keep them in use.

Even when a company has committed to making the investment in new strapping machinery, some businesses may want to limit the damage to their balance sheets by selecting the cheapest option. Such a decision can often be counter-productive and the worst of both worlds as there is no guarantee of the long-term performance and reliability needed to get a significant return on the investment.

Invest wisely, invest once and don’t end up strapped for cash…

Cheap, Not Cheerful Today, many manufacturers offer a basic, generic strapping machine that seems at first glance able to do the job; but for how long? A high-quality strapping machine is designed to minimise maintenance for long-term performance and reliability.

As the saying goes ‘buy cheap, buy twice’ – those who favour the short-term gain offered by cheaper deals are soon likely to find that there’s a reason for this lower price.

Having a longer-term vision also offers another benefit to the manufacturer who needs a good strapper – the basic, generic models provided by cutprice imitators are based on the fallacy that one size fits all, whereas firms who have dealt with their customers for many years know the reality, that strapping requirements vary massively. The key to providing effective strapping solutions is, therefore, to tailor them to those demands.

Quality Counts Mosca’s technological breakthroughs have over the years provided a standardised, secure base that underpins all of our strapping equipment. From that foundation, attention is then paid to building a ‘family’ of machines – each specifically designed to meet a particular need, be it speed, high tension, flexibility or something more unusual. By combining depth of expertise with breadth in application, Mosca can offer the most diverse product range in the strapping industry.

Our ethos has always been that success cannot come overnight. The same is true of investment in new equipment. Anybody who believes in the ‘quick fix’ tends to find that the anticipated benefits disappear as quickly as they are promised. Those prepared to pay the premium for pedigree should find, in the long run, that they have saved money thanks to faster output, minimised downtime and economic running. http://en-en.mosca.com

ADVERTORIAL RETAIL PACKAGING

Fischbein Saxon to showcase machinery at exhibitions Fischbein Saxon will be exhibiting at the following exhibitions: Stand E8 at Packaging Innovations, NEC Birmingham, 26 & 27 FEB 2014 Stand M342 Foodex 2014, NEC Birmingham, 24-26 March 2014 Here is a sample of what you can expect to see:

BP250 BAG PLACER AND BAG TOP CONTROL The Bag Placer BP 250 eliminates the need for manually hanging and holding bags, or reforming them into the closing machine freeing the machine’s operator for other tasks, whilst speeding up the overall bagging process. The bag top is always controlled during the whole operation, especially important for unstable products such as fine powders, potatoes and coal. Capable of 15T per hour depending on bag size, reliably, the BP250 can speed up the overall bagging process, whilst reducing high labour costs.

HIGH AND LOW SPEED SEWING SYSTEMS Fischbein Saxon manufacture potato bag closers in either portable hand held units or high speed industrial systems capable of fully automatically producing 1000+ bags per hour.

The Fischbein Portable Sewing machine has built the worldwide reputation of Fischbein in the last 60 years.

The higher speed sewing systems can be incorporated into new or existing grading and packing lines along with Fischbein saxon’s other machinery to sew the bags faster, neater and with less breakdowns improving efficiency and output, whilst also saving costs.

ROBOT PALLETIZERS

INDUSTRIAL SEWING CONSUMABLES

Fischbein Saxon can automate the whole bagging process utilizing leading robot technologies.

Robots can be preferable when space is limited, bagging speed needs to be significantly increased, or a more accurate specialised handling operation is required.

Fischbein Saxon strives to offer a one-stop-shop, all round service to our customers and industries. By using only high grade Lubricated sewing thread, you will experience a jam free sewing process, fewer breakages, and reduce maintenance on your sewing head.

FISCHBEIN SERVICE & GENUINE SPARE PARTS Genuine spare parts stamped with the famous Fischbein logo guarantee you to get the best performances of your Fischbein Saxon sewing machine. The spares and service department is readily available to meet your needs with routine planned maintenance schedules.

Tel: 0844 3722877 E: sales@fischbein-Saxon.co.uk

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Machinery News

UPGRADE UPS GAME

Some of the sharpest new tools of the packaging trade…

TECH TRILOGY FROM MICROSCAN Global technology front-runner in barcode, machine vision and lighting solutions, Microscan, has announced three new barcode verification solution kits for inline or offline applications. These dynamic and compact kits include Microscan’s Vision HAWK smart cameras, NERLITE® Smart Series industrial lighting, and AutoVISION™ machine vision software, all designed with the ideal lens and lighting configurations to meet the most common barcode verification needs.

Several industry standards, such as the GS1 General Specification and the Produce Traceability Initiative, specify minimum code quality. In addition, many large retailers require their suppliers to adhere to strict traceability specifications. 1D and 2D barcode verification can be used to ensure that auto ID equipment such as barcode scanners and imagers will be able to read barcodes quickly and efficiently throughout the life cycle of a product or its packaging. Ideally this is achieved by monitoring the quality of the barcode close to the point of printing or marking in order to detect problems as soon as possible. Realtime assessment of barcode quality provides immediate feedback for process control.

Microscan’s verification kits are ideal for inline and offline verification to quality standards such as ISO 15416, ISO 15415 and AIM DPM. The 1D/2D Label Verification Kit is designed to verify 1D barcodes or 2D Data Matrix codes on flat labels; the Large Linear Verification kit is intended for 1D barcodes greater than two inches (5cm) length on flat labels; and the Dot Peen Verification Kit can be used for dot peen direct part mark 2D Data Matrix codes on flat surfaces in offline applications. The kits can easily be ordered with a single part number, and they contain the camera, lighting, and mounting components required for barcode verification to a variety of quality standards. www.microscan.com

BUFFER BENEFITS STACK UP A new extended buffer table has been introduced by Palamides for its alpha 500 and alpha 700 stacking delivery systems. With the new buffer table in position, production is benefitted as the number of finished products that can be delivered is increased to a maximum 30 stacks of A5 – or 14 stacks of A4.

A mobile unit, the new extended buffer table can be retrofitted to all alpha models of the ‘plus’ series, and no mechanical setup is required, a bonus indeed for both the ham-fisted and butter-fingered!

The Palamides alpha stacking system itself is designed as a universal delivery for processing folded signatures, and is particularly beneficial to those users producing ‘books on demand’. The system features ‘Automatic Format Adjustment’, whereby the new format that is to be processed is measured at the infeed area of the delivery during the production run. The delivery then immediately sets itself automatically to the new format. This occurs within one second without production being interrupted. Also incorporated is the ‘Intelligent Output Module’, which operates by only forwarding book blocks to the subsequent finishing unit (e.g. adhesive binder) that have been checked for completeness.

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marks are read and evaluated with the aid of a camera. These codes contain all important information such as the book title, the number of signatures and which signature is currently being processed. Once the book block is recognised as complete, it is transferred to the perfect binder for further processing. If the book block is incomplete, then it is re-directed, transferred separately and ejected.

The inclusion of this inspection and monitoring technology guarantees that only absolutely perfect book blocks are automatically transferred to the perfect binder, thereby ensuring a highest level of quality control and improvement in productivity.

T: 01442 206100 www.friedheim.co.uk

Following the product launches of the CS Matic, Audionpack H20/H25 and LT470/LT670 models, Audion Elektro has proved itself to be the group that keeps on giving by announcing the upgrading of its Audionpack H22SA stand-alone shrink wrapper in order to improve operator efficiency and provide greater productivity.

Among the upgraded features are a new PCB with the capability of being able to store 10 programs instead of the current six, the use of a larger fan in place of the existing two smaller ones, thereby allowing a greater circulation of air, an ‘opening delay’ in the raising of the hood in order to prevent hot air escaping and blowing against the operator, and the placing of the electrical panel at the front of the machine to enable better access during service and maintenance.

The electric panel, as well as the body of the machine, will also now be air cooled to prevent overheating of the frame.

T: 01442 206 100 www.friedheimpackaging.co.uk www.friedheim.co.uk

KOHMANN’S NEW SPEED DEMON

Further enhancing the capabilities of its window patching and lining machines Kohmann has recently introduced the SpeedPlacer, a Pick & Place unit that consists of a rotating suction arm driven by a servo motor. The magazine/hopper is quick and easy to set with feed gates and guides, as well as a blowing device to support the separation of the products. The complete SpeedPlacer is mounted onto the machine in such a way that other attachments can also be added, such as tissue box attachments, punch and score station, tube forming station, etc.

Productivity and quality can be maximised with the missing film detector and a pneumatic drop roller assembly underneath the suction cylinder. This is to prevent glue being transferred onto the suction cylinder in the event of a missing product. The SpeedPlacer is capable of converting windows and handles, as well as other flexible products, in various lengths, widths and thicknesses, and has the possibility of running at a mechanical speed of up to 12,000 items per hour.

T: 01442 206100 www.friedheim.co.uk

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PROFILE - MACHINERY NEWS RETAIL PACKAGING Paper Padding: economical, fast and convenient

Allen Coding helps to sew the seeds of success at French organic food company

PAPERplus® Classic2, the new machine model from Storopack processes rolls of Kraft paper and recycled paper into paper padding for protective packaging of medium to heavyweight products. The vertical, lean design of the machine offers advantages in integration.

PAPERplus® Classic2 meets the latest ergonomic requirements of the industry. The height of the machine can be electrically adjusted. The casing reduces noise emissions. The operating speed can be continuously adjusted and reaches up to 50 m/min. PAPERplus® Classic2 converts Kraft paper as well as 100% recycled paper in a roll width of 600mm. Video at http://youtu.be/0dguSPhTv9I 03

Allen France SAS, part of Allen Coding Systems, has installed an NG4+ thermal transfer coder on to a packaging line at GermLine, a French specialist producer of organic foods, including cereal bars, seeds, lentils, rice and dried fruit.

Located in Sancoins in the rural Cher department in the centre of France, GermLine is using the NG4+ in conjunction with a Rotech feeder to print use-by dates, batch numbers, times, barcodes and other text on to plastic PP film bags containing dried fruits such as apricots.

Designed for quality, flexible printing on packaging materials across large print areas of five to 10cm, the system at GermLine is operating at 50 items per minute on a packaging machine that is running continuously.

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Kliklok sleeves kitchen sponges In a departure from their traditional food & drink client base, Kliklok is delighted to have received a second order from Emirates Steel Wool (E.S.W.) in the United Arab Emirates, for a Certiwrap C150 wraparound cartoner, sleeving kitchen sponges.

Following the success of the first C150 installation in 2009, E.S.W. have benefited from improved productivity for their range of household cleaning items & accessories, and when the company needed to source another cartoning line for their premium brand “Super Spongex” cleaning range, it approached Kliklok straight away for a repeat machine.

The C150 has proved yet again to be the right choice, due to its efficient handling and sleeving capability, with easy size change as a standard feature.

The C150 machine will again be customised to offer Siemens control package, plus specifically designed infeed system to accommodate the very light sponge product, cartoning in singles, twins and triple packs.

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Code more than before with the Linx TJ725 The Linx TJ725 thermal inkjet case coder is now even better thanks to a software upgrade which adds a host of new capabilities. Users can now print more with the same printer – the upgrade will be standard on all new models and can be added FOC to existing machines, emphasising Linx’s commitment to future-proofing its products. Already trusted for its ease of use and low cost, the Linx TJ725 now boasts additional features including: • Internal dynamic barcode generation capability for quicker customisation • Anti ink-bleed feature and new inks • 600dpi printing for better print contrast • Rotated text fields • Quicker code editing and creation 29

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RETAIL PACKAGING ENVIRONMENT MATTERS

green & pleasant land?

THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX, WAY BEYOND THE GOVERNMENT’S KNEE-JERK BAG TAX, RICHARD SIMMONITE HAS A SIMPLER SOLUTION TO THE INCONVENIENT ISSUE OF CARRIERS… Introducing a carrier bag tax in England, to follow Ireland and Wales, is a fairly controversial step, yet politicians are convinced by the case for charging. A five pence ‘tax’ will be levied on single use carrier bags sometime after the next general election in 2015. The money generated by the tax will be distributed to charities. So far, so good.

At first glance, there are no losers. The environment wins because there are fewer carrier bags going into the waste stream and less plastic film being used to make them in the first place. Fewer bags being used at checkouts means fewer lorries distributing them. Win, win, win. Charities benefit from an additional income stream, giving them more resources with which to do more good. Win. Consumers have the option of either reusing old bags, paying for a reusable one or coughing up the five pence for a new single use one. If trends in Ireland and Wales are replicated in England, retailers should see a drop in single use carrier bags of 75 to 80%. Ministers are calling it a “huge environmental step forward”.

Paterson, has just announced that re-use will be one of the factors considered in its impact assessment of the costs and benefits of the carrier bags charge.

BORN AGAIN Bag Re:Born offers a sustainable and practical solution to the current carrier bag-based environmental crisis. Created by Brighton-based innovator, Richard Simmonite, Bag Re:Born is a reusable carrier bag that folds out into a full size refuse sack or charity collection bag.

Richard’s product lifecycle research has shown that replacing all existing carrier bags with Bag Re:Born bags would be the equivalent to taking 92,000 cars off the roads in terms of carbon savings.

Bag Re:Born bags are made from 100% postconsumer waste in a European factory powered by renewable energy. Designing for re-use is at the heart of this clever concept, using a design

RE-BAGGING But is it? On the surface the numbers are hard to argue with. WRAPs figures suggest that eight billion ‘thin gauge’ carrier bags were issued in the UK in 2011. Certainly it’s an environmental issue that needs to be dealt with, but a carrier bag tax might not be the best way of doing it.

While single use carrier bags are often used for shopping only once, their lack of value makes them very useful. Research has found that the most popular second uses for their single use carrier bags are, for picking up after their dogs, as nappy sacks, and as bin liners.

After the introduction of the carrier bag tax in Ireland in 2002, sales of refuse sacks increased by 80%, an enormous increase resulting in more plastic film products being imported to Ireland. In the Environment Agency’s carrier bag report in 2011 one of the key findings was that carrier bags reuse as bin bags is pivotal for environmental performance. Indeed, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Owen 36 www.retailpackagingmag.com

Cunning eco-solution for the plague of plastic carriers? It’s in the bag…

philosophy that embeds the hierarchical principles of sustainable design; from prevention through to re-use and recycling. The innovation has received recognition from thought leaders in the environmental sector, gaining a top five spot in the Sustainability Leaders Awards for sustainable product innovation.

It is a brand new product to help retailers meet their packaging and environmental responsibilities and enable consumers to engage in more sustainable living without having to make difficult choices.

Instead of offering an ill-conceived sticking-plaster solution to the problem of carrier bags, Bag Re:Born transforms the carrier bag market, while offering a durable, high quality product that retailers can be proud to put their name on.

Now there really is no excuse for single use, and remember: prevention is much better than cure. www.bagreborn.com

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the eco-equilibrium ADDRESSING THE RECURRING ISSUE WITH INDUSTRY RECYCLING, BEST FOOT FORWARD’S SEBASTIAN DUNNETT EXPLAINS HOW WE CAN WORK TOWARDS AN EFFICIENT ANSWER…

Current UK supply of and demand for recycled materials are just not matching up. But the supply of recycled material is not the issue here; demand for recycled material has to be created by innovation in the sector.

It was on this very issue that I recently presented a selection of BFF’s work with Defra to develop a UK Soft Drinks Sustainability Roadmap at the Recoup Plastics Recycling Conference, highlighting the importance of packaging impacts in the UK of a generic carbonated soft drink product.

The roadmap found that on-trade packaging waste is dominated by three materials: plastic (PET) (27%), glass (31%), and aluminium (20%). Despite the recyclability of all of these materials, 71% of on-trade waste is sent to landfill or incineration, presumably because of the costs involved with recycling. Subsequently, one of the research recommendations we drew from the roadmap was the need to match recycling supply with demand; a recommendation that proved extremely pertinent to one of the main discussion streams of the conference.

Useless on the London underground, essential for understanding recycling.

GREEN: NOT BLACK & WHITE

REAPPLYING PLASTICS A good example of supply and demand mismatch was expounded by David Baker, General Manager of rigid plastic packaging firm RPC, in a particularly entertaining presentation on plastic pots, tubs and trays (PTT). Demand for PTT is currently constricted

by European regulations concerning polypropylene (PP) which prevent PP previously housing cosmetics or cleaning products to be recycled into food-grade PP. Baker warned that the industry must find other non-food uses for recycled PP in order to raise

demand to complement the clear supply of PP, e.g.

RPC supplying paint cans for AkzoNobel Decorative Paints containing 25% recycled PP polymer.

This mismatch in supply and demand was further highlighted by presentations from other companies, such as that of Visy who have constructed a global supply chain of recycled products in order to ensure supply matches demand.

A recurring concern for conference attendees levelled at Lord De Mauley, Defra Parliamentary Under Secretary for Resource Management, was the government’s ambitious recycling targets to keep the UK in line with the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC). While Recoup revealed PET bottle collection rates are up 5% on 2011 to 58%, PTT collection has remained stagnant at 19%; far too low to hit government recycling targets.

Baker highlighted the need for PTT recycling infrastructure, but added that this may not happen before the onset of the 2017 targets. Furthermore, industry members were quick to point out the conflict in the simultaneous push for bottle lightweighting to lower manufacturing impacts, and the ambitious recycling targets.

Soft drinks, hard facts.

What we learn from this is that sustainability professionals have to be more aware of the conflicting pressures applied to recycling businesses, and acknowledge that, as with most aspects of sustainability, there are always trade-offs to consider when tackling the environmental impacts of any product. BFF have demonstrated the efficacy of light-weighting in reducing impact, but there will be limits to upstream packaging solutions.

The recyclers, meanwhile, need to concentrate on following industry leaders in thinking outside of the polypropylene tub, ideally, combine-utilising more recycled materials and thereby increasing recycling and reducing resource reliance; bringing that essential balance to supply and demand. www.bestfootforward.com www.retailpackagingmag.com 37

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INDUSTRY INSIGHT ATLAS PACKAGING HOPPING INTO THE HOT-SEAT FOR OUR FIRST COMPANY Q&A, WE GET THE INSIDE INFO FROM JASON SHARMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR AT ATLAS PACKAGING… Atlas Packaging is a name known to many, but for the sake of the newcomers amongst us (ahem) could we please start with a brief overview of the origins of the company?

Atlas Packaging was founded in 1983 and has steadily built an enviable reputation as one of the largest independent, innovative and dependable corrugated sheet plants in the country.

The company is based in Barnstaple, North Devon and we have invested heavily over recent years allowing us to compete in a fiercely competitive marketplace. Operating from a 100,000 sq. ft. production facility with both ISO 9001:2008, BRC/IOP and FSC accreditation, we can confidently supply a wide range of industry sectors. We are also one of the select few sheet plants that have Asda approved supplier status. Our service levels extend nationwide and cover Europe as we regularly deliver to the continent for many of our larger blue chip customers.

The company believes strongly in going green and has made great strides in sustainability, can you fill us in on current and future plans in the environmental arena?

Over the past five years, we have worked closely with a team of environmental specialists and have taken advantage of government grants in order to introduce several measures designed to reduce our pollution and carbon footprint. The programme has achieved significant resource efficiency savings and has thus far, reduced our carbon footprint by around 125 tonnes per year.

Specifically, we have introduced:A new lighting system in our production facility which boasts significant energy efficient capabilities including PIR and better lumens.

Solar panels installed on the roof of the production facility keeps employees warm in winter using a sustainable energy source .

A newly installed water treatment plant separates out the inks used in production in an easily disposable format.

In November 2011, Atlas Packaging achieved an FSC (Forestry Stewardship Council) accreditation with a Chain of Custody Certificate. This prestigious accolade is testament to our commitment to the environment and responsible forest management. A Chain of Custody Certificate gives Atlas customers the comfort of knowing that the end product comes from a well-managed, sustainable forest which protects long term timber supplies as well as the environment and the people and communities that depend on the forest for their livelihood.

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A global packaging manufacturer with a UK team dedicated to you.

Our colleagues in Shenzhen China are the industry innovators at the forefront of transparent packaging manufacturing. The UK team will help you maximise the potential of your packaging and manage the entire process from concept to full production in Shenzhen.

Check-in at Charpak’s Packaging Surgery Open for all at Packaging Innovations: Stand F46

Offering the packaging product flexibility of a Chinese contortionist then, which industries does Atlas currently serve?

Atlas is fully geared up to work with a huge diversity of industries and we are delighted to rise to any challenge. Our current specialisations are in food and drink, horticulture, pharmaceutical, furniture and the automotive industries.

And how do you ensure you stay ahead of the curve?

Apart from having the most advanced machine for the corrugated industry installed at our plant, we have a superb team of structural designers who are capable of creating just about anything from a piece of corrugated. They will rise to any challenge to create the perfect package solution whether it is a standard fefco style box or the very latest in bespoke transit, shelf ready packaging or point-of-sale displays.

Our reputation for innovative and cost-effective design has been widely recognised throughout the industry and we have won several prestigious Starpack awards including a gold award for a revolutionary Retail Ready Packaging design.

We are also one of the few corrugated sheet plants in the UK to offer an in-house graphic design team capable of adding embellishments and details that turn an ordinary box into something eye-catching and exciting.

Finally, what can we expect to see from Atlas Packaging in 2014?

More of the same. More growth, more innovation and more happy customers. Watch this space! www.atlaspackaging.co.uk

FOR THE NEXT ISSUE OF RETAIL PACKAGING

Plastique’s Fantastic Thermoformed Ingenuity

Presenting Epson’s Premier Printing Solutions

What does Atlas offer clients by way of print processes to help them achieve maximum impact?

Last year, we invested over £2-million in a new machine, the Emba 245 QS Ultima, which is the first of its type to be installed in the UK. Apart from being fully automated, quick set and capable of running at 18,000 boxes per hour, the machine boasts a four colour + IR dryer with enhanced print which surpasses all current standards of post print flexo, even rivalling pre-print in some instances.

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