Recycling bites bottom line (20-Apr-2006)
By reducing waste, cutting material use in real terms and avoiding government regulation, recycling and environmental sustainability have become good business for packaging manufacturers.
Packaging for a household name (13-Jan-2006)
Functional packaging could be the key differentiator for manufacturers of household goods facing a mature and saturated marketplace. Snaring the attention of customers seeking disinfectants, detergents, soaps and toothpastes is a challenging task in an industry sector that features a number of established major players and little scope for technological product innovation.
Popping the cap on closures (10-Jan-2006)
Anyone that has found themselves thumping the hard glass bottom of an upturned tomato sauce bottle understands the value of moderns closures. In days gone by, having removed the rudimentary screw-on cap from the tomato sauce bottle, the only way to dispense the sauce over a plate of hot chips was to give the bottle a whack - which usually resulted in the chips being saturated in excess sauce.
Sprint wins Gold Award at 2005 Southern Cross Package Design Awards (26-Oct-2005)
Tarja Zingg has won gold in the Visy Industrial Packaging Award at the 2005 Southern Cross Package Design Awards for her entry, Sprint.
National pilot for RFID/EPC technology (7-Sep-2005)
The federal government’s Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (DCITA) has provided funds for a National Demonstrator Project for RFID/EPC technology, systems and standards, with results available as early as June 2006.