contracts and projects


Wessex Resins fills the language gap


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n adhesive cartridge gun from Wessex Resins is delivering multi-lingual product


information and usage instructions to an extensive network of distributors covering over 25 countries throughout Europe, Africa, the Middle East and China with the help of a multi-page wrap-around Fix-a-Form multi- page label from Denny Bros. The resealable and overlaminated 14-page Fix-a-Form, which is applied by hand around the WEST SYSTEM Six10 cartridge, is constructed of an extended base label with UK instructions and an attached leaflet containing 17 language variations. “Over 70% of our products are manufactured for export as


Putting the Pressure On at McBride


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he UK’s biggest supplier of pneumatic products and process systems, Thorite, has supplied and installed a new Compair high pressure air compressor and pipework to world-leading household and personal care products manufacturer McBride, at the company’s Burnley production plant. The high pressure compressor is delivering compressed air at 40bar to power three PET blow moulding machines. This is planned to rise to four machines, to meet increased demand for the convenient trigger spray bottles, containing antiseptics or cleaning products which the blow moulding machines manufacture. McBride specialises in five product categories: laundry liquids, automatic dishwashing tablets, personal care, air care and specialist cleaners. Over


scale, and nowhere is this more prominent than when a fan receives their long awaited tickets to their team’s game. To magnify this momentous occasion, London-based design company Burgopak have developed their sliding packaging format to deliver the coveted FIFA World Cup 2010 event tickets, venue information and accompanying products. Local to this year’s official World Cup venue, South Africa’s Aries Packaging approached Burgopak to use the company’s patented slider pack design for their FIFA project. An event so integral to English


Burgopak slider box W


orld Cup fever has generated huge excitement and anticipation on a global


Kraft Foods uses Pago


labelling machine K


raft Foods’ coffee manufacturing plant and global coffee Centre of Excellence, is responsible for producing 11 billion cups a year for major UK brands such as Kenco and Maxwell House. Pago produced the PAGO media labels, 40


culture, Burgopak’s innovative piece of British packaging design was a perfect fit. Capturing the essence of anticipation, the slider pack provides a clever and playful opening experience, creating intrigue and a sense of novelty to complement the exciting nature of receiving World Cup tickets. For more information call 020 7089 1950 or visit www.burgopak.com.


the majority of our market is found overseas and so it is essential that we have a system of multi-lingual labelling that works effectively for us,” confirmed a marketing spokesperson from the company. “Our priority need for a labelling system is to have one label to cover each product. Our selection of the Fix-a- Form product was almost entirely based on the efficiencies it offered in terms of label stocks and order fulfilment


and management.” For more information call 01284 701381 or visit www.dennybros.com.


5,000 people are employed at the company’s UK and international manufacturing plants. For more information call 01274 663471 or visit www.thorite.co.uk.


LINPAC AND CUKI COFRESCO UNVEIL CukiLIN®


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wo leading packaging companies in different fields have come together to create CukiLIN®


- a complete aluminium


tray and film lid solution ideal for oven- ready meals. LINPAC Packaging, the European multi-material packaging company, has been working closely with aluminium tray specialists Cuki Cofresco to create a combination that offers excellent on- shelf presentation, extended shelf-life and delivers optimal performance when running on packaging lines. LINPAC’s high barrier films LINtop PP HB and LINtop Alu HB have been specially developed to be compatible with aluminium trays. They offer a tight robust seal which means there is no need for the product to also be packaged in a cardboard sleeve, while both films have anti-fog properties to improve visibility of the product on the shelf. The CukiLIN®


partnership


means that a constant level of service and on-site technical support is available throughout Europe, to ensure customer machinery is running as efficiently as possible. For more information call 01977 692111 or visit www.linpacpackaging.com.


mm in diameter, to apply to the caps of their Kenco coffee jars to provide customers with the opportunity to purchase a Kenco Eco Refill pack. The labels are 3 pages, offset printed in 5 colours, allowing 6 sides for information on the Eco Refill pack. To apply the labels at over 300 products per minute a floor standing 2 x PAGOmat 6/2A 170 labelling unit was purchased, with vertical and horizontal adjustment and mounting assembly. For more information call 01206 755206, email labellers@pago.co.uk or visit www.pago.com.


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