industry news Packaging reduction
made easy Some packaging reduction ideas impact on our everyday lives, such as switching milk from glass bottles into plastic cartons, pet food from cans to flexibles or soft drinks from glass to PET bottles. These are all examples of innovations which create savings in weight, waste and carbon footprints. NXL Design is a design consultancy specialising in projects that take packaging reduction concepts and deliver them into commercial reality. Recent examples include working with a well-known retailer to re-design their existing tray packs into a flow-wrap format using a printed laminate film which eliminates 80% of the
Cases for Industry’s new partnership
packaging weight and improves on-shelf presentation. This project is just one example which highlight the special expertise of NXL Design, particularly in the areas of packaging weight and waste reduction. For more information call 01274 685566, email
nxldesign@nationalflexible.net or visit
www.nxldesign.co.uk.
Network launches
Cases for Industry, a division of the leading single- source packaging solutions specialist FDL Packaging Group, has entered into a new strategic partnership with PK Marine, one of the UK’s leading lights in freight forwarding services. The strategic alliance will enable customers to enjoy a completely seamless service in which case manufacturing, export packaging and freight forwarding will go hand-in-hand to ensure a smooth and trouble-free service. Through the new relationship, Cases for Industry customers will enjoy access to an exemplary ISO 9001-accredited import and export handling operation that’s been serving British exporters, major multinationals, the MOD and other government departments for over 40 years, offering customers a comprehensive handling service. For more information call 0151 545 0092, email
sales@casesforindustry.co.uk or visit
www.casesforindustry.co.uk.
Cervello hailed
as ‘unique’ Pay As You Go EPOS software Cervello has been hailed as a ‘unique approach in the area of inventory management’ by technology experts at Planet Retail. Currently only offered by CTS Retail, Cervello is a Software + Services solution that for the first time, provides a solution which perfectly aligns costs to sales, does away with expensive license fees and replaces them with a simple pence- per-transaction model. Following a demonstration of Cervello to Björn Weber, research director for Retail Technology at Planet Retail, Weber was pleased to report that, “Cervello is a so far unique approach in the area of inventory management aiming to solve retailers’ problems with tedious and
NEW BRANDING FOR LOGSON
The Logson Group, owners of Board24, Boxes and Packaging, Cases24 and Inspirepac, has launched its brand identity. Over the past six years, the group’s founders Ian Loggie and Mike Stephenson have acquired a series of corrugated packaging companies, and have now formed the ‘Logson Group’ as a parent
cost intensive implementation projects in the area of merchandise management.” The full version of Cervello was released in early January 2011. For more information call 01793 432 234 or visit
www.cts-retail.com.
new business Network Packaging, the UKʼs leading independent packaging materials distributor, has recently launched Network Display, a sister company producing bespoke point of sale, retail ready packaging and merchandise display. Based in the West Midlands, Network Packagingʼs key markets include third-party logistics, fashion retail, mobile phone retail and pharmaceuticals. Service reliability, together with a comprehensive portfolio of the most innovative and creative packaging solutions available, has helped build the company an unrivalled reputation. Seeking to capitalise on the continued growth in the point of sale and retail display sector, Network Display are benefitting from Network Packagingʼs managerial expertise to produce some of the most innovative retail packaging solutions in the marketplace. Incorporating a team of packaging industry award winning designers, equipped with the latest design tools and AR-CAD facilities, Network Display offers state-of-the-art specialised die cutting and the largest format screen printing, litho printing and laminating techniques available in Europe. For more information call 01902 493999 or visit
www.networkdisplay.co.uk.
brand. Ian Loggie, director, said: “We’re delighted to launch our new brand identity which brings together our portfolio of leading packaging companies under one umbrella. All of our companies will enjoy the stability of being part of this group, and it is important that we utilise this and play to our strength in excellent customer service to continue developing these successful businesses.” For more information call 01530 510022, email
enquiries@logsongroup.co.uk or visit
www.logsongroup.co.uk.
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