industry news
Do You Know Your rPET From
Your APET? If you don’t know your rPET from your APET, or your OPP from your CPP, or even your OPA/PE from your PA/PE - don’t worry, help is at hand. For all those confused by the terminology used to describe flexible packaging films, National Flexible has produced an easy to understand programme of information about the most frequently used types of films along with their most common applications within the food industry. “At first we didn’t appreciate the scale of demand for this sort of information,” said Mark Thompson – National Flexible’s sales & marketing director. This has led to National Flexible developing a specialist training seminar tailored to the use of film packaging for food products and how films can extend shelf-life and improve presentation of the product on- shelf. The event also incorporates new developments in printed film technology, such as Kodak’s high definition flexo system, as well as giving detail about the comparative benefits of flexibles over other packaging formats. For more information call 01274 685566, email
sales@nationalflexible.net or visit
www.nationalflexible.co.uk.
Payne helps Carind
Italian paper making company Carind have made use of Payne’s best-selling Supastrip self-adhesive tape for its range of napkins, which, uniquely, are situated in their own bespoke dispensers. The napkins, which retail in large flow-wrapped packs, need to be opened quickly, easily and efficiently and be housed within the dispensers for catering staff to use. Payne, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of tear tape, coated film and security products, recommended its Supastrip tape, which is applied to the flow-wrap packaging during Carind’s production process. Supastrip offers easy opening for all flexible packaging using advanced technology in print production and registration. For more information call 0115 975 9001, email
sales@payne-worldwide.com or visit
www.payne-worldwide.com.
Logistics Link Live joins
Subcon 2011 at NEC This year’s Logistics Link Live show taking place 8-9 June 2011 at the
RTITB is inviting all currently NORS registered counterbalance operators and RTITB registered instructors along to their stand (237) to take part in ‘The Safe and Victorius’ forklift operating challenge. More than a dozen exhibitors have already signed up to give live demonstrations of the latest advances in equipment and systems, ranging from space saving fork trucks to packaging and software developments,
NEC has even more to offer visitors with more new features, attractions and live displays. Running alongside Subcon 2011, the show has additional appeal for manufacturing and assembly executives, and for the first time the
Empac’s Metal
Packaging Plaza The European Metal Packaging Association (Empac), which represents the interests of canmakers in Europe, hosted the Metal Packaging Plaza stand at interpack this year. interpack is one of the largest packaging trade fairs worldwide, organised by Messe Düsseldorf and held every three years. Metal Packaging Plaza, a new feature of the exhibition, was an interactive showcase with a strong focus on the core strengths of metal packaging, i.e. sustainability, innovation, safety and convenience. It was the main information platform and meeting point for the international metal packaging industry, their suppliers, customers and for the media. The Plaza allowed
NEW FINANCE FOR COMPANIES?
“In our role as mergers and acquisition specialists in the packaging industry, we have for many years been instrumental in obtaining finance packages to facilitate an acquisition,” says Richmond Capital Partners chief executive Paul Holohan (pictured). “We have witnessed at first hand how badly the banks have been - and still are - treating packaging businesses in general. We are increasingly being asked where packaging companies can find capital.” Richmond Capital Partners have therefore launched a new service - Contour Business Finance -
as part of the group’s service portfolio to the industry. Having completed many mergers and acquisitions deals over the years, Richmond Capital Partners have frequently worked with finance providers to obtain capital to fund acquisitions, therefore building an extensive network of contacts are ready to provide funding for the packaging industry. For more information call 0207 580 7865, email
info@contourbusinessfinance.com or visit
www.contourbusinessfinance.com.
including Jungheinrich’s range of warehouse equipment.
For more information call 0844 545 0064,
email
showenquiries@centaur.co.uk or visit
www.logisticslink.co.uk/gazette.
visitors to meet informally and learn more about metal packaging and its many attractive features. A central theme was the subject of sustainability, a key issue for all stakeholders. The programme from Empac included selected speakers from across the supply chain and beyond, who all talked on relevant subjects twice daily. For more on interpack, see pages 14-15. For more information call 00 32 2 535 76 51 or visit
www.empac.eu.
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