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Dick Searle
on panel Dick Searle of the Packaging Federation has been named by the government as one of its ʻindustry championsʼ to lead a new programme promoting UK manufacturing. Searle will be one of 30 industry leaders discussing UK manufacturing.
51million used
cans recycled Every Can Counts is celebrating its third anniversary by announcing their 2011 results. During last year, 51 million used beverage cans from workplaces and ʻon the goʼ locations across the UK were recycled, equating to 774 tonnes of aluminium and steel. Around 5,800 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were saved as a result of the programme.
Linpac Allibert
acquired Linpac Allibert, the returnable transit packaging business, has been acquired by One Equity Partners (OEP). OEP has acquired Linpac with the intention of creating a joint ownership structure with Schoeller Industries, the current partner of Schoeller Arca Systems. For now, OEP will operate both companies as independent sister companies. The parties have decided not to disclose the financial details of the transaction.
H&Mdesign for new Cadbury
Philadelphia After months of anticipation, Kraft Foodsʼ Cadbury chocolate-flavoured Philadelphia has hit the shelves in the UK. The company believe the product can rival the leading brand Nutella and expects it to generate more than £10 million of business in the next year. Design agency Holmes & Marchant were charged with designing the pack, and have cleverly interwoven the two brandsʼ colours and logos as to not alienate brand loyalists.
DS Smith’s SCA buy approved
Plastic packaging market sees 2011 value increase
In a bid to turn DS Smith into a pan-European leader in the packaging industry, the company has bought the packaging arm of SCA for a reported £1.4 billion. The move will make DS Smith the second- biggest corrugated in Europe and signifies SCA’s final move to come out of the packaging sector. It first sold the majority of its UK packaging operations to SAICA in 2008. Commenting on the acquisition, DS Smith's group chief executive,Miles Roberts said: “This acquisition builds on DS Smith’s proven strategy and the successful acquisition of Otor. This is an exceptional opportunity to create value for shareholders by becoming the leading recycled packaging company across Europe – a company that will be better positioned to deliver even better service and innovation to our strong and growing FMCG customer base.” Speaking of the company DS Smith are taking on,Miles said: “SCA Packaging is a well-invested business with long positions in recycling and packaging and short paper capacity that is very complementary to our strengths. It is a great step in DS Smith’s development and I look forward to working together with the team at SCA Packaging.” The entirety of SCA Packaging - apart from two kraftliner mills in Sweden - will now belong to DS Smith. Reportedly, no site closures are planned.
According to Packaging (Plastics), a new market report from market intelligence providers Key Note, the UK plastic packaging market was worth £3.7bn in 2011, an increase of 11 per cent on 2009. Currently, according to Key Note, plastic packaging is the fastest growing market in the packaging industry, taking some of the market share from other packaging industries, such as the paper and board, glass and metal sectors. Inevitably, it is environmental
issues that now dominate the UK market for packaging. Among the main packaging materials, plastic is considered relatively environmentally friendly, particularly in comparison to glass. This is largely due to the extended shelf-life plastics provide in the fast moving consumer goods industry. For food, bakery products, fresh produce and carbonated soft drinks, plastics is the ideal packaging material, providing a huge extension to the products’ lifespan, thereby reducing the huge quantities of food waste that find their way into landfill each year, whilst also providing
convenient and aesthetically superior packaging. However, environmental concerns have also had negative implications for the plastic packaging market. There are both EU directives and UK legislation that require the whole of the packaging industry to recover, recycle and reuse the continually increasing amounts of material. There are also fears concerning the amount of single- use carrier bags in use in the UK, with many of these ending up in landfill site or littering the landscape. InWales and Northern Ireland, there is now a levy for single-use bags, which could soon be extended, should the rest of the UK’s plastic bag consumption levels rise. Due to the high price of raw
materials and rising energy prices, Key Note expects the UK plastic packaging market to experience subdued growth in the next few years, with no significant growth forecast until 2013. However, over the five years from 2012 to 2016, Key Note estimates that the market for plastic packaging will increase by 21.2 per cent to an estimated £4.75bn in 2016.
Eight steps to sustainable packs
In a new report from US-based Dogwood Alliance on sustainable fast food packaging, the environmental group present what they believe to be eight key indicators to serve as measures for leading fast food industry packaging practices. These
include embracing corporate leadership on sustainability, using a full cycle and supply chain approach, reducing overall packaging and increasing efficiency as well as increasing the use of recycled fibre. Also in the report, titled Greening Fast
Food Packaging: A Roadmap to Best Practices, fast food brands such asMcDonalds and Starbucks were praised for their efforts in improving the sustainability of their packaging. The full report can be found on Dogwood Alliance’s website.
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