NEWS
Carbonated soft drink can market grows in 2012
The Can Makers, the body representing the UK manufacturers of beverage cans, revealed that a total of 5,147 million carbonated soft drink (CSD) cans were shipped in 2012 - an increase of 0.6 per cent on shipments in 2011. This is a notable achievement given the Met Office reported 2012 was the wettest summer in 100 years. Total UK empty can shipments for 2012 reached 9,382 million cans, a decrease of less than 1 per cent (0.7 per cent) year on year. The unsettled economic conditions, in addition to the weather washing out a good number of outdoor summer events, affected the take-home beer market, with shipments of beer and cider cans down 2.2 per cent to 4,235 million.
According to Nielsen, cans are still the favoured pack choice for
CSDs with over 57 per cent of the total market. CSDs in cans are growing faster than the category as a whole. The 50cl can continues to enjoy the strongest growth (27 per cent), driven largely by the popular energy drinks category. Small size cans i.e. 15cl have grown by 12 per cent and 25cl cans by 24 per cent, while the 33cl can continues to deliver the highest unit sales in 2012. The most popular can multi- pack format for CSDs is eight packs, having overtaken single serves, whilst four packs have also enjoyed growth. In an otherwise flat cider market, positive growth of 1 per cent was achieved for cider in cans. Multi-packs continue to be the most popular way of selling beer and cider, with substantial growth in 10, 18 and 24 pack sizes.
Label
Summit Indonesia
The confer- ence program has been revealed as registration opens for the inaugural
Label Summit Indonesia. The event is being held at the Westin Resort Nusa Dua in Bali between 29-30 May. Focusing on the label and package print- ing industry, the Summit will comprise a mix of technical presentations, real life business case studies and the latest industry insight and business intelligence into market trends, conditions and challenges. The Summit commences with a roundup of market trends with presentations by Multi-Color Corporation’s Brenton Barrett who will look at global trends and Ariana Susanti of the Indonesian Packaging Federation who will explore the latest developments in South East Asia. In a printer panel discussion, converters from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines will look at printing as part of the economy and future growth opportunities.
Plantpack have developed a new sustainable coating for food packaging made from seaweed. Working as part of an EU research consortium, The Paint Research Association (PRA) have developed a food packaging coating product, called PlantPack, which can replace current packaging coatings based on
petrochemicals. PlantPack is an eco-friendly food packaging coating product made from seaweed extracts and starch. It can be applied to paper and cardboard as a spray. The scientists working on the project blended seaweed extracts with starch and starch derivatives (which have good flexibility and strength) so it could be applied to paper packaging.
Seaweed packaging developed
DIARY DATES
19-22 MARCH IMHX
NEC, BIRMINGHAM
www.imhx.biz
Old milk bottles find use with Lancashire Police
A Lancashire glass printing company has found a new way to shift milk bottles as the demand for doorstep delivery dwindles - providing thousands of bottles to police riot squads. Seaways Services has supplied 50,000 milk bottles a year to a police training centre in Gravesend, Kent, for the past three years - where they are used to make petrol bombs for
riot squad training sessions. Steve Smith, who runs the sessions at the centre, said: "We use milk bottles pretty much on a daily basis, creating petrol bombs to make riot training more realistic. We throw them around the site to train officers to react to real life situations of that nature. We order 30,000 to 50,000 a year from Seaways and they provide a brilliant service."
One of the UK's largest materials handling and logistics events, to keep up-to-date with all the latest industry trends and discover the latest material handling solutions.
8-11 APRIL
GULF PRINT & PACK DUBAI CONVENTION & EXHIBITION CENTRE, DUBAI
www.gulfprintpack.com
The only dedicated event for the printing and packaging markets in the MENA region that reaches the top printers, package printing houses and brand owners.
14-16 MAY
NORTHPRINT HARROGATE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE, HARROGATE
www.printandpack.co.uk
North Print & Pack 2013 is for commercial and packaging printers and professionals in the mainstream graphic arts industry to see the very latest technologies and developments in pre-press, print and finishing.
4-6 JUNE THE TOTAL PROCESSING & PACKAGING EXHIBITON NEC, BIRMINGHAM
www.totalexhibition.com
A 3 day event that showcases the latest production line solutions, material developments and product innovations. The Total Processing & Packaging Exhibition incorporates PAKEX, The PPMA Show and Interphex, covering every aspect of the processing and packaging industry.
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