SA Food Review

Packaging

26 Feb 2020

How PackSolve Drums is boosting the South African fruit juice industry

PackSolve’s galvanised drums are boosting the efficiencies and performance of the South African fruit juice industry.
10 Dec 2019

Stora Enso invests in the bio-based future of plastics packaging

Stora Enso is investing EUR nine million to build a pilot facility for enabling the production of bio-based plastics as barrier in transparent packaging. The pilot plant will convert plant-based sugars into the renewable building block required to make PEF, a bio-based plastic, mainly targeting the food and beverage industry. The pilot plant will be...
04 Dec 2019

UPM Raflatac goes BPA-free

From January 2020 the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) will no longer be allowed to be used in making thermal paper in the European Union. In response, UPM Raflatac has announced its portfolio of thermal label papers and films is now BPA-free. Moreover, the company is providing total phenol-free thermal label paper options.
04 Nov 2019

Tap into business potential at pacpocess 2019

pacprocess 2019, the newest addition to the interpack alliance portfolio and held for the first time in Egypt from 9 to 11 December at the Egypt International Exhibitions Centre, is set to promote business opportunities in one of the major economic hubs in North Africa. Under the high patronage of the President of the Arab...
14 Oct 2019

Who is the Paper Bottle Company?

Paboco, the paper bottle company, unites some of the world’s leading brands and experts in material, design and technology.
14 Oct 2019

How to design packaging for the environment

To facilitate efforts by companies to think about their product packaging with reuse and recycling in mind, the PET Plastic Recycling Company (PETCO) has released a definitive guide to packaging design, created specifically for the PET (polyethylene terephthalate) manufacturing sector.
13 Sep 2019

One week to go to Propak West Africa

There’s less than one week to go until Propak West Africa 2019 opens its doors and with the Conference line-up finally revealed, discover what there is to look forward to during the seventh edition of West Africa’s largest packaging, plastics, printing and processing exhibition.
30 Jul 2019

Sidel acquires Comep

Sidel has announced the acquisition of Cognac Moules Emballages Plastiques (Comep), a French producer and designer of moulds for PET, adding further strength to the group in the manufacturing of moulds and tooling. ‘We are confident that Sidel’s and Comep’s complementary expertise will bring us more commercial opportunities while offering customers an optimal choice of...
22 Jul 2019

Optimistic and innovative accountant joins Plastics|SA

Plastics|SA has appointed Helène Barnard as new accountant at its Midrand Head Office. Barnard will replace Leslie Kearney, who will be retiring at the end of July 2019.
18 Jul 2019

Enhancing plastics with colour, care, clarity and performance

Milliken Chemical will use its presence at the K 2019 trade fair from 16-23 October to demonstrate the many ways it is enhancing plastics with colour, care, clarity and performance.