The Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA) has announced the appointment of a new chairman.
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Future looking bright for printing, packaging sectors
The future of the global printing and packaging industries is looking up, with unions committed to making working conditions better in developing countries, according to a print union member.
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Aussies buying more products with fairtrade label
Australians are more concerned with how farmers and workers in developing countries are treated, and are more likely to buy certified free trade products, a global poll has revealed.
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Greens want support on plain packaging of tobacco
The Australian Greens have welcomed the passage of plain packaging on cigarettes through the Senate this week.
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Coke to use 20% less plastic in bottles from SA plant
Beverage giant Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) today officially opened two new “blowfill” lines at the company’s Thebarton production facility South Australia. The new plant promises a 20% reduction in the PET resin needed per bottle.
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Debate over bottled water ban at another uni
A ban on bottled water by the Victorian College of the Arts has been met with criticism from drink companies and praise from environmental groups.
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Nuplex Industries buys Acquos’s Masterbatch for $23.5 million
Nuplex Industries has today announced its acquisition of Acquos’s Masterbatch business.
Acquos Masterbatch manufactures additives known as Masterbatch that colour and enhance the performance of plastics, as well as industrial and agriculatural applications including wire coatings and plastic sheeting.
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Small food and beverage companies knocked out in new market
Australia’s food and beverage industry is not doing as well as it seems, and substantial change is set to hit the sector, a new report says.
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Sharing your Coke: marketing genius or just entirely weird?
People’s names are popping up in the strangest of place; the latest being Coke bottles.
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Copycat Coles? The striking similarities between Coles’ home brand products and other brands
Some striking similarities have been revealed between the packaging of well-known food products and the home brand options being produced by supermarkets.
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Paying more for less?
Are we being tricked every time we go into a supermarket? Are we bargain shoppers or brain-dead shoppers?
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BPA found in foods marketed to children
It’s pretty common knowledge that the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) is dangerous, and most people have discarded plastic water bottles and baby bottles to avoid it.
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Slow movement on national deposit scheme
Federal environment ministers could not reach an agreement on a national recycling and deposit scheme for packaged drink containers at a meeting in Canberra on Friday.
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Manufacturers should abolish sell-by dates: UK govt
The UK government is urging manufacturers to dispose of sell-by dates on food packaging.
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Ban on cartoons in advertising unnecessary: AFGC
The Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) has slammed calls to ban licensed characters on food products, labelling it unnecessary.
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CHOICE calls for country of origin labelling on all meat products
Consumer watchdog CHOICE is calling for mandatory country of origin labelling on unpackaged beef, sheep and chicken products to help consumers make informed decisions about the meat they’re buying.
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Bega to supply home-branded Coles cheeses
Bega Cheese has confirmed it will be supplying the entire range of Coles’ home brand cheeses.
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Misleading ‘free range’ claims lands Steggles, La Iconia chicken suppliers in court with ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is taking a chicken supplier to the Federal Court, claiming they wrongly advertised chickens as free range.
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How Maccas gets consumers addicted
Fast food chains have tapped into the inner-workings of our brains to make us crave unhealthy foods, even when we’re not hungry.
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Consumers understand Daily Food Intake Guides but don’t use them to make decisions
A new online survey has found almost 80 per cent of Australians are familiar with the Daily Intake Guide on food labels currently being promoted by the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC).
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