“Our biogenic packaging solutions combine the highest standards of freshness with respect for the environment and are particularly suited to the food industry.These solutions go by the name of Packnature,” says VPZ. Continue →

Associate Environment Minister Eugenie Sage said the grant enables Pact Group to prioritise this project ahead of many others.  Continue →

Lewis Road Creamery is a New Zealand based dairy producer, famed for marrying the reinstatement of traditional dairy production, with forward thinking, ethical decision-making. Continue →

NVC (founded in 1953) is the association of companies addressing the activity of packaging throughout the supply chain of packaged products. Continue →

When it comes to powdered food blending and packing in Aotearoa, Christchurch-based Wimpex Ltd is a specialist one-stop-shop for sachets, stick packs, pouch packs, cans, canisters and various options of flexible and rigid packaging. Continue →

Oji Fibre Solutions and Port of Tauranga have jointly opened a new container warehouse that will provide world-class facilities for paper and timber products including food-product paper bags. Continue →

Around 295 million hot and cold cups are used annually in New Zealand, with more than 90% of coffee cup brands either manufactured or sold by The Packaging Forum members, the organisation has been told from findings of a detailed survey. Continue →

Food products being exported in today’s market require the packaging to have some form of tamper evidence. Continue →

Traditional industrial robots have been deployed in manufacturing facilities for decades, but because of practical and economic limitations, manufacturers have only automated approximately 10% of factory tasks, with the other 90% left to humans Traditional industrial robots have been deployed in manufacturing facilities for decades, but because of practical and economic limitations, manufacturers have only automated approximately 10% of factory tasks, with the other 90% left to humans. Continue →

  Sealord has joined recycling specialist TerraCycle to provide consumers with an innovative recycling option for pouch packaging used in its new Tuna Pockets and Tuna Express ranges. Continue →

New Zealand food and beverage manufacturers and associated industries are being urged to participate in this year’s global survey of online buying behaviours of packaging professionals being run by the Australian Institute of Packaging. Continue →

An innovative free national programme has launched in New Zealand to upcycle or recycle ‘un-recyclable’ plastic food storage waste such as sandwich bags into sustainable items. Continue →

Collaborating together, Victoria-based Kiel Industries and Sydney’s Pro Ali Design in Sydney designed and built a new production line for their client, solving a major requirement for replacing existing bins and handling systems with a line that used a cleaner and more versatile bin. Continue →

It was 1898 when B H Hite, a chemist from West Virginia, introduced milk in a manual press It was 1898 when B H Hite, a chemist from West Virginia, introduced milk in a manual press he had made for achieving high hydrostatic pressures; he realised that milk lasted longer after doing so. Continue →