Two new Piscean 200ml standard bottles (HDPE/PP: 5663) have recently joined the range at M&H Plastics, part of the RPC Group of companies.

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE:CAG) announced today that all of the company's facilities in the U.S. and Canada have completed the transition to cans without Bisphenol A (BPA) liners.

Novel Solution Developed by Schreiner MediPharm and Edelmann
Schreiner MediPharm has developed in a joint project with the packaging manufacturer Edelmann an innovative solution which makes important product information accessible without opening the pharmaceutical pack. The packaging solution is based on the requirements of the EU Falsified Medicines Directive 2011/62/EU.

M&H Plastics' new contact lens bottle has recently been shortlisted for the Starpack Awards 2015.

MOCON, a leading global provider of permeation instrumentation and package integrity testing, announced that Michael Barto has joined the company as vice president of engineering and manufacturing.

According to a recent survey carried out by Fachverband Faltschachtel-Industrie e.V. (FFI), almost half of the folding carton board purchased by its corporate members is already being bought on the basis of the new system for ordering and supplying board by sheets. With 565,000 tonnes, the corporate members of the FFI accounted for about two thirds of the production volume of the German folding carton industry in 2014.

The "2015 Touchpoint Study" carried out by Fachverband Faltschachtel-Industrie e.V. (FFI) presents for the first time figures about the reach of folding cartons as well as indications of the contribution packaging makes to marketing success. With the help of the media equivalent value developed in the context of the study, a specific figure can be calculated for consumer contacts on the basis of the gross reach of a pack.

The German folding carton industry maintained its leading position in Europe ahead of Italy and Great Britain in the 2014 financial year, with production value amounting once again to EUR 1.879 billion and production volume of 839,368 tonnes.