Design students can enter Pentawards Concepts competition

The newly created award category, Concepts, which opened for entries on Monday 6 February 2012, has announced that students may also enter design concepts for the 2012 Pentawards. BiC has joined forces with this worldwide competition devoted uniquely to packaging design and is offering a special BiC trophy and surprise award in addition to the Pentaward. Entries, at €30 for students and € 150 for professionals, close on 2 March 2012. 7 Feb 2012 13:15

New eco-friendly packaging for soft fruit extends shelf life

Ampaglas Plastics Group, one of South Africa's leading plastics extruders, and Tri-Pack Plastics in the UK, have developed a box for packaging soft fruit that will change the South African produce packaging market for good. The CoolSeal range of boxes were originally designed for the cold chain delivery of chilled products, but are now being used by farmers to transport sensitive or wet-packed products. 6 Feb 2012 14:03

Pyro Inspiration Awards kick off for 2012

The Pyro Inspiration Awards, awarded five times a year at two-month intervals for the best on-pack devices including promotional and informational multipage labels, have announced the first round of finalists. 31 Jan 2012 14:33

New category, international jury for Pentawards 2012

The packaging design awards competition, Pentawards 2012, has announced it has opened up a new category, packaging concepts created since 1 January 2011 anywhere in the world, with a separate registration period from 6 February to 2 March 2012. The Pentawards Classic will be open for online registration from 2 April to 11 May 2012, also for packaging, or line of packaging, created or placed on the market since 1 January 2011, anywhere in the world. The awards will be presented in Paris. 20 Jan 2012 12:43

Nampak packing for Africa

Andrew Marshall had a clear strategy when he took over as Nampak's CEO in March 2009. He was tasked with putting SA's biggest packaging company back on a growth path, a path it wandered off a decade earlier. His approach was simple: if underperforming business units can't be fixed sell them or close them down. 6 Jan 2012 07:52

Family business takes on Woolworths over alleged imitation products

Frankie's Olde Soft Drink Company has complained to the ASA over what it claims are Woolworths products that closely resemble some of its own. According to Mike Schmidt, Frankie's owner, "These products threaten to tarnish the very foundations on which the Frankie's brand is built." Woolworths' Zyda Rylands, MD of Food, has responded to the claim. 20 Dec 2011 12:44

Versus box wine out in new year

Versus wines has expanded its range to include a 2-litre box wine, available in red, white and rosé from January 2012 at a retail price of R49.99. 6 Dec 2011 10:39

Warning stickers to reduce underage purchases of alcohol

The Association for Responsible Alcohol Use (ARA) is leading the way in the fight against underage alcohol purchases through its newly designed in-store sticker campaign titled RU18 to assist in increasing awareness amongst retailers and the public alike and combating the current stream of underage alcohol purchases. 30 Nov 2011 12:19

Extrupet retains BRC accreditation

Extrupet has received a renewed accreditation for its food-grade recycled PET by the British Retail Consortium (BRC), thus maintaining its position as the only PET plastic recycler in the world certified by the BRC. 22 Nov 2011 10:21

Leading the way in sustainable manufacturing

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Sustainable ways to produce plastics, foams, paints and other everyday materials could be the outcome of a AUS$10 million, four-year project about to commence at the University of Sydney. 21 Nov 2011 14:04

New look for Nulaid

Nulaid, described as South Africa's largest integrated commercial egg enterprise, has launched new product branding and an integrated consumer campaign with an aim to build brand preference for its eggs and create a connection with consumers through its slogan 'the Fresher the Better'. 21 Nov 2011 12:00

New Pure-Pak cartons for Clover

For the first time in South Africa, the 2-litre, Slim Pure-Pak Curve carton, from Elopak South Africa, will be available for Clover's Krush and Tropika juice brands. 17 Nov 2011 15:36

Nampak buys out Wiegand-Glas

Nampak has acquired the other 50% share in its glass packaging business from Wiegand-Glas for R938 million, it was announced yesterday, 16 November. 17 Nov 2011 12:12

2011 Pyro Inspiration Awards winners announced

The annual Pyro Inspiration Awards, which selects a winner from the 25 bi-monthly award winners selected throughout the year, were announced last week in Cape Town. Entrants were judged on originality, impact and clever use of space. 14 Nov 2011 11:07