Rebranding: Easier if you just hold hands

LONDON, UK: John Wynne* on evolutionary, revolutionary and potentially disastrous rebranding exercises. 11 Oct 2010 12:29

ADC announces 30 and -30 global winners

NEW YORK, US: The Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org), one of the leading organizations for integrated media and reputedly the first global creative collective of its kind, has announced the 50 young creatives from 14 countries to claim the prestigious ADC Young Guns 8 title. 16 Sep 2010 10:55

Heinz tomato soup turns 100

LONDON, UK: RCH group Heinz has celebrated the 100th year of its Cream of Tomato Soup being on the spur shelving of food retailers. 6 Sep 2010 11:41

SA in YoungGuns top 10 awarded countries of the decade

NEW YORK, US: The United States has topped the YoungGun Top 10 rankings of the most awarded countries of the past decade, making it the number one country in the world for emerging and young creatives. South Africa is ranked sixth. 4 Aug 2010 12:29

Australia plans plain cigarette packs

SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday (29 April 2010) said it would become the world's first country to ban logos and branding on cigarette packets, sparking a furious response from the tobacco industry. 3 May 2010 07:54

Zim: Delta Beverages refreshes bottles

[Dumisani Ndlela] Delta Beverages, a division of SABMiller's Zimbabwean unit, Delta Corporation, is expected to roll out “rejuvenated” bottles and new labels for its brands, a circular to the company's stakeholders revealed. 20 Apr 2010 08:51

Pentawards 2010 now open

BRUSSELS: The 2010 Pentawards, the online competition exclusively for packaging design, official opened for entries yesterday, Monday, 5 April 2010 until the deadline date of 21 May. The awards ceremony will be presented on 30 September in the European Pavilion of the Expo Shanghai 2010. 6 Apr 2010 10:55

Jury in for Pentawards 2010

Pentawards 2010, one of the world's major packaging design competitions, will be judged by an international jury of eminent marketing specialists and designers, headed by Gerard Caron, founder of Carre Noir (France) and publisher of the site www.admirabledesign.com. 8 Mar 2010 10:45

Call to enter 2010 D&AD

The call to enter the 2010 D&AD Awards and the 23 jury foremen were announced yesterday, Monday, 19 October 2009. Network# BBDO Johannesburg's Mike Schalit will lead the Radio Advertising jury. 20 Oct 2009 07:38

Propak Africa 2009, bigger... better...

Premier packaging exhibition Propak Africa 2009 takes place at the MTN Expo Centre Nasrec from 20 - 23 October 2009 and includes four other trade exhibitions. Due to the synergy between packaging, printing, plastics, labelling and food-processing sectors of industry, Print Expo, Pro-Plas Africa Expo, Pro-Label Africa and FoodPro will share the stage offering visitors additional value-add. 7 Oct 2009 09:04

Uganda's coffee factory first

Uganda has launched a coffee roasting and packaging company, described as the first of its kind in Africa. President Yoweri Museveni launched the Good African Coffee factory on Friday, 17 July 2009. 20 Jul 2009 16:05

Nampak plant in Angola can save SABMiller $6m

[Nicola Mawson, Consumer Industries Correspondent] SABMiller aims to save about $6m a year when a new can manufacturing plant being built by Nampak was up and running in Angola in the middle of next year. 10 Apr 2008 07:29

Simplifying specialised printing needs

HP has launched three new vertical solutions for customers in the retail and financial services industries located in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). 20 Feb 2008 09:54