Square Vision Installs Bobst Folder Gluer

Square Vision, the Haridwar-based pharma packaging print company,  has installed Bobst Ambition folder gluer aiming to further improve on its quality parameters and interrupted production timelines. Arvind Singhal, Founder Director, Square Vision India, said, “We already have two folder gluers from a Bengaluru-based manufacturer but to ensure quality, and fast and accurate production we opted for…

PackPlus Exhibitor List Is Growing Rapid!

PackPlus coming back to Pragati Maidan this year has encouraged early bookings by leading companies from the Packaging, Converting, Processing & Supply Chain Industry. The four day exhibition coming together with SupplyPlus 2014 is scheduled from 11-14 June. More than 100 companies have already signed up for the leading exhibition of the country.  AKR Plastic…

HP Imposes Ban On Use Of Non-Biodegradable Material For Food Packaging

The Himachal Pradesh High Court vacated the stay on the state government’s notification dated June 26, 2013  and directed it to implement the notification banning the storage, supply, sale and entry of non-essential food items packaged in plastic and non-biodegradable material with effect from January 26, 2014. This excludes packaged and mineral drinking water. The…

Chemco To Build Plastics Packaging Factory In Bahrain

India-based PET manufacturing firm Chemco Group will build a plastics packaging factory at the Bahrain International Investment Park in Salman Industrial City. Once completed, the factory will produce PET preforms that can be used in the manufacturing of bottles and jars of different sizes and shapes. According to the company, the new facility would bring…

PackPlus South 2014 Gets New Dates

The Show will be held from 17-20 September 2014 at HITEX, Hyderabad.  In an attempt to resolve exhibitors’ reservations and apprehensions regarding the political situation of Hyderabad in the backdrop of the announcement of the State of Telangana and impending assembly and parliamentary elections in mid next year, PackPlus South has been rescheduled to the month of…

PackPlus 2014 Comes Ahead Of Time & Is Back In Pragati Maidan

PackPlus comes prior to its previously announced date and moves back to Pragati Maidan in the year 2014. The four day event will be held from 11-14 June 2014 at the venue. The Supply Chain Zone, which has been a part of PackPlus, will now be launched as a separate event- SupplyPlus 2014, the Logistics,…

India May Ban PET Bottles For Drug Packaging On Health Grounds

Pharmaceutical companies may soon have to phase out the use of plastic or polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles for packaging medicines such as syrups and liquid orals. The health ministry is considering a ban on the use of such bottles for packaging pharmaceutical products due to concerns of possible adverse effects on health. Even as the…

PackPlus 2013 Surpasses Old Records In Generating Business

Several machines sold on the first day of the exhibition itself! The four day packaging, processing and supply chain event, concluded at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida with several positive outcomes. With 50+ product launches, 100+ live running machines and the first ever demo of a complete packaging line running on PackML protocol, the Show…

PackPlus To Bring Future Trends On Board!

PackPlus, this year, is inspired by the development and the design, both in terms of bringing the Indian packaging industry at par with global trends. The first ever LIVE demonstration of machines in India, synchronised using PackML standards, guards the development part with the display of the revolutionary concept – for the industry to come,…

Nick Talbot, Tata Elxsi To Speak at International Packaging Conclave 2013

International Thought Leader- Nick Talbot, Global Design Head, Tata Elxsi Ltd. will be a keynote speaker at International Packaging Conclave 2013. Nick Talbot brings with him over 20 years of design experience in working with some of the world’s most innovative brands. As the Global Design Head at Tata Elxsi, Nick is responsible for all…