The 2019 PPMA Group Industry Awards will be held at the National Conference Centre (NEC), Birmingham, on the evening of the first day of the PPMA Total Show 2019 – Tuesday, 1 October 2019.

Thimm scores highly against the competition: the jury for the international POPAI Awards, which cover Germany, Austria and Switzerland, nominated the creative ‘rickshaw’ display for Hardenberg-Wilthen AG for a bronze statuette in the ‘Drinks’ category. The award-winning palette display showcases the Opihr Oriental Spiced Gin brand to particularly striking effect at the POS. The award ceremony took place on 8 May at a large gala in Frankfurt.

Staged every three years, PPMA Total Show (1-3 October 2019) is the UK’s largest processing and packaging machinery exhibition and is expected to cover over 13,200 square metres at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham.

Egyptian President H.E. Abdel Fattah Al Sisi will sponsor the first pacprocess MEA, which will take place from 9 to 11 December 2019 at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in Cairo, in parallel with Food Africa, and will be organised by Messe Düsseldorf, IFP Egypt and Konzept. Support from the highest political level underscores the importance attached to pacprocess MEA by government organisations and ensures that the fair is highly attractive to potential visitors.

The Asian region is buckling down on major trends and issues to achieve a future “perfect” economic growth, which will have a ripple effect on the plastics industry. In the run-up to K 2019, The World´s No. 1 Trade Fair Plastics and Rubber, which will take place in Düsseldorf from 16 to 23 October 2019, we will first take a look at the Asian economy, broken down into various areas, in order to then identify the plastics industry, market growth and challenges in the region.

With the world economies on a roller coaster ride, sluggish trade growth is expected on the heels of further trade restrictions and policy uncertainties. According to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), the global economy is likely to expand from 3.3% in 2019 to 3.4% in 2020, down from the 3.5% it had projected for both years last year.

Walki offers sustainably coated board grades for to-go packaging

In many industries, analogue and digital load cells form the technical foundation for precision in the weighing and batching of goods and related invoicing. Digital systems have many advantages for the user.

In the midst of a record-breaking period for packaging machine installations in North America, Somic America is in the process of building a superior customer support department that ranks second to none. The recent addition of service technician Felix Perez makes a talented group even stronger.

International manufacturer of caps and closures also announces inauguration of new Malaysian plant to better serve Asian markets as part of its ‘Close to You’ strategy.

Woods Distribution Solutions, a leading Texas logistics and fulfillment provider, is now offering food grade packaging services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area

Businesses that produce a food or a product know all too well how crucial packaging services are to the industry. Good commercial contract packaging services and displays are crucial when it comes to maintaining product integrity, ensuring safety, and promoting the product. Woods Distribution Solutions is now offering a wide variety of commercial packaging services, including food packaging, POS displays, kitting, heat shrink/sleeve shrink and product assembly in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

From 4 to 7 May, Plast, Ipack-Ima, Meat-Tech, Print4All and Intralogistica Italia will take place simultaneously, generating once more the biggest European event dedicated to instrumental mechanics

Shiseido, Givenchy, Godiva, Henkel and Unilever were among the many brands attending ADF&PCD Shanghai 2019. The highly anticipated 2nd edition, which took place at The Convention & Exhibition Center of International Sourcing on 27 & 28 March 2019, enjoyed a 26% growth in visitors.