Johannes Masiteng | See: Alan Winde visits Tuffy's manufacturing plantWestern Cape Premier Alan Winde visited Tuffy's manufacturing plant in Stikland, Cape Town on 23 November. The premier's visit highlighted the challenges posed by plastic waste and particularly the advancement of the Green Economy on the government's agenda. The company has remained firmly invested in South Africa's economic development as a key provider of jobs and advancing skills development since its inception in 1986. Here is a gallery of the Premier's visit to visits Tuffy's manufacturing plant. |
SOUTH AFRICA Growth of liquid cartons cannot be contained© Neonbrand via Unsplash. | |
Maroefah Smith | IPSA Gold Pack Awards acknowledge the best in packagingThe IPSA Gold Pack Awards was recently held at the at Inanda Club in Sandton, Johannesburg. Dating back to 1973, the annual event celebrates local companies in the packaging industry that are driving innovation and professionalism. Read more here. |
SOUTH AFRICA Is your product packaging the 'whole package'? 4 unboxing trends for 2019[Daniella Shapiro] Who cares what it looks like on the outside when it's what's on the inside that counts, right? Wrong! At least when it comes to product packaging, that is... | |
SOUTH AFRICA #EntrepreneurMonth: Meet SA's pioneer of biodegradable food packaging[Lauren Hartzenberg] Packaging that lasts as long as it's needed, not longer... | |
SOUTH AFRICA Consumer behaviour is shifting - Shouldn't your brand be too? - GO Content LabOur packaging connects people to your brand. | |
SOUTH AFRICA The frozen food market is heating up(c) Danil Roudenko - 123RF.com | |
SOUTH AFRICA Packaging industry needs to be ready for 2017 boom[Candace van Zyl] A few decades ago, packaging companies needed many more tons of machinery to produce the output that they do today... | |
Angie Lawrence | [Packaging] Engineered to save customers time and improve efficiency, the 9028 inkjet printer from Markem-Imaje, locally represented by Pyrotec PackMark, features an M6' ink circuit that is designed to be changed by machine operators in less than six minutes. |
SOUTH AFRICA The packaging problem[Chemory Gunko] It's pretty difficult to read my pieces and not notice that I'm an activist at heart... I was born a rebel without a cause actually, and have simply found causes to champion along the way... | |
SOUTH AFRICA More than just a label[Danette Breitenbach] The impact of public health rests on the ability of food labels to provide information to the consumer and for the consumer to interpret that information. Yet, most of us need a PhD to read a food label. | |
SOUTH AFRICA New packaging trends reflect environment, recessionary impacts[Estee Cockcroft] With the consumer making more in-store product comparisons, adding value and differentiating through packaging has become more pertinent than ever... | |
SOUTH AFRICA Through the glass - outlook for beer packaging in SA[Gareth Pearson] Internationally, brewers are increasingly turning to aluminium cans for packaging, despite the purists crying 'sacrilege', as they swear their brew belongs in bottles. | |
SOUTH AFRICA Understanding food packaging labels[Amanda Rogaly] While a small number of people do more than glance at labels on foods, many will not understand fully what they are reading. Once consumers understand what they are reading, they can make better choices and have better conversations with their GPs and medical specialists about what they should be eating. | |
SOUTH AFRICA Understanding food labelling[Amanda Rogaly] South Africa has legislative framework that dictates that the label on a product must match its contents. The first rule all food companies have to follow is to ensure the product name is descriptive and is a true reflection of the content of the food. | |
SOUTH AFRICA Plea for packaging that opens[Rolf Akermann] Packaging is critical, particularly in the FMCG category. Manufacturers spend money on research and design to put something on the shelf that will catch the consumers' eye and convince them to buy the product. However, once the product is ready to be opened, consumers hit the first obstacle. | |
SOUTH AFRICA Nampak Flexible receives BRC rating[ActivRetail] The BRC (British Retail Consortium) Global Standard certification, a leading global product safety and quality certification programme used by certificated suppliers in over 100 countries, has been awarded to Nampak Flexible in Ndabeni, Cape Town. | |
SOUTH AFRICA New labelling for Faircape yoghurts[ActivRetail] Faircape Dairies differentiates its milk products based on the well-being of the animals involved in production, and environmental friendliness of the facilities. It decided that its existing packaging for its fruit and smooth yoghurts did not accurately represent the product, specifically its quality, and appointed strategic design agency Liquidlab to execute a revamp. | |
SOUTH AFRICA Nampak in international awards final[ActivRetail] The 2010 FTA (Flexographic Technical Association) International Awards has given Nampak Flexible, two award nominations for its Imana Chicken Noodle soup and Imana Cream of Vegetable soup packs. Judging took place 24-26 January 2010 in New York, where all entries were judged strictly on technical achievement, by concealing the manufacturer's brand through coding. |