Organisers of the 2013 Environmental Packaging Awards programme have almost completed their sponsorship list, which offers sponsors permanent naming rights for promotion beyond the awards evening in September.

The 2012 International Packaging Conclave in Greater Noida, India brought together 110 participants – including managers from some of the most prominent end-user companies in the food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

Dynapack Asia, a privately owned Singapore packaging company has  completed the acquisition of Viscount Plastics Malaysia, a manufacturer of injection moulded plastic products for blue chip industrial and lubricant customers.

Opus Print Group saw its results fall into the red in the first half of the year as tough trading conditions and restructuring costs took their toll.

Emrich Packaging Machinery, tna and Swiss Pack will be exhibiting at the upcoming Auspack Plus 2013 to be held from May 7-10 at the Sydney Showground.

The founder of the Müller Martini Group and a pioneer in machine development and print finishing for the graphic arts industry, Hans Müller, has died at the age of 96 in Zofingen, Switzerland.

The Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP) will be heading to New Zealand on April 11 to run the new Introduction to Flexible Packaging and Bioplastics half-day training course held in conjunction with PAC.NZ.

Innovative French inkjet digital web and sheetfed manufacturer Impika has been purchased by the Xerox Corporation, and will now be part of Xerox’s communications division.

Former Printing Industries Association of Australia CEO Dr Chris Peters AM has died following a long battle with cancer.

The country’s biggest printer PMP saw its razor thin $4.6m net profit after tax of last year’s first half turn into a loss this year of $24m, in a bleak set of figures, although the markets weren’t unhappy, shares rose 7.5 per cent today.

The latest issue of Asia Pacific Packaging is now available online, as well as in print format.

To read the February 2013 issue online readers can click on the front cover on magazine on this page of the website, or go to asiapacificpackagingmagazine.realviewdigital.com to see the online version.

The New Zealand Sign and Display Association says that, with time running out before the deadline for entries to this year’s awards competition, signmakers need to place their entries in soon.

Ipex 2014 organisers say the event will once again place its Printers’ Profit Zone on the show floor for the duration of the event. 

Toppan Printing of Japan has strengthened its packaging business focussing on flexible packaging with a new plant and new technology, and products to be developed aimed at the cultivation of overseas growth markets.

Entries are now open for The 2013 Asian Publishing Awards to be held on July 12 in Manila, Philippines as part of the seventh annual Asian Publishing Convention.

Brisbane B1 printer Cynergy is the latest printer to fold, going into receivership, in what is already a horror month in the industry.

KBA has completed its large format line up with the launch of the new KBA Rapida 164, which succeeds the Rapida 162 and 162a series.

Japanese ink manufacturer Toyo Ink and Australian distributor JL Lennard have ended their supply agreement for Australia.

The Allkotes embellishment GlitterKote is now available in a range of colours, in addition to the silver and gold formats that it was initially launched in.

One of Australia’s leading label manufacturers and suppliers, Label Power, has expanded its high speed full variable colour printing operations with the addition of the Colordyne CDT-1600S Colour sheet-fed printer.