John Byron says those Australian packaging companies looking to source their boxes from Asia need to ensure they have processes in place to ensure they get the result they are looking for
Always on the lookout for something new in packaging, Byron was quite taken back when recently he came across a beer bottle with a difference
The world and especially its relationship with packaging can seem a funny old place sometimes, reflects John Byron
The ongoing global financial meltdown is affecting the packaging industry in many countries and in many ways, John Byron looks at some of the implications
In keeping up with advances in carton die-forme manufacturing, as well as the latest in CAD software, I recently visited Hygrade, Australia’s leader in this specialised service to the carton and box industries
The Australian International Beers Awards are not just about awarding excellence in the brewing of the ever popular amber fluid. More recently these prestigious, and truly international awards, introduced a packaging category of which this writer was invited to participate in judging
Shelf ready display boxes are by no means a new concept but this convenient use of retail ‘display shippers’ maybe about to take a new turn with an interesting design concept recently secured by Glama Pak.
By now many of us will have seen some of the new exciting design variations of the ‘fifth panel’ carton.
Fujifilm has been awarded the entire printing plate business for Fairfax Media across all of its newspaper and magazine printing sites in Australia and New Zealand after a tender process, in a deal valued at around $30m. |
Opus is undertaking a strategic review of its outdoor media business with a view to exiting the sector, as it plants to turn its focus on its publishing business and growing its footprint in the Asia Pacific region. |
