Toray Industries is set to expand production of packaging film in Asia with plans to add capacity at the Fukushima plant in Japan and to build a new facility in Malaysia.

Pentawards organisers have called for entries in 50 categories from packaging designers, brand owners, and print and packaging suppliers for the competition devoted exclusively to packaging design.

Atlas converting equipment will showcase its latest Atlas CW series and the Titan SR9 series slitter rewinders for film and flexible materials at Chinaplas 2013 to be held in Guangzhou, China from May 20-23.

The second edition of InnoPack Pharma which is scheduled for June 27-28 2013, in Mumbai, India will bring over 150 packaging professionals and around 30 exhibitors to the confex which is dedicated to pharmaceutical packaging and drug delivery systems.

James McOnie, journalist and reporter for television sport show ‘The Crowd Goes Wild’ will emcee the NZSDA Awards, taking place as part of the NZSDA conference later this month.

The Indian Government has extended the deadline for pharmaceutical companies to affix barcodes on primary level packaging by one year.

Food processing and packaging solutions company Tetra Pak has announced net sales of €11.16bn in 2012, a rise of 4.3 per cent from 2011 in comparable terms.

Auspack Plus has sold out with 302 exhibiting companies including 76 international organisations from 15 countries set to take part in the packaging exhibition from May 7-10 at the Sydney Showgrounds.

The news that ISO16759 (calculating the carbon footprint of print media) is galloping towards its final furlong prior to publication has caused a flurry of interest.

The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) has launched a sixth centre which is located in Bangalore due to the growing industrial prowess of the region.