Asia-Pacific

Currently there is not a good enough infrastructure in place to get optimum benefit from biodegradable packaging, even if it is widely available. Europe leads regulatory reform, with the US trailing behind. Asia and Australia are making headway, but Asia (and in particular China) suffer from a confused approach. Consumers are driving demand, with major retailers including Coca-cola and Walmart getting on board. However, despite increased demand, the key cost barriers for suppliers are R&D costs, production costs, and economies of scale. PLA dominates bioplastics use, but new materials are being developed from algae and microbacterial sources and advances

The Treofan Group has signed a marketing partnership agreement with Shiner International (China) and Alliance Packaging (Hong Kong), which will boost the partners' geographical reach and product offering and create significant global growth opportunities, the company said. The Treofan Group has signed a marketing partnership agreement with Shiner International (China) and Alliance Packaging (Hong Kong), which will boost the partners' geographical reach and product offering and create significant global growth opportunities, the company said. Treofan will have exclusive responsibility for marketing and sales of coated films and tobacco films for Shiner in Europe

Bemis Company announced that it has acquired Mayor Packaging, a privately-owned manufacturer of consumer and specialty flexible packaging, including a manufacturing facility in Dongguan, China.

Zip-Pak, a leader in resealable solutions, announced the opening of its first  factory in China, located in Guangzhou.  The new facility will localize production of the company’s cost-effective and high quality resealable zipper closures.

The global beverage packaging market is projected to reach $118.8 billion by the year 2017, with beverage consumption trends and environmental issues influencing the demand scenario. In addition, the advent of innovative and convenient packaging formats using minimal resources is likely to foster consumption of various beverage packaging material and formats. Beverage packaging is available in several formats including plastic bottles, metal cans, paperboard, cartons and pouches for use in a wide variety of beverages ranging from carbonated soft drinks to beer and milk. Consumption trends related to various commercial beverages and consumer preferences are critical driving factors for

Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPHC or 'the company') is a provider of packaging solutions for a wide variety of products including food, beverage and other consumer products companies. The company recorded revenues of $4,095 million during the financial year ended December 2010 (FY2010), a decrease of 0.02% as compared to FY2009. The decline in revenues was primarily due to impact of divested businesses in the flexible packaging segment