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Convenience & Packaging
Distinctly different: Space Food packaging
Even those with their workplace in space have to eat. And this food also has to be packaged, and in the process, even meet very different requirements and withstand conditions different to those on earth. Distinctly different: Space Food packaging - Distinctly different: Space Food packaging
Trends & Design
"Kleenex": A History of the Cellulose Tissue
In 1924, the market welcomed a never-seen-before novelty: "Kleenex", the tissue paper meant for cleaning.
Nowadays, "Kleenex" has become synonymous with makeup remover tissue and has continued to reinvent itself according to the market situation in terms of design, packaging and product quality.
"Kleenex": A History of the Cellulose Tissue - A History of the Cellulose Tissue
Business & Latest News
Crisis-proof: health in the Gulf
The growth of the health industry in the Gulf region appears to be immune to the economic crisis and Dubai’s negative press. In the Middle East investments totalling many billions of dollars are planned: by 2020 the business with health in the region is predicted to reach a volume of up to 55 billion US Dollars. Crisis-proof: health in the Gulf - Crisis-proof: health in the Gulf
Packaging materials, packages & package production
Saved by the Tin Can
185 years ago, on 19 January 1825, Thomas Kensett and Ezra Daggett from the USA filed a patent for their tin can. This move marked the beginning of a global success story enhanced even further by the invention of the can opener in 1855.
Saved by the Tin Can - Saved by the Tin Can
Trends & Design
Design – only a nice appearance?
Design makes things more attractive. But is that really all? No, today design offers much more: problem solutions, integrity, the courage to be different. Design not only means a nice appearance. Quite the opposite.
70 percent of purchasing decisions are not made until the customer reaches the store shelf and this is where the product looks, haptic feel and handling aspects score.
Design – only a nice appearance? - Design – only a nice appearance?
Packaging sustainably
The Green Deal
“Promoting brand values through sustainable packaging“ – was the motto of this year’s Pro Carton Congress in Düsseldorf. Ever greater importance is being attached to sustainability: it is one of the crucial drivers of innovation of all.
The Green Deal - The Green Deal
Packaging Processes & Security
Adhesives Keep the Promises Others Make
Packaged food units sealed with adhesive have to withstand multiple loads until they are opened by the consumer – without any adhesive power being impaired by such influences as heat, cold or moisture. Adhesives Keep the Promises Others Make - Adhesives Keep the Promises Others Make
Packaging Processes & Security
A matter of life and death
There is a significant growth of counterfeit drugs the world over. Following WHO information, about half of the drugs offered on the Internet in industrialised countries are not what they pretend to be.
A matter of life and death - A matter of life and death
interpack 2011
Online Application for Exhibitors
The fastest route to the trade fair is via our practical online check-in. Reserve your exhibition space today. For more success, more contacts and greater internationalism. Our special service for all exhibitors from the last event: Simply use your interpack 2008 login details to register for the 2011 event - and an already filled-in form will be created for you! Online Application for Exhibitors - Online application for interpack 2011
Business & Latest News
"Openhagen"
Everything is open. This is the conclusion drawn by many after the Copenhagen Climate Summit that many pinned such high hopes on. Great disappointment prevails, a compromise rather than a solution being the only result.
"Openhagen" - Openhagen
Product piracy
Iridescent protection
Holograms are much more than simply fascinating, true-to-original, three-dimensional images of objects. In two of their most important application areas they are used today as security features and for data storage. Iridescent protection - Iridescent protection
Brands
Staying on Course in the Economic Crisis
Even the manufacturers of powerhouse brands need to be proactive in difficult economic times. What solution is best for brand management? Does standstill mean the death of a brand? How great is the risk of losing loyal customers by relaxing proven principles? For many this proves a tight-rope walk between tradition and reform. Staying on Course in the Economic Crisis - Staying on Course in the Economic Crisis
Trade Fair News
Milestones in packaging history
How did milk actually ever come to be packaged in cartons? Since when have pills been available in blister packs? And why did the modular construction principle take hold in the packaging machine industry? In 2008, the interpack celebrated its Golden Jubilee, marking the occasion with an exhibition looking back at “50 years of packaging history”. Milestones in packaging history - 50 years of interpack
























