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Hindustan unilever limited’s (Hul) first aerosol deodorant manufacturing facility at Khamgaon in maharashtra, india, is almost ready and expected to go on stream shortly, according to unilever global chief operating officer and Hul chairman, Harish manwani.

hul is investing €50m in the manufacturing facility over a three-year period, which will service customers in India as well as malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and vietnam.

The production capacity of the plant has been planned to scale-up gradually to generate direct employment for over 150 people.

“The plant is ready and initial trial runs are going

on. we are now waiting for certain permissions from the government. Once they are received, the facility will commence production,” hul spokesperson Prasad Pradhan said.

Addressing a press conference mr manwani said hul had specific plans for rural India, which he described as “a powerhouse waiting to emerge”.

The plans include creating accessibility for hul products through a widespread distribution network and working with small farmers to source some of the raw material required by the company.

“we are constantly looking at how we can tailor our offerings to the rural people,” he said.

he explained that hul’s strategy was to have a portfolio that addresses “every price point”.

Earlier, mr manwani delivered the opening keynote address of the Graduate business Conference being held at the Indian School of business.Source: www.business-standard.com

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HUL chairman Harish Manwani says rural India is “a powerhouse waiting to emerge”. Image courtesy of www.thehindubusinessline.com

canmaking technologies that enable sustainable metal containers to be produced with less material, lower costs and a reduced environmental impact are just some of the highlights of cannex and Fillex de las américas, being held at the beginning of may in atlanta.

Returning to the uSA in its three-year cycle, Cannex and Fillex will showcase the latest technology from more than

100 exhibiting companies from around the world.

Typical of this technology is the latest sheet coating and printing systems from Germany’s KbA-metalprint which, in addition to being able to accommodate advances in downgauging tinplate to 0.10mm, offers batch changes that are 25 per cent faster. KbA-metalprint’s decorating machines now offer up to ten colour units for wider product versatility.

On the environmental front, KbA-metalprint offers drying systems for coated sheet that provide energy savings of more than two-thirds.

Cannex & Fillex takes place over 1–3 may 2013 at the Georgia world Conference Centre in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Canmaker Technical Conference will run alongside it at the same location. Planned conference topics include two-piece D&I canmaking, three-piece welded canmaking, process and quality control, coatings and inks, curing systems and a global canmaking review.

Conference speakers include a range of executives and managers from the canmaking, packaging, printing and engineering industries. Source: www.canmaker.com

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metalmatters, the metal packaging industry’s kerbside recycling improvement program in the uK delivered unprecedented success in 2012, reaching over two million households across 31 local authorities and significantly increasing the metals capture rate in each campaign.

the results, based on analysis of four metalmatters campaigns that concluded in 2012, also show that the program has helped expand the range of metals collected at the kerbside, with 13 of the partner local authorities expanding their recycling schemes to include foil trays, household foil, aerosols and metal caps and closures.

a key success of metalmatters has been its development of a model that is cost effective for individual local authorities and waste partnerships.

In addition, metalmatters has also proved that well targeted and tailored communications campaigns resonate with the public and have a positive impact on behaviour patterns.

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of metalmatters program managers alupro, said: “metalmatters’ achievements to date are impressive and testament to the commitment of all involved, from the people on the ground who delivered the campaigns day-to-day, to our industry funding partners who have committed significant investment in the program.

“our plans for metalmatters were shaped by the 2010 pilot scheme, which produced hard evidence to show that the industry’s approach resulted in demonstrable successes,” mr Hindley said.

“After a year of refining the program to suit a range of local collection systems and circumstances, I am delighted that metalmatters continues to deliver a strong return on investment. It makes a difference within local communities and drives up local recycling rates.

“We have big plans for the year ahead and firmly believe the continual growth of the program lies within widening our network of stakeholders,” he said.source: www.packagingeurope.com

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KBA-Metalprint’s latest sheet coating and printing machines will be on display at Cannex.

the australian Food and Grocery council (aFGc) has been quick to respond to the recent Federal court rejection of the northern territory’s (nt) container deposit scheme (cDS), launching a $5 million nt bin network in the immediate aftermath of the court’s decision.

It followed this up days later by releasing data from a new report citing a continued rise in the national drink container recycling rates.

The Federal Court struck down the NT’s year-old CDS,

saying the scheme conflicted with Commonwealth laws.

The NT’s scheme had set a 10 cent cash back reward for consumers who returned used containers to approved depots. but the court sided with such companies as Coca-Cola Amatil, Schweppes and lion, all of whom had challenged the territory’s CDS on the basis that it breached federal law as it required different production processes for the same product in different states and territories.

The AFGC, which had been among critics of the NT CDS, moved quickly to capitalise on the decision. It said its bin network plan, a five-year industry investment solution to boost recycling rates and reduce litter in NT, would achieve recycling benefits without the costs associated with the CDS.

“The NT bin Network will increase recycling and reduce litter arising from all packaging without costing Territory families, unlike the failed ‘Cash for Containers’ scheme which only focused on beverage containers,” the AFGC said.

It said the scheme would focus on: installing recycling infrastructure for both glass and plastic packaging; installing ‘away from home’ recycling bins in commercial venues; establishing ‘drop off’ recycling facilities for all packaging and newsprint in Katherine and Alice Springs; and funding local community groups to clean up all litter, not just beverage containers.

“The NT bin Network is founded on practical solutions for the Territory, will address all packaging and all litter, not just beverage containers, will come at no cost to Territorians

and is backed by industry dollars,” AFGC chief executive Gary Dawson said.

The scheme will also be extended nationwide in the near future.

“Industry is ready to roll out a $100m national recycling scheme, the National bin Network, that builds on the practical, targeted initiatives that we know from experience, and the results released today, do work.

“Our scheme delivers for the environment, but is

fully industry funded and won’t cost families like a drink container tax would,” mr Dawson said.

Days later, the group released data showing that Australia’s drink container recycling rates are continuing to rise, with an extra 42,284 tonnes recycled in 2011–12 compared with the previous year.Source: www.packagingnews.com.au

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Food can carbon emIssIons cut by 30% a canmaking industry study shows that the environmental performance of the ubiquitous three-piece steel food can has improved by almost a third since the turn of the century.

brussels-based Empac, European metal Packaging and its supply chain partners recently completed the study which shows that the can’s carbon footprint has been reduced, on average, by

30 per cent in the decade to 2010.

“This result proves that the metal packaging industry continues to achieve more with less, being thus aligned with the European union’s resource efficiency roadmap and the need for effective resource conservation,” says Empac.

This has been achieved through a consistent reduction in the average can weight delivered to customers, combined with a substantial increase in steel recycling rates.

Since 2000, the average can weight has dropped by about 6 per cent while the average European recycling rate for steel has improved by 44 per cent. Further double-digit savings can be achieved, in the medium

term, with advances in both weight reduction and steel recycling rates.

“This study illustrates how European food can manufacturers have successfully decoupled economic growth from environmental impact,” says Empac.

Data for the study was provided by APEAl (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging), Soudronic (a leading Swiss manufacturer of slitters, can body and drum welders, bodyformers and end making systems), and TNO (the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research) using the Empac environmental scorecard.Source: www.canmaker.com

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the aerosol association of australia will hold a breakfast briefing on the latest international regulatory updates on aerosols on tuesday april 30 at sydney’s macquarie graduate school of management.

The briefing represents a unique opportunity for an update on issues surrounding the transport of aerosols globally and on upcoming changes to the eu aerosol dispensers directive, which forms the basis of australia’s own aerosol standard (as2278).

It will be delivered by volker Krampe (pictured), corporate safety adviser, beiersdorf ag, president of the german aerosol association (Iga) and chairman of the Industrial safety committee of the european aerosol Federation (Fea).

volker has worked in the area of aerosols and dangerous goods for over 25 years and is acknowledged as a leading international expert on regulatory requirements surrounding the transport and classification of aerosols.

He is the delegate of the Fea, cosmetics europe (formerly coLIpa) and aIse at the un subcommittee of experts on the transport of dangerous goods, and (only for Fea) at the dangerous goods panel of the International civil aviation organization (Icao).

The briefing will take place from 7.30 to 10.00am on tuesday 30 april at the mgsm conference centre at macquarie park in sydney. to book go to the aerosol association of australia website and click on the ‘2013 events and training’ tab.

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