The Voice of Packaging in the Heart of the Country

All Blog Posts (109)

Plastek Visit 21st September 2010

We were privileged to visit the high speed, high volume Plastek facility in September, and our thanks go to Nigel Williams and his team for the warm welcome we received.

Plastek UK is a high-volume manufacturer of plastic components for packaging, for example the top aerosol assembly for Lynx deodorant, many millions of which are made each year.

We were welcomed into the impressive boardroom and treated to an introduction to the US owned group, following which we were split… Continue

Added by Martin Hardwidge on October 11, 2010 at 15:07 — No Comments

Alan Town, Sales Director of CustomPack with his shiny new ipod Touch

Following my post of 4th August regarding the results of our prize draw for the I-POD TOUCH, here is a picture of the delighted winner, Alan Town, Sales Director of CustomPack, a division of Chequer Foods Limited @ Telford (www.chequer.co.uk), who has been a Packaging Society (IoP) member since the mid-Sixties!

Well done Alan and thanks again to all of you for your valuable feedback.…

Continue

Added by Chris Penfold on June 21, 2010 at 14:12 — No Comments

East Midlands Packaging Society - Questionnaire

As you know, the East Midlands Packaging Society is an active group of Packaging enthusiasts, who regularly arrange company visits, hold relevant business talks and throw in the odd social event or two. We want to make sure that those events are as relevant to…

Continue

Added by Chris Penfold on June 4, 2010 at 20:41 — No Comments

Report on EMPS Dinner lecture - The issues facing packaging & impact on the environment -3rd March 2010

On 3rd March, The East Midlands Packaging Society were proud to host an evening dinner lecture on 'The issues facing packaging & impact on the environment'. We were privileged to listen to the views of leading industry expert Jane Bickerstaffe, Chief Executive of INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging & the Environment). It was interesting to hear about INCPEN’s…

Continue

Added by Chris Penfold on March 9, 2010 at 10:02 — No Comments

Report of Branch Visit to Afterprint - Trade Print Finishers

On the 9^th December 30 members of The East Midlands Packaging Society visited Afterprint Ltd, trade finishers and die-makers, based in Basford, Nottingham. A fantastic turn out for a very enjoyable and interesting trip.…

Continue

Added by Chris Penfold on February 11, 2010 at 21:34 — No Comments

East Midlands Packaging Society Visit to Marston’s Brewery 9th December 2009 - Visit Report

On the 9th December 30 members of The East Midlands Packaging Society visited The Marston’s Brewery at Burton Upon Trent. The Marston's Beer Company is the brewing division of Marston's PLC and is responsible for some of Britain's best-loved beers, including Marston's, Banks's, Jennings, Hobgoblin, Mansfield and Ringwood. Their award-winning ales collected five international brewing medals at the Millennium International Brewing… Continue

Added by Chris Penfold on January 24, 2010 at 22:22 — No Comments

A trip to the supermarket without packaging?

Grateful to the good people at Packaging News for finding this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDtl8v5f77k&feature=player_embedded

Added by Martin Hardwidge on November 13, 2009 at 14:34 — No Comments

Golf Day

We had a great day yesterday at Kedleston Park - I wouldn't go so far as to say that the sun shone, but the weather was fantastic for golf, not a breath of wind. The staff at Kedleston looked after us really well and the meal in the evening was excellent.

I hope everyone enjoyed the day. For the record, the winner of the Norcros Trophy and owner of bragging rights for the next year was Mike Young. Outside the main prizes, we also awarded a 'Longest Driver' award to Steve Fletcher of… Continue

Added by Martin Hardwidge on October 6, 2009 at 9:00 — No Comments

Welcome to The Packaging Society East Midlands

Welcome to the new Social Network for East Midlands Packaging professionals. We will be posting items of interest to the local packaging community, plus details of the forthcoming events of The Packaging Society, East MIdlands.

We are a local Society of The Packaging Society, which some of you may remember as the Institute of Packaging, before it joined with the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3). As part of IOM3 we are members of a community of over 19,000 materials… Continue

Added by Martin Hardwidge on August 7, 2009 at 9:30 — No Comments