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    <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
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      <title>Starpack Awards 2007</title>
      <description>Consumer and environmental demands played an important part in the major packaging developments rewarded at the Starpack Industry Awards 2007, from IOP: The Packaging Society</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack Awards</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc110.html</link>
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      <title>Student Starpack Awards 2007</title>
      <description>Finland beats the Best of British </description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack Awards</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc111.html</link>
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      <title>New packaging course brochure launched</title>
      <description>The Packaging Society has launched a new brochure detailing the range of training courses on offer from the Society.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Seminars, Total 2007</category>
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      <title>Pack Expo scholarship delivers</title>
      <description>The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) announced that University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) has named student recipients of its 2007 PACK EXPO Scholarship.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf117.html</link>
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      <title>Messe Dusseldorf appoints Duomedia</title>
      <description>Messe Dusseldorf, the organisation behind the drupa trade show, has appointed Duomedia Public Relations for the worldwide support of its media partners</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Messe Dusseldorf</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/mpj/mpj100.html</link>
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      <title>The PMMI to address Total</title>
      <description>PMMI will address the Total Exhibition</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf116.html</link>
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      <title>WI top the bill at open innovation</title>
      <description>The Women's Institute and Unilever head a star cast of speakers at an exciting seminar programme from IOP at Total Processing and Packaging 2007</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Seminars, Total 2007</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/iok/iok100.html</link>
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      <title>Starpack awards sees demand for security</title>
      <description>Retailers are having a major influence on packaging developments with many of the 70 finalists and winners of Starpack Industry Awards 2007 being underpinned by retail demands for pack security</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack Awards</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc109.html</link>
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      <title>Registration opened for Pack Expo 2007</title>
      <description>Packaging professionals from around the world can now pre-register for PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2007 to save 50% on entrance fees and avoid on-site lines.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf114.html</link>
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      <title>Top 100 Packaging Companies Feeling the Pinch</title>
      <description> A group of lean, fit and relatively small companies are taking the packaging industry by storm and showing the bigger players how it's done.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Plimsoll Publishing</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/pgt/pgt136.html</link>
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      <title>In-line pharmaceutical coding system</title>
      <description>Sunala will preview a new advanced version of the market leading Wolke m600 thermal transfer ink jet printer and demonstrate the latest version of its successful Pharmacarton Coding Station.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Sunala</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/suj/suj106.html</link>
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      <title>Carrier bag curse to be cut</title>
      <description>UK Retailers pledge to cut the environmental impact of carrier bags UK retailers have agreed to reduce the overall environmental impact of their carrier bags by 25 per cent by the end of 2008.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>WRAP</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/wrt/wrt113.html</link>
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      <title>PMMI Scholarship delivers</title>
      <description>The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute has announced that Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), has named student recipients of the 2007 PACK EXPO Scholarship.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf112.html</link>
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      <title>Going for Gold at Starpack 2007</title>
      <description>The judges for the Starpack Industry Awards 2007 are in for a busy and challenging time when they are faced with the 352 entries to the UK's most prestigious packaging competition</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack Awards</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc108.html</link>
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      <title>The UL mark prefered in US</title>
      <description>A study reveals that most Authorities Having Jurisdiction from the United States prefer the UL Mark as a guarantee of safety.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>UL International (UK)</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/uli/uli109.html</link>
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      <title>LDA invests 3 million in recycling sectors </title>
      <description>The London Development Agency (LDA) is investing GBP3 million into the recycling sector in London, through its enhance business support programme.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>London Development Agency</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/frd/frd104.html</link>
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      <title>Kraft Foods test new packaging specifications</title>
      <description>Proven to Reduce Time-To-Market New Packaging Specifications and all GWG specifications</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ghent PDF Workgroup</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ghe/ghe102.html</link>
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      <title>New Ghent PDF Workgroup Packaging specifications</title>
      <description>The new packaging specifications are now available</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ghent PDF Workgroup</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ghe/ghe101.html</link>
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      <title>New Project Helps Glass Packaging to lose Weight</title>
      <description>Food retailers and brand owners are being invited to take part in a series of trials towards the adoption of lightweight glass containers.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>WRAP</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/wrt/wrt109.html</link>
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      <title>Biodegradable packaging consumption set to rise</title>
      <description>Biodegradable packaging consumption will reach nearly 116,000 tonnes by 2011 Pira International has quantified and analysed the biodegradable packaging market in a new study.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Pira International</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/puy/puy101.html</link>
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      <title>Packaging elite line up to sponsor Starpack 2007</title>
      <description>Alcan Packaging and Abbey Corrugated have been welcomed on board as sponsors of the UK's leading packaging competition Starpack Industry Awards 2007.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack Awards</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc106.html</link>
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      <title>Global packaging industry trends reviewed</title>
      <description>The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute has introduced the Packaging Intelligence Brief series to help define and address trends currently shaping the future of packaging.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf100.html</link>
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      <title>Packaging industry innovations awards given</title>
      <description>A sleek package developed for a prepared meals manufacturer was named as the winner of the Pack expo Selects awards programme.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf101.html</link>
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      <title>US packaging machinery exports are up</title>
      <description>Exports of packaging machinery from the USA rose 7% from one year ago totaling US$646 million - helped by the industry's 'total system' approach.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf102.html</link>
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      <title>Packaging scolarships backed by institute</title>
      <description>The Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute and Pack Expo exhibitors raised US$127,050 to provide packaging schools across the US and Canada with financial grants.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf104.html</link>
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      <title>Safety standard compiled for packaging</title>
      <description>ANSI/PMMI B155.1-2006 safety standard for packaging and packaging-related converting machinery is now harmonized with the international (ISO) and European (EN) standards.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/phf/phf107.html</link>
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      <title>Student Starpack Awards Entry Forms Availailable</title>
      <description>Entry forms for the Student and Schools Starpack Awards 2007, organised by IOP: The Packaging Society, are now available.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack 2006</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc105.html</link>
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      <title>Starpack Awards Entry Forms Now Available</title>
      <description>Entry forms for the Starpack Industry Awards 2007, organised by IOP: The Packaging Society, are now available.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack 2006</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc104.html</link>
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      <title>Seminars Reveal Business Secrets For Success</title>
      <description>Printyorkshire and the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF) have responded to the challenge set by the industry to reveal the secrets of successful business.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>PrintYorkshire</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/pyz/pyz100.html</link>
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      <title>Ghent PDF Workgroup hosts special free seminar</title>
      <description>The Ghent PDF Workgroup (GWG), the fast growing international organisation building best practices for publishing workflows, is hosting a special free seminar at Graph Expo and Converting Expo.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>Ghent PDF Workgroup</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ghe/ghe100.html</link>
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      <title>M and S support UK's premier packaging awards</title>
      <description>Marks and Spencers has reinforced its commitment to packaging innovation with the announcement that it is to provide the chair of the judging panel for the Starpack Industry Awards 2007.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 08:00:00 UT</pubDate>
      <category>IOP: The Packaging Society - Starpack 2006</category>
      <link>http://www.manufacturingtalk.com/news/ioc/ioc103.html</link>
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