Packaging

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New Steel Drum Plant to Serve Western India

Lube Report Asia - July 5, 2019

Balmer Lawrie & Co. opened a new industrial packaging plant that manufactures steel drums last month in Vadodara, in the ...

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Thai Firms Team to Recycle Containers

January 18, 2019

Bangchak Corp. and SCG Chemical Co. signed a memorandum of understanding last month to develop a lubricant packaging rec ...

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Fighting Counterfeits with QR Codes

September 7, 2018

A major Chinese supplier of lubricant packaging equipment has established a subsidiary to help clients use QR codes to b ...

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New Zealand Lube Suppliers Talk Rubbish

June 29, 2018

New Zealands biggest lubricant brands have joined forces to recover and recycle waste packaging.

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Packaging Demand Growth Forecast for Asia

June 22, 2018

A recent report by Global Market Insights predicts demand for lubricant packaging in Asia-Pacific will grow at a compoun ...

GHS Deadline Looms in Australia

GHS Deadline Looms in Australia

December 20, 2016

Australias Jan. 1 deadline to comply with a global system of chemical labeling requirements has some of the market's lub ...

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Hi-Tech Lubricants Conducts IPO

January 12, 2016

Pakistani lubricant supplier Hi-Tech Lubricants Ltd. raised 2.84 billion rupees (U.S. $27.1 million) last week in the fi ...

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New Weapons Fight Counterfeits

December 1, 2015

Anti-counterfeiting packaging technologies come with costs, but proponents say lubricant marketers should balance them a ...

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GHS Brings Costs, Consequences for Packagers

July 14, 2015

The United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) is sure to bring vital b ...

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Hoover Containers Expands in Australia

October 28, 2014

Intermediate bulk containers supplier Hoover Container Solutions Ltd. has moved its Australian operations to a larger fa ...

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Chongqing Xiandai Buys Packaging Supplier

June 24, 2014

Many Chinese lubricant suppliers have begun taking tips on marketing from their Western counterparts. Now some are doing ...

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Plastics Supplier Buys Ace

May 27, 2014

British packaging manufacturer RPC Group agreed to buy Hong Kong-based Ace Corp. Holdings Ltd., a manufacturer of inject ...

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Designing Better Motor Oil Bottles

April 1, 2014

Packaging design is as much science as art. The process requires close interaction between the design team and productio ...