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Tough end to a good year

CEO Per Lindberg comments on the development during Q4 2011:

“2011 was an interesting and challenging year. It started very positively with high demand and rising prices which resulted in very strong earnings. The year ended more moderately after a fall in demand in the summer and autumn, price pressure on packaging paper, falling pulp prices and decreasing customer stocks. The consequence of this was that we...
 

Innovative glass packaging by O-I wins recognition with clutch of high profile d...

Glass delivers for brands
Glass bottles in innovative designs are key to creating successful brands, attracting consumers’ attention and setting new trends. This has been demonstrated recently by a number of award-winning glass bottles produced by O-I, the world’s largest glass packaging manufacturer. The awards have been won across many different segments – NAB, beer and wine – around the world, showing the...
 

Four elements take home the victory in SPICE:11 – Billerud and NINE’s packaging ...

The winners of Billerud, NINE’s and Berghs School of Communication SPICE:11 contest based their entry on the words ‘playful’, ‘different’ and ‘smart’ when developing the winning packaging for Orrefors Kosta Boda. Using the four elements of glass blowing as a graphic profile, where earth and fire represent Kosta Boda and wind and water Orrefors, they managed to conceptualise a packaging solution that offered both...
 

Design Challenge 2011 award to Chesapeake pack based on Billerud FibreForm®

Chesapeake’s Impressions™, a unique renewable packaging range based on Billerud’s FibreForm®, won Design Challenge 2011 at the largest packaging exhibition in the Nordic countries, Pack & Emballage. The winning packaging concept was selected by the people visiting the exhibition, when asked to vote on their personal favorite.
Chesapeake has developed the FibreForm material to offer its customers unique...
 

The top design award in the world of packaging goes to NINE, Billerud’s innovati...

The NINE innovation and design agency, in which Billerud is the main shareholder, has been awarded Pentaward’s Best of the Show for its work on Ramlösa premium PET. This international packaging design contest is being held for the fifth year in a row, with prizes awarded in platinum, gold, silver and bronze categories, plus a diamond (best of the show) award to the best entry in all categories.
 

New agreement with leading packaging company

Billerud Fresh Services AB has signed an agreement with Carmel Container Systems Ltd. from the Hadera Paper Group to become a member of the Fresh Box Alliance.
Carmel Container Systems Ltd., a leading packaging company in Israel, has recently signed up as a full member of the Fresh Box Alliance. This alliance is a global network of select, top-quality packaging manufacturers working for the worldwide...
 

Gordon & MacPhail upgrades malts with proprietary glass packaging

Gordon & MacPhail, the world’s leading malt whisky specialist, has upgraded its packaging by introducing a proprietary glass bottle designed and produced by O-I in Alloa.

The new design features embossed G&M initials around the shoulder and the year of the company’s establishment (1895) embossed at the base of the bottle. O-I is producing the container in both 70cl and 75cl size, which will be used in place of...

Investment extends Billerud’s packaging solutions to Asia

Billerud is strengthening its position within the packaging industry by investing in a minority stake in PACCESS Packaging, a US based company with numerous operations throughout Asia. This investment is well in line with Billerud’s strategy to be a customer- and solution-driven company where brand owners are becoming an increasingly important customer group. This new service platform will enhance Billerud’s...

Tobii Technology Launches Tobii Insight to Provide Comprehensive Eye-tracking Se...

New Tobii service combines expert consultation with leading eye-tracking technology to deliver customized research solutions for market research companies
Stockholm & Washington, July 13, 2011 – Tobii Technology, the world leader in eye tracking and eye control, today announced the launch of Tobii Insight, a new service that provides comprehensive and cost-effective eye-tracking research solutions to support...

Tobii Technology Announces EyeTrackAwards 2010 Winner

Awards recognize research and projects that have generated new insights using eye-tracking technology  Stockholm & Washington, March 30, 2011 – The winner of the EyeTrackAwards 2010 has been announced by Tobii Technology as Stefanie I. Becker from the University of Queensland for her research project ‘The role of target-distracter relationships in guiding attention and the eyes in visual...