TOUGHER REGULATIONS FOR CIGARETTE PACKAGES

A bill on toughening tobacco control has passed the first hearing in the Russian parliament's lower chamber, State Duma.The law requires tobacco companies to increase the size of health warnings to 30 per cent of the front panel...

HUHTAMAKI SINKS $12m INTO THAI FLEXIBLE FACILITY

Huhtamaki is investing $12m (�17m) in a second flexible packaging plant in Thailand to cater for the local food and consumer goods industries.

The new facility, which is expected to start production in summer 2008, will be...

GALLAHER ACQUISITION COMPLETED

Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) today announced that the scheme of arrangement has today become effective and that Gallaher Group Plc is now part of the JT Group.

Accordingly, the listing of Gallaher shares has now been cancelled.

JT...

CIGARETTE EXPORTS UP

28 Mar 2007. The volume of cigarette exports from Russia rose by 30 per cent in 2006, according to the trade news agency Rustabak.

Russian tobacco manufacturers exported 12.4 billion cigarettes over the year (excluding supplies...

THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW GRAVURE QUALITY IN PACKAGING PRINTING!

The European Rotogravure Association (ERA) announces the 2007 ERA Packaging Gravure Award competition, the opportunity for all participants in the production chain to show gravure quality in packaging printing.

Award categories...