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Sonderausgabe absatzwirtschaft zur FachPack 2018

31 August 2018

Eine Kooperation von FFI und Pro Carton: Die Sonderausgabe „Volle Packung Marketing - Wie Verpackungen helfen, Marken zu inszenieren“ wurde erstmalig anlässlich der FachPack 2018 als Heft-Verbindung der absatzwirtschaft mit Erscheinungstermin vom 31.08.2018 beigelegt.

Moving with The Times

18 July 2018

This year’s Future of Packaging report – published in The Times in July 2018 – highlights the latest trends in the packaging industry and discusses several key areas where innovation is having dramatic effects on the FMCG industry. It includes a feature on Pro Carton and a front cover banner advertisement.

Welcome to the New President

16 June 2018

At the Pro Carton AGM on 8th June 2018 Roland Rex formally stood down as President of the association after eight years in the role and Horst Bittermann was duly elected as his replacement.

Get your R’s into gear

15 June 2018

When I was a young marketer I remember learning about the 4 P’s – product, promotion, price and place - which make up the fundamentals of the marketing mix.  I wondered though if there ought to be a fifth category – packaging? 

The Pro Carton Steering Group

13 March 2018

The activities of Pro Carton are overseen by a Steering Group made up of experienced personnel from across the carton and cartonboard industry.

Pro Carton challenges draft EU plastics strategy

11 December 2017

The European Commission has been working on a Plastics Strategy to tackle the problem of plastic waste in the seas and on the streets.

From the desk of the General Manager

10 December 2017

Most of you will have seen on TV, or read about in the press, the problems that plastic packaging is causing, particular in polluting our oceans.

Commentary from the new General Manager

14 February 2017

One of the key roles of Pro Carton is to promote the benefits of cartons & cartonboard and we could hardly have better environmental credentials. I believe however that we need to be more outspoken in communicating our message to all our key target markets. Last year we started a new PR campaign in Germany based around the principle “Cartons don’t create plastic waste” which gained a lot of media coverage. It’s this sort of slightly more provocative message that I believe we need to get across.

New Pro Carton Carbon Footprint: 885 kg CO2 eq / tonne

24 February 2016

Based on Life Cycle data from 2014, Pro Carton has calculated that the industry’s Carbon Footprint figure is 885 kg CO2 eq / tonne of cartons.

All mediocrity or what?

2 April 2015

At a marketing event organised recently by Pro Carton and Propak Austria in Vienna, geneticist and bestselling author Markus Hengstschläger demanded the renouncing of mediocrity.

Pro Carton Website in New Design

29 September 2014

The new Pro Carton website went online on 18. September 2014 – entirely modern and clear. Starting in English, the site will soon be available in all five languages as usual, i.e. German, French, Italian and Spanish as well. The potentials of cartonboard and cartons are to be presented even better and with greater variety. We look forward to your feedback!

25 years Pro Carton: looking into the future

29 October 2013

For 25 years, Pro Carton has been tasked with communicating the benefits of cartonboard and cartons. The entire Packaging Supply Chain is supplied with current information and studies. The anniversary was the occasion for a festive gala evening on 19. September in Dubrovnik, at which President Roland Rex looked at the coming 25 years.

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