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Celebrating 10 years of support for ABMT

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Cormack Packaging participated in its 10th annual Australia's Biggest Morning Tea, at its Condell Park facility on Tuesday 25th May.
Raising $2010, staff donations were matched dollar for dollar bringing their 10 year total to over $16,000 in contributions for the charity which raises awareness and funding for the Cancer Council's research and support services.
The annual fundraising event is just one of the community support initiatives that Cormack Packaging un [...]

AIP again partner with Cormack Innovation Awards for 2010

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For the second consecutive year the Australian Institute of Packaging have partnered with the Cormack Innovation Awards to offer a $5,000 scholarship to a student participating in the Industrial design program.
The success of the inaugural scholarship program in 2009, which saw talented student Sascha Dal Santo of the University of New South Wales scoop the scholarship with her written essay, was a clear indication to the AIP that the Cormack Innovation program was a suitable partnership [...]

The winner of Cormack's guessing competition announced.

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Congratulations to Rob Cumming, Beverages Technical Manager for PepsiCo Australia, winner of the Cormack Packaging Guess the Closures competition at Ausdrinks 2010 recently held on the Gold Coast.
Rob will be receiving a $200 Red Balloon gift voucher to select an experience of his choice
The guessing competition was one of the many attractions that the Cormack packaging team had on display the conference, also unveiling the new Fusion Aluminium bottle to the market. Lightweight and v [...]

A new twist on capping - PKN May issue featuring Cormack.

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As featured in the May 2010 issue of PKN Packaging News, Cormack Packaging discusses the evolution of dispensing closures and technology in Australia, and their ongoing commitment to be at the forefront of closure innovations.

The functionality of dispensing closures has evolved from basic sealing and protection to improved dispensing and the creation of a total product experience for consumers. In Australia, Cormack Packaging is one of the pioneers in this packaging sector [...]

Cormack Packaging invites you to Take a peek behind the curtain.

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Cormack Packaging will be unveiling a range of new and exciting products at AusDrinks 2010 designed to captivate the Australian and New Zealand beverage markets.

Cormack Packaging are a unique Australian packaging supplier, leveraging the latest in global technology and design, combined with leading edge in-house design capabilities- providing your brand with cutting edge beverage packaging solutions. Cormack Packaging can create beverage packaging solutions that add exciteme [...]

On Demand - Cormack Packaging's 'Cowboy' closure requested by NRL elite!

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On Demand- Cormack Packaging's ‘Cowboy' closure requested by NRL eliteEver wondered how those elite players of the National Rugby League (NRL) stay hydrated? The Cormack Packaging 38mm twist beverage closure known as ‘Cowboy' proved to be the preference recently amongst a number of teams when they requested a range of their favorite Gatorade products to be supplied with the closure for the 2010 season.
Proving to be a more convenient option for players, the Gatorade b [...]

Cormack's Compression Moulded Caps for the Beverage Market.

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COMPRESSION MOLDED CLOSURES
Cormack Packaging is proud to announce access to Compression Molded closures for the beverage market.
So what is the difference between compression molded and injection molded technology and what benefits does it afford users?
Injection Molding uses a screw to force molten plastic through a gate into a formCompression Molding uses semi molten plastic being forced into a shape under pressure

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Impressive Entries in Cormack Innovation Awards

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The 2008 Cormack Innovation Awards held at Customs House, Sydney received a high quality field of finalists, showcasing the talents of third year industrial design students from local universities.

Judges were impressed with the identification of problems with existing packaging and the innovative solutions to address them, with this year’s entries among the best ever.

Cormack Packaging Managing Director, Mathew Cormack, said "innovation in packaging was very i [...]

The Dangers of Baby Oil � A Call for Child Resistant Closures

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On September 23, 2008 Today Tonight featured a story on the potentially serious dangers for children, of common household oils including Baby oil, massage, hair and bath oils and essential oils.
In Australia at least 3,000 reported ingestion accidents to young children occur every year. In the US, it is reported that 20 children die a year from ingesting small quantities of household oils, 5 deaths from baby oil.
Seven years ago, the US market moved to legislate that child resist [...]

Plastic Prices Soar!

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Plastic Resin prices are not directly linked to either oil barrel or petrol pricing, but in broad terms they tend to be closely aligned.
We have seen two years of steadily increasing resin costs with little likelihood of prices easing.
Oil barrel pricing was predicted to never pass through the $100 per barrel mark, but it is now at $142.99 and increasing. There are so many drivers to the pricing unrelated to the actual source price of oil.
Summary drivers include, political un [...]

Start Designing !!

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Yes, the Cormack Innovation Awards are on again and to celebrate our 7th year we have launched the Awards website.
The Cormack Innovation Award is regarded as one of the most practical industrial design awards in Australia. The competition criteria and judging is done by senior industry representatives working in FMCG, beverage, chemical cleaning and pharmaceutical companies, the same people that one day will be commissioning designs from these students in the commercial world.
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Finalist for Global Excellence!

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Cormack Packaging has been announced as a Finalist in the Western Sydney Industry Awards for 2008.
This year Cormack Packaging is competing in the Global Excellence - Most Outstanding Large Business category and is up against some strong competition.
The Award was presented to Cormack's Sales and Marketing Manager, Howard Glinn by Minister for Western Sydney Barbara Perry MP. (pictured below)
The Awards now in their 10th year, are one of Australia's most prestigio [...]

Calmar Revamps Pharmaceutical Offering!

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MeadWest Vaco Calmar is a global leader in pump dispensing systems. They have applied their vast experience and knowledge to develop and market products for the Pharmaceutical market.

Calmar's Pharma Business Unit has a worldwide sales organistaion and provides dispensing solutions for the worlds most trusted brands.

The range offers solutions for nasal, oral and topical applications.

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