Packaging is a key factor in gaining the attention of the consumer as they make their purchasing decisions. Innovation in the area of packaging has increased rapidly in recent years - driven by consumer demand and the need to address environmental issues. Current packaging designs are aimed at more cost-conscious, budget restricted consumers. These new packaging types and designs, as evidenced in the liquid food sector, are frequently aimed at offering simplicity, cost-reduction and materials savings while maintaining the benefits of convenient, easy to-use and environmentally friendly packaging design. Malaysian packaging suppliers must adapt to changing consumer demands and lifestyle and be flexible to re-configure existing product ranges and develop new categories, products and packaging designs to suit lifestyles and other changes in society which have an effect on packaging. Sustainable packaging is becoming a growing consumer issue in the UK and must be addressed by...

MITI mensasarkan seramai 20 pengeksport Bumiputera dilahirkan setiap tahun menerusi program GroomBig. Pada masa ini, seramai 1,040 usahawan GroomBig sedang dibimbing oleh MITI. GroomBig atau Program Peningkatan Kualiti Produk dan Perkhidmatan ini telah diberi nafas baru dengan lebih banyak program peringkat lebih tinggi diatur untuk membantu usahawan yang dikenal pasti memasuki pasaran eksport. Sebahagian barangan dihasilkan sudah memasuki pasaran luar negara menerusi kerjasama yang dijalinkan bersama beberapa syarikat perdagangan dan pemasaran di seluruh dunia. Antara syarikat rakan perdagangan MITI termasuk yang berada di Filipina, Dubai, Ireland, Vietnam, Kemboja, dan Britain. Melalui kerjasama strategik ini, barangan usahawan yang dibimbing melalui program GroomBig ini mampu menembusi pasaran negara berkenaan. Usahawan-usahawan GroomBig akan diberi pendedahan dari segi kemudahan khidmat nasihat, kursus dan khidmat rundingan perniagaan dalam pelbagai...