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Rigid boxes with magnetic closures offer a very special packing and unpacking experience. Their high quality finish promises a luxurious gift inside, and you can do away with adhesive tape and scissors for closing...

Whether your cat prefers to luxuriate indoors or roam for miles, Muuske's cat milk snack range has the right treat for them. Four different flavours provide plenty of variety while also supporting your cat's...

Trends, novelties, and the twin challenges of digitization and change management are occupying the toy industry. From 30 January to 3 February 2019, experts at the Toy Business Forum will be demonstrating how...

Time flies when shopping. The fast-growing travel retail sector is gaining importance worldwide for retailers, service providers and brand manufacturers.

What makes our Christmas tree so special? It’s instant, for one: far faster to set up than a Nordic spruce or one of its spiky artificial cousins. It also has great impact: refreshingly different, slim enough to fit...

STI Group is celebrating its latest haul of three Hungaropack Awards, in a competitive year that saw 61 packaging solutions entered. Two of the winning solutions particularly shine with their impressive finishing.

E-Pack Europe 2019 organised by Smithers Pira will cover the full landscape of the evolving e-commerce packaging market. The conference taking place 25-27 March 2019 in Berlin.

A giant fork, sponsored by STI Group, visually spearheaded the cleanup campaign in Strasbourg. More than 30 members and employees of the European Parliament took part in the event, which took place on 23 October.

STI Petöfi, Hungarian subsidiary of STI Group, supported the 650th anniversary of Kecskemét with numerous events during the autumn of 2018.

With over 1.7 million followers, the fun-loving YouTuber has been one of the most well-known stars of German-speaking social media in recent years.

Our UK-based team has once again won multiple accolades at the POPAI UK & Ireland Awards.

Shoppers today can truly buy at their convenience; at home on the sofa with a mobile device, at a bus stop en route via digital outdoor media, or in person at the supermarket.

Designed to appeal to environmentally aware and health-conscious consumers, brands are increasingly relying on wooden displays at the point of sale. These displays help to convey brand messages in a durable,...

Brand and retailer partnerships for loyalty and bonus programs really do pay off.

40 per cent of all purchases are for a particular occasion, according to the GfK study on Occasion Based Shopping. And it’s not only Easter, Christmas and Mother's Day that are popular events shoppers like to mark;...

Optimize your graphic design by using unconscious image processing data. Tracking eye movement allows quick and cost-effective validation as to which graphic elements of packaging or displays are noticed by...

Six displays and one packaging solution awarded at POPAI D-A-CH Awards. Five golden and two silver trophies as well as the golden audience award for the Reber piano took the customers of the STI Group home with...

Brand protection and tamper protection are features increasingly asked of our company in recent times

Results have been announced for the third annual Factory of the Year Awards.

Image recognition, barcodes, NFC and RFID tags enable packaging to establish a connection to the shopper and provide additional information automatically via their mobile. Shoppers can learn about product origins;...

Euromonitor’s market research experts have identified 20 megatrends that will shape our world by 2030. Scientists believe that eight of these have a far-reaching impact on industry and consumers.

When designing their flagship and next generation stores, retailers test new concepts and formats before they are rolled out. However, retailers take different approaches and focus on different things.

Differentiate as a regional, natural and premium brand with permanent secondary placements.

For the second time in a row, our Grebenhain plant has been awarded Gold status in the Ecovadis audit.

Five winning packaging solutions for STI Group.

Digital technology is becoming an increasingly important part of physical retail. They promote vital interaction, either through personalised engagement, multisensory brand experiences or shopper feedback.

With an investment of about five million euros, STI Group increases the capacity of its folding box facility in Kecskemét.

STI Group wins OBAL ROKU Award for rapid set-up display

Seven POPAI UK & Ireland Awards in six categories.

Corrugated board seat is conversation piece at documenta 14.

STI Group Shelf-click display sets new POS standards.

STI Group wins five more POPAI D-A-CH Awards.

E-commerce packaging design typically depends on the level of product protection required, how much flexibility is needed and the logistics and distribution processes involved.

Merchandising unit reduces material usage by 40%

Premium permanent display wins Silver at POPAI Paris Award.

How cosmetics gift packs influence shopping behaviour in store.

STI Group scores double win with beverage packaging solutions.

Welcome the quarter pallet’s new sibling, the wheeled dolly.

Enhancement increases the likelihood that a shopper will purchase a product.

Shoppers shop the brand, not the channel. Delivering the same brand experience, regardless of touchpoint, is vitally important if shoppers are to remain engaged.

An interview with Dr. Uwe Sayer, Managing Director of FSC® Germany.

STI Group grows with customers in their target markets.

STI Group takes home more POPAI UK & Ireland Awards than any other supplier.

Survey on e-commerce packaging: Consumers expect appropriately sized shipping cartons

STI Group was hugely successful again this year, with five products receiving awards.

POS of the future: Design students designed no less than 38 different and distinctive ideas, ranging from outside the box to outright compelling.

There is one thing that neither shoppers nor online retailers want to see: ‘empty air’ shipped in oversized packaging with excessive padding.

BIOMARIS folding box developed by the STI Group is a finalist at the Pro Carton ECMA Awards

Following an assessment by an independent body, BSI, InContrast has been awarded BSI EN ISO 9001: 2015 certification.

International survey offers exclusive insights into profile of pharmacy POS requirements

An increasing number of retailers are opting for the new quarter pallet from CHEP.

One Design, Many Looks - STI Group was awarded a coveted Indian for its flexible display range designed for Nestlé

STI Petőfi Nyomda awarded the MagyarBrands and Superbrands seals of approval.

STI Group scooped an impressive six Indians at this year’s POPAI D-A-CH Awards presentation ceremony.

Two exclusive products of STI Group received certificates of recognition at the awards ceremony held at the University of Óbuda on 5 May.

STI Group’s Grebenhain plant has scored brilliantly on all aspects of a customer sustainability audit.

Developed jointly with STI Group, ROI Light™ is ideal for comparing the predicted effectiveness of two or three different display variants

STI Group’s Queen Bee display for Unilever is one of only 14 POPAI Global Award winners unveiled this year during GlobalShop, Las Vegas.

The Multifill shipping box successfully met the stringent criteria for this award and now bears the renowned iF seal of quality.

In recent months STI Group has made significant investments in self-adhesive label technology.

At the end of 2015 Hungarian plant of STI Group invested in a DIANA SMART 80 gluing machine equipped with Braille technology.

Local competency centre for digital printing at plant Grebenhain.

The POSnews is the go-to ideas book for point of sale solutions.

The whisky stands out as a premium product with the elegant finish of its promotional packaging made of cardboard.

How high oil prices in the 2000s have fuelled rapid growth in consumer activity and retail development in Russia.

In March 2015 the oldest toy store chain, Hamleys, opened its largest store in Europe yet.

D-flute packaging reduce costs and volume and have an improved print quality.

This year’s Green Printword Awards took place on 20 November 2015 in Budapest.

This year, no less than four STI Group entries impressed the judging panel of international experts and were awarded a coveted trophy.

Our adjustable boxes provide the perfect solution for safe shipping. Multifill replaces standard box ranges – and without needing extra padding.

STI Group represents one of around 250 stars of the German brand universe.

Pop-up stores were once sales tools for unknown designers, now this format is increasingly being used to promote established brands.

The treasure hunt is made possible thanks to a beacon attached to the Chep pallet underneath the display.

The HUNGAROPACK Awards ceremony was held in Budapest on 3 November 2015.

Packaging with viewing windows builds trust as it offers the customer a view of the contents.

STI Group UK, now trading as InContrast, has cemented its leadership in creative visual merchandising at the 2015 POPAI UK & Ireland Awards by winning Temporary Display of the Year, in a performance that was golden...

In addition to ensuring perfect presentation of the brand at the POS, the display had to allow easy product access from all sides.

A folding carton developed for PARA’KITO™ scored points based on design, convenience and brand communication and is nominated for the Pro Carton ECMA Award.

Intelligent solution that reflects not just its elegant nature but also provides practical advantages.

The combination of as many visible and invisible security features as possible offers the best safeguard.

With Augmented Reality Marketeers present a new packaging or display idea quickly and easily.

With the ‘Pimp-my-Display’ concepts you can standardise your range of displays and cost-effectively create varying looks in retail.

Saves resources, time and costs.

How much do consumers care about the environment when it comes to packaging

Spirited packaging with high gloss spot varnish from corrugated board.

Packaging specialists from STI Group developed a folding carton with a perforated tearing strip around.

The new flute with a height of about 2 mm fills the big gap between the B and E-flute and can be used instead of a coarser profile in many cases.

Want a modular, stable and cost effective display to boost sales of diverse products? Need it delivered quickly, at entry-level prices? Meet Boomer...

Elegant candy packaging increases price acceptance by 26% when presented in a folding carton and by 50% when additionally embellished.

Changing looks are not only important in the fashion world.

Consumer survey confirms the impact of packaging on spirits sales.