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The pandemic has thrown into sharp relief the importance of cleanrooms in the manufacturing of medical products. Packaging companies have developed special solutions to meet these requirements.
The Ferrero Group is making further strides in its commitment to making 100% of packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. As part of this journey, the business has announced new global partnerships with HolyGrail 2.0 and Consumer Goods Forum (CGF).
Plastics and rubber processing machines, all indicators good for the first half year: turnover and orders are growing
The organization team for PLAST-International Exhibition for the Plastics and Rubber Industries announces the upcoming edition of the fair, Tuesday-Friday, 5-8 September 2023 at the Fiera Milano fairgrounds in Rho-Pero
An international event exploring scenarios, technologies and market trends in the plastic container manufacturing sector. Opportunities provided by Sacmi CBF - the compression-based container production technology that’s now available for both HDPE and PET - to be showcased.
That Krones supports its customers from the beverage and liquid-food sectors in optimising and digitalising their production operations, this is nothing new.
Approximately 65 editors and business journalists registered and logged in to the first virtual Südpack press conference on 7 July 2021.
SK Chemicals launches new, sustainable product solutions from the Ecotria brand onto the market. SK Chemicals and Biesterfeld are now presenting new product types with up to 70% PCR content in the form of Ecotria R101 and Ecotria R102.
Eckes-Granini is making its packaging portfolio even more environmentally friendly with the help of the KHS Group. Since the middle of May its one-liter hohes C juice bottle has consisted entirely of recycled plastic (rPET).
As consumers and future employees, generations Y and Z are the target of marketing and recruiting initiatives by the packaging sector. But where and how do you reach out to this generation?
Visitor registration for Interplas is open, supported by a new event platform for attendees, and an Interplas-branded news website to deliver the community with insights year-round.
On April 16, Chinaplas 2021, the first post-pandemic international trade fair for the plastics and rubber industries, has come to an end in the Greater Bay Area.
The packaging is user friendly, the material kind to the environment, the machine powerful: the KHS Group’s Innopack Kisters CNP (Carton Nature Packer) processes can toppers made of cardboard at a rate of up to 108,000 cans per hour.
The Bavarian State Government decided on further easing of the Corona measures and named a clear opening perspective for the trade fair industry.
Sulapac has launched a ground-breaking innovation. Now, water-based products can be packaged with a new bio-based Sulapac barrier that biodegrades without leaving permanent microplastics behind.
SIG announced today that tethered caps will be launched for its beverage cartons in Europe in the second half of 2021, well ahead of the July 2024 deadline set by EU regulations.
Sanner continues to expand its portfolio of bio-based plastic packaging solutions. Following the successful market launch of Sanner BioBase last year, additional closure variants and new tube sizes are now available for a broader range of applications in healthcare products and food supplements.
KHS and Martens are continuing to pursue their mutual strategy of reducing packaging materials. Only last year the traditional Belgian brewery invested in an Innopack Nature MultiPack machine that forms PET bottles into stable packs with the help of dots of adhesive.
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced that Beiersdorf will innovate the packaging of its world-leading ‘Nivea Naturally Good’ range of face creams using SABIC’s certified renewable polymers
The fourth Industrial Revolution is giving businesses the opportunity to benefit from Artificial Intelligence (AI) and dramatically improve their efficiency, transparency and productivity.
The acquisition in 2019 of a Polish manufacturing plant in Plock, Poland identified the need for a new Innovia Films Polish website to ensure they could continue to provide comprehensive information to their primary market.
Market trends. New products, design and technology. These topics will be explored on 27 April 2021 in a live web event organized by Sacmi in collaboration with Aptar and McKinsey.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinaplas has once again proved itself to be a high standard platform for presenting new technologies and sourcing latest products for the plastics and rubber industries.
For the first time, the Krones Group presents a multipurpose filler that handles glass bottles, PET containers, and cans – the Barifill Canto. The Italian subsidiary Kosme is responsible for its development, construction, and installation.
Sheikh Mohammed Mussallam has run a good number of companies in many different fields in his time – among them the construction and telecommunications industries and hotel sector.
Chinaplas, Asia’s No. 1 plastics and rubber trade fair, will be held in Shenzhen for the first time and it becomes a breakthrough of Shenzhen’s exhibition and convention industry with an exhibition area of 350,000sqm.
By enabling film made entirely of recycled material to be processed on all KHS shrink packers, the KHS Group now provides a further sustainable alternative for secondary packaging.
Sidel packaging team in China redesigned the package of Menton flavoured water by integrating youthfulness into its health attribute. The straight-wall lightweight PET bottle, which weighs only 17.85 grams for the 500 ml format, conveys the sense of modernity and is a statement of sustainable packaging.
Avient today announced the launch of Rejoin PCR Masterbatch for polyolefin packaging applications. Made with post-consumer recycled (PCR) polyolefin as a carrier resin, Rejoin PCR Masterbatch can enable a bottle or part to be manufactured from 100 percent PCR.
Alpla UK, a subsidiary of the Alpla Group, a leading plastic packaging company, will henceforth be cooperating with the British waste management company Biffa. With this collaboration, Alpla will increase the proportion of British recyclate used in the United Kingdom to manufacture packaging for home care products.
Paccor, the leading global player in the packaging industry, has been designated by Digimarc, the inventor of the Digimarc Platform for automatic identification as a Platinum Pioneer Plastics Partner.
Environmental factors and sustainability continue to dominate the efforts to develop new types of plastic packaging, as well as, in some cases, alternatives to plastic packaging. Here are just a few recent examples.
The Spanish multinational Repsol has reached an agreement with the leading international company in the field of rigid plastic packaging Jokey Group, and Spanish organic dairy company Cantero de Letur.
Mondelēz International announced an increased commitment to reduce its use of virgin plastics in its packaging, as part of its ongoing efforts to eliminate, reduce, replace and recycle plastic packaging across its portfolio.
Oben Group announced the acquisition of Poligal Group, effective February 25, 2021. This acquisition includes the BOPP and CPP production plants in Portugal and Poland, commercial offices in Germany and an extensive sales and distribution network throughout Europe.
Moretto among the speakers of the 2021 digital edition of Pack Passion Week, three days of conferences, workshops and networking dedicated to the world of PET.