The European self-adhesive label industry, represented by FINAT, the industry association, is actively participating in the Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Packaging Project, and spearheading industry sustainability initiatives, with a current focus on waste management and recycling of process waste such as the release liner, which is discarded once self-adhesive labels are applied.
Marbach Werkzeugbau GmbH, a leading global supplier of injection molding and thermoforming tooling and related automation for the packaging industry, has introduced the industry’s latest in flexible in-mold labeling (IML) automation for injection molded thin-wall packaging. The debut took the place at K 2010 last month.
European Union banned baby bottles containing the chemical Bisphenol-A as of early next year over fears it may harm the health of children throughout the EU's half a billion population.
ColorMatrix, the leading global innovator in liquid colorants and additives for thermoplastic applications, has further expanded its portfolio of breakthrough additive technologies.
ANL Plastics, producer of thermoformed plastic packaging for the food and other industries is opening a new production plant in Poland. A favourably developing market and an extensive feasibility study have convinced ANL Plastics to take this step.
Printpack opens new €40million plant in Kutno, Poland, the 10,000sqm factory is expected to employ approximately 100 people and will focus in the Northern, Central and East European markets.
Alpha Packaging, a leading manufacturer of plastic bottles and jars for the personal care, pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement industries, has expanded its line of Cosmo Rounds made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE).
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The Belgian start-up, Wallbox launches a new packaging concept. Their customer, the well-known company LU Belin, part of the Kraft group, has introduced its first products in French supermarkets. Their new product, Belin La Box, is enthusiastically received by the French public.
A Polish producer of cosmetic lotions is the first of a new wave of end-users of high added value products to take advantage of the outstanding optical properties achievable in extrusion-blow moulded polypropylene bottles through the use of Milliken’s next-generation clarifying agent, Millad NX8000.
Norland International Inc. has introduced the industry’s first oxo-biodegradable cap for 5-gal (19 l.) water bottles