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A first of its kind pilot project focused on recovering grocery store plastic packaging has identified more than 350 million pounds of plastic material that can be easily separated and used as feed stock by plastic recycling facilities across the country.
In May 2012, the Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats Package received both an AmeriStar Award in the Food Category and a Gold DuPont Packaging Award for Excellence in Innovation and Waste Reduction for the new Pepperidge Farm Deli Flats package.
Mauser Group, a worldwide leading company in industrial packaging, is expanding its presence in Europe: By opening its first plant in Poland, the company is able to serve its customers in the Central European region in the best possible way with industrial packaging solutions. The new plant also provides additional production capacities for a region with increased demand.
Rexam’s award winning Fusion aluminium bottle has given Pepsi Twist a new look, with the original lemon flavoured cola from PepsiCo Italy being repackaged and launched for a trial run in Italy.
Today’s food manufacturers operate in a fast-paced environment in which, now more than ever, keeping production processes efficient and competitive is a key factor in corporate success.
“Metsä Board has undergone significant structural changes, transforming from a paper company to a profitable paperboard company. We look forward to a future based on sustainable products, modernised mills and improved services,” said Mikko Helander, CEO of Metsä Board.
Paper Blow is Yonwoo’s eco-friendly 100ml airless pack that conforms to the four Rs, according to the company’s earth-friendly philosophy: Refill, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle.
EuPR, the Brussels based organisation representing plastics recyclers in Europe has developed NEW European eco-design guidelines for HDPE bottles in order to bring HDPE recycling to new horizons.
Artenius, the PET & Recycling Division of LSB, has developed a new PET packaging material: Artenius FastFlow+. This new resin has been designed and developed based on Artenius’ well-established and acknowledged experience in resin formulation.
Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of rigid plastic packaging, has announced a major expansion of extrusion blow molded PP bottle capacity in the Midwest, Southwest, and Canada in response to strong market demand for packaging for food and nutritional supplements.
EasyDose from RPC Superfos is an exciting new household container with an integrated dosing system, ensuring exact quantities every time it is used.
The second edition of the “Sustainable Packaging” conference (abbreviated to “SusPack 2012”) will be held at the Anuga FoodTec on 29th and 30th March in Cologne, Germany.
Barex resins from Ineos Barex distributed in Europe by Velox, offer the ideal packaging solution for bio-cosmetics free of preservatives and airless containers.
The US Flexible Packaging Association has announced that Printpack has received three 2012 FPA awards; one Gold Award for Printing Excellence and two Silver Awards for Packaging Excellence.
The municipal waste management company Berliner Stadtreinigung (BSR) and BASF have successfully completed a joint pilot project involving the use of organic waste bags made of the biodegradable plastic Ecovio FS.
Demand for different syringe systems has increased vastly as a result of the increasingly complex and varied requirements posed by the healthcare market, especially physicians and patients, to the pharma and healthcare industry.
Several trends in consumer packaging are currently favouring use of board as packaging material for chocolates.
At the upcoming NPE 2012 show in Orlando, Kortec Inc. will display a broad range of food and beverage plastic packages produced with its multilayer barrier packaging technology.
Walki’s fibre based lid is made of paper and plastics that can be separated from each other as a part of the normal paper recycling process.
DuPont Packaging Graphics (DuPont) has launched a new campaign to promote and further differentiate its leading DuPont Cyrel brand flexographic systems offerings for the packaging graphics industry.
Indented Label Large Round Packers ideal for bulk quantities of protein powders and nutritional supplements.
Specialist plastics packaging technology business Petainer has developed its ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle – further improving the sustainability of what is already one of the most environmentally-friendly forms of beverage packaging.
Water, beer, juices, coke and other beverages are sold in a variety of packaging systems in Germany: reusable glass or plastic bottles, cardboard cartons, single-use containers with a deposit or single-use packaging with the Green Dot.
Fit Drink now in 25 cl slim can from Ball Packaging Europe.
Heritage Family Specialty Foods Inc., a leading Southwest supplier of specialty food products for retail and food service markets, has introduced its Brack Ranch Sweet Pepper Glaze in new 32oz decanter-size polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles from Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world’s leading producer of PET Packaging.
Pharmapack Europe is an unmissable gathering of the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare product professionals, bringing together 260 exhibitors and over 2,800 key decision-makers from 54 countries on 15-16 February 2012 at the Grande Halle de la Villette, PARIS (FRANCE).
In cooperation with a number of converters, FKuR has developed the world’s first sustainable deep freeze packaging made from renewable resources. The basis of this unique film structure is FKuR’s Bio-Flex range of certified compostable biofilms.
Ulma Packaging launches new reclosable pack for sliced products in modified atmosphere with in a flow pack wrapper.
Although the European labels industry has returned to pre-crisis growth levels, converters must plan for continued innovation in the face of rising materials prices and generational change.
Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative plastics solutions, will highlight their latest developments across a broad range of applications and end-user industries at Interplastica 2012, the leading platform for plastic and rubber technology in Russia, from January 24-27 in Moscow.
Sustainability is becoming a major issue for more and more packaging companies. These companies use ecologically optimised value chains, but do so not primarily in order to adhere to legal regulations, but above all because they have recognised the economic relevance of being environmentally active.
According to ICD Research across the packaging industry, 59% of respondents are more optimistic about revenue growth for their company over the next 12 months.
Greiner Packaging continues to enlarge its technological offer in the UK On the new injection stretch blow molding machine in Northern Ireland, bottles for sauces and dressings are being manufactured for Rich Sauces.
A radical stacking pack design from RPC Containers Rushden is boosting both in-store presence and usability for Cuprinol Sprayable Fence Paint.
Sealed Air, a world leader in packaging solutions, has launched PakNatural™ loose fill, a protective packaging product made from 95 percent non-food based renewable materials.
FKuR Plastics Corp. is launching several heat resistant biopolymers with the brand name Biograde. Developed particularly for technical applications, Biograde can be processed on conventional plastics processing machines without the need for modifications.