On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
A collaboration between SICK and AutoCoding Systems has resulted in the launch of the 'first fully-automatic smart vision inspection system' for printed coding and marking on food, pharmaceutical and other consumer goods packaging.
Launched today, MOnitoring Recyclates for Europe (MORE) is a single, unified digital platform to monitor the uptake of recycled polymers into products.
Electronic tracking of medication, flexible electronic connectivity, and battery-free sensor tags? These all sound like they are straight from an alternate universe in a Philip K. Dick novel; however, innovation today in the real world is smart.
Ahlstrom-Munksjö has launched CelluStrawTM, a new fiber-based solution for paper straws, enabling the food industry to provide consumers an alternative to single-use plastic straws.
Videojet Technologies, a global leader in coding, marking and printing solutions, has released a new PROFINET Workflow Module for the Videojet 1860 continuous inkjet (CIJ) printer.
Amcor is today launching AmLite Ultra Recyclable. Thanks to high barrier properties for oxygen and moisture, the new laminate is suitable for ambient products with demanding barrier requirements, such as coffee and personal care sachets.
Today at the Sustainable Brands Conference Virginie Helias, Chief Sustainability Officer at P&G, announced that Ariel, Lenor and other P&G Fabric Care brands across Europe aim to reduce plastics use in their packaging by 30% by 2025.
To find new revenue in a saturated market, Europe’s packaging firms will need to innovate and diversify their product portfolios. Smithers Pira’s analysis identifies the following four growth opportunities for the next five years and beyond
Smurfit Kappa’s Gérard van den Boogaard discusses the mind-boggling array of variables presented by e-commerce, overturning almost all of the suppositions that have served logistics and tertiary packaging well until now.
It’s no big news to say that the way we consume is changing. And, ever mindful of consumer demands, retailers and brand owners are evolving to cater to these new habits. Victoria Hattersley reports.
Henkel Corporation, a leading manufacturer of adhesives, sealants and functional coatings continues to build on the success of its groundbreaking Recycling Program by offering additive manufacturing customers recycling options across its Loctite®
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