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…
The new year brings a number of changes to environmental compliance reporting schemes across the EU, potentially leaving unaware firms at risk of fines and incurring financial penalties as high as €200,000, says Lorax Compliance.
DuPont Teijin Films today announced the launch of its new Mylar® Harvest Fresh rPET range of heat sealable polyester films with up to 50 per cent post-consumer recycled rPET content.
At Pharmapack in Paris, Schubert-Pharma showcases its comprehensive range of packaging solutions and engineering services for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
pladis UK&I, the owner of McVitie’s, Jacob’s and go ahead!, says billions of plastic wrappers could be reused in 2019 if Britain’s snack-lovers made a new year’s resolution to recycle through the company’s partnership with TerraCycle.
AR Packaging Group AB has acquired all outstanding shares in Istragrafika, d.d., a producer of high quality folding carton products for the tobacco, food and consumer goods segments.
Durst, a manufacturer of advanced digital printing and production technologies, has entered into a 50/50 joint venture with printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer for the joint development and marketing of single-pass digital printing systems
Packaging Europe finishes off this year's weekly video series with a preview of an innovative exploration of digital print and customisation in practice, our very first podcast hosted by Avery Dennison and a look at the UK environment ministry's plan
A new unboxing experience is coming soon to Europe! Packaging Europe will soon be engaging the region as never seen before thanks to a versioned packaging experiment conducted in collaboration with HP
This January, Technische Universität Darmstadt and the Koehler Paper Group will kick off the Green Coating Collaboration, a research partnership aimed at developing functional surfaces from sustainable raw materials.
Four of the UK’s largest coffee retailers - Caffè Nero, Greggs, McDonald’s UK and Pret A Manger - have today confirmed they have joined a nationwide cup recycling scheme that funds the collection of takeaway cups for recycling.
Nissei ASB Machine Co., Ltd., a world leading manufacture of machines and molds for injection stretch blow molding of PET and other plastics, is pleased to formally announce the development and introduction of “Zero Cooling” PET container molding
Libby White looks back on some of the defining innovations of the year, whose significance is gauged not just in terms of market impact, but also in the way they are emblematic of two megatrends that have dominated the year in packaging.
