Siegwerk launches ink that also acts as oxygen barrier
Siegwerk has launched a new white printing ink that also provides an oxygen barrier – an innovation that aims to combine two layers into one.
The Business Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty is pushing for an instrument that prioritizes the ambition of most INC-5 negotiators over voluntary measures with universal support.
AIMPLAS is collaborating with Covinil and Eroski to develop a 100% recyclable flexible skin pack packaging using recycled PET.
The 2024 edition of Packaging Europe’s Sustainable Packaging Summit, which brought together leading experts and thought leaders from across
So many valuable and in-depth conversations were held at the Sustainable Packaging Summit this year. To give you a taste, this edition of the Brief provides a snapshot of the onstage discussions, from regulatory limitations to data collection to start-up pitches.
Responding to mounting frustration over slow progress at INC-5 in Busan, Ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso is set to release a revised Global Plastics Treaty text ‘as early as noon on Friday’. Now attendees are urging negotiators to act quickly and prioritize completion over consensus.
The Royal Mail postal system is adopting Movopack’s returnable packaging solution – believed to cut CO2 emissions by 84% compared to single-use packaging – following a £2 million (€2,402,070) funding round.
Berry Global and Stora Enso have designed a custom version of Berry’s CombiLight pot for Finnish brand Valio’s PROfeel protein puddings, aiming to help the company meet its commitment to reduce plastic usage by 15% in its single-use single-serve packaging by 2026.
Montech Conveyors Corp. has announced its new line of SOLTB belt conveyors, aiming to optimize processes for packaging materials and energy converters such as fuel, battery and solar cells.
After teaming up with Smurfit Westrock, Poppin Candy is distributing its products in bespoke printed, ‘pizza-style’ postal boxes designed to capture the eye on social media.
In October 2024 Plastics Recyclers Europe issued a statement warning that “The increasing lack of demand for recyclates produced in Europe, the reduced investments in domestic recycling, and the increase in imports of recyclates from outside the EU have been suffocating the European plastics…
Aiming to boost its manufacturing capacities by 40%, DS Smith has invested €34.4 million into its Hungarian operations, including new converting equipment, an updated corrugator, and three ‘eco-classrooms’ for children.
Halal meat processor Solmaz Foods has partnered with Fortress Technology to utilize four of its metal detectors for food quality control, reducing processing and product waste costs by an estimated 50%.