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.
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Guido Schmitz
Founder, InnCreReal, LLC • General Manager, PAPACKS US Guido Schmitz has over 40 year’s international experience in the consumer healthcare
Sainsbury’s to implement evian and re-universe’s digital reward scheme for recycling beverage packaging
In a collaboration with Sainsbury’s, evian is set to launch its ‘Return4Reward’ digital reward scheme in partnership with re-universe, hoping to encourage customers at Sainsbury’s to recycle their empty drink containers.
AIMPLAS - PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE
About AIMPLAS - PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY CENTRE AIMPLAS is a technology centre with more than 30 years of experience in the plastics
Pulpac, Hébert Group, MCC Verstraete, and Pagès Group aim to improve recyclability of fibre-based packaging with Moulded Fibre Labelling
Hébert Group, PulPac, MCC Verstraete, and Pagès Group are set to commercialise Moulded Fibre Labelling (MFL), or the glue-free application of labels to dry moulded fibre during the moulding process, intending to provide recyclable and biodegradable options for fibre-based packaging without…
Milliken and Huhtamaki produce mono-material laminate for personal care packaging
Milliken & Company has collaborated with Huhtamaki Group to develop a mono-material laminate that it expects to coat 40-200ml tubes for personal care products such as toothpaste and cosmetics.
Do you know the environmental impact of paperboard packaging?
Is locally sourced always better? What sort of pace are commercial forests being felled at? This edition of our Spotlight feature comes courtesy of Holmen Iggesund, which gives its view on some of the most frequently asked paperboard packaging-related questions.
Building more resilient, flexible supply chains for the future
European supply chains are facing intense pressure under the strain of various social and political disruptions. For Phil Reuben, executive director at SCALA, adaptation is the way forward. In this article, he weighs in on the progress supply chains can make to work towards survival in turbulent…
TotalEnergies and Indaver announce commercial agreement to supply recycled mixed polyolefin feedstock for contact-sensitive packaging
TotalEnergies has signed an agreement to purchase Indaver’s petrochemical feedstock generated from recycled mixed polyolefins; the company is now set to use it in contact-sensitive applications such as food packaging.
The importance of NIAS screening methods in the safety evaluation of food packaging
J.S. Hamilton Poland is a ‘leading’ European testing laboratory with ‘state-of-the-art’ analytical devices and a team of experts with experience in the safety and compliance evaluation of food packaging. In this edition of The Spotlight, the company underlines the importance of screening and…
TekniPlex Healthcare announces ‘world’s first’ fully transparent, ‘recyclable’ mid-barrier blister package
TekniPlex Healthcare is claiming to have developed the world’s first fully transparent recyclable mid-barrier blister package.
Sidel opens PET recycling pilot line with aim of increasing production of rPET food-contact bottles
Sidel has opened a new, small-scale PET recycling pilot line in Octeville, France, hoping to gain an understanding of and guide the packaging industry through the use of recycled PET.
Finalist interview: polycirQ’s deinking surfactant aiding mechanical recycling
We speak to polycirQ to learn more about their technology which boosts the yield of high-quality recyclate by removing printing inks from LDPE and PP films. The company is a finalist in the pre-commercialized Driving the Circular Economy category of our Sustainability Awards 2022.