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…
What will 2023 hold for the packaging industry? In this article, the Packaging Europe editorial team gives its predictions on the biggest challenges the sector will face during the year ahead.
The World Packaging Organisation has announced the 228 winners of its WorldStar Awards 2023, including nominees under the new Gift Packaging, Digital Packaging, and Accessible Packaging categories.
Stora Enso has successfully completed its acquisition of De Jong Packaging Group and aims to further expand its portfolio into applications such as renewable packaging and e-commerce solutions at a combined corrugated packaging capacity of 2,000 million m2.
Stora Enso has completed the divestment of its Nymölla paper production site and all related assets to US-based uncoated paper producer Sylvamo – a move hoped to allow the company to narrow its focus to expanding its renewable packaging portfolios, biomaterial innovations, and building solutions.
More than 28 billion RAIN RFID chips were deployed in 2021 and it’s expected that the market for these tags will have reached 35 billion by the end of 2022. The majority of these chips are low-cost 3-cent 96-bit RFID “product ID tags” used in supply chain logistics for retailers, performing a…
ENGEL has expanded its injection moulding machinery range with a pay-per-use model in the hopes of reducing investment risk while boosting flexibility in production.
Saica Group has reached an agreement to acquire 76% of Fox Recykling’s shares in the hopes of expanding its waste management services in the Eastern European market via its Saica Natur business division.
Following our interview with Austrade last month where we discussed packaging innovation in Australia, we asked Ian Batt, winemaker and founder of Australia’s Small Things Wine (which produces wine in a can) about recyclability, the manufacturing process and sustainability goals.
Mondi has announced that it will sell its Russian packaging converting operations – a corrugated solutions plant and two consumer flexibles plants – to the Gotek Group for a cash payment of RUB 1.6 billion, or approximately €24 million at the current exchange rate.
Borealis and VERBUND have signed a ten-year power purchase agreement to supply a yearly 220 GWh of hydropower – reportedly comparable to the amount of energy used to power 50,000 Austrian households – to Borealis operations in Schwechat, Austria, from January 2023.
Ukrainian-based paper manufacturer Releaf Paper has been awarded a €2.5 million grant from the European Commission’s EIC Accelerator 2022 programme for its pilot line project to extract cellulose from the fibres of fallen leaves.
Belgian PLA producer Futerro has started negotiations to open a new fully integrated biorefinery at the Port-Jérôme industrial and port area, with its construction expected to result in an annual production capacity of 75,000 tons.
