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 Enaris range of 95 kPa specimen transportation bags help users remove the risks associated with packaging failure and comply with IATA regulations.
The IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e.V. , German Association for Plastics Packaging and Films, and Elipso, the French Plastic & Flexible Packaging Association, agreed to further develop their partnership.
The European Tube Manufacturers Association, etma, chose the winners of its annual Tube of the Year competition during this year’s annual meeting of its members at the end of June in Vienna.
Comexi closed a new strategic agreement with the French company LIVCER, which has purchased its first Central Drum flexo printing machine: a Comexi F2 MC.
Leading industry professionals and experts from around the world will be coming together in Cologne for the BOPET Film conference on 26-27 September 2017, organised by specialist plastics industry consultancy AMI.
The BBC’s Supermarket Secrets show put sous-vide packaging under the spotlight this week. A product from Sirane could be a perfect fit with this growing trend – sous-vide packaging that can subsequently be oven-roasted without opening the pack.
These three collections were inspired by interior design and by the materials that have become part of the history of architecture. They recreate visual and tactile qualities, adapting them to luxury packaging and corporate publishing.
Mondi Industrial Bags, in collaboration with its customer and cement producer LafargeHolcim, has created SPLASHBAG– a paper-based solution designed to satisfy the need of dealing with materials that are exposed to wet conditions or environments.
TIPA, a developer of sustainable compostable packaging, has announced a partnership with Shanvalley Innovative Food Company to wrap its range of healthy snack bars.
The European Parliament’s Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) adopted its report amending the European Commission's proposal for a revision of the Fertilisers Regulation.
AIMPLAS takes part in the project CLIPP+, led by the British firm SKYMARK, whose objective is to achieve a new technology to recycle printed films and remove odours and contaminant substances.
The international labelling association FINAT convened its European Label Forum in Berlin in June, since Germany hosts well over 400 label printing companies.
