Flexibles
News and analysis on the latest innovations, trends and developments in flexible packaging – from sustainability to functionality and more.
Sustainability Awards 2024 Finalist Interview: Brook + Whittle’s recyclable, light-blocking shrink sleeve
Brook + Whittle is a finalist in this year’s Sustainability Awards with its GreenLabel BlockOut shrink sleeve, aiming to help
Cheese vacuum-packed into recyclable membrane with low-energy machinery
dsm-firmenich and MBM Innovations have combined their respective high-performance maturation membrane and vacuum packaging machines into a recyclable
Transparent paper bags and recycled air pillows designed to avoid microplastics
delfort and Camm Solutions have unveiled transparent paper bags and air pillows made from recycled paper – utilizing the ‘microplastic-free’
‘Market first’ home-compostable shrink sleeves envisioned by Carbios and Sleever
An exclusive, long-term contract between Carbios and Sleever aims to develop home-compostable, mono-oriented traverse shrink films to
Mondi helps Amazon replace bubble wrap with protective paper lining in envelopes
Amazon and Mondi have developed a paper-padded envelope with paper-based, shock-absorbent lining in an effort to eliminate
Period products now wrapped in Paptic’s wood fibre-based material
Paptic is packaging feminine care products with its recyclable, wood fibre-based material, seeking to deliver a ‘soft and pleasant’
Mondi’s thinnest barrier paper developed into recyclable bread bags
Welton, Bibby & Baron is converting Mondi’s thinnest barrier paper into premium bags for pre-packed fresh bread products;
UPM Specialty Papers and Unipaco create recyclable, heat-sealable salad pot wrapper
UPM Specialty Papers has collaborated with Unipaco to create a recyclable, heat sealable salad and herb pot wrapper, said to
The Wider View: Tackling multi-material and sustainability challenges
In the latest edition of the Wider View, Elisabeth Skoda discusses the challenges and opportunities when it comes to packaging
Mondi switches over 95% of release liner and extrusion solutions to certified base paper
Mondi has revealed that it has switched more than 95% of its range of release liners and extrusion solutions to
Trioworld recovers raw materials from composite packaging waste at FACHPACK
Trioworld will attend FACHPACK 2024 with a new method of separating composite packaging to recover valuable secondary raw materials, alongside
Tests suggest continuous inkjet print is suitable for sterilized food films
SÜDPACK and LEIBINGER have tested the suitability of continuous inkjet (CIJ) inks for printing on recyclable films for foods sterilized