Flexibles
News and analysis on the latest innovations, trends and developments in flexible packaging – from sustainability to functionality and more.
Mono-PET bottle and shrink sleeve solution revealed in #SleeveConnect collaboration
EMSUR, Siegwerk, Karlville, and SK microworks have developed a CPET shrink sleeve label for colourless rPET bottles – seeking to create
Sappi and Xeikon envision direct printing on paper-based flexibles with new toner formulation
Sappi and Xeikon have come together to print a new toner formulation directly onto flexible, paper-based packaging materials – a
30% recycled polymer incorporated into Berry’s insulation compression film
Berry Global’s flexible films division claims to have incorporated up to 30% post-consumer recycled material into its FormiFor
Can flexible packaging go circular worldwide?
What are organisations in developing countries across the world doing to promote sustainable end-of-life solutions for flexible packaging?
Wendel to sell Constantia Flexibles to One Rock Capital Partners affiliate
Wendel has signed an agreement to sell Constantia Flexibles to an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners at a price
Coldform foil solution for pharmaceutical blister packaging designed by Constantia Flexibles
Constantia Flexibles has revealed REGULA CIRC, its ‘total barrier’, designed-for-recycling coldform foil solution for sustainability-minded pharmaceutical blister
Berry incorporates 50% recycled plastic content into form-fill-seal film
Berry Global has updated its patented NorDiVent form-fill-seal (FFS) film for powdered products to incorporate up to 50%
Could seaweed become a mainstream packaging material?
Sway, a start-up that produces home-compostable film materials made from seaweed, recently won the prestigious Tom Ford Plastic
TotalEnergies Premium Wood Pellets packaging now made of 50% recycled polymers
TotalEnergies’ Premium Wood Pellets are now packed in high-performance polyethylene bags incorporating 50% post-consumer recycled (PCR) materials. The
What’s new in the area of paper barriers?
Striking a balance Paper itself as a packaging material doesn’t come with any mentionable barrier properties, so they need
Parkside’s laser scoring technology seeks to create peal-and-reseal lids from PET film
Parkside has revealed its ParkScribe laser scoring technology, set to create easy peel-and-reseal PET lids from the company’
adapa Group aims to bolster shrink bag use amongst customers by funding new production lines
adapa Group has invested in two new lines for high-performance shrink bags at its St. Helens plant in a