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…
Ardagh Group announces today that it has entered into an agreement to combine its Food & Specialty Metal Packaging business ("Food & Specialty") with the business of Exal Corporation ("Exal"), a leading producer of aluminum containers
More and more companies from the plastics industry are working on improving the recyclability of plastics and thus helping to create a circular economy. One way that BASF is contributing is the ChemCycling project.
The European Tube Manufacturers Association, etma, organised the World Tube Congress again in 2019, this time in Hamburg. Nearly 150 participants from all over the world met to discuss the challenges facing the international tube industry
SIG is making aseptic cartons with ASI-certified aluminium foil available to consumers for the first time in partnership with B-Better®, a start-up brand from Unilever’s Future Platform.
At the presentation of the management guide “eco design of plastic packaging” in Berlin on 12 June, Michael Schmitz, Head of Marketing and Communication, presented the current status of the Jokey Eco Concept.
Our weekly packaging highlights, featuring a conceptual green design for green fingered applications, an acquisition with big implications for rigid plastics globally, and a German collaboration to explore potential for (edible?) seaweed packaging.
COEXPAN and EMSUR open the doors of INNOTECH, their new innovation and development centre for the rigid and flexible packaging industry, to deal with the major challenges of the industry in the area of sustainability
Glass sector plans for a multi-million-pound research centre which will shape the way forward for the industry over the next century are set to be unveiled at a key conference on Tuesday 23 July.
X-LITE™ Still is Sidel’s latest 500 ml PET packaging solution for non-pressurised still water. Thanks to its extremely light industrial bottle design, Sidel describes it as the most cost-effective and sustainable packaging available on the market.
Berry Global Group has completed the acquisition of RPC for a purchase price of approximately $6.5 billion - creating a leading global supplier of valued-added protective solutions and one of the world’s largest plastic packaging companies
