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07 May 2024
--- Alpla and Refriango are securing the growing demand for high-quality beverages and bottled drinking water in Angola and the surrounding countries. The international packaging specialist and Angola’s beverage company...
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07 May 2024
--- PulPac and Lakrids By Bülow are joining forces to explore confectionery packaging alternatives based on PulPac’s Dry Molded Fiber technology.
07 May 2024
--- Tomra and Krones are partnering with Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) for the mechanical recycling of extruded polystyrene (XPS) food trays, based on the “high” purity mechanical recycling process developed for...
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07 May 2024
--- Anticipating higher demand in the upcoming summer months, Coca-Cola’s independent South Asian bottler, SLMG Beverages, has invested ₹700 crores (US$83 million) to advance capacity at its biggest bottling facility in...
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07 May 2024
--- Following the recent close of the penultimate negotiation round for a UN global plastics treaty (INC-4) in Canada, Unilever CEO Hein Schumacher says national rules will not suffice to unite the world’s current...
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06 May 2024
--- Arkema has agreed to acquire Dow’s flexible packaging laminating adhesives business, one of the leading producers of adhesives for the flexible packaging market, generating annual sales of around US$250 million.
06 May 2024
--- Manufacturer of mass spectrometry instrumentation Sciex, in collaboration with the scientific community, has developed an open-access extractable and leachable (E&L) mass spectrometry library of 724 known chemical...
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06 May 2024
--- Attacks on shipping vessels in the Red Sea are raising flexible packaging prices, according to analysts. Plastic and metal material prices have surged as much as 27% and 57% higher than at the beginning of 2020, with...
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06 May 2024
--- Antalis, a paper, packaging and visual communication product supplier, has added Ultima GC1, a blue-white premium paperboard, to its portfolio. The paperboard is coated on both sides — a double coating on the top side...
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06 May 2024
--- Origin Materials and PackSys Global, a packaging machine producer for plastic closure slitting machines, are partnering to produce the “world’s first” PET cap and closure manufacturing system....
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03 May 2024
--- The latest amendments to Canada’s Cosmetic Regulations address the need to disclose fragrance allergens on cosmetic labels, aligning with EU standards. This change aims to provide consumers with essential information...
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03 May 2024
--- This week in industry news, Sappi future-proofed its mill in Austria to adapt to digitalization and industry 4.0 needs. Meanwhile, SIG launched a spouted pouch system featuring in-line pouch sterilization and Carbios...
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03 May 2024
--- At last week’s fourth round of negotiations for a global plastics treaty (INC-4), The Plastic Health Council — a group of scientists advocating for stringent reduction policies — held a talk on the link...
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03 May 2024
--- Starbucks is partnering with Podback to allow customers to pick up Podback’s free-of-charge drop-off recycling bags across all of its 1,250 UK coffee shops. The bags can be filled with used coffee pods and taken to one...
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03 May 2024
--- Activists from Bite Back, a campaign group affiliated with celebrity chef Jamie Oliver, have released a report unraveling the tactics used by major food corporations to target children with unhealthy products through...
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03 May 2024
--- Swedish and Norwegian customers of the multinational probiotic R&D company Probi, based in Sweden, will soon be able to get a deposit back for their empty supplement bottles. The company has announced a partnership with...
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02 May 2024
--- Henkel Adhesive Technologies, Kraton and Dow are partnering to reduce the carbon footprint for two of Henkel’s North American proprietary products for end-of-line packaging: Technomelt Supra 100 LE and Technomelt Supra...
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02 May 2024
--- Quadpack is launching a new glass airless packaging range branded Crystal Ballet. The solution is a refillable, double-wall, airless pack featuring a high-end glass bottle. Its design houses airless technology and a...
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02 May 2024
--- The UK has submitted draft Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) obligations for packaging to the EU and notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) about labeling requirements, with the goal of implementing the regulation...
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02 May 2024
--- Unilever’s global head of packaging, Pablo Costa, has issued an extensive statement explaining the corporation’s recent decision to scale back its plastic reduction pledges, saying that overly ambitious targets...
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