Covid-19 putting strain on UK supply of plastic packaging containers

Plastech Solutions, a UK-based provider of provider of equipment and services to the plastics industry, recently welcomed Chris Clarke to its team.

The acute shortage of mechanical ventilators to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients has led, in some countries, to healthcare workers in the IC units having to take decisions that make doing their job even more excruciatingly difficult.

ENGEL UK will provide free service support to customers serving the medical parts market, said managing director Nigel Baker.

Sidel has temporarily converted its packaging development lab in Octeville-sur-Mer into a production centre for hand-sanitiser containers, the company has announced. 

3M has issued a statement to the police in Berlin in response to media reports that a shipment of 3M personal protective equipment (PPE) that was bound for Germany was seized and diverted by U.S. authorities in Thailand on Friday, April 3, while in transit from a 3M China facility. 

Greiner Packaging has become the newest member of Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers. 

Berry Global Group Inc. is adding capacity to help combat the COVID-19 crisis, which has been an impetus for plastics businesses to dive into medical supplies.

With the numbers of COVID-19 patients surging and the death toll rising, the current shortages of personal protective equipment for medical workers on the front line are extremely concerning.

Recycling multi-layer film, even production waste, has long posed a challenge. Such films require special treatment and the resulting residues remain an issue. 

Plastics have got a bad rap over the past decade. Plastic packaging, especially, has borne the brunt of public outrage.