Petfood supplier Vet’s Kitchen in the UK was in search of a more sustainable solution for its cat and dog food laminate packaging.
Italy-based fresh food packaging specialist AMB Spa is committed to supporting its customers to meet their sustainability goals in the area of sustainable packaging.
Aptar Food + Beverage, a leading producer of elastomeric flow solutions, has developed a new valve designed to better meet today’s sustainability requirements.
Today, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of Dow held the virtual grand opening of Pack Studios Tarragona in Spain.
Schwarz Group, Europe’s largest retail store operator has embarked on a pilot project for the use of transparent film bags made from certified circular polyethylene (PE) in vegetable packaging.
Working in collaboration with beauty packaging manufacturer Albéa and Sabic, The Estée Lauders Companies have announced the introduction in 2021 of a newly designed tube packaging made from certified circular polyolefins from Sabic’s Trucircle portfolio.
Made from pure cellulose fibres, with a PET plastic barrier, Iggesund’s Inverform has been specifically developed to replace the traditional plastic pressed and folded trays commonly used in food packaging.
On 6 October, Südpack, a family-owned manufacturer of plastic films, officially opened its new site at Erolzheim, Germany.
An alternative to metal cans, flexible retort packaging offers well-known benefits such as light weight, resource efficiency and ease of transportation. Hitherto, however, it has posed a challenge when it comes to recycling.
Brückner Maschinenbau, a leading manufacturer of technology for flexible packaging production and Sabic have collaborated on the development of flexible packaging films based on Sabic’s certified circular BOPP and BOPE materials.
While EB offset printing is not a new technology - it has long been used in web offset printing, for example - problems tended to occur regarding adhesion to various substrates, including PET, BOPP and PA, making it unsuitable for use with flexible packaging.
Held for the first time virtually, Plastics News’ Plastics Caps and Closures 2020 event offered a programme of informative and engaging presentations spread out over this past week.
A partnership between Sabic, film suppliers/extruders Ticinoplast and Plastchim-T, and packaging machine manufacturer Syntegon Technology, has resulted in the development of a sustainable packaging solution for frozen food.
Borealis and Menshen, a Germany-headquartered expert in plastic closures and packaging systems, have collaborated on a series of 10 packaging closures based on Borealis’ Borcycle recycling technology.