High-speed PET water line installed for Iraqi National for Food

Sidel has successfully installed its first high-speed PET packaging line for water in Baghdad as part of the greenfield project of Iraqi National Company for industrial food (Iraqi National for Food).   With a speed of 48,000 bottles per hour (bph), the outstanding line efficiency of 96% corresponds closely with the high sustainability standards and …

Bobst to unveil new digital label portfolio at Dubai Expo VIP event

Bobst has announced new major products and has invited top label converters to discover its new digital label portfolio. The company will unveil new products on Dubai Digital Printing Label Day, on 18 February at Dubai Expo under the Swiss Pavilion.   According to the press-note received by Packaging MEA, the company said, “Brand owners …

ArburgXvision 2022: Securing supply chains as a strategic advantage

Last year, Arburg successfully launched a new digital format, arburgXvision, an interactive, live internet TV series highlighting important topics in the plastics industry in an informative, expert, and simultaneously entertaining way. The format will, of course, continue in 2022. The series kicks off on 17 February, from 2 pm to 3 pm, with the programme …

V-Shapes returns to Dubai for Gulfood 2022

V-Shapes, a supplier of vertically integrated products and services for convenient, hygienic and sustainable single-dose packaging, has announced that it will return to Dubai for the 2022 edition of Gulfood, which scheduled from 13 to 17 February at the Dubai World Trade Centre.   V-Shapes will be located in the Trade Centre Arena, stand S-E12 …

SIG launches world’s first full barrier aluminium-free aseptic carton solutions

SIG announced the launch of SIGNATURE EVO the world’s first aluminium-free full barrier packaging material for aseptic carton packs. SIGNATURE EVO extends SIG’s lower-carbon aluminium-free packaging materials that is already available for plain white milk, for wider use with oxygen-sensitive products such as fruit juices, nectars, flavoured milk or plant-based beverages.   “By extending our …

Tetra Pak and Elvir join forces in a world first: carton packages using certified recycled polymers

Manufactured at Tetra Pak’s Châteaubriant plant in France, the new caps integrating attributed recycled polymers have been chosen by Elle & Vire, the number one French cream brand and part of Elvir’s portfolio.   Lausanne, Switzerland, JANUARY 12, 2022 – Tetra Pak, in partnership with Elvir, a subsidiary of Savencia Fromage & Dairy – a …

The story behind the world’s first 100% recyclable paper bottle

Through its partnership with pulpex, pepsico has embarked on an R&D and Design quest that could change the face of packaging as we know it.   As he sat in a packaging brainstorming meeting in 2019, Ron Khan knew he had a potentially groundbreaking ambition: paper bottles for beverages. “Many years ago, we wanted to …