Mars, Incorporated has announced that it has reached a key milestone in its commitment to a circular economy where packaging material never becomes waste. The new Kind snack bar packaging incorporates recycled content made from advanced recycling, meaning it contains less virgin plastic to previous products. The new material has been completely redesigned for …
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Coveris has announced a new business segment named ‘ReCover’, bundling all efforts in waste sourcing, processing, and recycling to close the loop for circular plastic recycling. ReCover to act as a separate company supplying Coveris sites on an arm’s length basis but also supplying third party customers that are interested in recyclates on a quality …
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CL has announced that their EcoFloat shrink sleeves have successfully been trialed in South Africa by PET recycling specialist Extrupet and have been approved for the local recycling system. This marks the arrival of the first approved shrink sleeve decoration solution for the PET beverage market in South Africa and will help boost recycling rates …
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With an increasing demand forecast for soft drinks in Pakistan in 2023, PepsiCo’s partner Northern Bottling Company has installed Sidel’s high-volume, high-speed carbonated soft drinks (CSD) line. Sidel to apply its packaging solutions expertise to create the new complete line for Haidri Beverages Group’s subsidiary, Northern Bottling Company (NBC), in the city of Peshawar. …
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Fujifilm has announced the closure of the company’s offset plate production line in Tilburg, The Netherlands. The company is set to find new ways of working to meet customer needs more effectively, and new ways of thinking about how it can continue to create value. Reports say that in the offset printing market, …
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Flint Group Packaging, one of the largest consumables suppliers to the global print and packaging industry, confirms its commitment to ease of doing business and order efficiency for its customers with its Webshop platform. Underlining the company’s vision of a connected future, the online store is designed with an ease-of-use front of mind, with …
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In June 2020, WasteAid embarked upon an innovative and expansive programme in partnership with Huhtamaki to support circular economy solutions to the waste crisis in three locations: Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam, Guwahati in India and Johannesburg, South Africa. The programme achieved WasteAid’s Circular Economy Networks which attracted over 1,000 members attending online webinars …
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Oerlemans Packaging Group has announced to take over the activities of Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker in oredr to expand its flexible packaging. The decision to initiate preparations for the takeover was officially ratified by Vincent Tol, managing director Adriaan Dekker and Joan Hanegraaf, CEO of Oerlemans Packaging Group on 7 November. The intention is to move …
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Honeywell has announced to have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt’s Environ Adapt for Recycling Industries with the aim of advancing plastics recycling in the country. The two organisations to explore the development of the first chemical recycling facility in Egypt that would be equipped with Honeywell’s advanced technology, capable of converting waste …
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Mondi shares its fourth annual consumer trend survey, which offers a deep dive into online shopping behaviour and consumers’ attitudes to packaging. The survey, conducted by RetailX, is the most in-depth study to date, with 1,000 consumers each in France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and Turkey. For the first time it also includes an analysis of …
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