Majid Al Futtaim, Nestlé UAE and recycling-technology company Sparklo have formed a partnership to install AI-powered reverse vending machines at selected Carrefour stores across the UAE. The programme brings Nestlé UAE’s “Recycle to Break the Cycle” campaign into Carrefour locations operated by Majid Al Futtaim. The machines accept empty plastic …
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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority employees recycled 118,967 plastic bottles and aluminium cans during the first half of 2026 through smart collection machines installed across several DEWA buildings. Announced on 12 September 2026, the results form part of DEWA’s employee recycling initiative, launched in October 2022. Since its introduction, employees have deposited …
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Dubai-based Vibe Closure Systems (VCS) has launched a portfolio of closure technologies for industrial pails and drums used in chemicals, coatings, lubricants and other applications. The company is led by David Pritchett, who spent 25 years at Rieke/TriMas Packaging, including ten as president, and Riddhamn Baahri, who served as vice president of …
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Husky Technologies has launched its HyCAP 4.0 tooling platform for high-volume beverage closure manufacturing, targeting lightweight and tethered closure production as regulatory and performance requirements change. Announced in Bolton, Ontario, the next-generation injection moulding tooling combines revised geometry, materials and stack design to improve precision, process stability, durability and …
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ALPLA and CCL Label have introduced a 0.33-litre PET beverage can with a recyclable full-body shrink sleeve, offering beverage manufacturers an alternative to aluminium cans that can run on existing PET filling lines. The stackable container, now available, combines ALPLA’s PET packaging with CCL Label’s detachable EcoFloat shrink sleeve. The sleeve …
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Indorama Ventures and German cosmetic packaging manufacturer REBHAN FPS Kunststoff-Verpackungen have introduced a glass-like PET bottle material for premium beauty and personal care packaging. The collaboration combines Indorama Ventures’ specialty PET material, LUXYCLEAR EBM PET 5508, with REBHAN’s bottle design and manufacturing capabilities. The packaging is commercially available to …
Nigeria’s L&Z Integrated Farms has refreshed the packaging for its Greek yoghurt and Fura Da Nono ranges, introducing revised graphics and a more consistent visual identity across the dairy products. The redesign covers L&Z’s sweetened and unsweetened Greek yoghurt and its Fura Da Nono, a traditional West African dairy product combining yoghurt …
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Aptar Beauty has developed a custom dispensing pump for L’Occitane-En-Provence’s redesigned hand care collection, with the refillable packaging project supported by Aptar Beauty EMEA and manufactured across two facilities in France. The pump, based on Aptar Beauty’s Satine cosmetic pump platform, has been developed for L’Occitane’s hand soap, hand …
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TotalEnergies Corbion has commercially launched Luminy® FOAM 50F, a high melt strength polylactic acid (PLA) grade for extrusion foamed packaging applications, targeting fresh food trays and food service containers. Announced on July 7, 2026, the material is designed as a lower-carbon, circular alternative to extruded polystyrene (XPS) while operating on …
Aptar Closures has expanded its portfolio of e-commerce-ready closures for beauty, personal care and home care applications, responding to growing demand for packaging designed to withstand parcel shipping while reducing the need for additional packaging components. The portfolio comprises four closure solutions—Embrace, E-Simplicity, Future Disc Top and E-Disc Top—developed to …
