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ArticleDrilling down into Mintel’s predictions for the packaging industry in 2023
Mintel recently identified five key macro factors that it thinks will have a significant effect on the packaging industry in 2023. In a wide-ranging conversation with Benjamin Punchard, Global Packaging Insights Director at Mintel, we unpacked these issues and their potential effects on the packaging ecosystem.
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ArticleTesco transitions laundry pod tubs to recyclable cardboard packs
Last week, Tesco replaced the plastic tubs for its laundry detergent pods with recyclable cardboard packaging.
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ArticleEsko designs cloud-based tool aiming to optimise packaging rollout on omnichannel market
Esko has launched a new cloud-based software solution that combines project management with digital proofing and DAM in hopes of enabling small-to-medium-sized consumer brands to swiftly and efficiently bring their packaging to the omnichannel market.
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ArticleKeiryo Packaging’s plastic processing technology: using molecular ordering to improve material functionality
Keiryo Packaging technology for plastic processing integrates molecular ordering into the polymer melt, triggering “flow-enhanced morphological changes” in the polymer mass with the aim of enhancing material functionality. The company says that this ‘KP Technology’ is applicable across various conversion technologies and for both amorphous and semi-crystalline polymers used in finished plastic articles.
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ArticleShould we stop talking about ‘plastic’ and talk about ‘plastics’ instead?
While paper recycling rates took a dip in the pandemic, we’re now successfully recycling around 85 per cent across Europe. Plastic recycling, however, still lags behind – can we turn this around? Neil Osment, Managing Director of paper packaging industry analysts NOA, wonders if it’s time to treasure plastic.
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Articlehubergroup produces coldset and heatset printing inks for food-contact paper packaging
hubergroup Print Solutions is launching its first coldset and heatset inks for food-compliant paper packaging with the aim of facilitating dynamic brand customisation in recyclable packaging solutions.
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ArticleWACKER offers improved solubility in new polymer resin for packaging coatings, printing inks, and more
WACKER will unveil its VINNOL L-6868 polymer resin binder – set to formulate wood, paper, film, and solvent-borne coatings, suitable for printing inks and high-solids and UV-curing systems, and compatible with food-grade packaging – at this year’s European Coatings Show.
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ArticlePlastics Pact launched in Colombia in bid to lessen pollution and facilitate plastic circularity
Key players from across the packaging value chain have united under the Colombia Plastics Pact, which intends to reduce plastic pollution in the Colombian environment and assist the country in achieving a circular economy for its plastics.
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ArticleBerry Global offers range of PET bottle and closure solutions for child-safe and tamper-evident medicine packaging
Berry Global Healthcare has unveiled a bundle solution of child-resistant, tamper-evident PET bottles and closures designed for the pharmaceutical and herbal market for syrup and liquid medicines.
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ArticlePA Consulting and PulPac partner to develop fibre-based bottles for multi-industrial applications
PA Consulting and PulPac have launched the Bottle Collective, which intends to create a fibre-based alternative to plastic bottles for use in the food, drink, consumer health, and FMCG industries.
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ArticleAre the EU’s proposed new packaging regulations fit for purpose?
Could the proposed wide-ranging revisions to the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive cause more harm than good in their current iteration? Isabell Schmidt and Martin Engelmann of the IK German Plastic Packaging Association, which represents around 300 mainly SMEs in the areas of plastic packaging and plastic film, give their perspective on how the revisions could be improved – and the parts they think might benefit the industry.
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ArticleSainsbury’s to vacuum pack beef mince range with plans to save 450 tonnes of plastic every year
Sainsbury’s has substituted the tray packaging of its beef mince range with vacuum packs in a move expected to reduce 55% of plastic per product and an overall 450 tonnes of plastic annually.
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ArticleABB reveals new robot bringing together industrial and collaborative abilities
ABB has released its SWIFTI CRB 1300 industrial collaborative robot, featuring an expanded load-handling capacity of up to 11kg and such features as palletising and pick-and-place in a solution expected to bridge the gap between industrial and collaborative robots.
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ArticleAvantium and Origin Materials collaborate on industrial-scale production of building block for PEF
Avantium and Origin Materials are combining their technology platforms to produce FDCA – a key building block in the production of PEF – from sustainable wood residues on an industrial scale, aiming to increase PEF supplies for the production of bottles, films, and other packaging applications.
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ArticleA deeper dive into the progress of the cartonboard industry
In October 2022, Michele Bianchi, CEO of RDM Group, was announced as the new president of Pro Carton. Since then, the packaging industry has seen such developments as the leak and subsequent announcement of proposed revisions to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, as well as a continuing transition into fibre-based packaging solutions. We caught up with Bianchi to gain insight into his role and his vision for the paper and board industry, both today and in the future.
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ArticleMespack and Famartec release integrated VFFS and cartoning solution for pharmaceutical applications
Mespack and Famartec have announced their collaborative development of an integrated vertical form-fill-seal and cartoning solution for primary and secondary packaging in the pharmaceutical sector, designed to meet customer demand for a complete solution to address production needs.
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ArticleNew sorting technology for food-safe packaging results in sorting purity of over 97%, according to Fraunhofer Institute
The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV has reported that its tracer-based sorting technology – designed to distinguish flexible food packaging from its non-food counterparts during the packaging and recycling processes as part of the EU-funded CIRCULAR FoodPack project – has achieved a sorting purity of over 97% and a 90% sorting efficiency.
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ArticleTransparency and sealing in cheese packaging most important features to consumers, says Amcor
Research conducted by Amcor has revealed that European consumers value both transparency and effective sealing in their hard cheese packaging, yet some report that it is inconvenient or impossible to recycle at end of life.
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ArticleA conversation with the inventor of extended producer responsibility
Dr. Thomas Lindhquist is widely credited with creating the principle of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in the 1990s. Ecoveritas recently spoke with Lindhquist to get his thoughts on the future of the concept and how it can be implemented at scale in the EU. The following is a summary of that discussion.
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ArticleFEFCO warns that PPWD’s reuse targets could ‘skyrocket’ production of non-recyclable plastic packaging
FEFCO has expressed its concerns that the reuse targets laid out in the proposed revisions to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive could undermine existing sustainability efforts by increasing dependence on fossil-based resources and diverting attention away from renewable materials.