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ArticleBlue Ocean Closures receives investment from new co-owner Rottneros
Market pulp supplier Rottneros AB is investing in and becoming a co-owner of Blue Ocean Closures, with its sights now set on the further development of fibre-based packaging materials.
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ArticleLooking to the future: AI in production and logistics
Advances in AI (Artificial Intelligence) have made headlines and sparked both excitement and concern - but what are its roles and applications in the packaging industry? Frances Butler reports.
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ArticleRecyClass and EuCertPlast form combined plastics recycling process certification
EuCertPlast and RecyClass are combining their audit schemes for plastics recyclers to form the RecyClass Recycling Process Certification, a move hoped to build trust in recycling claims going forward.
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ArticleThin, lightweight thermoforming film from SÜDPACK targets fresh and frozen fish
SÜDPACK’s new Multifol Extreme base film is set to offer thinner and more lightweight thermoforming packaging in vacuum and MAP applications for fish products; it will reportedly facilitate lower costs and emissions across the value chain.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Driving fibre-based packaging circularity - The 4evergreen industry toolbox
Sustainable Packaging Summit: Driving fibre-based packaging circularity - The 4evergreen industry toolbox
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Cartonboard: Circularity, leadership and responsibility
ProCarton’s Winfried Mühling shares a fibre-based approach to what it takes to be a leader in circularity in the context of the EU Green Deal, emphasising the need for cross-industry and cross-substrate collaboration. Winfried also shares results of latest consumer studies.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Compositional analysis of household waste
CEFLEX and Petcore have collaborated in large-scale research analysing the composition of post-consumer waste. Dana Mosora (CEFLEX) and Raphaël Jaumotte (Petcore) unpack the implications for efforts to drive up recycling rates in plastic packaging.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Outlook and developments in PET with Petcore
Petcore’s Raphaël Jaumotte shares latest developments in PET packaging. He will share Petcore’s activities and the objectives behind key projects that are structuring the PET industry, including digitalized platform for laboratories with the target to gather data on NIAS, depolymerization recycling for PET, and functional barrier.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: We need to talk about adhesives! The benefits of collaborating with adhesive suppliers at early stages of packaging R&D
Regulatory demands and the multiple, ever-evolving design for recycling guidelines make the development of sustainable packaging a complex task. Elizabeth Staab of HB Fuller explores the role of adhesives as an enabler of circular packages, and explains the importance of including adhesive suppliers in the early stages of packaging R&D.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Insights on the transition from conventional flexible packaging to mono structures for a circular economy
Insights on the transition from conventional flexible packaging to mono structures for a circular economy.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Permanent materials
In this session, we’ll hear from FEVE and Metal Packaging Europe on the sustainability perspectives and roadmaps of glass and metal packaging, respectively - and then the two associations will join in dialogue on the joint outlook for permanent packaging materials in the face of rising demand for sustainability.
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ArticleTIPA and ATI present ‘first-of-its-kind’ fully compostable coffee capsule lid
TIPA and ATI have unveiled a ‘first-of-its-kind’ fully compostable lid for coffee capsules, set to align with upcoming compostability legislation and improve barrier protection, sealing properties, protection against material migration, and more.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Redesigning the future of food packaging
Redesigning the future of food packaging
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Sustainability Awards ceremony
At the Sustainable Packaging Summit in Amsterdam, the winners of this year’s Sustainability Awards, the most prestigious global competition for sustainable packaging innovation, were announced. Click here to watch the full ceremony and hear from all the winners!
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: Closing reflections
Key takeaways from the Sustainable Packaging Summit.
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ArticleSustainable Packaging Summit: HolyGrail 2.0: What’s the future for digital watermarking?
Having hosted the HolyGrail 2.0 member meeting on the previous day, the Summit gives a public platform to this ground-breaking collaboration to discuss the progress of the project, next steps, and the future of the Initiative in the context of an open, competitive market for facilitating a circular economy in packaging.
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ArticleWWF records decline in ‘problematic plastics’ for Amcor, Starbucks, P&G, and more
The fourth annual report from WWF’s ReSource: Plastic programme has examined the plastic footprints of Amcor, P&G, McDonald’s Corporation, The Coca-Cola Company, and other members – finding a general decrease in their use of ‘problematic plastics’ from 2021 to 2022, although the plastic weight in their aggregate portfolio apparently rose.
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ArticleNational packaging legislation could derail the EU Single Market, EUROPEN cautions
EUROPEN has joined over 100 associations in the European packaging industry in encouraging EU Member States to preserve the Single Market and prevent supply chain disruptions in the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
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ArticleSaica Group builds corrugated board plant to combine operations and increase efficiency
Saica Group is building a new corrugated board plant in Barcelona with an investment of over €100 million, aspiring to increase its factories’ combined production by up to 45%.
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ArticleThe Rapid Interview with Aluflexpack
In the latest instalment of our Rapid Interview series, Aluflexpack CEO Johannes Steurer runs us through the positives of utilizing aluminium in premium circular flexible packaging and barrier solutions.