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Smurfit Kappa and WestRock agree merger
Following discussions last week around a potential merger, Smurfit Kappa and WestRock have confirmed an agreement to combine their businesses into a $20 billion company.
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Mono-PET bottle and shrink sleeve solution revealed in #SleeveConnect collaboration
EMSUR, Siegwerk, Karlville, and SK microworks have developed a CPET shrink sleeve label for colourless rPET bottles – seeking to create a fully recyclable packaging solution and enhance shrink sleeve technology under the collaborative #SleeveConnect project.
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Scotch Malt Whisky Society reveals unique packaging design for one-off charity bottle
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society has unveiled a bespoke paper pulp sculpture infused with wood shavings from the original casks for a one-off bottle of whisky that is set to be auctioned off for charity.
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Solvay and Hegen partner to bring ‘the first baby bottle made with recycled content’ to the market
Solvay has entered into a strategic partnership with Hegen to produce baby feeding bottles made from recycled, non-fossil feedstock content.
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Easyfairs: ‘Packaging producers are embracing the circular economy’
Packaging has a vital role to play in the future of our planet. It is a bold claim, but one that rings truer with every passing year. Easyfairs gives its views on this acceleration in our latest opinion article.
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German retailer Netto ensures efficient checkout and plastic recycling with Digimarc Recycle
Netto private labelled food and beverage products are now digitized using Digimarc’s product digitization technology, including incorporating covert digital watermarks into the packaging.
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Quorn unveils two new products with NaviLens accessibility tech
Quorn has decided to implement NaviLens technology across its entire product range, in a bid to make its meat substitute products accessible for visually impaired people.
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EU-backed fund invests €50 million in bid to support circularity in plastics industry
The European Union’s European Investment Fund (EIF) has invested €50 million in Infinity Recycling’s Circular Plastics Fund, an impact fund that invests in companies developing new processes for the advanced recycling of plastics.
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Coca-Cola Europacific Partners announces project to explore CO2 upcycling technology
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced an investment into carbon conversion research, which will explore how CO2 captured from the atmosphere could be upcycled to create ethylene, a key component in plastic bottles.
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Henkel and CCL win award for new sleeve technology
Henkel and CCL Label have won an AWA (Alexander Watson Associates) Award for a pack that uses EcoFloat – a sleeve technology designed to improve the recycling of PET bottle bodies.
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Penny Black receives additional investment for e-commerce marketing SaaS tool
Penny Black has received £1.5 million in additional seed funding from AGFA and ninepointfive for its e-commerce marketing SaaS tool – a solution currently utilised by a range of brands for personalisation campaigns in product deliveries.
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Sustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: Graphic Packaging’s fibre-based carton for Unilever
In our latest Finalist Interview for the Sustainability Awards, Graphic Packaging spoke to us about its Skip cartonboard pack for laundry detergent capsules, developed for Unilever and nominated in the commercialised Recyclable Packaging category.
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Domino reveals new digital retrofit module set to unlock flexible hybrid inkjet printing
Domino Printing Sciences has launched its N610i-R digital retrofit module, designed to incorporate digital printing technology into existing hybrid printing flexographic lines and optimise capital, waste, and space.
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McKinsey on the keys to tackling rPET shortages
McKinsey has laid out three potential approaches to tackling rPET shortages on the US market and meeting increasing demand for recycled content in packaging – increasing supply, ensuring access, and designing for circularity.
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Smurfit Kappa and WestRock in discussions regarding merger
Two of the world’s largest packaging producers, Smurfit Kappa and WestRock, are discussing the key terms of a potential merger to create Smurfit WestRock – a company that would reportedly be worth around $20bn.
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Coca-Cola, Unilever and GSK urge EU to set more aggressive greenhouse gas emissions targets
A new position paper from Corporate Leaders Group (CLG) Europe is calling upon the European Union to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 90% by 2040 and lays out ten principles to achieve this, including the phasing out of fossil fuels and an evidence-based approach to carbon removals.
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Lecta seeks efficiency and sustainability with facestock, release liner, and pressure-sensitive solution lineup
Lecta will showcase a range of sustainability-minded facestock products, release liners, solutions for pressure-sensitive applications, and more at LabelExpo 2023.
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The Recycling Partnership claims to capture 4.1 pounds of aluminium yearly
Five grants issued by The Recycling Partnership’s Aluminium Recycling Initiative claim to have captured three times more aluminium than originally predicted – apparently capturing an additional 4.1 million new pounds of aluminium annually and avoiding over 18,750 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
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Sustainability Awards 2023 Finalist Interview: Cellulotech’s ‘green chemistry process’ for paper packaging barriers
As part of our Finalist Interview series ahead of the Sustainability Awards, we spoke to CEO and founder of Cellulotech Romain Metivet about its ‘green chemistry process’ for paper packaging barriers, nominated in the pre-commercialised Renewables category.
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Paperboard wraps and clips for PepsiCo beverages releasing across North America
PepsiCo Beverages North America is aspiring to eliminate plastic rings in its multipacks by rolling out ‘recyclable’ paper-based alternatives across the US and Canada.