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ArticleSmurfit Kappa implements new paper drying process to lower CO2 emissions and energy consumption
Smurfit Kappa is aiming to reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption by introducing a new ‘state-of-the-art’ drying process at one of its paper mills.
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Bühler and Pellenc ST join forces to open new centre for PET bottle and flake sorting
Bühler and Pellenc ST are collaborating on a front and back-end solution for PET bottle and flake sorting, hoping to improve and future-proof PET recyclers’ processing activities with a new Demo and Applications Centre opening in November.
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Sukano and Emery Oleochemicals produce antifogging PET compound for food packaging
Sukano has partnered with natural-based chemicals manufacturer Emery Oleochemicals to develop a transparent PET antifogging compound for food contact PET packaging, aiming to combat the necessity of extra antifogging coatings.
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Velox releases new 'high-quality' direct-to-shape digital printing technology for extruded and laminated packaging
Velox Ltd. has announced Micro-Pixel Drop Shape Control, its latest ink technology innovation designed to provide high-quality direct-to-shape digital printing for extruded plastic and laminated tubes.
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Liquibox unveils new automatic and semi-automatic bag-in-box fillers for liquid products
Liquibox has announced its new automatic and semi-automatic bag-in-box filling equipment, with the new designs capable of filling liquid food, beverages, and non-food products such as cleaning fluids.
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Sainsbury’s to implement evian and re-universe’s digital reward scheme for recycling beverage packaging
In a collaboration with Sainsbury’s, evian is set to launch its ‘Return4Reward’ digital reward scheme in partnership with re-universe, hoping to encourage customers at Sainsbury’s to recycle their empty drink containers.
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Building more resilient, flexible supply chains for the future
European supply chains are facing intense pressure under the strain of various social and political disruptions. For Phil Reuben, executive director at SCALA, adaptation is the way forward. In this article, he weighs in on the progress supply chains can make to work towards survival in turbulent times, from digitalisation to diversification.
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Comexi announces Digiflex printing solution for food-safe, ‘high quality’ printing onto packaging
Comexi has unveiled Digiflex, its first digital printing solution, which uses low-migration inks to print directly onto food-safe packaging.
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Pellenc ST aims to optimise sorting technology with combination of X-ray and artificial intelligence
Pellenc ST claims that its new instalment of Xpert technology combines a dual-energy transmission X-ray with machine learning, a form of artificial intelligence said to learn and remember data to improve the efficiency of metal and e-scrap waste sorting processes.
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Microban aims to preserve products with antimicrobial technology for water-based coating formulations
Microban International has announced LapisShield, a heavy-metal-free technology designed to infuse antimicrobial features into water-based coating formulations and prevent the growth of mould and mildew.
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Avery Dennison and SAP combine their analytic product clouds to combat short expiry dates on retail shelves
Avery Dennison has partnered with SAP to tackle issues with waste in the retail industry by integrating their respective analytic product clouds, supposedly allowing supermarkets to track and optimise the expiry dates of their products.
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Nestlé repackages Quality Street and KitKat chocolates in paper and ‘80% recycled’ plastic to improve recyclability
Nestlé’s Quality Street line is set to adopt FSC-certified paper packaging for its twist-wrapped sweets, predicted to replace 2.5 billion individual foil and cellulose wrappers on an international scale. Meanwhile, its KitKat chocolate is set to be packaged in wrappers made from 80% plastic from this month onwards.
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UPM Raflatac and Logopak present ‘first’ linerless print and labelling solution
UPM Raflatac and Logopak are collaborating on what claims to be the first robust linerless solution in print and apply labelling; it is expected to increase the running length and capacity of label rolls and reduce both costs and CO2 emissions.
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Paul Foulkes-Arellano: It’s time we welcomed 3D printing into packaging factories
As brands go bespoke and packaging goes local, will packaging megafactories become redundant? Paul Foulkes-Arellano, founder of Circuthon Consulting, asks this question and more – arguing that the industry needs to work smarter, not larger, and embrace technology over expansion.
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The role of software in ensuring sustainable supply chains
As companies start to answer consumers’ call for sustainability, the need to shrink supply chains is becoming abundantly clear – but how is the sustainability of production and delivery processes being monitored? Could technology be the answer? Drawing on first-hand experience via the Packhelp Pro tool, Packhelp argues the case for digital progress.
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KISICO and Colysis unveil NFC-tagged closure to deliver digital information and prevent counterfeit in medical products
Plastic screw cap manufacturer KISICO GmbH is collaborating with Colysis GmbH, a provider of cloud-based touchpoint technology, to develop a new, smart and secure closure for medical products equipped with an NFC tag.
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Rockwell Automation and Paboco join forces to make progress in paper bottling machinery
Rockwell Automation is collaborating with Paboco to develop an automatised machine platform expected to grow and scale production of Paboco’s paper-based range at its production facility near Copenhagen.
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WIPOTEC to introduce ‘most flexible quality control machine series to date’ at Pack Expo
WIPOTEC-OCS will launch its ‘most flexible quality control machine series to date’ at Pack Expo Booth S-4172 later this year.
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How can the plastics industry harness carbon capture with polymers made from emissions?
Dr Hydra Rodrigues, technology analyst at IDTechEx, analyses the opportunities and challenges involved with using captured CO2 emissions as feedstock in the production of polymers, which the organisation suggests could facilitate a circular carbon economy.
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NFT platform that connects plastic producers and recyclers to incorporate ocean recovery initiative
Plastiks, Nozama’s platform that compensates the recovery of packaging and plastic waste with Non-fungible Token (NFT) certificates, has partnered with Gravity Wave to certify the plastic it recovers from the Mediterranean Sea and uses in its products.
