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COVID-19: Global packaging industry demonstrates resilience and resolve amid uncertainty
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Smurfit Kappa: TopClip provides beverage multi-packs with recyclable alternative to shrink film
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WEEKLY ROUNDUP
Weekly Roundup: Viridor sold for US$4.9 billion, Clariant and Floreon to expand biopolymer applications
Latest Headlines
Weekly Roundup: Researchers discover plastic-eating bacterium, Novamont introduces bioplastic for extrusion coating to paper
03 Apr 2020 --- In packaging news this week, a study published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology discovered a bacterium that feeds on plastic waste. The bacterium was first found in a plastic dump and shown to break down polyurethane, a... Read More
Interpack 2021: Schubert’s cobots to star alongside 3D printing and virtual warehousing technologies
02 Apr 2020 --- Machine manufacturer Schubert has restrategized the debut of its latest digital technologies to the packaging industry in light of the cancellation of the international trade show interpack. Schubert’s cobots – short for... Read More
GEA pilots Industry 4.0 data collection and analysis technology for enhanced efficiencies
02 Apr 2020 --- GEA has initiated piloting of industrial connectivity company Weidmüller's new Automated Machine Learning Software at its Oelde site in Germany. The food and beverage processing supplier is aiming to increase its efficiency... Read More
TOP STORY FROM FOOD INGREDIENTS FIRST
Chips are down for Dutch potato sector as demand for French fries plummets amid foodservice closures
03 Apr 2020 --- As restaurants, snack bars and fast food outlets remain on lockdown to contain the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the Dutch out-of-home and... Read More
Packaging Focus : Paper-based growth challenges plastics' dairy dominance
Plastics remain the dominant force in the dairy category with 47.1 percent market share in 2019, according to Innova Market Insights. However, the prevalence of plastics may be waning as it records a 1.2 percent decrease from 2018, largely due to the rise of paper-based alternatives. Meanwhile,... More
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