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Drinktec 2025 live: Krones highlights new tunnel pasteurizer for cans
Drinktec 2025 live: Krones highlights new tunnel pasteurizer for cans
At the ongoing Drinktec trade show in Munich, Germany, Packaging Insights speaks to Niels Clausen, technical product manager at Krones, about the company’s LinaFlex eSync pasteurizer. Krones released this canning solution in August.Clausen explains that the machine stands out because, instead of traditional mass transport belts, this solution runs a single-lane conveying into the pasteurizer and a single-lane out. He adds that the buffer is no longer on the conveyors but integrated directly into the pasteurizer.
Caps and closures shift from plastic to hybrid and fiber in circularity push
Caps and closures shift from plastic to hybrid and fiber in circularity push
Caps and closures are undergoing a transformative material shift away from conventional plastic. Manufacturers are innovating to harness the sustainability merits of bioplastics, fiber, and hybrid solutions. Closures are at the intersection of material design change and shifting regulatory and consumer demands. To gain deeper insight into the caps and closures landscape, Packaging Insights speaks to Great Earth and Blue Ocean Closures about how the industry is moving away from plastic solutions and embracing hybrid or fiber-based solutions. 
Tray circularity: Tomra Recycling talks cross-industry dipping challenges
Tray circularity: Tomra Recycling talks cross-industry dipping challenges
The recycled content in PET-based food trays typically comes from beverage bottles, diverting feedstock away from a closed-loop bottle recycling system, according to Tomra Recycling. But the company says that today, R&D has made tray-to-tray recycling a technologically and economically feasible option..Packaging Insights speaks to Valerio Sama, business development manager for packaging at Tomra Recycling, about the challenges with tray-to-tray recycling and emerging solutions. These include Tomra Recycling’s Autosort system that can differentiate between monolayer and multilayer PET trays, and Innosort Flake and Autosort Flake which further refine the stream.
Caps and closures circularity
Caps and closures circularity
Innova Market Insights data shows the widespread use of Caps and Closures in F&B packaging launches. Dairy accounted for 55% of these launches, followed by Soft Drinks at 27%. Among packaging featuring Caps and Closures, Responsible Source was the leading sustainability claim, followed by Recyclable.
Pressure-sensitive labels and their role in making packaging circular
Pressure-sensitive labels and their role in making packaging circular
Discover how pressure-sensitive labels are revolutionizing packaging sustainability. This Avery Dennison white paper highlights how innovative PSLs enable circularity, enhance recycling, and support reuse models. Learn how innovative labels help brands achieve sustainability goals, reduce waste, and improve traceability without compromising performance or production efficiency. Dive into the future of sustainable packaging now!This Technical Paper is brought to you by Avery Dennison.
SEALPAC M-Flex traysealer: highest quality standards, unparalleled flexibility
SEALPAC M-Flex traysealer: highest quality standards, unparalleled flexibility
SEALPAC is renowned for its efficient traysealers that are capable of packaging large quantities of products quickly, safely, and fully automatically, even in the most demanding environments. Now, the space-saving M-Flex semi-automatic traysealer enables companies with smaller production runs and frequent product changes to enter the professional world of packaging.

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England introduces local council recycling scheme
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As part of England’s Simpler Recycling scheme, local authorities across the country will be required to collect core recyclable waste streams from all households starting on March 31, 2026.The Simpler Recycling policy was first announced late last year and aims to facilitate the UK government’s circular economy commitments. As part of the update, the government said it will introduce four default waste categories across England: non-recyclables, food, paper, and all other dry recyclables.
Mondi supplies Norwegian furniture company with paper-based mattress covers
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Mondi has equipped Ekornes with its re/cycle CompressWrap, a paper-based protective packaging solution that secures high-end mattresses during transport.The re/cycled CompressWrap incorporates Mondi’s FunctionalBarrier Paper 95/5 as the first layer. This ensures durability and vacuum sealing. The second packaging layer secures the mattress with an outer wrapper made from Mondi’s FunctionalBarrier Paper Reduce.
Yangi secures investment to accelerate fiber packaging solution
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Swedish-based company Yangi has raised €10 million (US$11.8 million) in an oversubscribed Series A funding round for its packaging solution, which helps customers switch from plastics to renewable fiber.Yangi’s Cellera commercially available platform offers packaging producers a scalable, renewable alternative to fossil-based plastics
OxBarrier launches licensing program for patented compostable capsule technology
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OxBarrier has announced that its patented compostable coffee capsule technology is available worldwide through a global licensing program. The European patent was confirmed by the Opposition Division and the Technical Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office after multiple “contentious” proceedings.
Henkel supplies Ravenwood with linerless adhesive tech to reduce weight
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Henkel Adhesive technologies has equipped Ravenwood Packaging with its hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesives for Ravenwood’s linerless labelling system.The adhesives can be used in a wide range of packaging like logistical packaging, weight scaling, and fresh food packaging.
Perfat Technologies CEO: Substituting traditional solid fats with healthy...
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Finnish start-up Perfat Technologies has raised €2.5 million (US$3 million) in Series A financing to scale its fat alternative, which transforms liquid vegetable oils into solid, functional fats. The company is poised to bring to market the fiber-reinforced gelled vegetable oil, developed with 80% less fat, 30% fewer calories, and added fiber, positioning it as a disruptor in the saturated and tropical fats space.
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Labelexpo Europe 2025: Industry experts highlight digitalization, sustainability and regulation as key trends

Ahead of Labelexpo Europe 2025, in Barcelona, Spain (September 16–19), we speak to five labeling and printing companies that will be exhibiting at the trade show about key labeling innovations, sustainability strategies, and regulatory challenges shaping the industry.The representatives of Flint Group, Fujifilm, Herma, Hubergroup Print Solutions, and UPM Adhesive Materials tell Packaging Insights about their solutions for recyclability, LED curing, digital printing, and resource efficiency.

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Drinktec 2025 preview: Industry to present next-gen beverage packaging, closure solutions and circularity

Next week, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, Drinktec, will open its doors to spotlight next-generation packaging and closure technologies. Highlights will include lightweight PET and glass designs, monomaterial sport caps, and advanced recycling-compatible labels and sleeves. “Grow with the Flow” is the motto of this year’s Drinktec. Over 1,000 exhibitors and approximately 50,000 visitors are expected to attend the trade show. The event takes place between September 15–19 in Munich, Germany. Exhibitors will also present innovations such as residue-free adhesive systems for glass, low-temperature washable labels for PET, reusable Tritan bottles, cups with RFID tracking, and compostable coffee capsules. 

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South Australia bans soy sauce fish containers, environmentalists demand wider plastic bans

The South Australian (SA) government has banned fish-shaped soy containers in the state’s latest round of single-use plastic bans to reduce marine and terrestrial pollution.The state has implemented bans on single-use plastics at the start of September each year since 2021, after the introduction of SA’s Single-use and Other Plastic Products (Waste Avoidance) Act 2020.

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Snack pack innovationSep2025

Innova Market Insights data indicates a 3% CAGR in global snack packaging launches between July 2020 and June 2025. Asia was the leading continent. Over half of launches featured Flat Pouches, and pla...

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Caps and closures circularity Sep 2025

Innova Market Insights data shows the widespread use of Caps and Closures in F&B packaging launches. Dairy accounted for 55% of these launches, followed by Soft Drinks at 27%. Among packaging featuring Caps and Closures, Responsible Source was the leading sustainability claim, followed by Recyclable.

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Circular Economy: Flexible plasticsSep 2025

Innova Market Insights data shows that there was a 4% average annual growth in global F&B plastic packaging launches with a Flexible claim, from July 2020 to June 2025. One in three of these launches were in Europe. Flexible materials (including plastics) were most used in Bakery and Snacks, but their use in Confectionery increased.

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Drinktec 2025 live: Sidel debuts laser blowing technology

Sidel is presenting the world’s first laser technology for blowing to enhance packaging line efficiency, sustainability, and quality at Drinktec 2025. Pierre-François Langlois, Sidel’s director for product management, tells us more about the company’s new Next Line concept for PET and recycled...

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SEALPAC M-Flex traysealer: highest quality standards, unparalleled flexibility
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Bormioli Luigi highlights glass as standard in luxury packaging
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Sidel Mexico discusses returnable PET and glass bottle growth 
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