Handtmann presents plant-based protein and edible packaging concepts at IFFA 2025

Machinery company Albert Handtmann presented alternative protein and edible packaging concepts at IFFA 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany, to highlight how its processing technology can be adapted to...

IFFA 2025 live: Multivac president unpacks sliced meat market trends

Multivac is showcasing its latest automated and digitalized meat slicing machinery at IFFA 2025 in Frankfurt, Germany. The company has signed a cooperation agreement with Provisur Technologies to...

Top Packaging Trends 2025: AI-enhanced “Connected Platforms” to advance circular economy

Innova Market Insights has revealed its Top Packaging Trends 2025, with “Connected Platforms” taking center stage. Connected technologies are widely expected to transform the packaging value chain,...

Packaging Innovations 2025: UK’s “game-changing” EPR leaves plastic suppliers concerned

The UK’s incoming EPR dominated discussions at Packaging Innovations 2025 last week. The scheme administrator for packaging EPR (pEPR), Pack UK, announced itself at the event, describing the...

Generative AI and packaging: McKinsey design expert on new tech and human creativity

Generative AI (GenAI) is already revolutionizing packaging design according to Tey Bannerman, partner at McKinsey & Company. Moreover, this new technology holds the power to enhance rather than...

DS Smith’s Surface and Barrier director discusses next-gen coatings for fiber-based packaging

Barrier coating innovation is crucial to the packaging industry’s “paperization shift” amid increasingly stringent waste management regulation and growing consumer demand for plastic alternatives....

Coveris, Tetra Pak and Mondi: Barrier coating innovation bolsters packaging circular economy

The drive toward more environmentally sustainable packaging has industry innovators creating advanced barrier coatings that support the transition to readily recyclable materials. Innovation is...

Berry Global forms world-leading nonwovens firm after HHNF business spin-off

The merger between Berry Global’s Health, Hygiene and Specialties Global Nonwovens and Films (HHNF) business and Glatfelter Corporation has been completed, resulting in the creation of Magnera...