business
26 Jul 2024
--- The KHS Group is expanding its virtual 3D line design software. Various new features teach customers about their systems holistically. Possible sources of error are touted to be reduced to a minimum and results are reached...
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26 Jul 2024
--- This week in industry news, Saica Group acquired a subsidiary of Schumacher Packaging and Sappi Europe improved its flexible packaging papers division. Meanwhile, UK train operating company Avanti West Coast prevented nearly...
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26 Jul 2024
--- Silgan Holdings is acquiring Weener Plastics Holdings, a producer of dispensing solutions for personal care, food and healthcare products for €838 million (US$909 million). Last year, Weener generated sales of...
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26 Jul 2024
--- Israel-based plastic alternative business Solutum, which produces a novel material suitable for composting and biodegradation in the natural environment, recently appointed Daniel Friedman as its new corporate director and...
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24 Jul 2024
--- The packaging industry competes with many other sectors for metal supplies, leaving the industry with potential supply bottlenecks brought on by mounting geopolitical instability and energy supply shortages, according to...
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24 Jul 2024
--- DS Smith has invested more than €50 million (US$54 million) in its packaging facilities in Portugal throughout the last three years. The investments in Portugal include the acquisition of two top-of-the-range fluting...
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23 Jul 2024
--- UPM Raflatac and fiber-based product and services provider Sustana are teaming up to recycle release liner waste. Release liner, often overlooked and dismissed as unrecyclable due to its silicone coating, is an underutilized...
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23 Jul 2024
--- Suzano, the world’s largest market pulp producer, announces the operational startup of its new Brazil-based mill, the largest single pulp production line in the world, in Ribas do Rio Pardo. This marks the completion...
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23 Jul 2024
--- The European corrugated paper industry is undergoing a period of active mergers and acquisitions (M&A), driven by large-scale consolidations that are rippling throughout the global economy. Making new bolt-on and...
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22 Jul 2024
--- Eureka Recycling, a non-profit independent regional materials recovery facility (MRF) based in Minneapolis, US, announced a US$10 million financing round led by Closed Loop Partners’ private credit arm, the Closed Loop...
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22 Jul 2024
--- Renewable biomaterials supplier UPM Raflatac highlights a need for further education for designers on incorporating sustainability into packaging design. In its latest survey, targeting some of the world’s leading...
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22 Jul 2024
--- Ishida is supplying Polish confectionery company Dobosz with packaging equipment to increase packing speeds, reduce giveaway and implement improved detection capabilities. The Ishida equipment includes a multihead weigher,...
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19 Jul 2024
--- This week in industry news, aluminum producer and recycler Novelis invested US$90 million to double its beverage can recycling capacity. Meanwhile, Proof & Company started distributing seven craft spirits from Husk...
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19 Jul 2024
--- Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) are developing value chains for plastics and renewable chemicals for the Japanese market. The partners are targeting brands in F&B, apparel and consumer electronics industries....
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19 Jul 2024
--- DS Smith has reduced GHG emissions by 19% compared to 2019 and 2020, according to its latest Sustainability Report, which sets out the company’s commitments across key focus areas of Circularity, Carbon, Nature and...
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19 Jul 2024
--- Tipa is partnering with US-based Fresh-Lock closures, a specialist in reclosable flexible technology, to advance the adoption of home compostable packaging with a new portfolio of closures for pouches, designed with...
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18 Jul 2024
--- Green Dot is supplying pyrolysis oil to Shell Chemicals Europe for circular plastic polymers. Shell Chemicals Europe will upgrade the pyrolysis oil to remove impurities and use the new cleaner feedstock to produce circular...
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18 Jul 2024
--- Tetra Pak highlights the latest carton packaging innovations at the world’s biggest food technology trade show IFT First 2024 in Chicago, US, which ended yesterday. On the show floor, Packaging Insights speaks with...
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17 Jul 2024
--- International chemical business 2M Group of Companies is launching a new packaging-focused business unit, Sustainable Packaging Technologies (SPT), to promote its growing portfolio of biomaterial technologies. Initially, the...
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17 Jul 2024
--- Packaging used for selling fashion items plays a crucial role in product protection, brand identity and the customer experience. We look at how industry players are bridging the gap between digital and physical touch points....
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