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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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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
--- 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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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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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
--- 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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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
--- 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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16 Jul 2024
--- Pactiv Evergreen has signed a definitive agreement to sell two of its mills to global paper and pulp producer Suzano for US$110 million in cash, subject to customary adjustments for closing amounts such as working capital....
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12 Jul 2024
--- The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) calls on the newly elected UK government to install standardized packaging circularity across the UK. Given that the Labour Party now holds the majority of seats in Wales and...
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Beyond The Headlines: Anheuser-Busch’s multi-million investment, Better Earth’s B Corp certification
12 Jul 2024
--- This week in industry news, Anheuser-Busch invested US$7 million in its Fairfield brewery to update its packaging, among moves to upgrade the facility. Meanwhile, Better Earth announced its B Corp certification and Kodiak...
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11 Jul 2024
--- Corrugated packaging specialist Twinplast has invested £1.5 million (US$1.9 million) in a new extrusion line to scale its capacity to deliver bespoke packaging, storage and display products. Manufactured in Milan,...
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10 Jul 2024
--- Coveris has launched a range of fiber-based hot-to-go packs, branded Heat. The company targets growing demand for hot food and reduces waste through its recyclable “heat in pack, eat in pack” offering....
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10 Jul 2024
--- Swedish Bioplastics company Gaia Biomaterials introduces a compostable drinking straw material designed to be stable, rigid and heat-resistant while allowing for the manufacture of sustainable straws for all types of drinks....
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09 Jul 2024
--- The UK packaging industry is calling for investments and legislative support for material circularity from the country’s newly elected Labour government, led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer. For years, the UK has been...
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05 Jul 2024
--- This week in industry news, Aldi started packaging its oats in paper-based material. Meanwhile, Greiner Packaging supplied its cardboard-plastic technology to Symington and DS Smith won P&G awards.
04 Jul 2024
--- The EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) marks a significant step toward greater industry transparency and sustainability, according to Constantia Flexibles’ executive vice president for Aluminum...
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02 Jul 2024
--- Suzano will not proceed with its attempt to acquire International Paper (IP), as IP rejected its offer of US$15 billion as too little, and Suzano was unwilling to rebid. The fall through brings IP’s merger with DS...
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02 Jul 2024
--- June kicked off with the world’s largest printing equipment exhibition, Drupa, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. We attended the show to learn about the industry’s latest digital technologies and developments....
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28 Jun 2024
--- The European Parliament has voted in favor of a new packaging regulation to reduce packaging waste, harmonize internal market rules and boost the EU’s circular economy. The rules, provisionally agreed on with the...
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