Fiber-based
29 May 2023
--- Avery Dennison has selected BeFC, Moree, Peafowl Plasmonics, Puro Renewables and Stemly as the five winners of its second AD Stretch Accelerator Program cohort. “Avery Dennison aims to foster a start-up mentality of...
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29 May 2023
--- Stora Enso reveals that the strength of food systems hinges on industry collaboration and an overhaul of the packaging industry. The company’s latest report provides a call to action for the food industry to play its...
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23 May 2023
--- Canon is launching “the first” carbon-neutral, technical-wide format papers for the Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing (AECM) industry, branded Red Label Zero FSC and Recycled White Zero...
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17 May 2023
--- Rethinking Materials Innovation and Investment Summit delegates are currently meeting and collaborating in London, UK, to discuss the scaling of materials innovation for decarbonization and a circular economy. While the...
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15 May 2023
--- Krones has inaugurated the Process Technology Center for beverage customers to create ultra-small production batches to develop, compare and enhance recipes, processes and parameters. The site was inaugurated in early May at...
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15 May 2023
--- Metsä Board and Finnish circular economy company, Soilfood are reusing fiber waste to improve soil quality by recycling wood fiber nutrients back into soil, which stores the fiber wood carbon. Soilfood produces...
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12 May 2023
--- This week in industry news, Smurfit Kappa expanded its Pruszków corrugated plant in Poland and Billerud released a machine-glazed kraft paper wrap. Meanwhile, Krones supplied Makkah Water Company with two additional...
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11 May 2023
--- Mondi is modernizing its Dynäs pulp and paper mill in Sweden to increase efficiency and further improve the overall environmental performance. The project includes installation of new and upgraded machinery to improve...
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10 May 2023
--- Meat and fish products have some of the most stringent hygiene requirements in F&B packaging, with safety legislation and consumer appeal often outweighing environmental sustainability concerns. At Interpack 2023, we...
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10 May 2023
--- Blue Ocean Closures, Stora Enso and Aisa have developed the “first ever” paperboard tube with a fiber-based closure consisting of more than 85% fibers. The achievement was officially launched at the ongoing...
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05 May 2023
--- This week in industry news, Mondi manufactured a recyclable paper bag solution to roll pack mattresses. Also, WestRock Company announced it will permanently close its paper mill in North Charleston, US, and AeroSafe Global...
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05 May 2023
--- Amcor and IMA Ilapak are currently displaying the “world’s first” variable geometry flow wrapper machine, branded Delta OF-360 X, at the Interpack trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. The partnering...
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03 May 2023
--- Ready meals have seen an increase amid the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to trend upward even as the pandemic comes to an end. Consumers favor flavorful quick meals that require minimal preparation and are readily...
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02 May 2023
--- Huhtamaki has teamed up with international charity WasteAid for a two-year program that provides training and support to South African waste collectors, “Wastepreneurs,” to develop their skills and capacity, move...
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01 May 2023
--- The European Commission (EC) has passed a new law obliging all companies using wood-based materials to prove their supplies have not come from deforested land or areas where human rights violations have occurred. Selling...
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28 Apr 2023
--- This week in packaging, Huhtamaki launched three monomaterial flexible packaging solutions, and ProAmpac opened the Petfood Forum show in Missouri, US. Meanwhile. multiple companies released their 2023 Q1 results. In brief:...
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27 Apr 2023
--- Despite consumers wanting to make environmentally friendly product choices, researchers at Tilburg University, Netherlands, have found that consumer perceptions of product packaging often deviate from the objective reality....
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24 Apr 2023
--- SIG is introducing SIG Digital Printing for aseptic carton packs produced in Europe. The printing solution offers full-color digital printing without needing cylinders or printing forms for flexibility and agility to meet...
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Earth Day 2023: Global collaboration crucial to realizing plastics, bio- and fiber-based circularity
21 Apr 2023
--- Tomorrow marks Earth Day 2023, an annual global event in which over one billion people and industry stakeholders engage through various environmental sustainability projects to promote awareness and spur climate action...
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21 Apr 2023
--- Tetra Pak has made advancements in integrating recycled content into its portfolio, expanding its packaging solutions to offer certified recycled polymers to cover new formats, product categories and geographies to meet...
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