Kalle Gillgren, chief legal officer at PulPac, discusses the need for greater patents and licensing for packaging technologies, which he says are “criminally underused tools” for increasing the development of more environmentally sustainable solutions.


PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
Blister Pack Collective: Bayer and Haleon help advance scalable plastic reduction in pharma
13 Oct 2023 --- Global health companies Bayer and Haleon have taken a stride toward reducing plastic waste in pharmaceutical and consumer health packaging by joining the Blister Pack Collective. The initiative, led by PA... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
PulPac partners with Correns for Dry Molded Fiber expansion into Japan
03 Oct 2023 --- PulPac has signed a deal with Correns to launch Dry Molded Fiber on the Japanese market. Correns, which is based in Japan but has roots in Germany, boasts over 75 years of experience representing European... Read More
BUSINESS NEWS
PulPac launches Scala machine platform: “A leap forward in the Dry Molded Fiber revolution”
27 Sep 2023 --- PulPac has unveiled the “world's first injection molding machine for fiber-based products” dubbed PulPac Scala. The machine platform combines injection molding with PulPac’s Mill-to-Web fiber... Read More
PACKAGING & TECHNOLOGY NEWS
02 Jun 2023 --- This week in industry news, PulPac and Bio-Lutions completed a joint Eurostars R&D project for standardized machinery and Aquapak Polymers joined The Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX).... Read More
REGULATORY NEWS
Ireland’s alcohol labeling legislation draws accusations of “zealotry” threatening EU single market
30 May 2023 --- Ireland’s latest health labeling law for alcohol products has divided beverage industry stakeholders. While some tout the “world’s first comprehensive” labeling regulation as a “warm... Read More

Ocean Conservancy urges the packaging industry to focus on redesign for a circular economy
12 Sep 2023 --- Dr. Anja Brandon, associate director, US Plastics Policy at Ocean Conservancy, says the surge of single-use plastics, primarily from the packaging industry, significantly contributes to ocean waste. She suggests the industry design packaging to be either compostable, recyclable or reusable, with nothing being thrown away.
Syntegon: Integrated machinery offers fiber-based solutions at FachPack 2021
14 Oct 2021 --- Speaking to PackagingInsights, Syntegon’s director of sustainable solutions Torsten Sauer explains how the company’s new integrated machinery enables producers to switch to fiber-based materials like grass to reduce plastic consumption. He also discusses how choosing different types of plastic can reduce environmental footprints, and how policy is impacting the packaging industry.