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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
--- Ishida’s multihead weighing technology is supporting Swiss pasta manufacturer Pasta Premium with growing sales and a move to paper bags, with three new Ishida weighers for flexibility in the handling of small batches...
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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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25 Jul 2024
--- Rissmann is combining its glue-free folding process with an embossing process to create a collection of FSC paper bags and pouches for the beauty industry. The Paquita features a wave pattern achieved by deep blind...
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25 Jul 2024
--- Fresh Inset’s Vidre+ technology, which helps preserve fruits and vegetables through ethylene gas inhibiting labeling stickers, has been registered on the Peruvian market for avocado producers. The implementation will...
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25 Jul 2024
--- Diageo’s spirit tourism experience Johnnie Walker Princes Street is launching Johnnie Walker x Scott Naismith, a generative AI powered experience that allows guests to co-design a personalized bottle of Johnnie Walker...
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25 Jul 2024
--- Berry Global Group is partnering with food delivery company Abel & Cole to supply bottles for its Club Zero Refillable Milk delivery service. The refillable and recyclable milk bottles offer a lightweight alternative to...
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US lawsuit filed against Danone Waters of America over “misleading” health and sustainability claims
25 Jul 2024
--- The Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) has filed a US lawsuit against Danone Waters of America for false and deceptive marketing in violation of the District of Columbia’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act (CPPA). PPC...
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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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24 Jul 2024
--- Tetra Pak has added a set of interactive games to its packaging in Europe, which consumers can access via a QR code connecting to a multi-language web app designed by British technology company Appetite Creative. The app is...
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24 Jul 2024
--- Chinese baby products brand Thyseed has unveiled its new line of baby bottles made from BASF’s thermoplastic Ultrason P 3010. The polyphenylsulfone (PPSU) is approved for food contact and features mechanical strength,...
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24 Jul 2024
--- Clearwater Paper Corporation, a supplier of quality consumer tissue and bleached paperboard, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its tissue business to Sofidel America Corporation, a subsidiary of Sofidel, for...
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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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23 Jul 2024
--- Packaging specialists TNT Group and FaiveleyTech have created a patent-pending rotary applicator for the N°1 De Chanel Revitalizing Eye Serum. The rotating and cooling applicator is designed to massage and refresh the...
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23 Jul 2024
--- Ireland-based recycling specialist Panda announces a milestone in its beverage carton recycling, with approximately 5 million beverage cartons recycled since the introduction of advanced sorting technology at its Ballymount...
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