flexible plastics
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
--- 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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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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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
--- Innovia Films, a specialist in biaxially oriented PP (BOPP) films, has announced the launch of a white ultra-low-density film specifically engineered for ice cream flow wrap packaging.
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
--- 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
--- Compostable packaging streams in the US are widely contaminated by look-alike single-use plastics, hindering the expansion of infrastructure and mitigation of the industry’s environmental footprint, according to a new...
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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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17 Jul 2024
--- Amcor and Lorenz Snacks are launching new recycle-ready packaging for the snack manufacturer’s Lentil Coated Peanuts product. Lorenz’s new packaging is based on Amcor’s AmPrima portfolio of monomaterial,...
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15 Jul 2024
--- Trinseo, a specialty materials solutions provider, has unveiled Ligos A 9200, an acrylic waterborne adhesive designed for the dry lamination of flexible packaging structures that come in contact with food. Ligos A 9200 is...
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12 Jul 2024
--- Gunze has launched Geoplas HCX1 23 Micron, marketed as the “lightest hybrid shrink film in Japan,” which beverage company DyDo Drinco is adopting in PET-bottled beverages. The film is being used to produce...
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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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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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09 Jul 2024
--- Polystyvert, a recycling specialist for styrenic plastics (polystyrene and ABS), has closed the first tranche of a Series B funding for over US$16 million.WIth funding from Europe and North America, the investment supports...
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05 Jul 2024
--- Thailand-headquartered petrochemicals producer Indorama Ventures has secured a new seven-year loan totaling US$200 million from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help fund the growth of the company’s...
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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
--- One hundred and thirty-three civil society organizations have signed a letter to the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) leadership calling for greater transparency and observer participation in the upcoming ad-hoc...
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