02 Sep 2022 --- This week in industry news, ProAmpac received the International Sustainability Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC Plus) certification for a US-based facility. Also, Smurfit Kappa developed an e-commerce packaging solution for RareBoots4u, and Mondi agreed to acquire the Duino mill near Trieste, Italy, from the Burgo Group for €40 million (US$39.9 million). In brief: Certifications and grants ProAmpac announced that its Rocky Mount, VA, US, facility received the ISCC Plus certification – a global sustainability certification system that supports the tracking of chemically recycled and bio-based polymers through the supply chain. The Rocky Mount facility has extensive film extrusion expertise. Processing conventional product formulas along with chemically recycled and bio-based alternative materials, Rocky Mount provides sustainable optionality for customers. In addition, chemically (or advanced) recycled polymers can further reduce the use of virgin materials and are the only feedstock derived from post-consumer waste with the same purity and quality as virgin plastics available for food packaging. PulPac received yet another intention to grant from the European Patent Office, further refining its pioneering cellulose forming technology for competitive fiber-based packaging and single-use products. The new intention to grant comprises a method for producing discrete three-dimensional cellulose products from an air-formed cellulose blank structure in a rotary forming mold system. Dry Molded Fiber is a fiber-forming technology that can replace single-use plastic with sustainable fiber-based alternatives at low cost.
