05 Feb 2021 --- Food manufacturer HKScan is replacing fossil-based plastics in meat packaging with a new type of renewable plastic made from wood cellulose. Finnish wood-based plastics innovator Woodly is developing the... Read More

29 Jan 2021 --- In packaging news this week, Greiner Packaging and Cardbox Packaging released a smart folding cardboard spoon as the EU transitions from single-use plastic cutlery. Meanwhile, the Ellen MacArthur Foundation... Read More

29 Jan 2021 --- Pandemic or no: safety, hygiene and convenience remain parents’ key three non-negotiables for baby food packaging. Slowly but surely, sustainability is becoming a fourth condition. The environmental... Read More

10 Dec 2020 --- Messe Düsseldorf has decided to cancel packaging and processing industry trade show interpack. The event was initially scheduled to take place from May 7-13, 2020. Postponed to February 25-March 3, 2021,... Read More

16 Oct 2020 --- In packaging news this week, Siegwerk, a leading global provider of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, joined the HolyGrail 2.0 recycling initiative. This smart technology could revolutionize the... Read More

07 Oct 2020 --- Wipak is on a mission to become the first carbon neutral packaging company in the world. Speaking from the Innovation Plastics Processing and Recycling Conference in Berlin, Germany, Hery-Christian Henry, head of strategic marketing and corporate social responsibility, discusses raw materials, renewable energy, carbon offsetting and solving the plastic pollution and climate change problems simultaneously.

12 Oct 2018 --- Dr. Bernd Sperlich, Research & Development Manager at Wipak, explains at FachPack 2018 some crucial R&D challenges in reducing plastic in packaging. The inclusion of paper is a key solution, exemplified by Wipaks Skinbottom carton. The transformation of certain plastic materials to become recyclable is also a large R&D task, but Wipak exhibits how they achieved this with its Thermoforming films without any polyomite.

04 Oct 2018 --- Wipak was launching its newest addition to the smart, connected packaging market: Digimac coding technology at FachPack 2018. The technology is said to enhance packaging in a new way, by integrating an invisible code into packaging design which makes more information available to the consumer, as well as being used within retail as “the barcode of the future,” according to Maik Dworczyk, Manager of the Creative team at Wipak.