Interpack 2023: Greiner Packaging discusses single-use and reusable formats

At Interpack 2023, PackagingInsights spoke with  Johan Nilsson, chief services officer at Syntegon, about the company’s display of food packaging solutions across the tradeshow floor. Regarding its digital services, Nilsson says Syntegon helps companies make better business decisions by accessing data and... Read More

Aimplas is investing in R&D of natural polymers for single-use packaging to fit the European legislative changes. Lorena Rodriguez Garrido, packaging group leader at Aimplas, flags standardization of protocols for reusable packaging legislation and material waste stream pose challenges for food packaging.... Read More

At Interpack 2023, we speak with ATS-Tanner’s content manager Thomas Weber about the company’s latest innovations, including its “TruePaper” ultrasonic and heat-sealable paper band. He discusses the necessity of reducing packaging materials to the “absolute minimum” and how European governments must... Read More

Arne Wiese, product manager of bottles and shapes and Sören Storbeck, product manager packaging division at KHS, talk about the company’s new Loop Lite bottle at Interpack 2023. KHS shows off a tool designed by the University of Hamburg, Germany, that compares different products and materials for bottle... Read More

Thomas Schulz, VP marketing and communication group at Constantia Flexibles highlights the company’s collaboration with 30 machine suppliers at Interpack 2023. He emphasizes that the biggest challenges in achieving circularity lie in legislation and recycling infrastructure. Schulz also tells us about the... Read More

Herma showcased its labeling machines at Interpack 2023. We speak to Christoph Illichmann, sales director at Herma, about the company’s InNo-Liner system, which requires no silicone as glue gets activated by water. The system was developed for the logistics industry for applying labeling. We also discuss... Read More

Herbert van de Beek, senior manager of commercial service at Hoffmann The Tin, speaks at Interpack 2023 about how it offers 100% post-consumer recycled steel for its metal packaging solutions. Van de Beek also talks about how manufacturing steel comes with CO2 emissions when melting down iron, but Hoffmann... Read More

Multivac highlights the SLX 2000, its latest machinery in slicing technology. Tobias Richter, group chief sales officer at Multivac, talks about the compactness and accessibility of the SLX 2000, along with its ability to be integrated with Multivac’s other machines. He explains how the company works to... Read More

Live from Interpack 2023, PackagingInsights speaks with Ingrid Lidbäck, international marketing director for Graphic Packaging International (GPI). She discusses how the industry has changed over the past six years, highlights GPI’s fiber-based tray products and explains how the company is reducing plastic... Read More

PackEx’s business development manager, Boris Schließmann, notes that the company’s customers increasingly want to replace plastic packaging elements with cardboard to ensure the finished product consists of one material, making it easier to recycle. The company focuses on smaller orders to ensure no... Read More

Roy Schoemaker, packaging solutions manager at UPM Raflatac, showcased the company’s Carbon Trust-certified RAFNXT+ paper, and its Forest Film, made out of 100% wood-based raw materials at Empack 2023. Schoemaker discusses the company’s aim to replace non-renewable raw materials with renewable or recycled... Read More

Schmalz presented its new vacuum automation products for the packaging industry. Ralf Wouters, sales manager for vacuum automation at Schmalz told us about the company’s challenges in complying with packages that need to be gripped. We also discussed consumer demand across markets, the company’s cobots and... Read More

Ruben Palsgraaf, sales engineer for The Netherlands at Bihl and Wiedemann, discusses the company’s latest innovation in actuator sensor interface (ASi), the ASi-5 at Empack 2023. Palsgraaf says the machine can solve more technology and smart input-output utilizing the company’s technology.

We speak to Vytal co-founder Tim Breker, whose reusable packaging business recently landed US$10 million in series A financing for its AI-powered delivery and pick-up service. Breker says that with legislation increasingly banning single-use packaging and encouraging reuse solutions, he expects big changes... Read More

Engels Group presented its boxing solutions at Empack 2023. We speak to the company’s CCO, Robbert van den Akker, about its packaging, pallets, boxes and bins and possible application areas, including low- and high-value goods. We also discuss Engels Group’s electronics software and services for waste... Read More

Enric Guilera, SP Group's commercial director for France, presented 100% recyclable flexible and rigid films made from monomaterial PP for better recyclability at Empack 2023. Guilera says SP Group has been working for five years to develop its monomaterial pouches to follow European guidelines. 

Johan Van Veen, national sales manager for ATS Tanner, is presenting the company’s TruePaper banding solutions made from 50% recycled materials at Empack 2023. ATS-Tanner says it wants to showcase the diversity of banding – from holding products together to its use as a marketing tool.