Graphic Packaging International has developed new DesignerWare fully customisable, paperboard and plastic trays for microwave foods It allows multi-functional cooking options from browning and crisping to cooking from frozen and even ...
Tags: Graphic Packaging, Microwave Foods
UK-based polythene bag manufacturer Duo UK will produce bags using a thermoplastic resin which is made entirely from sugarcane ethanol for international polymer distribution company Resin Trade. The mailing bags called Green PE have been ...
Tags: Mailing Bags, Eco-Friendly Bags
Paper and board packaging is the most widely used packaging material in the UK. It has been growing year-on-year since 2009 and in 2013 increased by 1.8% in 2013. Its forecast is healthy too – a growth of 6.3% is expected over the ...
Renewable and recyclable materials provider UPM is set to shut down its paper mill located at Docelles in France. For closing the Docelles mill,the company had already completed employee information and consultation negotiations,and also ...
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Plantic Technologies Ltd, an international supplier of performance biopolymers, introduces Plantic eco Plastic R the first ultra-high barrier packaging material that is both renewable and recyclable. Building on the success of Plantic ...
Tags: Ultra-High Barrier, Packaging Material, renewable and recyclable
Canada-based food packaging firm CKF has acquired Earthcycle Packaging, a provider of renewable and recyclable packaging products. According to CKF, the acquisition will enable the company to enter into new markets with an expanded ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, food packaging
A technical team, led by TCL Packaging, has developed a new packaging film that meets strict criteria demanded of chopped lettuce packers supplying McDonald's. The challenge, driven by McDonald's environmental policy, was to move away ...
Tags: Mcdonald's Lettuce, Packing
SKG has set out targets to strengthen its sustainable business practices under seven key building blocks including: Chain of Custody, CO emissions, Waste, Water, Health & Safety, Sustainable Sourcing, and Community Involvement. Detailed ...
Tags: Kappa, Sustainability Plan, Packaging
Irish paper-based packaging products manufacturer Smurfit Kappa Group (SKG) has announced publication of its vision on sustainability which creates additional objectives for the business up to 2020. The vision also extends and builds on ...
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Bioplastics supplier in Australia Plantic Technologies has developed what it calls the first renewable and recyclable ultra-high barrier packaging format in the world. Plantic eco Plastic R is said to combine PET and Plantic biodegradable ...
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Global packaging company Sonoco has provided Melitta USA with new paperboard composite cans made from recycled and recyclable content to replace with traditional metal coffee cans. According to Sonoco, Melitta has converted its 603 and ...
Tags: paperboard composite cans, coffee cans, coffee systems
The value of forest industry production grew to ?0.8 billion in 2011, up about 2% from the previous year. The value of the forest industry's exports increased by 4%. Advance data indicates that the volume of wood products industry exports ...
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As part of the Operational Excellence Initiatives for eBay,Valerio Dewalt Train Associates collaborated with eBay's internal Workplace Resources Team to develop a series of pilot projects intended to establish a new corporate workplace ...
Tags: eBay, workplace, modular furniture workstations, design