MeadWestvaco (MWV) has introduced a new lightweight paperboard, EnShield kit 5 for packaging foods. According to the company, the new EnShield offers barrier protection for foods that require resistance to oil and grease. The repulpable ...
MeadWestvaco Corporation, a global leader in packaging and packaging solutions, today announced the launch of EnShield kit 5, a new lightweight paperboard for packaging foods that require resistance to oil and grease. EnShield kit 5 offers ...
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Finland-based Huhtamaki has introduced newly redesigned BioWare products, which include hot and cold cups. The new range features Love Nature logo, which is said to increase consumer appeal, and also communicate the environmental message ...
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STetra Pak is the engine room of Australia's dairy drive in Asia. It is getting drink manufacturers into better shape in an increasingly cluttered market. And it is giving the good old milk bottle a long life run for its money. Now it ...
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The company said on average 75% of its package is paperboard, made from wood. Being a Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified company, Tetra Pak has committed to sourcing from responsibly managed forests and other controlled sources ...
Tetra Pak, the world leader in food processing and packaging solutions, today announces that the company made strong progress in 2013 towards its 2020 environmental targets, focusing on developing sustainable products, reducing ...
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US-headquartered packaging solutions provider MeadWestvaco (MWV) has unveiled Evertain, a hermetically sealable, airtight paperboard, designed for food packaging. The paperboard package is claimed to protect food products from oxygen and ...
Tags: Food Industry, Packaging Product
Smart Planet Technologies has joined forces with Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions to evaluate the use of its EarthCoating technology in recyclable barrier paperboard solutions. The company, along with Newark, intends to confirm that ...
Sonoco today announced that it will raise the price for all paperboard tubes and cores by five to eight percent, effective with shipments in the United States and Canada beginning March 24, 2014. "This price increase is necessary to ...
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Graphic Packaging's European subsidiary is all set to acquire the UK-based food and healthcare packaging firm Benson Group for approximately $165m. Subject to standard closing requirements, the transaction will be funded with existing ...
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South Carolina again posted a record year for export activity, with more than $26.1 billion in goods sold last year to 202 countries around the globe. The 2013 figures, released today by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s ...
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Acrylic resins, manufactured by the polymerization of acrylates or methacrylates, find use in several applications ranging from paints and coatings to automotive and construction. Demand for acrylic resins is dependent on the health of the ...
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Packaging solutions provider MeadWestvaco (MWV) has launched a new customizable medication adherence package under the brand name Dosepak Express with Optilock technology for pharmaceutical firms. The new packaging is said to help firms ...
Coop, a Sweden-based retail chain, has selected paperboard material Invercote Bio for its own-brand frozen berries. Manufactured by the European Iggesund Paperboard, Invercote Bio is a virgin-fiber-based board coated with bioplastic ...
Coop selected the paperboard material Invercote Bio, a virgin-fibre-based board coated with bioplastic for its own-brand frozen berries, investing in this higher-priced base material for environmental reasons. The result is better for the ...
Tags: Compostable Bioplastic Packaging, superior environmental properties