NextLife Asset Recovery Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NextLife Enterprise is all set to open a new headquarters and processing facility in Rogers, Arkansas, US with an investment of more than $10m. Post-consumer plastics will be ...
Tags: Plastics Processing Facility, plastic waste, sustainable resins
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said the recycling processes are not unsafe as long as the proportion of rPET from non-food consumer applications does not exceed 5% and are operated under well-defined conditions. This was ...
China is set to enforce new food packaging regulations from 1 January 2013. The regulations will help consumers to identify a product's nutritional structure and ingredients straight away and con food packaging labels. As part of the ...
Tags: Food Packaging, Regulations, food packaging regulations
Specialty Printing in the US has spun off its packaging and distribution business into a separate unit, which is expected to generate about $16m in revenue in its first year. The new entity will operate independently under the name ...
Tags: Specialty Packaging, labels, in-house packaging equipment
Austrian chemical and plastics solutions provider Borealis has announced the launch of the new transparent polypropylene (PP) grade, Borpact SH950MO for the frozen food packaging sector. Borpact SH950MO, which is based on Borealis ...
Australia-based Viscount Plastics has introduced pallets made from post consumer waste. Viscount developed the innovative new pallet, which is environmentally sustainable for the Australian market, according to ferret.com.au. The light ...
Tags: Plastic Pallets, pallets, Viscount Plastics
Finland-based provider of polypropylene based film solutions KWH Plast has launched a new generation of polypropylene-based lidding film, SecurityPeel for meat and ready-meal packages. The new secure and peelable film's properties are ...
Tags: KWH Plast, lidding film, packages
Flexible re-sealable packaging company in the UK Flexico Group has unveiled the new SensoGrip zipper to the UK markets. It is ideal for food products such as cheese, soups, baby food, pasta and cooking sauces. The SensoGrip zipper has ...
Tags: Flexico Group, zipper, food products
US-based Clear Lam is rolling out its second bio-based resin for container packaging, besides developing a film-based flexible, stackable container product line, with an aim to replace rigid plastic bottles, glass jars and metal cans. ...
Tags: Clear Lam, container packaging, container product line, food packaging
Breast Cancer UK, a charity has launched a petition calling the government for a ban of the use of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) in food and drinks packaging. According to the charity, the hormone-disrupting chemical BPA has been linked ...
Sweden-based food packaging and processing company Tetra Pak is all set to unveil new smart milk cartons that will change colour when left out of the fridge for too long. The cartons serve as an example of improvements in the $400bn ...
Tags: Tetra Pak, smart milk cartons, packaging
UK-based supplier to the foodservice sector Brakes Group has launched a range of compostable food packaging and catering disposables including salad and take-away boxes, soup and deli containers, chip trays, hot drinks cups and lids and ...
Tags: Food Packaging Disposables, catering disposables, catering waste
US-based advanced coatings developer Ecology Coatings announced its patent-pending GRAS (generally recognized as safe) coating technology will be presented at the RadTech UV&EB 2012 Technology & Expo Conference on 1 May 2012 and at the Food ...
Tags: Ecology Coatings, generally recognized as safe, coating technology
Sun Chemical’s global inkjet division SunJet and its parent company DIC are set to introduce the new low migration UV curing ink range, EtiJetTM LM UV for the digital label market. According to SunJet, the inks meet the highest ...
Australia-based Plantic Technologies, a manufacturer of biomaterials, is set to use high-barrier films from Linpac Packaging as part of an exclusive distribution agreement. Under the terms of the deal, Plantic will use Linpac films, under ...
Tags: Barrier Films, Linpac Packaging, multi-material food packaging