PolyOne, a provider of advanced technologies for packaging, has announced that its barrier additives are increasing sustainability and design freedom while extending shelf life and lightweighting options for packaging manufacturers. ...
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Bobst, a Swiss company that provides machinery and services to the packaging industry, will open a new production site and Competence Center in Changzhou, China. The new site, a greenfield facility in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province of ...
Experts at the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have recently found record levels of microplastic in arctic sea ice. However, the majority of particles were microscopically small. The ice ...
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Clipper Teas, the tea brand owned by natural and organic food company Wessanen UK, has committed to use fully biodegradable tea bag by summer 2018. The company has completed two initial trials on a new substrate, an alternative which is ...
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Tomra Sorting Recycling has developed a new technology designed to separate single-layer PET trays from PET bottles. The new technology, Tomra Sharp Eye, is intended to enhance the previous capability of the company's Autosort machine to ...
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US-based Prestige-Pak has installed Paper Converting Machine’s (PCMC) Fusion C flexographic press to better meet its customers’ needs. Based in Fond du Lac of Wisconsin, Prestige-Pak supplies printed and laminated flexible ...
Redimark, a coding and marking company, has exhibited its TC12 date coder at this year’s PackExpo East show in Philadelphia, US. The event is being held between 16 April and 18 April at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Redimark ...
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Glass packaging recycling rate in the European Union (EU) is steady at 74%, a latest industry data report by The European Container Glass Federation (FEVE) has revealed. This means that over 11.6 million tons of glass bottles are ...
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UK-based Kite Packaging has introduced new Double Wall Box Sizes and Bubble Wrap retail packs. The additional four sizes of the company's Double Wall Box range will help cater for several packaging requirements. Double Wall Boxes are ...
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Switzerland-based food and beverage company Nestlé has outlined its plan to achieve 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025. As part of this effort, the firm plans to focus on three core areas including eliminating ...
Smart Planet Technologies has launched the reCUP Recycling Initiative to address global paper cup recycling problem. The Recycling Initiative has been launched with support from Southern California based recycling partners, Allan Company, ...
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Bosch is set to showcase its new SVP250 LF processing system for an economic production of injection solutions at this year’s Achema event in Germany. The event will take place between 11 and 15 June in Frankfurt. The new flexible ...
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Bosch Sprang, a subsidiary of Kiefel, has unveiled a new patent pending thermoforming tooling system to produce coffee cups. The coffee cups produced by the system can be recycled in water separation systems, as they will have material ...
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PAC Machinery has partnered with Domino Printing Sciences to develop printing capabilities that deliver consistent and quality serialized codes on medical device packaging that will meet strict Food and Drug Administration standards for ...
Siegwerk has enhanced its Ink Safety Portal to provide additional resources in a bid to improve its value and usability. With its Ink Safety Portal Siegwerk Druckfarben AG & Co. KGaA, one of the leading international suppliers of printing ...
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