Sweden-based Duni has purchased a 75% stake in Kindtoo, trading as Biopac UK, from entrepreneurs Mark Brigden and Eric Graham for an undisclosed sum. Established in 2002, Biopac UK provides sustainable disposable packaging solutions for ...
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Adpak Machinery Systems, will be exhibiting at Pro2Pac, the UK’s only food and drink packaging event. This will be held at ExCeL, London on 20 – 22 March 2017. The event focuses on food packaging, safety and waste, and invites ...
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Smart packaging company Magic Add has collaborated with food and drink packaging firm Huhtamaki on digitalized applications for foodservice packaging. Magic Add has pooled about $250,000 in angel funding for product development and ...
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Cable said the recycler was an example of companies that are stimulating demand, generating jobs and building the infrastructure for the long term development of the green economy. Closed Loop claims to be the first recycler in the world ...
Tags: PET plastic bottles, HDPE Plastic Bottles, Packaging, Green Economy
Material neutral European Association Pack2Go Europe, representing major foodservice packaging manufacturers, met EU officials in Brussels last week to discuss action against packaging imports from China and elsewhere that don’t meet ...
The recycling specialist will increase capacity at its Dagenham plant from 35,000 to 55,000 tonnes per annum to meet demands of the dairy industry as it works towards higher recycled content targets, while also diverting a further 30,000 ...
TRM Packaging, a food and drink packaging manufacturer, has ordered for a new £3.2m, 82t Gopfert Impression seven color printing press. The new press, which is being shipped from the Gopfert manufacturing plant in southern Germany ...
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US-based wholesaler of paper and plastic food packaging, CupDepot.com, has introduced new cold cups in sizes ranging from 9oz to 44oz. The new Karat Kold paper cups, which are widely used for fountain drinks, are claimed to be as low as ...
Tags: Paper Cups, Packaging, USA
The Consumer Attitudes to Waste and Food Packaging study has been commissioned by Wrap and a group of packaging, retail and food associations as part of the new Fresher for Longer campaign, which aims to educate consumers on how packaging ...
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This week sees the official launch of a highly innovative initiative supported by Ecover and Closed Loop Recycling, which sees waste plastic being collected from the seas around the UK by EU fishermen and sent to the UK for recycling at ...
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Cleaning products manufacturer Ecover and Closed Loop Recycling have launched a new initiative to recycle waste plastics from the seas around the UK. The material will be recycled at Closed Loop's Dagenham facility and will later on be ...
Increasingly demanding requirements from food manufacturers and their consumers mean that packaging is becoming progressively 'smarter'. Active or intelligent packaging is a sector which continues to grow in size, with expansion driven by ...
Tags: Smarter Packaging, Antimicrobial packaging, take-up of packaging
The new positioning comes a year after Sealed Air's £4.3bn acquisition of hygiene giant Diversey in October 2011 and aims to bring the benefits of both sides of the business into a single coherent approach to food and drink packaging. ...
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According to independent research from private label software specialist Trace One, more than 80% of consumers stated that packaging could mislead them to make unhealthy food purchases, leading them to obesity. In the Trace One ...
Tags: private label, packaging, misleading, unhealthy food, misleading packaging