Boom in requests for new machines for food packaging produced in Piacenza which allow to reduce production energy costs by 80%: at the end of January 2022, Nordmeccanica, which is the world's leading manufacturer of machines for flexible packaging...
By Dieter Niederstadt, Technical Marketing Manager, Asahi Photoproducts There are many aspects of what we used to think of as normal life that have been irreversibly changed by two factors: the pandemic and the climate crisis. And the packaging industry...
BW Flexible Systems, a Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems company, has reduced carbon emissions at its Italian facilities by 92% via a partnership with E.ON, one of Europe’s largest operators of energy networks. As of January 1, 2022, the flexible packaging company’s...
EMSUR, through its Technology Innovation Centre INNOTECH, presents ECOEM-Sleeves, a new range of sustainable shrink sleeve solutions for bottled carbonated drinks, water, juice or drinkable yogurts. The beverage industry knows all about the advantages of bottle sleeves as they provide a key element...
FINAT has released the 16th edition of its half-yearly market trends report, the FINAT RADAR. This edition, released the weeks before Christmas, was based on a survey and follow-up interviews with more than 60 brand owners and printed packaging...
Dow has invested in Mr. Green Africa - the first recycling company in Africa to be a Certified B Corporation - to enable further diversion of plastic waste from informal dumpsites and the environment, drive positive change in local...
A new poll has today revealed overwhelming support for clothing deliveries to be packaged in compostable bags over conventional plastic bags. Some 86 percent of consumers are concerned by the plastic waste generated by retailer polybags - the plastic packaging...
Dow announced several advancements in its efforts to prevent plastic waste, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide customers with recycled plastic products that provide the same performance as virgin plastics derived from fossil fuel-based feedstocks. The advancements will enable the...
SDR PACK offers three different solutions to allow customers to use sustainable packaging: paper products, recyclable and compostable plastic, in this way it is possible to recycle them more easily and respond to the demands of a market that...
Peer reviewed research finds micro-perforated compostable packaging may outperform conventional plastic for shelf-life. Properly designed compostable packaging found to extend shelf-life of cucumbers by 5 days compared to commercially used plastic packages. Additional advantage of the compostable packaging was...