COMPOSTABLE packaging producer TIPA and shelf-life extension specialist PerfoTec have partnered to offer fully compostable packaging that extends the shelf-life of fresh produce. The resulting laser microperforated compostable film provides retailers and suppliers with the ideal packaging qualities to reduce...
ECO+tape is the new sustainable adhesive tape by Irplast: to the functional advantages (strong tack and long-lasting adhesiveness), it combines the "green" ones deriving from the reduction, equal to 18% of CO2 compared to a standard tape of the...
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of Dow, recently opened a new Pack Studios Tarragona, the 10th in a global network of Pack Studios sites helping customers to improve packaging sustainability by providing a testing platform to...
FRoSTA's vegetable soup by Valle degli Orti is the first frozen product in a bag with innovative sustainable packaging with 75% less plastic and 20% CO2 reduction: it is flexo printed with solvent-based inks by Renato Lusa, located in...
A REPORT has found landslide expert support for compostable packaging to reduce plastic contamination in organic waste streams and increase the amount of food waste captured for recycling. The report, produced by Ricardo Energy, quizzed experts across the UK,...
TOMRA, a producer of customized sorting solutions, confirmed V-Shapes’ single-dose sachets as being constructed of polypropylene and easily detected in the waste stream for proper sorting. These unique sachets are constructed with material from a variety of sources, including...
Approximately 1,000 people attended the Green Packaging Showroom, an event organized by Comexi and leading companies of the flexible packaging industry. The event presented the technological advantages of printing with offset or flexo Electron Beam curable inks, and its...
SATO Europe has announced the launch of a new customer-focused approach to its labels and ribbons ranges, in response to demands for greater operational efficiency and waste reduction across global supply chains. The European Consumables Program (ECP) has been developed to...
A young company, present for a few years in the flexographic printing sector with its ecological products specifically designed for cleaning anilox, Eco Air has grown considerably in recent years. Since January, Eco Air is represented in Italy by...
Avery Dennison has taken an important step towards supplying a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label material, collaborating with SABIC in the TRUCIRCLE™ initiative, which encompasses circular materials and technologies to enable product manufacturers to reach their sustainability goals. Rob Groen in...