Coca-Cola announces its target for reusable packaging

Coca-Cola has announced an industry-leading goal to significantly boost its use of reusable packaging. By 2030, the company aims to have at least 25% of all beverages globally across its portfolio of brands sold in refillable/returnable glass or plastic bottles, or in refillable containers through traditional fountain or Coca-Cola Freestyle dispensers.   Elaine Bowers Coventry, …

Heidelberg closes fiscal year 2021-2022 on high note

According to preliminary calculations (unaudited), Heidelberg has achieved its own forecast for sales and EBITDA margin for the past financial year 2021/22 (April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022) and returned to profitability. At €2.183 billion, sales were around 14 percent higher than the previous year, thus meeting the target of at least €2.1 billion. …

Avery Dennison to invest €60 million in Europe

Avery Dennison Corporation has announced details about two of its major investments aimed at expanding its manufacturing capacity and improving factory efficiency in Europe to meet growing demand for its label and packaging materials.   The company stated it is one year into a three-year, €45 million expansion of its facilities at Champ-sur-Drac, France. Enhancements …

VPF to produce Checkerboard adhesive from paper

VPF GmbH & Co. KG has announced a new adhesive material for tamper-evident labels.  The manufacturer now uses paper instead of film, for the production of security material for label printing. With equally forgery-proof results, the checkerboard pattern known from security films is clearly visible after manipulation.   Until now, security labels for first-opening, tamper …

Bobst’s initiative to make sustainability in packaging a reality

At Virtual Drupa 21, Francois Martin, Global Marketing Director of Bobst outlined a few ways in which sustainability in packaging is achievable, and how can one start making it a reality.   Eleven leading brands: Unilever, PepsiCo, Marks and Spencer, Mars, L’Oréal, Walmart, Ecover, Werner and Mertz, Evian, Coca-Cola, and Amcor, have all committed to …

Egypt’s printing, packaging exports rise by 65%

The Egyptian Export Council for Printing, Packaging, Paper, Literary and Artistic Works has announced that the count’s export of printing, packaging, paper, literary and artistic works rose by 65 percent from January to February, hitting $198 million, compared to $120 million in the same period of 2021.   The council’s report stated that five countries …

Innovia Films to open multi-layer co-extrusion line in Poland

Innovia Films (Innovia), one of the major producers of highly differentiated speciality films has announced the opening of a new 6.2 metre multi-layer co-extrusion line at its site in Płock, Poland. The state-of-the-art line will be dedicated to manufacture low-density polyolefin shrink film for shrink sleeve labels and tamper evident applications.   The film forms …