Joining forces with leading beverage producers, Tetra Pak is launching tethered caps on carton packages. Marking a significant milestone in the company’s long-term work on design for recycling, five new tethered cap solutions are currently being introduced across Ireland, the Baltics , Spain and Germany in different product categories – a market first for these …
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Highcon Systems has filed a report with Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and has announced the fund raising of $18.5M by means of a private share placement. Two of Israel’s largest insurance companies led the investment round and increased their stake in the company further to the company’s flotation on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange …
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Hotpack Global, UAE-based leading food packaging manufacturer, has announced its plan to invest AED 350 million in Malaysia over the next 10 years to construct 10 biodegradable packaging plants in partnership with Free The Seed Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian manufacturer of biodegradable products from rice straw, facilitated by Malaysian Bioeconomy Development Corporation. Construction of …
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Costa Coffee has announced the launch of a new trial of 100% fibre lids. Made from renewable plant-based material, the lids are 100% recyclable and will be available at 150 Costa Coffee stores across the UK, until stocks last. The trial goes live just a month after the UK’s biggest coffee shop chain committed …
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In the production of complex folding cartons, such as six packs and other special designs, it is more cost-efficient to monitor gluing with line scan cameras than with individual sensors upwards of a certain number of glue joints. Many Baumer HHS customers use the company’s Xcam camera system for applications of this kind. Baumer HHS, …
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Borouge, a joint venture between ADNOC and Borealis has announced the successful start-up of its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais. The new unit will contribute to boosting the UAE’s production of polypropylene to meet the growing global demand for manufactured products in the recyclable advanced packaging, infrastructure and other industrial sectors. Hazeem …
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Polysecure GmbH and plastics processor, Röchling Industrial are launching an exclusive cooperation for the use of innovative marker technology in plastic products. The technology Röchling calls SmartMarker, equips Röchling plastic products with an unmistakable identifier. Customers can easily authenticate and identify their components – offering completely new options, e.g. in counterfeit protection, the development of …
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Plastic plays a significant role in preventing food waste. In a recent survey by Boston Consulting Group of 15,000 people globally, 83% of millennial and Gen Z consumers said they’d be willing to pay more for products that came in sustainable packaging. This demand has triggered a new ecosystem of alternative packaging materials and new …
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Emerald Technology Ventures has announced the launch of a fund focused on sustainable packaging, one of the first venture-backed investment vehicles targeting the full packaging lifecycle. With the global packaging sector poised for rapid growth amid a major push to reduce waste and greenhouse gas emissions, the fund aims to catalyse leaps in the advanced …
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Lay’s RePlay is giving chip packs an extraordinary second life, as sustainable football pitches. In partnership with the UEFA Foundation for children and NGO ‘Streetfootballworld’, PepsiCo has launched a global initiative to transform empty chip bags into sustainable artificial turf fields (aka football pitches). The first to be unveiled this year in Tembisa, South Africa …
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