Avery Dennison’s launches new features to eliminate waste

Avery Dennison Corporation has announced new features to its atma.io connected product cloud. The features will help transform how brands meet net-zero targets and reduce waste across the supply chain.   Currently, over 22 billion items are managed by the platform across the apparel, retail, food, and healthcare segments. Six of the top 20 apparel …

VPF presents adhesive material made from CoffeeCup Paper

VPF GmbH & Co. KG, the self-adhesive material specialist from Sprockhovel has announced to use the brand new CoffeeCup Paper, consisting of at least 25 percent recycled disposable coffee cups. The recycled paper for label printing is available in two material thicknesses.   According to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear …

Amcor launches more sustainable packaging for pharmaceuticals

Amcor has announced the addition of new, more sustainable ‘High Shield’ laminates to its pharmaceutical packaging portfolio. The new low carbon, recycle-ready packaging options deliver on two fronts, providing the high barrier and performance requirements needed for the industry while supporting pharmaceutical companies’ recyclability agendas.   These new High Shield innovations include more sustainable pharmaceutical …

Tetra Pak partners with brands to launch tethered caps on cartons

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 …

SmartMarker creates unique identifiers for plastic products

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 …

SABIC, Polivouga and Nueva collaborate for seafood packaging

SABIC has leveraged its successful ties with Polivouga, a manufacturer of flexible film products with operations in Portugal, to launch a new innovative Trucircle project designed to reuse post-consumer plastic waste recovered from areas up to 50km inland from waterways that has the potential to end up in our rivers and oceans.   The collaboration …

The Ferrero Group introduces new recyclable box for its iconic Ferrero Rocher range

As part of its journey to more sustainable packaging, the Ferrero Group is launching a new eco-designed box for its iconic Ferrero Rocher range. Ferrero Rocher will begin to introduce the new eco-designed boxes in a phased roll out around the world starting from September 2021 and will start with its best-selling compact boxes, the …