Hotpack Global, one of the world’s leading manufacturer of disposable food packaging products, has announced to launch a support initiative worth AED 1.2 million, titled ‘Takkah’ for women entrepreneurs in the UAE’s food service sector. The one-year-long project offers free food packaging products to small businesses and startups by women entrepreneurs. Its aim is …
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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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Greenglass Recycling, one of the market leader in the industry of glass recycling in Romania, has invested 10 million EUR in a new post-consumer glass waste recycling plant, as well in the modernisation of existing facilities, thus increasing its production capacity to 260,000 recycled tons/year. The plant will be built in the proximity of …
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Canon Production Printing and Canon Inc has announced the acquisition of UK-based packaging converting equipment manufacturer Edale, with the aim of strengthening Canon’s label and packaging business, and creating opportunities for future developments. Through this acquisition, Canon is intensifying its long-term strategy to provide turn-key solutions for the label and packaging sectors. The move …
A new white paper from Miraclon takes an in-depth look at how the company’s PureFlexo printing technology overcomes unwanted ink spread, a fundamental challenge for solvent-based flexible film printing for as long as flexo has been around. Unwanted ink spread happens when ink spreads outside the (original raised) image areas of the print surface …
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As part of the recently released Esko Software 21.11, the latest version of Automation Engine features Flexo Engine, developed to increase plate room productivity. ‘Whether at a trade shop or in-house, customers are facing increasing demands on the production of flexo plates,’ said Robert Bruce, flexo software product manager at Esko. ‘The need to …
Founded in 1996 on November 1st, MPS Systems celebrates their 25th anniversary this year. The company reflects on its history and where they are today. The company’s history began 25 years ago when Bert van den Brink and Eric Hoendervangers, two former employees of Stork (SPG prints today), started their own business to develop …
SIG announced the launch of SIGNATURE EVO the world’s first aluminium-free full barrier packaging material for aseptic carton packs. SIGNATURE EVO extends SIG’s lower-carbon aluminium-free packaging materials that is already available for plain white milk, for wider use with oxygen-sensitive products such as fruit juices, nectars, flavoured milk or plant-based beverages. “By extending our …
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Manufactured at Tetra Pak’s Châteaubriant plant in France, the new caps integrating attributed recycled polymers have been chosen by Elle & Vire, the number one French cream brand and part of Elvir’s portfolio. Lausanne, Switzerland, JANUARY 12, 2022 – Tetra Pak, in partnership with Elvir, a subsidiary of Savencia Fromage & Dairy – a …
Through its partnership with pulpex, pepsico has embarked on an R&D and Design quest that could change the face of packaging as we know it. As he sat in a packaging brainstorming meeting in 2019, Ron Khan knew he had a potentially groundbreaking ambition: paper bottles for beverages. “Many years ago, we wanted to …
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