Agthia’s long-term environmental sustainability goals is not just pushing a button, but also keeping track of it

Discount purchase to encouraging recycling and collecting plastic to placing a welding machine at different retail outlets, Agthia is firm on walking the talk, Agthai’s CEO Tariq Ahmed Al Wahedi tells Benjamin Daniel Dubai: Agthia, a regional company has taken the initiative to commit itself to a plant-based PET of 5% and 10% post-consumer recycled …

Turkey gazettes new regulations for plain packaging of tobacco

Turkey has taken a major step in tobacco control by passing an amendment to adopt plain packaging for all tobacco products effective as of 5 December 2018 according to the WHO Europe. According to the amendment, tobacco products shall be marketed “in plain and standard packaging” based on uniform design including brand typeface, font and …

Toymaker Spin Master Creates Innovative Packaging with Esko’s Studio

Global toymaker Spin Master has created an innovative packaging design using Eskos Studio software, a unique set of tools for 3D packaging design made specifically for packaging artwork professionals. Studio is a powerful tool for designers, allowing them to work faster, more creatively and with technical accuracy, without the need for physical mockups. “We focus …

TNA appoints Matthew Walters to Lead African Operations

Food processing and packaging solutions provider TNA has appointed Matthew Walters as branch manager to head up its African operations. Based inTNA’s Johannesburg (South Africa) office, Matthew will be responsible to support food manufacturers across the African continent with TNA’s portfolio of cutting-edge packaging equipment VFFS packaging systems and end of line solutions. At the …

Tetra Pak introduces new tetrahedron package that reduces packaging material

Food processing and packaging firm Tetra Pak has introduced new Tetra Classic aseptic 65ml cube package for dairy, juice and liquid food products. The new Tetra Classic packaging solution has been provided with dimensions to enable every six packages to form a cube, enabling to optimize the use of space in distribution and storage. The …

Purecycle Partners With Milliken, Nestlé to Accelerate Revolutionary Plastics Recycling

PureCycle Technologies has partnered with global industrial manufacturer, Milliken & Company, and the food and beverage global giant, Nestlé in South Africa, to open its first plant to restore used polypropylene (PP) plastic to ‘virgin-like’ quality with a revolutionary recycling method. PureCycle’s patented recycling process, developed and licensed by Procter & Gamble (P&G), separates color, …

Saica Group to acquire a Turkish packaging plant to increase capacity

Spanish based, Saica Group, manufacturers of recycled paper for corrugated cardboard in Europe, with a production of 3,3 million tons of paper, has reached an agreement with the group Norm Ambalaj to acquire their plant in Sakarya, Turkey. This acquisition would provide an increase of 75 million square meters in Saica´s corrugated board capacity while …

BOBST announces world premiere of new label and packaging innovations

Bobst with its REVO Partners and Mouvent will release world premieres in end-to-end solutions and latest innovations in labels and packaging production using digitization during their –day Open house held on the 1-2 April 2019 at Florence, Italy. Monday April 1st is dedicated to Brand Owners and on April 2-4th the event is open to …

Tetra Pak to offer new levels of customisation and flexibility with digital printing technology

A first for the beverage carton industry, this investment taps the power of digital on-package printing to offer new possibilities for beverage brands Tetra Pak is to become the first company in the food and beverage carton industry to offer full-colour digital printing on its carton packages, working in collaboration with Koenig & Bauer, a …