Avery Dennison has taken an important step towards supplying a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label material, collaborating with SABIC in the TRUCIRCLE™ initiative, which encompasses circular materials and technologies to enable product manufacturers to reach their sustainability goals. Rob Groen in ‘t Wout, senior marketing manager film EU for Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, said …
Tunisia to abolish single-use plastic bags starting March 2020
Tunisia will ban single-use plastic bags at supermarkets and pharmacies starting next month, before phasing them out completely in 2021, its government has announced. The first stage of the policy will be implemented on 1 March, when stores will stop issuing plastic bags, according to the ministry of local affairs and environment. By 1 January …
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Borouge strengthens presence in Egypt with recent new launch
Borouge recently launched the Borstar® FB5600, their latest recyclable packaging solution at the Plastex 2020 in Egypt earlier this year. Borstar® FB5600 is a new grade of bimodal HDPE mono-material solution that reflects Borouge’s continuous efforts towards circularity. The launch also reflected Borouge’s interest in strengthening its presence in the Egyptian market and positioning itself …
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Coveris, launches sustainable, high-performance version of its CPP film.
Coveris’ latest invention is a cast polypropylene film (CPP), the Coveris Print Layer (PP CPL), designed for flexible packaging of a wide range of food, pet food and non-food products. It boasts of an improved structure and outstanding stiffness for product protection. The key factor behind CPP’s excellent performance is the ability to withstand re-shrinking …
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Smurfit Kappa continues sustainable innovation by adding new Vitop tap to its Bag-in-Box range
Smurfit Kappa has introduced an innovative new Vitop® tap to its Bag-in-Box range as part of its ongoing sustainability activity. The Natural Vitop® tap does not contain any carbon black pigment, which is classified as an unwanted component by many recycling facilities due to the fact that it is not always detected by the optical sorting near-infrared (NIR) …
Beauvallet to introduce its new brand “Or Rouge” at Gulfood 2020
Beauvallet, a major player of the meat industry in Europe will be launching a new meat brand in the Middle East, Or Rouge, with a unique NFC integrated label. The Or Rouge product will be traceable with complete transparency allowed by the NFC chip integrated on its label. It locates the farms and the origin of …
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Nestlé funds packaging innovation for food-grade recycled plastics
Nestlé has announced that it will invest up to CHF 2 billion to lead the shift from virgin plastics to food-grade recycled plastics and to accelerate the development of innovative sustainable packaging solutions. Building on its 2018 commitment to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025, Nestlé will reduce its use of virgin plastics …
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SAES Coated Films extend operations with Bobst’s CO 5000 top coater
A Bobst CO 5000 coating machine has been recently started-up to expand barrier coating technology manufacturing capability at SAES Coated Films (part of SAES Group), a leading manufacturer of highly functional and fully recyclable packaging. With substrate functionality and sustainability driving the industry, the trend to replace multi-layer packaging structures with mono-layer coated substrates that …
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DTM Print begins sales of their LX610e in the EMEA region
DTM Print will start sales of LX610e Color Label Printer, the latest product of US manufacturer Primera Technology, Inc in the EMEA. The LX610e claims to be the only full-colour, desktop label printer/plotter in the world that delivers photo-quality labels in any size and shape. It combines colour inkjet label printing at up to 4800 …
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Unilever and Mr Green launch first fully recycled plastic packaging for Sunlight scouring powder
Unilever East Africa has launched its first fully recyclable plastic packaging for its Sunlight Scouring powder made using 100% recycled malleable materials. Developed as part of a partnership with Mr. Green Africa Trading Limited, the new 500 grams and one-kilogram packs will be on sale in Kenya and rest of the region. Unilever says the …