November 2020

American fast-food company McDonald’s has partnered with recycling company TerraCycle’s circular packaging service Loop. Under the collaboration, the partners will pilot a new reusable cup model across select McDonald’s restaurants in the UK next year. The new reusable cup is designed for hot beverages and to reduce waste. Customers can pay a small deposit for a durable Loop-created cup, and after use it can be returned at participating McDonald’s UK restaurants and the deposit can be redeemed.

Cannondale will completely change the way it packages its entire range of bikes. The new packaging will be 100% recyclable and plastic-free, reducing Cannondale’s landfill by 4,500 cubic metres (roughly 1million gallons). The savings here are enormous but even when broken down to an individual purchase the savings are still staggering given that Cannondale previously shipped up to 15 litres of non-recyclable materials per bike.

Thomas Kermorgant, president of Keravalon and shareholder of Sinterpack and Prodec, argues the election of the new CEO “because of his excellent leadership skills and his proven ability in the packaging industry. He is the ideal candidate for our company ”.

The new CEO will accompany the group in the Growth Plan that is being developed: to become a world leader in solutions in the end-of-line industry.

Vicente Hernando has  extensive experience in the industrial and automation sector  and previously held various positions of responsibility in companies in the sector, participating in numerous projects.

Hernando therefore assumes the  management of one of the five geographical divisions of the Group , which also has managers and business units for Europe and the United States, Latin America, the Mediterranean and Asia.

Nuria Plans, LIC & MBA (ESADE, Barcelona and HEC, Paris), has just been appointed the new Commercial Director of the Group formed by Sinterpack and Prodec . This appointment is a recognition of his professional career at Prodec, where to date he held the position of Sales Area Manager Asia and Key Account Nestlé.

Plans, who will also hold this last title, has held his new position since January 1 of this year, contributing to the consolidation of the new Group, as a benchmark in the end-of-line automation sector . 

The leading magazine and content provider for the printed packaging markets, Printing Impressions, announced its 2020 Gold Ink Awards in categories that include all printing processes for labels, folding cartons, flexible and corrugated packaging.

ProAmpac received the following awards in flexible packaging:

Skincare brand, NIVEA, has taken a step towards becoming more sustainable through its packaging by launching its first ever e-commerce ready-to-ship pack – ‘NIVEA CARE BOX’ partnering with Amazon India.