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The ‘Factory Sustainable Solutions’ business offers Food and Beverage (F&B) producers a tailored blend of technologies and leading plant integration capabilities. It seeks to support F&B producers in optimising energy and resource consumption, an important step in helping customers meet their sustainability ambitions and reduce operational costs.
Traditionally reliant on fossil fuels and energy-intensive processes, F&B producers are under increasing pressure to optimise resources and increase energy generation from renewable sources.
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Schreiner MediPharm, renowned for its innovative functional labels, addresses the rapid changes in the healthcare industry by expanding its Late Stage Customization Service to include RFID and NFC labels. Initially produced in bulk with integrated RFID inlays and stored as semi-finished goods, these labels can be swiftly customized through digital printing upon customer request, ensuring prompt delivery. This approach facilitates the agile production of advanced smart labels and enables quick response to customer demands.
Personal Care Insights caught up with the Japanese chemicals specialist at the In-cosmetics Global industry trade fair in Paris, France to learn more about its latest offerings in beauty active ingredients.
The company draws attention to its plant-based Neofloral Extracts produced through a new environmentally friendly cultivation method that “maximizes the utility of plant enzymes” to reduce impurities.
The method yields “new effects that have not been seen before” in botanical extracts.
La Rosée, a leading French natural cosmetics company, has selected Berry Global to co-develop an exclusive and innovative refillable stick for its popular best-selling déodorant.
After two years of research and development through a close partnership between La Rosée and Berry Global development teams, the La Rosée déodorant is now available in pharmacies across France.
Based in London, England, Bpacks, a startup, has devised a compostable material derived from bark that seamlessly integrates into existing plastic packaging manufacturing processes. This innovation allows for the creation of bark-based pellets and sheets, serving as a viable alternative to plastic. Operating from its 300-square-meter R&D center in Belgrade, Serbia, Bpacks can both produce the bark-based material and manufacture finished rigid packaging.
Parcel Health, a leading manufacturer of eco-friendly medication packaging, has unveiled its latest innovation for packaging prescription drugs at pharmacies. The Tully Tube replaces the standard pill bottle with an inventive design that minimizes the use of plastic. Research shows that only a very small percentage of plastic pill bottles are ever recycled. But by switching to the Tully Tube, pharmacies can cut their use of plastic by 53% and, thus, reduce carbon emissions by 30%.
The new vials feature added external low-friction coating developed by Corning.
SGD Pharma’s vial-converting expertise is combined with Corning’s proprietary glass-coating technology to improve pharmaceutical filling-line productivity and speed the global delivery of injectable treatments.
Defective vials can force production lines to stop and more critically may result in recalls and increased manufacturing costs.
Leading Hungarian bakery Csipet Land has installed an Ishida weighing, packing and quality control line to achieve an annual production increase of 4-5 million packs of salted sticks for one of the country’s best-selling snacks.
Global sustainable packaging leader Berry Global Group, Inc.has launched a customizable, rectangular Domino bottle available with up to 100% post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic for the beauty, home, and personal care markets.
In the field of meal kit delivery, maintaining the integrity and freshness of perishable food items is paramount. Enter ThermaCycle Flex, a groundbreaking solution tailored specifically for cold chain applications. This innovative packaging not only safeguards against environmental fluctuations but also extends the shelf life of delicate food items with unparalleled efficiency.
Marshall-Tufflex strategic aim was to transport goods safely and sustainably, part of its Net Zero campaign.
The firm sought packaging that was functional and recyclable.
Smurfit Kappa produced a tailor-made solution to address ‘form, function, and environmental responsibility’.
Marshall-Tufflex wanted to remove the plastic tape from their existing folding packaging boxes; they initially used solid boards for the primary packs. A
In partnering with PUMA, a leader in sportswear, shoes and products, we looked to create a game changing packaging system that would greatly reduce their footprint and build on their initiatives toward cleaner, greener, and safer practices contributing to a better world around us. The challenge was to look at one of the most difficult and stagnant issues facing the retail industry in regards to sustainability and environmental harm: packaging, and more specifically shoeboxes.
Italian closures manufacturer Giflor introduces the "Ring," a multicolor flip-top closure system tailored for the cosmetics and personal care packaging industry. This innovative design features a patented circular eyehole at the cap's apex, offering consumers a glimpse of the bottle's contents.
From the lab to the fulfillment center, employees contributed to the innovations behind a mailer that can be recycled in the same bin as Amazon’s iconic box.
The rigorous work of inventing Amazon's new recyclable paper padded mailer required the ingenuity of scientists, engineers, and technicians at Amazon's packaging and materials lab. These experts, who obsess over the tiniest of details, have been able to capitalize on a curious reaction that happens when you heat a form of glue, similar to what's used to make cardboard boxes.
Kyeongho Park and Yejin Heo, designers majoring in industrial design at Hanyang University’s ERICA campus in the Republic of Korea, have created new clothing packaging that not only dissolves in water but disperses washing detergents. After purchasing new clothes wrapped in a Zero Bag, the buyer can run both the clothes and the packaging through a washing machine before wearing the items for the first time.
The pouch, which is designed to cater to a wide variety of products, is composed of three layers (triplex), all of which are made of polyethylene (PE).
The middle layer of the packaging, a metallised PE, can be used with medium barrier levels, which prioritizes the metallised appearance; or with very high barrier levels, which aids capturing and retaining humidity, oxygen and odours, suitable for products that require a very high level of protection.
Ranpak Holdings is launching a thermal liner branded RecyCold climaliner designed to support cold chain shipping needs across various end markets. The product is composed with a paper-based thermal liner that ensures products stay within their ideal temperature range for up to 48 hours while assuring recyclability.
Bacardi has completed the “world’s first” commercial production of a hydrogen energy-fuelled glass spirits bottle.
The trial, which took place earlier this month, saw Bacardi partnering with premium glass maker Hrastnik1860 to innovate technology for a glass furnace powered with hydrogen as its main energy source. This initiative reduces GHG emissions associated with traditional glass bottle production.
Japanese plastic film manufacturer, Gunze, has launched an eco-friendly shrink film for automatic sleeve applicators, GeoPlas HCX1.
Gunze says GeoPlas HCX1 is the “lightest shrink film for automatic sleeve applicators,” – it is a polystyrene/polyethylene terephthalate multi-layered product that uses 5% of chemical recycled raw materials with the ‘mass balance’ approach.
The new film can be incorporated globally as shrink labels for PET bottled beverages, foods, cosmetics, home and personal care products and other products.
The Tiny-B aluminium bottle is a versatile all-rounder. Thanks to its GL18 thread it can be combined with all kinds of closures and applicators and is suitable for a broad range of purposes. For a more climate friendly approach, the bottles can be produced from postconsumer recycled aluminum with a drastically lower carbon footprint. Shatterproof, lightweight, opaque and aroma proof the bottle optimally protects its filling. At the same time, our Tiny-B - just like our entire bottle series - catches the eye thanks to its unique aluminium look.
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