The Bag as Brand campaign looks to urge fashion retailers to utilise the ‘overlooked’ touchpoint of paper bags.
EP Group’s RePapaPac bag, which is utilised by Marks & Spencer, is described by the company as a high-performance, fully-branded, truly reusable paper bag, with it designed to be ‘sold, reused, and seen again and again’.
The bags ensure that Riverford’s root vegetables remain fresh for deliveries. The paper material offers tensile strength and resistance to tearing.
Staci Bye, sales account manager at Parkside, says: “Our technology offers a circular packaging solution — combining the rustic, natural look with the performance and recyclability required by today’s supply chains.”
Parkside’s flexo printing and reprographics enable the recyclable bag to replicate the look of kraft paper, enhancing brand appeal.
Biorecycled plastics move toward industrial-scale adoption with landmark partnerships
In a significant leap toward sustainable packaging, CARBIOS has signed its first multi-year commercial contracts for biorecycled PET with two global beauty giants L'ORÉAL and L'Occitane en Provence. These landmark agreements mark a crucial milestone for the French biotech firm and signal the cosmetics industry's growing shift toward innovative, enzymatic plastic recycling.
• Mondi and Ekornes team up to replace plastic mattress packaging with Mondi's fibre-based re/cycle CompressWrap.
• The innovative solution is made from Mondi's re/cycle FunctionalBarrier Paper range and designed for recycling according to the 4evergreen 'Design for Circularity Guidelines'.
• Ekornes' high-end mattresses wrapped in CompressWrap will be showcased live at Fachpack in Nuremberg, where the solution will also be honoured with the German Packaging Award 2025.
There are games, and then there are true cultural icons. Pac-Man belongs to the latter — a timeless legend that continues to captivate generations. To mark 45 years of Pac-Man, Candy Can has teamed up once again with Ardagh Metal Packaging to launch a special edition collectible can series that channels retro arcade vibes for today’s beverage market.
Global Graphics Software, a leading developer of core digital printing technologies and the OEM business unit of Hybrid Software, today announced a major new release of SmartDFE™, the intelligent digital front end platform that drives high-speed label and packaging presses.
Following its successful launch in March 2025 with more than 100 exhibitors and 200 speakers, the Circular Valley Convention (CVC) will return next year: On 11 and 12 March 2026, Düsseldorf and the Areal Böhler will once again be transformed into a meeting place for decision-makers and circular thought leaders from business, science, politics and society who are actively shaping the transition to a circular economy.
Anyone who wants to see SÜDPACK’s new CarbonLite® film family live in action at FACHPACK 2025 should head to the SN booth – no. 1-317. Once again, the film specialist and the machine manufacturer are working hand in hand – demonstrating that mono-PE stand-up pouches with an integrated PE zipper can be produced efficiently on a standard horizontal pouch packaging machine, thanks to our many years of expertise. The best part? This practical and sturdy pouch making material requires no aluminum or metallization.
Gurugram, 8th September 2025: Ester Industries Limited, India’s leading manufacturer of polyester
films and specialty polymers, informed that Ester Loop Infinite Technologies Private Limited (ELITe) –
a joint venture with Loop Industries, a clean technology innovator in manufacturing 100% recycled
polyethylene terephthalate (“PET”) plastic and polyester fiber, has entered into an agreement with a
group of Sellers (Seller Group) for acquisition of land.
Packaging has always been more than just a container. It tells us about the culture, the technology, and even the eccentricities of the time. While today’s designs lean toward sleek minimalism or eco-friendly innovation, history is littered with some truly oddball packaging choices. Things that make you wonder: What were they thinking?