Metsä Board and author and sustainability creator Kathryn Kellogg, founder of Going Zero Waste, are launching Inboxing, a new campaign that explores the decisions behind packaging long before the finished pack reaches consumers.

The packaging consumers use every day tells only part of the story. Behind it are choices that influence everything from product protection and consumer experience to cost and environmental impact.

Inboxing brings these decisions into the spotlight, revealing what happens before a package is produced and why those early choices matter.

"Treeloop Thermal™," a thermal paper from OSAKA SEALING PRINTING CO., LTD., Ltd., a member of the OSP Group, has been adopted for product labels of bento boxes and rice dishes by Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. 

The research initiative will explore new material designs and recycling processes to recover printed lidding films used on rPET trays and help return flexible packaging waste to the polyethylene recycling stream.

SP Group is participating in RECOVEFILM, a research and development initiative focused on improving the recyclability of printed flexible lidding films used in combination with recycled PET (rPET) trays.

Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Danone have committed to revising their recycling information for plastic bottles with the EU Commission. In the future, the labels will provide more precise information about the recyclate content and the recyclability of the packaging.

Linx Printing Technologies is launching the IJ470, a new large-format printing machine for coding external packaging. According to the company, the device is the result of extensive customer surveys on production challenges and is aimed at labeling secondary packaging.

The IJ470 was presented as part of a preview at Interpack 2026 in Düsseldorf. According to Linx, the customer feedback gathered there flowed into the final specification of the printer before it was launched on the market.

The company will continue to operate as a standalone business led by its existing management team. Undercover was founded in 2016 after CEO Diana Levy sought to create a tasty, ‘better-for-you’ snack for her family after two of her three teenaged daughters were diagnosed with celiac disease. Undercover has continued to expand its chocolate-covered, gluten free quinoa concept with new flavours and formats.

An innovative tray bottom with integrated mechanical absorption and new formats to meet the different packaging requirements of fresh food are among the main innovations ILIP will present at Cibus Tec 2026. ILIP, a company of the ILPA Group specialising in food packaging, will focus on developments in the HeatSealingMaster and StretchMaster ranges, alongside the SliceMaster line.

The acquisition will accelerate the development and commercialisation of PULMOTREE's Kolibri™ Non-Propellant Liquid Inhaler platform, expanding Aptar Pharma's respiratory drug delivery portfolio and capabilities for complex inhaled therapies, including biologics.

Aptar Pharma has announced the strategic acquisition of PULMOTREE, a Munich-based life science company specialising in pulmonary drug delivery systems designed for targeted delivery to the lungs.