Nivea, Green Worms, Vardhaman Polypacks and ExxonMobil Signature Polymers developed a high-performance shrink film with 22% post-consumer recycled content for skincare packaging.

A four-company collaboration has delivered a collation shrink film containing 22% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content for Nivea skincare packaging in India, proving that sustainability goals and mechanical performance do not have to be mutually exclusive.

Demonstrated through a new signature Yangi product, the coffee lid, the new Cellera® capability enables secure, consistent lid-to-container fit and opens new opportunities for fiber-based packaging across foodservice, dry-food, and ambient applications.

Yangi is introducing a new undercut feature for its Cellera industrial dry-forming platform, enabling complex functional geometries in dry-molded fiber packaging. The innovation will be showcased at the Sustainable Packaging Summit, November 10–12 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

• UFlex has secured an Indian patent for reclosable large-format packaging that combines tamper detection, barrier protection, and secure resealing.
• A protective layer beneath the zipper provides visible evidence of opening, while the integrated barrier protects contents from moisture, gases, and contaminants.
• The customizable solution targets pet food, coffee, supplements, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, chemicals, and other products requiring repeated use and long-term protection.

UFlex has received an Indian patent for its reclosable packaging solution with a

Every year, the global citrus industry discards millions of tonnes of orange peels, a fragrant mountain of waste rich in pectin, essential oils and polyphenols. Most of this material ends up in landfills or low-value animal feed, even though its chemistry could serve far more ambitious purposes. A new study published in Waste and Biomass Valorization shows how this overlooked byproduct can be converted into a sophisticated biodegradable packaging film that not only protects food from oxygen and moisture but also releases antioxidant compounds over time.

Global packaging manufacturer Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) will showcase its specialist meat packaging portfolio at SÜFFA 2026, taking place in Stuttgart, Germany, from 7–9 November 2026. At Stand 7B26, the company will present packaging solutions developed for fresh and processed meat applications, covering rigid trays, films and flexible packaging formats.

The portfolio will demonstrate how packaging can combine product protection, sealing performance and visual presentation with improved material efficiency and recyclability.

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.