Paper Packaging

• Mondi commissioned an independent life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing its Advantage StretchWrap paper to conventional plastic stretch film
• The ISO-based approach shows that the new paper pallet packaging performs better in several environmental impact categories including climate change, with 62% lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when compared to virgin plastic stretch film
• Mondi sees LCAs as a useful tool to analyse advantages of different material solutions and guide decision-making

Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, commissioned a life cycl

Combining an eye-catching presentation with less use of plastics: FlatMap®, the latest packaging solution for sliced products, has recently won the prestigious Swiss Packaging Award 2021 within the category “Convenience”. In terms of quality and innovation, the Swiss food industry is one of the world’s most demanding markets, making this achievement even more significant!

The ALPLA Group, a global packaging solutions manufacturer and recycling specialist headquartered in Hard, Austria, announced that it has selected the Kansas City region for its new 23,000-square-metre manufacturing plant.

In its new manufacturing plant in Kansas City, ALPLA will produce injection-moulded products such as closures.

In a facility located at the Blue River Commerce Center in Kansas City, Missouri, the regional organisation ALPLA Inc. will create 75 jobs while continuing to invest in the city over the next several years.

Mitsubishi HiTec Paper is forced to increase prices by up to 14% for deliveries from January 1, 2022 for the entire range of specialty papers (thermoscript, jetscript, giroform, supercote, barricote). The price increases are inevitable due to the inexorable rise in costs for energy, chemicals and logistics. Customers are contacted directly by the Mitsubishi sales team.

After a gap of almost two years owing to the pandemic, the corrugated and paper packaging industry finally came face-to-face at IndiaCorr Expo and India Folding Carton, India’s only focused show on corrugated packaging & folding carton industry.

Mondi’s new paper packaging for French Group LSDH’s Les Crudettes salads can be recycled in France
This is the first commercial food product that uses Mondi’s functional barrier paper 95/5 to replace plastic bags
The new sustainable packaging saves 137 tonnes of plastic per year, the equivalent weight of one blue whale

New “Refill Revolution” collection of refillable packaging solutions offers greater sustainable impact and a circular design system.

In the "Circular Competence" interview series, the VDMA Printing and Paper Technology Association asks its member companies about their plans, solutions and challenges on the road to the circular economy. What can the industry do to minimise the environmental footprint of packaging and other printed products?

Spartanburg, S.C. – Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Encapsys, LLC (“Encapsys”), a world leader in microencapsulation, from the Cypress Performance Group LLC (“Cypress”). The transaction officially closed October 18, 2021.