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ProAmpac Debuts Recyclable Paper-Touch Flexible Packaging

02 Apr 2023
Grania Jain

“By combining our ProActive Recyclable film with ProAmpac’s Signature Surfaces Paper Touch coating we are able to help customers achieve sustainability goals while reinforcing brand appeal with a premium textured product package,” said Maria Halford, vice president of global marketing.

The natural look and feel of the Signature Surfaces Paper Touch resonates with organic, and “natural” preferences of many consumers, while offering CPG customers yet another opportunity for their brands to stand apart on the shelf.

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Recycling of cans and disposal of labels at OeTTINGER using drainage presses from WEIMA

31 Mar 2023
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The world-famous Bavarian Brewery OeTTINGER is one of those companies that does not need to advertise their sustainability – they live and breathe sustainability. WEIMA's presses for removing labels from glass bottles and for recycling cans are operated at several locations to dewater and compact waste materials in one process step. The challenge: huge production volumes.

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Melodea Launches New Plastic-Free Packaging Solution

30 Mar 2023
Grania Jain

Melodea, Ltd., a producer of sustainable barrier coatings for packaging, launched VBseal, a new sustainable packaging solution that the company said can be used as an alternative to plastic.
 
The green coating solution is resistant to water vapor, oil, aroma, and has heat-sealing properties. The company brought its first products to market, MelOx and VBcoat, last year. VBseal is resistant to water vapor, oil, aroma, and has heat-sealing properties.
 

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TekniPlex Consumer Products Hires Aurélie Emond as Segment VP for Integrated Performance Solutions

29 Mar 2023
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Talented long-term executive will help oversee newly formed segment, 

TekniPlex Consumer Products, a globally integrated provider of innovative solutions through materials science and manufacturing technologies, has hired Aurélie Emond as Segment VP for the division’s recently formed Integrated Performance Solutions (IPS) segment. Working in tandem with regional executives around the world, Ms. Emond’s purview will include solidifying and steering the nascent IPS segment’s global business strategy.

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Tom Ford’s automatic Ocean Plastic Sport Watch is made from recycled materials

29 Mar 2023
Grania Jain

Created by the Tom Ford Timepieces, the Tom Ford 002 Ocean Plastic Sport Watch is the first automatic watch made entirely from recycled ocean plastic.

Each Ocean Plastic watch reportedly uses around 35 bottles of recycled plastic waste. It is one of Tom Ford’s endeavours to reduce ocean waste.

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Hinojosa Packaging Group launches Foodservice, a new line of 100% recyclable packaging

29 Mar 2023
Grania Jain
  • This new line covers a portfolio of 100% recyclable primary packaging, designed for the areas of hot and cold beverages and 4th and 5th range prepared foods.
  • The company's commitment to the reduction of single-use plastics has become even more tangible with their entry into the foodservice sector, one of the industries with the highest demand for more environmentally sustainable materials.

Alongside other products by the group, such as Halopack and 360GP, Hinojosa aims to help companies promote more sustainable consumption pattern

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Sidel helps Guerlain expand production capacity and prevent counterfeiting

28 Mar 2023
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Guerlain, one of France’s oldest perfume and cosmetics houses, is using the latest end of line and traceability technologies from Sidel to fight counterfeiting. Sidel’s combi packing/palletising solution for bottles in cartons is also delivering product care and compactness on Guerlain’s new line for advanced skincare. 

The solution is now in place at Guerlain’s main production site near Chartres, France. Guerlain is a subsidiary of luxury goods house LVMH and this facility, known as La Ruche (the beehive), is at the heart of France’s ‘cosmetics valley.’  

Bulgarian production site is expanded

28 Mar 2023
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Following a construction period of around one year, the building extension at the Bozhurishte production site was officially opened yesterday by the MULTIVAC Management Board. The guests at the inauguration ceremony included Nikola Stoyanov, Bulgarian Min-ister of Economy and Industry, and Dr Antoaneta Bares, Managing Director of National Company Industrial Zones EAD. Additional production and assembly facilities, as well as state-of-the-art of-fices, covering a total area of around 5,600 square metres, are now available for use. The investment amounted to around six million euros. 

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