OPRL updates its Labelling Rules to include PP films
OPRL announced last week that it is amending its Labelling Rules to include PP films from 1 January 2022. This move will bring PP flexible packaging into line with PE films,…Read more →
Recyclability
Why Bag-in-Box® for Cider?
Are you a cider manufacturer seeking to improve on your sales volume? Explore direct-to-consumer avenues? Perhaps you’d like to target events & pubs to use your cider? Or maybe you…Read more →
SAICA Group appoints Robertson as part of £50m Project Alba transformation
Robertson will lead construction of a new packaging production facility in West Lothian after being awarded an £18m contract by SAICA Group. The Spanish packaging giant which is establishing a £50m plant in Livingston – has now…Read more →
Environmentally Friendly Aerosol Cans Using 100 Percent Recycled Aluminum
They are pioneers of a new technology – Beiersdorf and the Swiss packaging specialist Nussbaum are producing aerosol cans made entirely from recycled aluminum. After a year of development, the…Read more →
Challenge Packaging founders launch Packaging Online
One of the UK’s largest packaging manufacturers, Challenge Packaging, based in East Sussex, are delighted to announce the launch of their sister brand, Packaging Online, an online direct to consumer…Read more →
325 years of paper “Made in Flensburg”
The Mitsubishi HiTec Paper mill in Flensburg is marking its 325th anniversary this year. Founded by Hinrich Gultzau in 1696 at “Mühlenstrom” outside the city gates, it stands today for…Read more →
Market-first: Albéa launches the first PE cap for the Oral Care market
Albéa developed a new PE cap for a fully mono-material, recycling-ready packaging, a first on the oral care market. This cap comes as an addition to the range of single-material…Read more →
Extended mandatory deposit approved: KHS provides systems for the closed recycling loop
It comes as no surprise to learn that the majority of parliamentarians in Germany’s Bundestag have now finally approved the changes to the German Packaging Law. This means that the…Read more →
UPM Asendo™ Pro – a multifunctional, fibre-based packaging solution
UPM Specialty Papers is strengthening its already comprehensive selection of sustainable and recyclable packaging papers. Known for its high expertise in technically demanding papers, UPM Specialty Papers now introduces an…Read more →
Aptar Food + Beverage Introduces PolkaLite™ Closure paired with SimpliCycle™ Valve Technology
New Solution is a 2-in-1 Dispensing System that Delivers Maximum Performance, Convenience and Recyclability. Aptar Food + Beverage leveraged the benefits of two high-performance products, PolkaLite, a lighter version of…Read more →
Environmentally-friendly alternative to plastic: new KHS machine processes can toppers made of cardboard
The packaging is user friendly, the material kind to the environment, the machine powerful: the KHS Group’s Innopack Kisters CNP (Carton Nature Packer) processes can toppers made of cardboard at…Read more →
Waddington Europe launches new rPET TamperVisible Hot Fill Product Line
Leading European thermoforming packaging specialists Waddington Europe, a division of Novolex®, is augmenting its revolutionary TamperVisible® range of protective packaging products to include a pioneering Hot Fill option. The TamperVisible…Read more →
