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Premier Foods reduces brand’s environmental impact by reducing the height of its Bisto Gravy paperboard drum

Sonoco’s fully recyclable paperboard packaging solution will help Premier Foods to remove 40 tonnes of packaging used for its best-selling Bisto gravy drum, as it aims to reduce its environmental…Read more →

eCommerce packaging must change to meet COP26 objectives

By Jo Bradley, Business Development Manager, Sparck Technologies (formerly Packaging by Quadient) The recent COP26 summit has focused new attention on the contribution that supply and distribution chains, especially in…Read more →

Are reusable food containers really that eco-friendly?

10 January 2022
Circular Economy
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Alejandro Gallego Schmid, Adisa Azapagic and Joan Manuel F Mendoza explore the pros and cons of various food storage options. We are facing a waste crisis, with landfills across the world at full capacity and mountains of “recycled”…Read more →

Recruitment Challenge Help Fires up Demand for Packaging Equipment Machinery

The continued challenge of recruitment in the warehouse sector is being helped by the booming market for equipment and machinery. Southgate Global, one of Europe’s leading packaging suppliers is reporting…Read more →

500th AD*STAR block bottom sack conversion line worldwide from Starlinger goes to Côte d’Ivoire

20 December 2021
Machinery
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The new conversion line is currently being installed at Plastica Sarl. in Abidjan and will take up production in January 2022. The ad*starKON SX+ is the 500th AD*STAR sack conversion…Read more →

Sustainable packaging technology – Why the U.S. packaging industry faces environmental challenges

The U.S. packaging industry faces major challenges as the pandemic drives U.S. demand for packaging – in the short term often at the expense of the environment. Inventor Ernest Neckhaim…Read more →

Neri Labels enhances digital offering with first digital inkjet printer

11 December 2021
Resource Efficiency
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With the installation of a Screen Truepress L350 SAI E, Italian label specialist Neri Labels has enhanced its digital printing possibilities, adding a more competitive and flexible offering for short…Read more →

MONADNOCK PAPER MILLS LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE

9 December 2021
Machinery
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Revamped https://mpm.com features enhanced searchability, design and environmental resources Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc., the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States, has launched its new website at https://mpm.com,…Read more →

THE 130% SUPER-DEDUCTION: WHY 2022 IS A GOOD TIME TO INVEST IN NEW MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT

The super-deduction, part of a series of measures announced in the government’s budget back in March 21 and designed to boost the UK’s post-pandemic recovery, could see companies save up…Read more →

Consumer confusion risks undermining Government’s Deposit Return Scheme, despite widespread public support

29 November 2021
Circular Economy
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Despite nearly three years of development, 58% of consumers still don’t understand what the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) entails. Consumer confusion risks undermining the UK Government’s flagship recycling policy, the…Read more →

BOBST launches MASTERLINE DRO, new rotary die-cutting solution that sets a new gold standard for inside-outside printing

Incorporating the latest BOBST technology including 10 patents, the MASTERLINE DRO will equip converters with the most versatile, most automated, connected and highly ergonomic solution on the market. The machine…Read more →

ZERO PELLET LOSS CERTIFICATION SCHEME PILOTED AT BOREALIS PRODUCTION LOCATIONS

Borealis is first plastics producer to carry out third-party external audits for Operation Clean Sweep®, an international initiative aimed at preventing pellet lossGlobal stewardship certification programme brings entire plastics value…Read more →