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H.B. Fuller Launches Game-Changing Compostable Adhesives for Flexible Packaging

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April 06, 2021, ... the adhesives decompose with no toxic residue, microplastics, or other pollutants.” Compostable adhesives are difficult to formulate without the right polymers and expertise, but the innovation-driven ...

Stronger Focus on Circular Economy “The Key to Post-Covid Packaging Growth” Says Eco Flexibles

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March 24, 2021, ... principles in packaging design comes to the fore.” “Linear packaging journeys are a big part of why plastic packaging has been so vilified so it’s an ideal time for businesses to boost their sustainable ...

Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Packaging through Sustainable Printing

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March 21, 2021, ... increasingly demand sustainable products. Last year, for example, Walmart issued a set of plastic waste reduction commitments leveraging its private brand program. The new commitments are expected to impact ...

Ongoing Tension in Polymer Markets Worry European Flexible Packaging Manufacturers

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March 07, 2021, ... packaging are plastics. The ongoing unstable supply combined with the pressure by legislators and consumers in terms of sustainability increases attempts for material substitution. For more information, ...

Mondi Celebrates Eight Wins at the 2021 WorldStar Packaging Awards

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January 11, 2021, ... means we always evaluate the most suitable option for our customers and the end-user, offering paper where possible, plastic when useful. Our broad range of product innovations helps our customers reach ...

The Myriad Benefits of Metallized Packaging

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December 28, 2020, ... aluminum-laminated packaging with metallized flexible plastic packaging. For instance, in Brazil almost 100 percent of SUP (stand up pouch) packages for tomato products, are already produced with high ...

Verstraete IML’s SealPPeel wins Plastic Recycling Award Europe

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December 20, 2020, The prestigious Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2020 were issued during the virtual Plastics Recycling Show Europe. The prestigious Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2020 were issued during the virtual ...

Taking Aim on Single-Use Plastics: Metal 3D Printed Tooling Solution Designed to Change the World... One Paper Cup at a Time

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December 08, 2020, The team at AIM Sweden AB (AIM), the commercial spin-off from the Mid Sweden University, has developed new methods for modelling and 3D printing an entirely new tooling concept that is being introduced ...

Dow and Interpolychem Celebrate PacXpert Packaging Technology Licensee Agreement in Russia

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December 02, 2020, Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business division of Dow, announced that Interpolychem LLC, a leading converter and packaging producer in the Russian flexible packaging market, is the newest licensee ...

KM Packaging Launches Compostable Product Range

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November 30, 2020, ... new range of compostable products. The C-Range of bio-plastic packaging materials includes shrink wrap, stretch wrap, adhesive tape, nets and bags. It enhances KM’s portfolio of sustainable flexible packaging ...

Dow Introduces Its First Recycled Plastic Resin for Shrink Film Applications in North America

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October 27, 2020, ... the application performance. The recycled plastic resin, which is designed specifically for retail and logistic shrink film applications, expands Dow’s circular technology portfolio to help more customers ...

SABIC Launches Innovative TF-BOPE Film for Frozen Food Packaging

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October 19, 2020, ...  For converters and brand owners, SABIC’s TF-BOPE film material offers a wide range of benefits that include good printability, cost-saving opportunities, higher yield, less consumption of plastic materials ...

Newest Generation of Packaging Solutions Produced at EcoCortec, the First Croatian Biopastics Plant

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October 06, 2020, EcoCortec’s team announced that patented EcoSol® water soluble pouches will be available from EcoCortec®, Cortec’s European bioplastics plant located in Croatia. EcoCortec’s team announced that patented ...

Mondi Shines by Winning Two Awards for Sustainable Food Packaging

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October 04, 2020, ... REWE worked with Mondi to launch a more sustainable cheese tray for their organic brand Ja! Natürlich. Mondi developed a special kraft paper, Advantage Formable Brown, to replace rigid plastic trays. ...

KM Packaging Launches Mono Material Polypropylene Lidding Films

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September 13, 2020, ... film is reportedly designed for recycling around the world, with some countries already having well-developed recycling infrastructures for polyolefin (polyethylene and polypropylene) plastics. KM Packaging’s ...

Sustainable Packaging Delivers for All

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September 07, 2020, Xaar, the leading inkjet printing technology company, introduced new packaging across its printhead portfolio, reducing its plastic consumption by 1.2 tons per year. Xaar, the leading inkjet printing ...

Exploring New Options in More Sustainable Packaging Formulations

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August 30, 2020, ... have committed to reducing or eliminating single-use plastics by 2025. Paper converters are finding opportunities to work with brands to navigate these decisions by exploring new packaging material solutions ...

Amcor Joins U.S. Plastics Pact to Advance Circular Economy Goals in the United States

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August 30, 2020, Amcor announced it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact, a collaborative, solutions-driven initiative to create a path forward to a circular economy for plastics in the United States by 2025. Amcor announced ...

A New Push Towards Sustainable Packaging

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July 21, 2020, ... with corrugated paper, it could protect bottles and eggs during online shopping deliveries. The traditional and widespread use of plastic bubble wrap inside eCommerce packaging could be considered a ...

Smurfit Kappa Replaces EPS Frozen Food Packaging With Sustainable Paper-Based Alternative

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June 22, 2020, ... Antilles Islands in the Caribbean using EPS boxes. However, a rise in the amount of litter that was washing up on the idyllic beaches in the region had led to a future ban on plastic waste so the company ...