Danone partners with Avantium to produce bio-based PEF bottles
Danone Research has partnered with Dutch Avantium to produce bio-sourced water bottles made from polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a furanic polyester.
ByDanone Research has partnered with Dutch Avantium to produce bio-sourced water bottles made from polyethylene furanoate (PEF), a furanic polyester.
By rajeevchinnaGlobal packaging company MeadWestvaco (MWV) has posted a fourth quarter loss of $9m, citing the tough economic conditions.
Thailand-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) producer Indorama Ventures (IVL) has announced plans to construct a $700m integrated polyester facility in…
The European Parliament has approved new consumer-friendly labelling rules for fruit juices and nectars, in an effort to prevent…
Dubai, the largest populated city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), will roll out a new plain cigarette packaging…
US-based packaging film maker Bemis has announced the closure of three of its film manufacturing facilities in the first…
US-based Coca-Cola Femsa and Grupo Cimsa in Mexico have announced the merger of their bottling operations.
US-based Graphic Packaging has combined its multiwall bag and speciality plastics packaging business with the kraft paper and multiwall…
UK packaging and holograms supplier API has reported a 24% revenue rise from continuing operations to £58.5m in the…
Industrial packaging producer Greif has announced a 73% fall in its fourth-quarter earnings on weaker margin and restructuring charges,…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has agreed to make a final decision on the usage of bisphenol-A…
Global packaging manufacturer DS Smith has posted a 20% increase in half-year pre-tax profits of £42.8m in 2011 compared…
The stockholders of US-based Temple Inland have approved the company's merger with International Paper (IP) with more than 98%…
The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed a new rule to modify…
The British Government will start a wide-range consultation on plain tobacco packaging by the end of 2011, after the…
Imperial Tobacco has become the third company to launch legal action against Australia's new laws requiring tobacco products to…
Recycling and waste management agency Waster Reduction Awards Programme (WRAP) has announced that manufacturers and retailers in the UK…
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reaffirms, in its latest report, that the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in…
US consumer packaging manufacturer Sonoco has forecasted to reach sales of $5bn in 2012 compared to an estimated $4.57bn…
Swiss technology giant Sidel has introduced a dry-decontamination technology for bottling beverages.
Global packaging manufacturer Crown has reduced its landfill waste by 15% between 2007 and 2010, according to its recent…
Global online retailer Amazon.com and Wal-Mart Stores are urging FMCG manufacturers to reduce packaging materials and ease 'wrap rage',…
British plastic-packaging supplier RPC Group announced that its first-half adjusted pretax profit for 2011 almost doubled year-on-year, driven by…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will launch an appeal over a judge's order for temporarily blocking rules…
The Australian Government is to review a proposal regarding the introduction of a traffic light food labelling scheme in…
A recent 10-20% rise in Chinese factory wages has forced some foreign cosmetic packaging manufacturers to make investments outside…
Bread maker McCambridge has won the first round in the high court ruling against competitor Brennans over its use…
Nestlé Waters has unveiled a £35m investment plan to open a lightweight water bottling plant and warehousing facility in…
Weidenhammer UK, a subsidiary of Germany-based Weidenhammer Packaging Group (WPG), has opened its £10m production facility in Bradford, England.
RR Donnelley has announced the acquisition of Ohio-based StratusGroup to strengthen its position in label and paperboard packaging segments…
Canadian packaging firm IntraPac has announced it is relocating its New Jersey facility to Indiana, US, by February 2012.
Automated Packaging Systems has announced the launch of a new inline printer for use with the AB 180 packaging…
Tobacco giant Philip Morris International has launched legal action against Australia over its new plain packaging law for cigarettes.
Beverage can manufacturer Amcor Australasia has opened a $40m aluminium manufacturing plant in south Auckland, New Zealand, to double…
Finnish packaging company Huhtamäki has extended its environmentally-friendly BioWare range with the introduction of PLA polarity tumblers and lids.
Paperbased packaging producer M-real said the company is planning to cut its paper capacity as a result of a…
A Czech research team claims to have developed a synthetic, biopolymer-based breathable food packaging film with the potential to…
Austrian film producer Mondi Napiag has installed a new blown film extruder that allows the company to increase the…
PRPflexo, the US-based flexographic printing plate provider, has developed a new printing plate for multiple line-up one- and two-colour…
Russia-based Rusnano and flexible packaging producer UralPlastic-N have openend a RUR2.55b ($83m) packaging plant in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon has announced that the country will hold implementation of its plain tobacco packaging laws…
US-based KapStone Paper and Packaging has completed the acquisition of US Corrugated in a deal worth $330m in order…
Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has introduced a new pressure-sensitive labelling system for meat and dairy packaging.
German chemical company BASF has developed a new packaging system that will protect polyvinylpyrrolidone-based pharmaceutical excipient Kollidon from oxidation.
Japanese fashion brand Aquagirl Cosmetics has adopted DuPont Surlyn 3D overmoulding technology for its 'Brightup Foundation' perfume packaging.
British recycling figures for paper / board and aluminium packaging have increased by 6.3% and 11% respectively in the…
UK-based liquids handling solutions provider Arlington Packaging has announced the launch of its new Eco-Flex stand-up pouch range.