All articles by Vidhya Edwards Munnangi

APC invests in electron beam coating and precision slitting tech for tea packaging

American Packaging Corporation (APC) has expanded its flexible packaging operations for tea products through investment in electron beam (EB) coating…
Visy launches automated labelling system for fresh produce packs

Visy has introduced an automated labelling setup for its Australian-made cardboard Enviropunnet, as retailers look for alternatives to soft plastic…
Royal De Vries folding-carton plant closes after 152 years

Royal De Vries Cardboard Printing has ended production at its folding-carton factory in Sneek, the Netherlands, after 152 years, after…
BakPac installs two pouch spout machines

BakPac at Bakers has put in place two Totani automatic spout inserters at its site in Brentwood, UK, as part…
Firsta Group validates ILC-BOPP film for 150°C use

Firsta Group has concluded validation tests on a high-barrier in-line coated biaxially oriented polypropylene (ILC-BOPP) coated base film developed in-house,…

UBC researchers develops wood foam as alternate to plastic packaging

A pilot manufacturing site in Vancouver, Canada, has started producing “wood foam”, a material developed at the University of British…
Goplasticpallets.com launches lightweight plastic pallet in UK

Goplasticpallets.com has introduced a new Euro-format plastic pallet in the UK, offering an alternative to conventional wooden pallets. The SF…
RRD unveils recyclable paper mailer

RRD has introduced a paper mailer that uses a paper peel-and-seal strip and is intended for kerbside recycling. The new…
SunDance expands POUCH³ flexible packaging into cereal category

SunDance has broadened the use of its POUCH³ flexible packaging to the cereal segment, presenting it as another option to…
US Plastics Pact drops EPS transport packaging from problematic materials

The US Plastics Pact (USPP) has taken expanded polystyrene (EPS) transport packaging off its problematic & unnecessary materials list after…