Valmet plans temporary layoffs in Finland amid capacity adjustments
Valmet, a supplier of technologies and automation services for the pulp and paper industry, is initiating change negotiations regarding temporary layoffs …
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New sorting facility for plastic packaging waste opens in Norway
Norway has opened a new national facility, Områ, aimed at improving the country’s ability to recycle plastic packaging waste, including …
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Amcor reports profit growth in Q1 and maintains fiscal 2026 guidance
Packaging solutions company Amcor has registered a growth in its first-quarter (Q1) profit and reaffirmed its earnings guidance for fiscal 2026. The …
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SalzburgMilch adopts SIG DomeMini for dairy packaging
Austria-based SalzburgMilch has become the first company in Europe to introduce its dairy products in SIG’s DomeMini carton bottle format. The …
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Lagos officials and charity call for plastic waste action
Lagos State and the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (NCF) have called for broad collaboration to tackle plastic pollution, using the annual …
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UK sets out pEPR amendments to refine producer reporting
The UK Government has laid draft amendments to the packaging extended producer responsibility (pEPR) regulations before Parliament, proposing technical and …
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Informal recycling in emerging markets
Across large parts of Africa, Asia and Latin America, the people who keep packaging out of rivers and open dumps …
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Lecta gets flustix “Less Plastics Product” label
Lecta, a Spanish producer of speciality papers for labels and flexible packaging, has received the flustix “Less Plastics Product” certification …
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Berlin Packaging buys Jurcal
Hybrid packaging supplier Berlin Packaging has acquired Spain’s Jurcal, which focuses on the distribution of packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical …
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Precision Concepts expands packaging portfolio with Comar purchase
Precision Concepts International (PCI), owned by The Sterling Group, has bought Comar, forming a scaled rigid packaging platform. Financial details of …
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Klöckner Pentaplast seals restructuring support agreement
Klöckner Pentaplast (kp), a German producer of rigid and flexible packaging and specialty films, has entered a Restructuring Support Agreement …
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Graphic Packaging profit declines in third quarter
Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a US-based consumer packaging firm, has reported a hit to its third quarter (Q3) results over …
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Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever back global plastic reduction plan
Global consumer brands including Nestlé, PepsiCo, Unilever and TOMRA have endorsed the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s (EMF) five-year “2030 Plastics Agenda …
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A packaging playbook for safer healthcare waste segregation
Hospitals, clinics and research labs depend on packaging to keep products sterile and people safe. Once opened, the same materials enter …
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Avantium’s plant-based PEF cleared for recycling in Japan’s PET bottle system
Avantium has secured approval in Japan for recycling its plant-based plastic, releaf, a polyethylene furanoate (PEF), within the country’s polyethylene …
