Packaging innovation and shelf life move up the agenda in Benelux
Packaging innovation, shelf-life extension and sustainable packaging are becoming more closely linked across the Benelux food and drink sector, as …
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Packaging margins squeezed by war-driven inflation
Packaging margins are under pressure because inflation is now hitting several cost lines at once. Energy is more expensive, freight …
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How packaging became a casualty of the Iran war
The global packaging industry is being hit by the Iran war through higher plastic prices, disrupted shipping and rising energy …
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Oil shock sends packaging costs soaring
Packaging costs are rising because the industry sits close to the energy market. Plastic packaging depends on petrochemical feedstocks linked …
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Zerolys unveils plant-fibre packaging material
Zerolys has unveiled a biomaterial, Phyber, made from engineered plant fibres and intended for rigid packaging such as bottles, tubes …
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Oil shock sends packaging costs soaring
Packaging costs are rising because the industry sits close to the energy market. Plastic packaging depends on petrochemical feedstocks linked …
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Zerolys unveils plant-fibre packaging material
Zerolys has unveiled a biomaterial, Phyber, made from engineered plant fibres and intended for rigid packaging such as bottles, tubes …
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India sets 40% recycled packaging requirement
India has introduced a rule requiring brands and producers to incorporate 40% recycled material in packaging. The measure also sets out …
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PCA to close Richmond packaging plant
Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) is shutting its converting plant in Richmond, Virginia, resulting in the loss of 110 jobs, …
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Cartonpack acquires Agrypack business unit
Italy’s Cartonpack Group has purchased a business unit from compatriot Agrypack, which supplies packaging for the agri-food industry. Financial specifics of …
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Reckitt shifts Finish tablet packs to paper in Australia
Reckitt has started replacing some of its plastic-heavy packaging for Finish thermoformed dishwashing tablets in Australia with a largely paper-based …
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Ringmetall acquires New England Plastics thermoforming unit
Ringmetall has agreed to purchase the thermoforming division of New England Plastics, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, through an asset …
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Midland takes over Wetoska Packaging
Midland has acquired Wetoska Packaging Distributors, a family-run supplier of food packaging materials and equipment based in Elk Grove Village, …
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Brazil regulator suspends medical devices over packaging defects
Brazil’s health regulator Anvisa has ordered the suspension of several medical devices after identifying packaging failures that could compromise product …
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Tetra Pak initiates facility expansion at Denton, Texas
Tetra Pak has broken ground on a new facility at its North American headquarters in Denton, Texas, initiating an expansion …
