A breakthrough in barrier technology will allow recycling of high-performance packaging for consumer products such as ready-meals, pre-cooked soups, baby foods, and wet pet food, further improving the environmental footprint of packaging up to 60%*.
Cosmo Films Ltd Introduces another innovation at the marketplace
Agreement will Advance the Plastics Circular Economy with PCR
The Biodegradable Products Institute today released a first-of-its-kind set of labeling and identification guidelines for compostable products
Retort sterilization, also known as canning, is a well established thermal process for in package sterilization of low acid food products. Retort machine is a pressure vessel used to commercially sterilize food after it has been packed into a container and the container has been hermetically sealed. The method of sterilization is a thermal based process or the application of high heat to the product. The high temperature in the sterilization process destroys pathogenic organisms that may be present in the food product.
Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, announces its intention to build its second PLA plant with a capacity ramping up to 100,000 tons per annum. This expansion would make Total Corbion PLA the global market leader in PLA, firmly positioned to cater for the rapidly growing demand for Luminy® PLA resins. The new plant is planned to be located on a Total site in Grandpuits, France and to be operational in 2024.
Just like downtime, scrap rates are also a nightmare for every factory, especially in the packaging industry. Even though they can vary considerably from manufacturer to manufacturer, if we take a look to in-line production facilities, scrap rates of 15-25% are seen as normal. All of this means that, for every 4 hours of production, the company is throwing away material, energy and equipment time.
Constantia Flexibles is proud to call Nuvae Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India), its newest customer on the company’s journey to bring the recyclable flexible packaging solution EcoLamPlus to consumers.
New HP Molded Fiber Advanced Tooling Solution delivers lighter, faster, more durable and easier to use tools, and more innovative packaging designs;
End-to-end service accelerates time to production tooling, increases efficiencies, reduces maintenance costs and enables mass customization;
Industry partners Pulp Moulding Dies Inc. (PMD) and Veritiv enable innovative packaging for food & beverage, consumer electronics, and industrial markets;
Initial customers include leading molded fiber manufacturers Fiber Innovation, Pacific Pulp, Pulp Moulded Products, and Western Pulp Products Company
SABIC, a global leader in diversified chemicals, has launched a sustainable packaging solution for frozen food which combines a new polyethylene (PE) grade with innovative film production technology. Compared to conventional blow PE film solutions, it offers significantly higher throughput and also has potential for down-gauging, making it attractive from both a commercial and sustainability standpoint.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Brilliant Polymers expects to grow at over 15% in the current financial year (April 2020 to March 2021). In this update we are sharing our views and experience with regard to the pandemic and its impact on our industry, supply of laminating adhesives to the flexible packaging industry.
Stora Enso Forshaga manufactures and develops barrier solutions that are required in certain packaging, for instance to protect against liquid, moisture, oxygen or fat. Liquid packaging, beverage cups and certain food packaging are some of the products that have a barrier which serves to protect the packaged product, while also ensuring that the packaging maintains its user-qualities. The investment in new dispersion technology aims to achieve the desired barrier properties in a more sustainable way.
