With its acquisition of a significant minority stake in the Slovak company Panara a.s., the global packaging specialist, the ALPLA Group, is stepping up its activities in the research field of alternative, sustainable raw materials for packaging. Panara is focusing on the development of fully bio-based and biodegradable plastics.
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AIPIA member SML Group has released an inlay for the pharmaceutical industry, designed for tracking single-dose drugs produced in disposable vials. The new product, known as the GB32U9, is SML’s smallest inlay to date, according to the report in RFID Journal and is engineered to transmit data effectively when applied to vials filled with liquid and made from plastic or glass packaging.
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Moving from a linear to a circular packaging industry can preserve the natural environment and mitigate the effect on ecology – while allowing consumers to still benefit from the advantages of packaging
Rotterdam, Netherlands, July 20, 2021 – Committed to improving the environmental footprint of its packaging, SARBEC Laboratories, with their Corine de Farme brand, announced the launch of their new renewable-based bottles, the result of its collaboration with LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), a major player in the production of innovative polymers. The bottles have been available since the beginning of 2021.
GENEVA, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)– P&G unveils its first paper bottle for Lenor in partnership with paper bottle company Paboco, announcing a pilot for Western Europe in 2022. The trial rollout will form the basis of a test and learn strategy to scale up paper packaging and incorporate it more widely across P&G’s portfolio.
Nanotechnology deals with the production and usage of materials having nanoscale dimensions in different field of science. Nanomaterials, due to their nanoscale dimensions have high surface to volume ratio, which confers them very unique and specific properties as compared to their macro component.
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Reproducing vibration environments in a laboratory setting is essential to guarantee that a product will survive real-world conditions. However, reproducing vibration environments is not simple. When compared to traditional vibration testing table options, multi-axis vibration testing is a way to bring those simulations closer to real vibration environments.
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Muttenz, July 20, 2021 – To meet sustainability targets and fulfill commitments to the plastics circular economy, producers of plastic articles are increasingly using polymers that are compostable. Clariant’s business unit Pigments is contributing to this growth in compostable plastic articles, with a range of certified OK compost INDUSTRIAL pigments, offering customers new coloring opportunities.
In this Packaging 360 Leadership Interview with Dr. Rangaprasad of Packaging 360, Mr. Ivan Loyen, VP, Premier Tech Systems and Automation, explains the 100-year-old legacy of the company with a global engineering expertise, which has fundamental roots in technology and innovation, yet has people and customers on the same plane during its growth journey. Being
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NEW research published today in Nature Communications could signal the end of fossil fuel single-use plastics as the science behind a new plant protein substitute is made public.
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The Pulp and Paper Institute, aware of the importance of the circular economy, presents corrugated cardboard made of papers whose raw material is tomato stems. Tomato stems were locally sourced and represent an agro residue that has been processed into liner and fluting papers suitable for incorporation into corrugated board.
Researchers at IIT Roorkee have developed ethylene scavenging functional paper from pine needle waste, raising the possibility to create sustainable packaging materials in the future, as single-use plastic is mainly being avoided by environmentally conscious consumers.
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