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Gerresheimer Ramps up Glass and Plastic Production Capacities in India

The packaging group has opened a new plant producing plastic containers and closures at its Kosamba manufacturing site.

It has also invested “in new furnaces at its molded glass plant at that location, installing a Type I Borosilicate melting furnace for flint and amber glass production using cross-fired oxygen technology and an increased portion of electric heating to melt its Barium free type I glass formulation.

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May 18, 2022
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Neopac Introduces “Eco-Stripped” Tube with 30% Less Plastics, Including Slimmed-Down Shoulder & Cap

Oberdiessbach, Switzerland –Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for pharma, beauty and oral care, has “capped off” its commitment to reducing plastics in its tube designs. The company has introduced Eco-Stripped Tube, which combines a significantly reduced sleeve wall thickness with a comparable materials reduction in the shoulder and cap. The result is a 30% reduction in overall virgin materials without sacrificing product protection, haptics or esthetics.

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May 13, 2022
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Amcor Develops Breakthrough Recyclable Healthcare Packaging

Building on its recent track record of breakthrough innovations to deliver recyclable packaging, Amcor is today announcing customer trials of the world’s first recyclable* Polyethylene-based thermoform blister packaging. The new packaging is designed to meet the stringent requirements of highly specialized and regulated pharmaceutical packaging and creates a more sustainable alternative for the most in-demand healthcare packaging type.

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May 9, 2022
PAL Packaging mechanically recycled polystyrene
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Pal Packaging Selects INEOS Styrolution’s Mechanically Recycled Polystyrene for sustainable food packaging

INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, and Pal Packaging, a leading vertically integrated manufacturer and distributor of food packaging and foodservice products, announced today to partner on styrenics based sustainable food contact applications. Pal Packaging now incorporates the new mechanically recycled Styrolution® PS ECO, a 100% recycled polystyrene, in new food packaging solutions.

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May 6, 2022
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Advanced Recycling Is Not Waste Incineration and Is Essential to a Circular Economy for Plastics

On Friday Members of Congress sent a letter to the House Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies requesting that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulate advanced recycling technologies as municipal waste combustion units under the Clean Air Act. The following statement may be attributed to Joshua Baca, vice president of plastics at the American Chemistry Council (ACC).

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May 6, 2022

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