FiberFlute is a sustainable packaging solution that is now available to companies all around the world, thanks to a partnership between Nefab Group AB (Nefab) and Corruven Canada Inc (Corruven). Through Nefab’s global footprint and exclusivity of Corruven’s FiberFlute, customers can protect their products while minimizing total costs and environmental impact.
Centre on Thursday notified ban on the use of ‘single-use plastic items from July 1 next year and increased thickness of polythene bags from 50 microns to 120 microns. The thickness clause will, however, be implemented in a staggered manner in two phases, beginning September 30. Currently, polythene bags of less than 50 microns are banned in the country.
Bengaluru: Premji Invest, the family office of Wipro’s chairman emeritus Azim Premji, has invested $25 million (about Rs 180 crore) in SB Packagings Pvt. Ltd. for a significant stake.
A group of international medicines regulators has published recommendations intended to ease the use of track and trace systems, focusing on the technical aspects of sharing data between them.
Moving to the ITC Next horizon, the Business is pioneering a planet-friendly initiative through innovative fibre-based solutions, including moulded fibre technologies for specialised packaging, leveraging its existing proprietary R&D platforms and global collaborations.
The material reduced in the packaging of Dabur Red Paste shall be repurposed to make notebooks for underprivileged children.
MINNETONKA, Minn., August 9, 2021 – Continuing its global manufacturing expansion plan, NatureWorks, the world’s leading manufacturer of low-carbon polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymers made from renewable resources, has obtained final authorization from parent companies, GC International Corporation Company Limited, a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical Public Company Limited (GC) and Cargill Incorporated (Cargill), to build a new Ingeo™️ PLA manufacturing complex in Thailand. NatureWorks plans to invest in excess of $600 million to construct the complex, which will include production sites for lactic acid, lactide, and polymer, making it the world’s first PLA facility designed to be fully integrated.
In a move towards a more sustainable economy, Japanese beverage vendors are switching out plastic bottles for aluminium cans.
xbridge – August 6th, 2021 – Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MDLZ) announces a move to recyclable packaging for its cheese brands, Dairylea, the number one[1] processed cheese brand in the UK and Philadelphia, the number one soft white cheese brand[2] in the UK and Ireland.
L’Oréal-owned Garnier has launched its Whole Blends Shampoo Bars onto the US market. Formulated with less water than their liquid equivalent and zero plastic packaging, the launch forms part of the brand’s wider sustainability strategy.
Indian scientists have developed a composite paper made of carbon (graphene oxide) loaded with preservatives that can be used as wrappers to help extend shelf life of fruits. Unlike the present preservative dipping technology, where the preservatives are adsorbed by the fruit, causing chronic toxicity to the consumers; here preservatives the wrapper releases the preservative only when needed. The wrapper can be reused, which is not possible with the present technology.
Papira® by Stora Enso is a lightweight wood fiber-based cellulose foam material for protective and cushioning material in packaging. This novel, sustainable foam material has been designed to be fully natural and the technology offers a biodegradable alternative to a wide range of products.
