Yorkshire Teas is committed to make biodegradable tea bags before the end of 2019, responding to the UK petition calling for tea manufacturers to stop using the plastic in their products.
FSSAI has prohibited the use of recycled plastic or newspaper and magazine pages for packaging of food items, in a bid to crackdown on use of packaging material that poses a health risk.
SCHOTT KAISHA has introduced a highly specialised glass syringe portfolio, syriQ BioPure, in India, that further minimises the risk of drug/container interactions for sensitive drugs. The new glass syringe is a part of the company’s German partner SCHOTT’s iQ platform.
Retal has exhibited its new high grip closure design at BrauBeviale 2018. The new grip closure reduces plastic use in the packaging of beverages.
Stirling Square Capital Partners has signed an agreement to acquire entire stake of Oaktree Capital Management in VERESCENCE.
Paul Leibinger GmbH has created new security ink, in order to protect distributors and consumers from such nasty surprises at the occasion of Christmas Eve.
AptarGroup has received certification to the ISO 50001 International Standard for Energy Management Systems for its facility in Mukwonago, Wisconsin.
Aptar Pharma will present their diverse portfolio of drug delivery systems, components and active packaging solutions at the Pharmapack 2019, which will take place February 6-8 at Paris Expo in France.
Berlin Packaging has inaugurated its newest mega-warehouse in Ontario, California. The 231,000-square-foot Ontario mega-warehouse strengthens Berlin Packaging’s operations in Southern California.
Indorama Ventures has acquired INVISTA Resins & Fibers GmbH, which owns a high value-added PET manufacturing facility located in Gersthofen, Germany.
BASF are coming up with 21st-century solutions that involve reducing the amount of plastic society uses, making it from renewable feedstocks and finding better ways to recycle it into other products.
A new Tel Aviv University study describes a process to make bioplastic polymers that don’t require land or fresh water—resources that are scarce in much of the world.
