Engineering & Industrial

The Cetie “Single-Use Plastic (SUP)” group has been working for almost four years on this topic, related to European Directive 2019/904 “on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment”, better known as the Single-Use Plastic Directive (SUPD). Starting in 2018, before the directive was even published, Cetie had begun drawing up a normative response to Article 6 of the directive, which requires plastic bottles to have caps that remain attached to the bottles, from 2024 onwards.

Scoping review assesses state-of-the-art of paper and cardboard food packaging safety assessment; maps sample preparation approaches, challenges, and factors influencing chemical migration; provides guidance to develop and evaluate standardized sample preparation methods

We are proud to announce the expansion of EcoCortec® plant. EcoCortec® is a manufacturer of environmentally safe VCI/VpCI® anti-corrosion films and bags under patent of Cortec® Corporation.

International Paper (NYSE: IP) today announced the development of a new, unique packaging innovation, the Bow Tie Shipper. This space-saving, patented design is intended to replace small, glued corrugated shipping boxes.

The acquisition will allow MTL to enter the highly specialized caps and closures market segment and will strengthen its position as an end-to-end integrated rigid plastic packaging player.

Idvac in collaboration with XRD Nano Limited has succeeded in embedding Fresnel lens effect on its colour shifting liquid crystal film. This resulted in a Fresnel lens with an aesthetically appealing colour shifting effect from red to green depending on the angle of viewing.

The mandatory information required to be declared includes the name of the manufacturer or packer or importer, as the case may be; the name and number or quantity of each product; the size and dimension of the commodity; telephone number and e-mail address

The RPL SERIES robot palletisers are the most efficient robotic cells for virtually any palletising need. We have combined our innovative engineering and control capabilities with our leading-edge bag preparation and pallet handling technology to offer the best solution for a diverse range of palletising applications.

Cortec® Corporation is very excited to receive industrial composability certification for its “green” Eco Film®. Eco Film® is a certified commercially compostable* film designed to replace traditional non-degradable films such as low-density and high- density polyethylene. Cortec® received the ‘OK compost INDUSTRIAL’ certificate from TÜV Austria.

Performance White Barrier is a new sack paper from BillerudKorsnäs where a coating replaces the plastic film barrier commonly found in paper sacks. The sack paper is on par with traditional alternatives regarding shelf-life expectancy and other performance factors. Some of the main benefits are easy recycling in regular paper streams, a good printing surface for branding and product content display and no need for any changes in the supply chain.

Toppan has developed a new hologram – Illumigram™, on which three-dimensional images appear in response to strong light, such as a smartphone’s flashlight.

BOBST today announced its latest portfolio of products and services to help converters and brand owners to navigate through a new packaging environment