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A study on 2013-2018 U.S. consumers’ actual purchasing, showed that 50% of the growth in consumer-packaged goods (CPG), came from sustainability-marketed products. While taste, variety and brand remain strong influences, a Unilever study identified one in three (33%) people, in developed countries, purchase brands they believe are doing environmental good. Consumers
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CCL Label has won the prestigious German Packaging Award for its innovative EcoStretch – The Closed-Loop Solution for Stretch Sleeves. CCL Label had announced its plans to invest in recycling technology to recycle post-consumer stretch sleeves in a closed loop last year – keeping products and materials in use. The German
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Thanks to a solution developed by Alpla, Austria’s leading company in the mineral water market, Vöslauer, is already complying with the EU requirement from 2024 that all drinks caps remain tethered to the bottle after opening. Alpla developed no less than four versions of the tethered cap. Alpla presented its customers
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Wisecap announces the new plastic closure Asterix. The closure has been designed for the GME30.40 neck finish, a new voluntary standard currently being finalised within the European context. GME30.40 neck finish belongs to the 26/22 neck finishes family and is intended to deliver a low weight and high-performance solution for various
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Aptar Food + Beverage, a global leader in dispensing solutions, announced its partnership with Rebo to offer a 600ml reusable water bottle that uses technology to help people stay hydrated. The Rebo stainless steel water bottle uses Bluetooth technology embedded in the cap to track the amount of water consumed. A
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Swedish company Heatlock, pioneers of ceramics in hotrunners, demonstrates clear advantages in heat loss and consequent energy usage by using ceramics in key components. Heatlock Co Ltd, which was originally founded in Sweden and remains in the hands of the second generation of the Helldin family, has been manufacturing hotrunners for
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The change came about in November 2020. Even demand from the automotive industry picked up again after two very difficult years. As a result, the 2020/2021 fiscal year came to a conciliatory end. With 6,400 employees around the world, the Engel Group generated 1.1 billion euros in sales revenues. Although sales
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Bericap, one of the leading global manufacturers of plastic closures, has taken over Mala Verschluss-Systeme GmbH, thereby extending its product portfolio to include aluminium closures. Mala is a family owned company based in Bad Liebenstein, Germany. In 2020 it generated annual revenue of 40 million euros from the production and sale
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New legislation in the European Union requires that by July 2024, all plastic closures must remain “tethered” (attached) to single-use beverage containers after the container is opened. This will bring a big change for the beverage packaging industry. One of PackSys Global’s core competences focuses on the slitting and folding of
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As it plays its part in the establishment of a circular economy, Sacmi meets the challenge of generating sustainable innovation every single day. In doing so it draws on a broad yet in-depth understanding of materials and processes to develop solutions that reduce raw material/energy consumption and create new technologies and
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Aptar Food + Beverage introduces the PolkaLite closure paired with SimpliCycle valve technology. The company leveraged the benefits of two high-performance products, PolkaLite, a lighter version of the Polka closure (-1.3g), and the award-winning SimpliCycle recyclable valve with the intention to bring to manufacturers and consumers high levels of performance, convenience
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