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As part of PepsiCo’s Pep+ (PepsiCo Positive) sustainable packaging programme to ensure packaging never becomes waste, the company is introducing paper-based solutions in North America to replace plastic rings in multipacks. PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA) announced on Aug. 24 the new paperboard designs that will be phased in regionally across
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Arts and crafts and plastic – Freely according to the opening words of Goethe’s poem “The Divine,” natural varnish and plastic are also about striving for perfection and the truly useful. Both materials embody this, with both identical and completely different properties. What both materials have in common is that they
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In the Fair-Inno-Pack 2023 competition for innovative and sustainable packaging concepts held by Swiss dairy products manufacturer Emmi, the packaging manufacturer Envases was one of the finalists with its idea for a label-free yogurt drink bottle. By avoiding the usual plastic sleeve and instead imprinting the brand name directly into the
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The World Packaging Organisation (WPO) was pleased to launch during ProPak Asia, in Bangkok, the Thai version of the ‘Global Packaging Design for Recycling Guide’; this version is the 10th translation and is already available for free download in WPO website. “The document is a starting point to understand best practice
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The multinational IFFCO Group, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, is expanding its condiments production capacity by installing Sidel’s complete PET lines in the UAE and a new facility in Iraq. Throughout the entire project, IFFCO Group has entrusted Sidel to oversee the entire turnkey line project and ensure optimal efficiency.
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With the support of Alpla, Coca-Cola India has launched a new bottle made from 100% recycled PET (rPET) in Andhra Pradesh. This is a significant milestone because it is the first time that a 100% rPET bottle has been used in India for food or drinks. By delivering the rPET preforms,
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The Minister of Trade and Industry Ahmed Samir inaugurated, Fi Africa & ProPak MENA exhibition with the presence of delegation from the European Union, Commercial Attaché at the Embassy of Malaysia and a representative from the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. The exhibition is co-located with Fi Africa at the Egypt International
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Krones was able to demonstrate its innovative strength again this year at the German Innovation Awards 2023. In the category “Special Mention: Excellence in Business to Business – Machines & Engineering”, the mobile robot system Mobile Production Robotics (MPR) received the coveted award. Mobile Production Robotics provides support during ongoing production
Read morelastic pollution could reduce by 80 per cent by 2040 if countries and companies make deep policy and market shifts using existing technologies, according to a new report by UN Environment Programme (Unep). The report is released ahead of a second round of negotiations in Paris on a global agreement to
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The World Packaging Organisation is proud to announce that Luciana Pellegrino, Managing Director of ABRE (Brazilian Packaging Association), was elected, unoposed, as President of the Organisation. She will assume on November 25, 2023. Until then, Pierre Pienaar, from Australia, will continue as WPO President. “According to WPO statute, the past and
Read morePMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, and the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment (Ameripen) released 2023 PACKAGING COMPASS: Evaluating Trends in U.S. Packaging Design Over the Next Decade and Implications for the Future of a Circular Packaging System, a new study and accompanying infographic identifying key trends
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