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World demand for labels and shrink sleeve materials will be worth $41.59 billion in 2021, as the segment recovers from the unprecedented disruption of 2020. In a year blighted by Covid, world value fell by -0.6%. As a degree of economic stability returns Smithers forecasts this market is set to grow
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A greener bottle without changing the entire production line or modifying the design of the bottle is now possible thanks to Competek: The French company Competek has launched a new service which makes it possible to produce a light-weight bottle with saving up to 1gr for the 0.5l bottle and 2gr
Read moreAMI is delighted to announce the launch of a new event: the first ever edition of the Ocean Plastic virtual summit, taking place online on 25 – 26 January 2022. Valuable plastics escaping into the environment, our waterways and oceans is a challenge that an increasing number of organisations are tackling. Ocean and ocean bound
Read moreTurnover in the first half of 2021 fell by just 1.8% compared to the same period in the record year 2019. The growth with respect to the first half of 2020 was 21%. The sector held its ground in 2020 with turnover of almost 8 billion euros. The food and cosmetics
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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
Read moreMadag AG was founded in 1965 for the manufacture of knitting, hot stamping and pad printing machines. Madag AG has been known under the name Madag Printing Systems AG since 2003 and has created a legacy as the leading global supplier of automatic hot stamping machines. Madag Printing Systems AG established
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In line with its initiatives to realise plastic circularity in society, Kao Corporation will use chemically recycled PET (polyethylene terephthalate) material manufactured by PET Refine Technology Co., Ltd., a group company of Jeplan, Inc., for its cosmetics bottle containers. It will progressively introduce this material starting in June 2021, beginning with
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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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The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the Alpla Group, has acquired the manufacturer Verigreen Packaging based in Durban. The company specialises in bottles and canisters for lubricants such as engine oils. The Alpla Group acquired the lubricants division of the South African packaging manufacturer Verigreen on 7th July
Read moreThe non-profit association PolyREC announced that the value chain initiatives Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP), Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS) and European Manufacturers of Expanded Polystyrene (EUMEPS) have joined members Petcore Europe, PlasticsEurope, Plastics Recyclers Europe, and VinylPlus to support the setup of a harmonised, pan-European data collection system for both, plastics
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Producer of specialised preform and blow moulds Petka holds its own design department to create customised bottle designs on demand. The processes offered by their design department and highly qualified designers range from a first evaluation to a prototype before the production of the final product starts. The bottle designs are
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