After disposable coffee cups and plastic bottles, pouches could be the next target in the waste reduction landscape, due to the difficulty of recycling these packs, says GlobalData, a data and analytics company. There is confusion over the use of the Green Dot symbol on pouch packs. The symbol is a mark to show that the supplier has made a financial contribution toward recycling them, yet consumers believe it means they can be recycled in household recycling systems.
A new partnership has formed between S-One Labels & Packaging and VerifyMe Inc., a technology solutions company that markets a broad patent portfolio and proprietary products that provide identifiers and serialization for authenticating, tracking and tracing functions for labels, packaging, and products.
In partnership with ABB and the University of Lincoln, OAL Group presents the second Food Manufacturing 2030 Conference. The event brings together retailers, manufacturers, and robotic and automation experts to discuss, debate and demonstrate the industry's future surrounded by the very latest in technological, robotic and automation advances transforming food handling and processing.
Bain Capital Private Equity has acquired World Wide Packaging LLC, a leading provider of cosmetic packaging components, plastic tubes and formulation/filling technologies. Simultaneous with Bain Capital’s purchase of World Wide Packaging, the firm has agreed to purchase a Chinese cosmetics packaging manufacturer and plans to merge the two companies to form a fully integrated solutions provider.
The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) is now offering a Flexible Packaging Market Tracker tool on the FPA website. The tool features 20 key flexible packaging country markets and highlights market dynamics, trends and opportunities to expand business internationally.
Procter & Gamble aims to make packaging for 20 leadership brands, including Always, Ariel, Dawn, Fairy, Febreze, Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Pampers and Tide, 100 percent recyclable or reusable by 2030. Plans also include cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half.
Sussex IM has named Kyle Kopp Vice President of manufacturing. In this role, he will lead all strategic planning for manufacturing, including management of maintenance, secondary equipment, planning and team scheduling.
ORBIS Corporation, a leader in reusable packaging and part of Menasha Corporation, has acquired Response Packaging, headquartered in Piedmont, South Carolina. Response Packaging conceptualizes, designs, prototypes and manufactures reusable custom dunnage and fabricated steel rack solutions.
The August Faller A/S parent company, Germany-based pharmaceutical packaging specialist August Faller GmbH & Co. KG, and Toronto, Canada-based Bellwyck Pharma Services are forming Bellwyck Faller Pharmaceutical Services GmbH. In addition to existing contract packaging services,it will offer packaging and logistics services for clinical trials in the European markets.
The BOPA films market will see opportunities in packaging, automotive, construction and electrical. Drivers include increasing demand for flexible packaging due to the growth in food & pharmaceuticals and superior mechanical strength, higher transparency, chemical resistance and excellent gas barrier properties.
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