BST eltromat International, a manufacturer of quality assurance systems for web-processing industries, and cooperation partner Nyquist Systems, manufacturer of the TubeScan portfolio for 100% inspection and web monitoring for the narrow web market, had produced the 1000th TubeScan in Landsberg am Lech.

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Sanner will showcase a range of packaging solutions, from desiccant and customized packaging to smart packaging solutions,

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Ampack GmbH, Centre of Competence at Bosch Packaging Technology for aseptic filling has opened officially its first technical research, development and testing center for filling and sealing liquid and viscous products in Koenigsbrunn, Germany.

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Group around Terje Haglund acquires location in Bergisch Gladbach with new "Zanders-Paper GmbH". Zanders will continue to produce high quality specialty papers and boards in the future.

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Catalent Pharma Solutions, the global provider of advanced delivery technologies and development solutions for drugs, biologics and consumer health products, is investing nearly $14 million to expand biologics packaging capabilities and capacity at its Bloomington, Indiana, biologics manufacturing facility.

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EuPC and 4 other partners jointly published the "Plastics Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda in a Circular Economy". This report presents a shared vision and demonstrates how collaboration within the plastic value chain will be a driving force for change.

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Sabic, a global leader in the chemical industry, has signed a memorandum of understanding with UK-based Plastic Energy Ltd., a pioneer in chemical plastics recycling, for the supply of feedstock to support Sabic’s petrochemical operations in Europe.

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Hectic daily routines, rising popularity of social media platforms and increasing peer pressure to look ‘perfect’ all the time among a sizeable proportion of Generation Y and Generation Z across emerging countries, are driving the demand for high performance ‘photo-ready’ make-up in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
As a result, manufacturers are capitalizing on this trend and offering fashion-forward cosmetic products in novel packaging formats to stand out from the competitors, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

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The French luxury house Chanel has decided to shoulder the development of the Finnish start-up Sulapac, thus becoming its first investor coming from the cosmetic industry.
The company has developed an innovative material which responds to consumers' growing desire to find environmentally friendly products or packaging.

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Petcore Europe and Plastics Recyclers Europe published Design for Recycling Guidelines for PET thermoformed trays "clear transparent to be recycled even in food applications”.
Emballage Digest published these guidelines.
PET is the polymer champion in circularity and PET trays are already great performers in terms of use of recyclates; in the EU market, PET-based trays contain on average around 55% of recycled plastics but this is just the first step already achieved towards circularity.

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Coding and marking specialist Linx Printing Technologies has launched its new returnable Linx Black bottling ink 1068 to enable the reuse of glass bottles used in the drinks industry.

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The third quarter of 2018 saw demand for Europe’s aluminium foil surge to record levels, and well ahead of the same period in 2017. This was principally led by a continued spectacular performance in overseas markets.

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Constantia Flexibles had signed the Global Commitment to eliminate plastic pollution, and proposes a mono PE laminate EcoLam. Its OPE/PE structure is fully recycle-ready.

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The construction of the new assembly hall, measuring 3.300 m², has started, said Rovema. As of June 2019 the final assembly of the packaging machines and –lines will take place in the new building at Rovema’s headquarter in Fernwald, Germany.

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Tetra Pak has joined forces with Veolia in a game-changing partnership that will enable all components of used beverage cartons collected within the European Union to be recycled by 2025.

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Pharmapack Europe (6 and 7 feb. 2019 - Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles - Hall 7.2) sees more innovation centralising at the Paris hub with entries for the awards and Start-up Hub opening.
Entries for the 2019 Pharmapack Awards are now open across both the ‘Exhibitor Innovation’ and ‘Health Products’ categories with a closing date of 30th November 2018.
Concerning the Start-up Hub, the slots are limited and the deadline for applications is also 30th November 2018.

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European Union members will have to recycle at least 70% of packaging by 2030, under new rules brokered earlier this year. But there are complex mechanisms behind the recycling curtain and not all countries are ready yet to keep up with the pace, said the Euractiv, an independent pan-European media network specialised in EU policies.

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The world market for aseptically packed products amounted to 152 billion litres in 347 billion packs during 2017, according to the new Global Aseptic Packaging report from leading food and drinks consultancy Zenith Global Ltd and packaging experts Warrick Research Ltd.

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On 21 february 2019, more 100 delegates from the European packaging value chain will meet in Brussels, to shape the future of the packaging sector.

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Selective and middle-range brands are looking for special effects that make caps unique.

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In a global market, European manufacturers of folding boxes (Autajon Group, LGR Packaging, August Faller and BurgoPak) are playing on all fronts: continued investment in digital but also offset printing to keep up with market growth, …

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In order to meet the requirements of the French circular economy roadmap, published by the government, industrials and suppliers have to find solutions to improve packaging recycling.

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E-commerce is starting to influence packaging design, like the online florist Bloom & Wild and Garçon Wines, the company that proposes a brand-new wine packaging design: a 100% recycled PET (from post-consumer) bottle.

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Royal DSM, global science-based company for health and nutrition, and APK cooperate on recycling multilayer food packaging films composed of PE (barrier for moisture) and PA6 (for oxygen) thus significantly extending the shelf life of the packaged food.

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According to Bloomberg Press, 25 investors ($1 trillion in assets) and investment managers (Hermes Investment Management…) led by As You Sow, are demanding that Nestle SA, PepsiCo Inc., Procter & Gamble Co. and Unilever NV reduce their use of plastic packaging.

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Roland Strassburger, Chairman of the Management Board/CEO of Schütz GmbH & Co. KGaA, has been elected president of the German industry association IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen e. V. (German Association for Plastics Packagings and Films). Strassburger has campaigned actively in the association for the interests of the plastics packaging industry for many years.

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Swedish Flexo Association - SweFlex is a new member of the FTA Europe and the 7th Member, joining ATIF (Italy), EFIA UK (United Kingdom), EFTA Benelux (Benelux), ATF (France), ATEF (Spain), and Grakom (Denmark).

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Fraunhofer IML has presented at FachPach 2018 how the packer can be guided through the packaging process intuitively through simple means.

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The new BIO FVSOL 60 material by SP Group is a laminate with a base of PLA (polylactic acid) and PVOH (polyvinyl alcohol), both of which are biodegradable.

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Several UK-based companies have identified biodegradable packaging in ready meals as an issue and are looking to phase out black packaging despite the high costs involved.

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