Airnov Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in controlled atmosphere packaging, has launched a brand-new advanced solution which promises to provide substantial benefits to the pharmaceutical industry.

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In 2011, Cervejas de Moçambique (CDM) launched one of the first commercial cassava beers in Africa to market under the brand name of Impala. 70% of the starch used comes from the root vegetable instead of from wheat or barley malt. Thanks to a lower tax rate, the new beer can be sold for about 30% less than the usual price.

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Sabic and Cabka have collaborated to launch the CabCube 4840 – the next generation in foldable large containers. Cabka were aware that Sabic is a PP compound market leader and a pioneer in offering sustainable, circular solutions from their TruCircle™ portfolio. Cabka approached Sabic, looking for a 100% recyclable lightweight polymer material solution to produce their CabCube 4840. Within less than six months, an extremely rapid timeframe for such an initiative, the two companies had collaborated to develop several high-performance PP compounds.

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January 2023: The European Union’s Single-Use Plastics Directive will come into effect in July 2024. Specifically, it seeks to reduce the environmental impact caused by single-use plastic products. Plastic caps and lids will be required to remain attached to beverage containers of up to 3 liters in volume. Affaba & Ferrari™, a TriMas Packaging brand, offers a range of tethered caps designed to remain permanently attached to the bottle after opening and during use – preventing unintended environmental waste caused by discarded caps.

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Coesia, through its subsidiary Hapa, has closed the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Amaco, a leading provider of digital printing solutions for the medical packaging industry. With a wide network of over 1,700 customers and partners, and over 2,100 field installations in 97 countries all around the world, Amaco has been able to provide value added solution for 40 years.

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Launched in July 2022, HAT-B is the Airnov Healthcare Packaging’s latest innovative vial, an active and ergonomic flip-top container designed to protect test strips, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals from moisture. To meet a variety of needs, moisture protection is integrated as a raw desiccant at the bottom of the tube.

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With a view to optimizing the recycling of board and paper, Herma has responded to this finding by developing a new range of adhesives and corresponding self-adhesive materials. The distinguishing feature of the logistics and other labels produced with the new label stock is that contamination caused by the adhesive during recycling is practically ruled out. The company has now successfully completed the certification procedure of the research institute PTS for five self-adhesive materials – label materials including the adhesive. The only condition imposed by the PTS certificates is that the mass of the label stock cannot exceed 25% of the total mass of the box.

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ExxonMobil announced the successful startup of its new polypropylene production unit at the Polyolefins Plant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The unit increases polypropylene production capacity along the Gulf Coast by 450,000 metric tons per year, meeting growing demand for high-performance, lightweight and durable plastics, particularly for automotive parts that can improve fuel efficiency and reduce vehicle emissions.

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The Italian packaging machinery manufacturers’ total turnover remains stable at around €8 billion. According to preliminary figures compiled by the MECS – Ucima (Italian Packaging Machinery Manufacturers’ Association) Research Centre, the sector reported overall revenues of €7.986 million in 2022, 3% down on 2021. This figure is slightly higher than the result for the pandemic year 2020 and slightly lower than that of 2019.

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Hovione and GEA announced a strategic collaboration to advance continuous tableting. This partnership stemmed from a successful customer-supplier relationship spanning several years. It combines GEA´s engineering expertise with Hovione´s development and manufacturing experience and both parties commit to partner to accelerate the adoption of continuous tableting technology.

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px Group, the owner of Saltend Chemicals Park and operator of several critical energy infrastructure sites in the UK and Europe, has announced that they are now recruiting for over 30 new roles in Teesside. This latest recruitment drive is part of their 10-year operations and maintenance contract on a project with ReNew ELP, a subsidiary of Mura Technology.

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Xaar has opened a state-of-the-art inkjet printing laboratory in Shenzhen, China, comprising the latest printhead test equipment and print process experimentation platforms. Utilising its own printheads, ink recirculation system and fluids, Xaar will collaborate with leading local electronics companies to achieve synergy across the industry supply chain.

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Sabic has teamed up with Guangdong Jinming Machinery, a plastic packaging equipment manufacturer and Bolsas de los Altos, a leading plastic film and packaging converter to support growth of polyolefin based innovative applications in the flexible packaging segment. By exchanging mutual expertise on polymer technology and processing, this collaboration will secure the development of a robust applications pipeline based on current and future market trends.

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Matteo Moretti and FSI SGR announce the purchase by Matteo Moretti, through the family holding company, of the entire interest in Lumson held by FSI SGR on behalf of the fund "FSI I", after four years of strong development together.

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Airnov Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in controlled atmosphere packaging, has surpassed five years of manufacturing at its production facility in India. The plant, located in Cuddalore which sits south of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is operated by a workforce of around 40 dedicated employees and is ISO 9001 and ISO 15378.

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With the inauguration of a modern training centre in Crailsheim, packaging machine manufacturer Schubert is laying the foundation for the expansion and relaunch of its training concept. To this end, the Schubert training team will be working closely with customers to develop new formats and content that are even more closely aligned with customer needs.

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Oerlemans Packaging Group intends to take over the activities of Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker. The decision to initiate preparations for the takeover was officially ratified by Vincent Tol (managing director Adriaan Dekker) and Joan Hanegraaf (CEO Oerlemans Packaging Group) Monday, November 7th. The intention is to move the activities from Wormer to Rijssen, the Netherlands, at Stempher Packaging Industry.

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Leading packaging and robotic automation company, RMGroup, has supplied bagging and palletising solutions to Dumfries-based building materials and aggregates supplier, J&J Currie. The investments, which were made to increase efficiencies and reduce labour costs, included a MB-400 manual bagging machine and a robot palletiser, followed by a BB-215 bulk bagging machine.

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Rieke, part of TriMas Packaging, specialized in the development and manufacturing of injection molded dispensing systems and caps and closures, has added a multi-color inkjet digital printer to expand its print offering on a range of their caps and closures. Installed at Rieke’s U.S. headquarters in Auburn, Indiana, the high-speed industrial inkjet printer will provide increased print capacity, faster speeds, energy savings and an overall higher quality print.

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As the cosmetics market is committed to sustainability, Virospack has been dedicated to reducing the carbon footprint or the production. The company unveils a range of 100% recyclable droppers, made with PCR materials, or what is the same, post- consumer recycled.

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Sabic has announced that The Japan Steel Works (JSW) has validated the use of Sabic® LLDPE BX202, a linear low-density polyethylene resin specially developed for processing on tenter frame extrusion equipment for biaxially oriented PE (TF-BOPE) packaging film. The value chain collaboration endorses the use of Sabic’s TF-BOPE material on JSW film lines, extends the machine supplier’s footprint into the BOPE film market for flexible packaging.

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Walki Group has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100 % of the shares in folian. Since 1999, the family-owned company has been providing forward-looking flexible packaging solutions for blue chip brands in the food industry. The company specializes in the production of high-quality converted flexibles using flexographic printing and other downstream finishing services. In 2021, folian generated sales of EUR 27 million. Employing some 94 employees, folian is located in Stralsund, Germany.

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Bormioli Pharma - international leader in the production of containers for the pharmaceutical industry, and Pierre Fabre, a French pharmaceutical and dermo-cosmetic group present in more than 100 countries, have developed an innovative 100% recycled PET packaging for the mouthwashes of the Eludril® brand, one of the European leaders in oral care in the pharmacy channel.

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The most important exhibition for the international plastics industry has been a success for the Vienna-based machine manufacturing company. “This year’s K show has been sensational for us. Everybody is happy to get together personally and talk about the developments in the sector after all the restrictions due to the pandemic”, said Hermann Adrigan, Head of Sales at Starlinger, summing up the exhibition.

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Global flexible packaging supplier KM Packaging is launching a range of sustainable lidding film solutions for the Australian market. The range is designed to help customers meet their commitments to the National Packaging Targets, the implementation of which is being led by the Australian Packaging Covenant Organisation (APCO).

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Semi-automatic dispensing systems are ideally suited for labeling only a small number or different kinds of containers fast and at consistent levels of quality. The automated application solution from Schreiner MediPharm has now convinced healthcare company Octapharma. The long-standing customer of the Schreiner MediPharm business unit that specializes in healthcare solutions uses the automated labeling system for marking its smallest batches of vials and bottles flexibly, efficiently, and reliably.

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At next Pack Expo International in Chicago – USA (23-26 October 2022), Robopac and OCME will exhibit the most innovative, tested and reliable end-of-line packaging solutions that the Group has created to effectively meet the needs of different product sectors.

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As of today, BillerudKorsnäs is simplifying its name to Billerud to cater to its international customers. As a leading supplier of virgin fiber-based paper and packaging materials, the name change is fully in line with the company’s strategy to expand into North America and continue driving sustainable growth in global markets. It is simply easier to say Billerud, explains the company.

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Optima Pharma, part of the Optima Group, opened a new service hub in Knightdale, a suburb of Raleigh, North Carolina. Over 175 guests attended the inauguration ceremony and open house. Optima can now offer customers even faster and better local service and support.

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Saperatec, a developer of recycling processes for composite packaging comprised of various materials, will debut a fully circular flexible packaging prototype based on its multi-layer delamination technique at the K Fair Trade Show, October 19-26 in Düsseldorf. At Hall 9, Stand D17 – a booth shared with prominent machinery manufacturer Pla.to GmbH – Saperatec engineers will showcase and discuss a detergent package which, at 35% post-consumer recycled content (PCR), meets goals proposed for the pending EU Directive on Packaging & Packaging Waste.

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