Plastics/resins

Dudley Jones Appointed Sales Director for Aquapak Polymers Ltd

Jones has over 30 years of flexible packaging experience, and in his new role, he will promote end applications for Aquapak Polymers’ polymer, Hydropol.

August 7, 2023

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TekniPlex Healthcare to Feature Presentation on Narrowing Sector’s Sustainability Disparity at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

TekniPlex Consumer Products

Melissa Green, Head of Global Marketing, at TekniPlex Healthcare, will present “Minimizing Healthcare’s Sustainability Gap” at PACK EXPO’s Innovation Stage 2, Stand C-2151 Monday, Sept. 11 at 12pm.

August 2, 2023

Sustainability

Nova Chemicals Announces Its First Mechanical Recycling Facility

Nova Chemicals

The Connersville, Ind. facility will be managed by Novolex Holdings, LLC. The collaboration will increase the speed with which Nova Chemicals ramps up its supply of SYNDIGO™ rPE.

July 20, 2023

Plastics/resins

Innovia Films Invests in a New Top-Coating Line for Graphic Arts Films

Innovia Films

The new coating line will give Innovia the capacity to support the growing need for PVC free films in the graphics sector and further develop the range of top coated films.

July 12, 2023

Plastics/resins

Tetra Pak Named One the Best Workplaces for Innovators

Tetra Pak Inc.

Tetra Pak earned a ranking of #87 on Fast Company’s fifth annual list. This achievement honors organizations and businesses that demonstrate an inspiring commitment to encourage and develop innovation at all levels.

July 12, 2023

Sustainability

Advanced Recycling not the First Tech to Win Over Skeptics

The mass balance approach and its traceability underpinnings require validation for credibility, say certification provider panelists. Overcoming CPG skepticism of the nascent tech, and educating consumers, is key according to early adopter converters.

June 28, 2023

Sustainability

Column: Is HolyGrail 2.0 Proving Viable at Scale?

As the EU looks to implement measures that could mean fines for brands and producers not using PCR in plastic packaging, more circular packaging is becoming a business imperative. Digital watermarking is a promising way to accomplish circularity.

June 27, 2023

Sustainability

PureCycle Technologies’ Ironton Plant Produces First Pellets

PureCycle Technologies

PureCycle Technologies’ Ironton, Ohio plant successfully produced the first run of Ultra-Pure Recycled (UPR) resin from post-industrial recycled material at commercial scale.

June 22, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

Heinz, Tesco, and Clover Sonoma Introduce Post-Consumer Recycled Packaging Solutions

ThePackHub

See a few examples of post-consumer recycled packaging solutions from Heinz, Tesco, and Clover Sonoma from ThePackHub’s May Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

June 20, 2023

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PAC Machinery to Exhibit New Flow Wrapper, Sustainable Materials at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PAC Machinery

See it at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, Booth #C-2418! PAC Machinery will exhibit automatic baggers, shrink wrappers, flow wrappers, vacuum sealers, bag sealers, and a large variety of bags and materials, including new sustainable packaging options.

June 15, 2023

Sustainability

Sabic Receives 2023 ACC Sustainable Leadership Award for Circularity Achievements

SABIC

The American Chemical Council’s award recognizes Sabic’s collaborations to bring ocean bound plastic (OBP) back into a circular material.

June 15, 2023

Sustainability

Gloss Reduction Additive for PE

Ampacet Corp.

Ampacet’s Muted Matte PE colorless additive is a cost-effective and sustainable solution for gloss reduction in HDPE and PP multi-layer applications.

June 12, 2023

Sustainable Packaging

6 O'Clock Gin, Veuve du Vernay, and The Gin Way Announce Sustainable Material Changes for Alcoholic Beverages

ThePackHub

See a few examples of sustainable material changes for alcoholic beverage packaging from 6 O'Clock Gin, Veuve du Vernay, and The Gin Way from ThePackHub’s April Packaging Innovation Briefing Report.

June 6, 2023