2+ hour, 55+ min ago  (311+ words) Fruglapac product director JP Grogan and the Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine 2 (FBAM-2) Frugalpac has revealed its high-speed FBAM-2 machine designed to increase the production of its paper Frugal Bottles, said to be capable of producing 14 million paper bottles a year....

6+ hour, 44+ min ago  (327+ words) Henkel Adhesive Technologies is adding water-based barrier and heat seal coatings to its paper coatings portfolio, intending to improve the functionality of paper-based packaging and facilitate design-for-recycling. The new coatings are designed to seal securely on paper-based materials and, depending…...

1+ day, 48+ min ago  (285+ words) Borouge and Borealis have combined to create Borouge International and acquire NOVA Chemicals, backed by shareholders OMV and XRG, with each holding a 50% stake in the company. The new company is headquartered in Austria, with regional headquarters in the UAE....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (345+ words) Almost 40 industry organizations have signed a joint position paper calling for policymakers to boost competitiveness, resilience, and employment in European biomanufacturing with the EU Biotech Act II. While the EU's bioeconomy and biopharma sectors are believed to have contributed over "3 trillion…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (345+ words) The Portuguese packaging industry is strengthening its role in the national'economy and accelerating its international presence, at a time when'sustainability and the restructuring of global supply chains are reshaping the'sector. In the North and Centre regions, turnover reached "3. 58 billion, with…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (340+ words) The Syntegon HFX for flow-wrapping and the Syntegon TRX for topload cartoning are two key ne Xt system components. Syntegon demonstrates how flexibility, efficiency and operator independence can be successfully achieved in an increasingly complex production environment. Seamless operation is…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (270+ words) Valco Melton has unveiled its Kube Zero melt-on-demand system for adhesives, focused on productivity, efficiency, and workplace safety and said to reduce start-up time by 65%. The company tells us more in this edition of the Spotlight. Featuring 10 independent outlets, the…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (208+ words) From this Tuesday, households across England are under new rules for sorting their recycling and waste, aiming to clear up confusion and enable consistent, streamlined collections. Alongside the current'Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging and upcoming'Deposit Return Scheme'due to launch in…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago  (257+ words) Seeking to strengthen its position in the Indian flexible packaging market, Siegwerk has signed a definite agreement to acquire Hi-Tech Inks, a move said to make the combined business "the largest player in the country" with a market share of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1412+ words) The European Commission has published a guidance document providing further clarity around the requirements of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation, including exempted packaging formats, compostable packaging guidelines, rules around empty space and minimization, and much more. The guidance document…...