(IN BRIEF) AFRY Capital is serving as joint financial advisor to Orora Limited, a prominent Australian manufacturer and distributor of sustainable packaging, in its planned acquisition of Saverglass, a leading global producer and distributor of premium glass bottles headquartered in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, AFRY, France, Orora, packaging, partnership, Sandra Bowhay, Saverglass, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom, in collaboration with The Paper People LLC, has introduced a breakthrough in sustainable packaging with a fully fiber-based, recyclability-certified solution for frozen foods. This packaging, designed to replace conventional fossil-based plastics, provides an eco-friendly alternative for frozen … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom, FluoroFree®, Food Packaging, frozen food packaging, packaging, paper, The Paper People LLC
(IN BRIEF) UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced £6 million in funding for five new projects aimed at achieving a significant shift towards sustainable plastics. Led by UK universities, these multidisciplinary projects will focus on easier recycling of multilayer … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Andrew Dove, Chenyu Du, Dr Agnieszka Brandt-Talbot, Dr Daniel Slocombe, funds, innovative projects, Mark Miodownik, Miles Padgett, packaging, plastics, Rebecca Pow, recycling, sustainability, UKRI
(IN BRIEF) Covestro has developed Decovery® CQ 6010, a partially bio-based barrier coating resin that enables recyclable paper packaging. By replacing polyethylene (PE) and aluminum layers in food packaging, Decovery® CQ 6010 reduces waste and improves recyclability. The resin provides … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Food & Beverage, Germany, Technology
Tagged aluminum, Covestro, Davide Reverdito Bove, Decovery® CQ 6010, Food Packaging, moisture vapor transmission rate, MVTR, packaging, paper food packaging, partially bio-based barrier coating resin, PE, polyethylene, recyclability, recyclable paper packaging, reducing waste
(IN BRIEF) Voith and Visy recently organized a two-day workshop in Melbourne focused on decarbonization in papermaking. The event brought together industry leaders and experts to discuss energy efficiency, cost savings, and operational improvements. Voith showcased its technologies and international … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Appita, Australasian pulp and paper technical association, decarbonization, Dieter Wenninger, Jean-Yves Nouaze, Melbourne, Michael Weiss, packaging, papermaking, Papermaking for Life, resource recovery, The Energy Summit, Visy, Voith, workshop
(IN BRIEF) Ahlstrom has been recognized for its contribution to Taco Bell’s sustainable packaging. The company leveraged its FluoroFree and trulyNatural technologies to develop compostable packaging solutions for Taco Bell, which are free of harmful chemicals. Ahlstrom received the recognition … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Environment, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial
Tagged Ahlstrom, FluoroFree®, packaging, supplier award, Sustainable packaging, Taco Bell®, The S.T.A.R. awards, Travis Dahlke, trulyNatural®
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has launched Trayforma BarrPeel, a new board material for vacuum skin packs, which allows packaging of fresh food on recyclable paperboard trays. The solution reduces plastic to less than 10% of the tray, and is made … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Specialty chemicals company Evonik will showcase its latest solutions for the coatings, inks, and adhesives industry at the European Coatings Show 2023 in Nuremberg, Germany. The company’s latest solutions aim to improve both the performance and the sustainability … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News, Technology
Tagged adhesives, architectural, automotive, Claudine Mollenkopf, coatings, European Coatings Show 2023, Evonik, Germany, inks, innovative, Nuremberg, packaging
(IN BRIEF) BASF will be showcasing its packaging solutions at interpack 2023, including the sustainable polyamide Ultramid Ccycled, which is made from the chemical recycling of plastic waste, thus helping to keep difficult-to-recycle plastic waste in the material cycle. BASF … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Management, Media, News
Tagged BASF, Interpack 2023, Messe Düsseldorf, packaging, Recyclable PE/PA Films, sustainability, Ultramid® Ccycled™
(IN BRIEF) Stora Enso has completed the sale of its paper production site in Hylte, Sweden, and all related assets to Sweden Timber, a Sweden-based sawmill and planing mill company. The sale is part of Stora Enso’s previously announced plan … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Management, Sweden
Tagged biocomposite, Biomaterials Innovations, building solutions, divestment, fiber, Hylte, Maxau, mill, packaging, packaging materials, paper, paper production, sawmill, Schwarz Produktion, Stora Enso, Sweden, Sweden Timber, Sylvamo
(IN BRIEF) Finnish specialty paper maker Ahlstrom is considering the possibility of divesting its Stenay plant in France, which produces one-side coated specialty papers for specific uses in the packaging sector. The plant has an annual capacity of around 55,000 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, France, Industrial, Investment
Tagged Ahlstrom, divestment, France, Mark Ushpol, packaging, specialty papers, Stenay plant
(IN BRIEF) Smurfit Kappa, a leading provider of paper-based packaging, has ordered an energy-efficient debarking line from ANDRITZ for its paper mill in Yumbo, Colombia. The new installation, which is scheduled to start up in the fourth quarter of 2024, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Environment, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Andritz, ANDRITZ BioCrusher BSX, cleaner energy, CO2 emissions, Colombia, debarking line, net zero, organic waste, packaging, paper mill, Smurfit Kappa, Yumbo
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ secures order from Klingele Paper & Packaging Group in Brazil to supply automated threading systems for PM1 and PM3 paper machines. The systems, aimed at increasing safety and reducing paper break time, will be installed in 2023. … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 5-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Stora Enso (HEL: STERV), a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper, has announced the appointment of Minna Björkman as head of the company’s Sourcing and Logistics. Minna … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) IRVINE, CA, United States, 30-Nov-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel (ETR: HEN3), a German chemical and consumer goods company, has announced it will address the the demands of contemporary packaging device designs with the launch of a new high-performance … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 30-Nov-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ GROUP, Austria-based international technology group active in the supplies of plants, has announced a new order from Sappi Austria Produktions GmbH & Co KG, a paper production company with more than 400 … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged Andritz, Austria, bleached chemical pulp, broke handling system, casting, coated label papers, Flavio Froehli, Gratkorn, label paper, packaging, paper, printing papers, pulp, pulping, release papers, Sappi Austria Produktions, specialty papers, sustainable wood fiber
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, 29-Nov-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel (ETR: HEN3), a German chemical and consumer goods company, has announced a new partnership with cyclos-HTP Institute (CHI), one of Europe’s leading and most recognized independent institutes for recyclability testing and certification. … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 1-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom-Munksjö, a global leader in fiber-based materials, has announced a EUR 40 million investment for the upgrade of its production platform at its Chirnside site in Scotland, part of its Beverage & Casing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Investment, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Beverage, BioWeb®, Casing, Chirnside, coffee filters, fiber, fibers, fibrous meat casing, Mark Ushpol, packaging, paper machine, Philippe Sevoz, Radcliffe, Scottish Borders, Spunbond PLA, tea filter, Veronique Van Zyl, Voith paper machine line
(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) HELSINKI, 1-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom-Munksjö, un leader mondial des matériaux à base de fibres, a annoncé un investissement de 40 millions d’euros pour la mise à niveau de sa plateforme de production sur son site de … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Ahlstrom-Munksjö, Beverage, BioWeb®, Boisson, Boîtier, boyau de viande fibreuse, Casing, Chirnside, coffee filters, emballage, Fiber+, fibers, fibres, fibrous meat casing, filtre à thé, filtres à café, Ligne de machine à papier Voith, machine à papier, Mark Ushpol, packaging, paper machine, Philippe Sevoz, Radcliffe, Scottish Borders, Spunbond PLA, tea filter, Veronique Van Zyl, Véronique Van Zyl, Voith paper machine line
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 31-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Stora Enso (HEL: STERV), a leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper, has announced that the company is an instrumental part of the unique Choppy Bike packaging box. … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Industrial, Latvia, News
Tagged Aldis Blicsons, balance bike, box, Choppy Bike, FSC cardboard, Girts Libeks, packaging, paper, recyclable package, Stora Enso, STUM, sustainability, Toms Grinbergs, wooden balance bike
(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 3-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ GROUP, Austria-based international technology group active in the supplies of plants, has announced the receival of the Final Acceptance Certificate for the upgrade of two of its P-RC APMP (Pre-Conditioning Refiner Chemical … Read the full press release
(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) GRAZ, 3-Aug-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ GROUP, groupe technologique international basé en Autriche et actif dans la fourniture de plantes, a annoncé la réception du certificat d’acceptation finale pour la mise à niveau de deux de ses … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 31-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ GROUP, Austria-based international technology group active in the supplies of plants, has announced the successful start of PrimeFlow AT headbox with dilution control for a mill located in Rocca Grimalda (Alessandria), Italy … Read the full press release
Interplastica: Important industry gathering for the Russian-speaking region Powerful: Hybrid Allrounder 520 H with medical technology application Russia: Market with high potential for medical technology and packaging (PRESS RELEASE) LOSSBURG, Germany, 10-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — ARBURG, one of the leading … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Marketing, News, Russia, Technology
Tagged Arburg, Artur Metzler, Hidrive, hybrid Allrounder 520, Interplastica, Interplastica 2022, medical technology, packaging, RUSSIA, Steffen Eppler, trade fair
(PRESS RELEASE) VIBY, Denmark, 10-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Arla Foods, a Danish multinational cooperative and Scandinavia’s largest producer of dairy products, has announced the release of its new survey, conducted by YouGov, of more than 8,000 consumers in the UK, … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Environment, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, News, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Animal Welfare, Arla Foods, biodiversity, carbon footprint, consumers, food production, hidden hunger, Lea Brader, micronutrient deficiency, Nutrition, nutrition blind, nutritionist, Obesity, overweight, packaging, Professor Judy Buttriss, survey, sustainable diets, unseen health issue, World Health Organization, YouGov
Deeper partnership drives development of circular packaging solutions based on Borealis polymer and recycling expertise in tandem with Bockatech’s patented EcoCore ® technology platform EcoCore platform to be scaled up to expand range and availability of lighter weight and reusable … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Environment, Industrial, Investment, News, Technology
Tagged Bockatech, Bockatech EcoCore, Borealis, chemicals, circular packaging solutions, circular polyolefin solutions, COP26, EcoCore, environmental footprints, EverMinds™, fertilizers, Henri Gaskjenn, Lucrèce Foufopoulos, packaging, plastics circularity, polyolefin resins, recyclable packaging, reusable cups, stake, Sustainable packaging
Minimalist10 concept answers the consumer demand for clean and simple cosmetic products New ingredients: COSMOS-approved, natural texturizing polymer Hydagen® Clean and fucoidan-rich algae extract Seanactiv™ TechFocus Program: presentation of new active ingredients for hair and scalp (PRESS RELEASE) BARCELONA, 20-Oct-2021 — … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Chemicals, Germany, Marketing, News, Spain
Tagged Barcelona, BASF, beauty routines, biopolymer, BioToLife™, Care Creations®, clean beauty movement, cosmetic brands, cosmetic manufacturers, cosmetic products, Cosmetorium, COSMOS standard, COSMOS-approved, Dr. Kinga Kulon, emulsifiers, Esther Prat, fluids, fucoidan-rich algae, gels, Hair Care Therapy, Hydagen® 558 P, Hydagen® Clean, INCIs, konjac plant, marine algae fucus vesiculosus, minimalism, Minimalist10 concept, natural texturizing polymer, packaging, PeptAIde™ 4.0, personal care, Rheocare® XGN, rheology modifier, rheology modifiers, Scalposine®, Seanactiv™, serums, sustainability, synthetic polymers, transparency, waste reduction
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 23-Sep-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahlstrom-Munksjö (HEL: AM1), a global leader in fiber-based materials, has announced the release and patent of a pioneering mono-material oxygen barrier technology made of 100% cellulose fibers in line with its ‘from Plastic … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Finland, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged Ahlstrom-Munksjö, biopolymer, Brian Oost, cellulose fibers, Dr. Noël Cartier, fiber, from Plastic to Purpose, gas barrier, mono-material oxygen barrier, OK COMPOST, OK COMPOST HOME, oxygen barrier, packaging, PureBarrier™, renewable wood pulp, Robyn Buss, sustainability, TÜV
(PRESS RELEASE) GRAZ, 17-May-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — ANDRITZ announces that it will supply a new eXcelle batt forming line to Pratrivero s.p.a. for their Maliwatt production facilities in Valdilana, Italy. Maliwatt products are used in furnishing, automotive, naval, medical, geotextiles, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Industrial, Italy, News, Technology
Tagged advertising, Andritz, ANDRITZ eXcelle, automotive, carding, clothing, crosslapping, eXcelle batt forming line, eXcelle card, eXcelle crosslapper, fiber webs, furnishing, geotextiles, Italy, Malivlies, Maliwatt, Maliwatt products, Maliwatt stitchbonding, medical, naval, nonwoven fabrics, nonwoven process, packaging, Pratrivero s.p.a., ProDyn system, ProDyn™, quilting, Stitchbond, stitchbonding processes, Valdilana, web profiling correction system
(PRESS RELEASE) DÜSSELDORF, Germany, CAIRO, Egypt, 31-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel together with its partner Plastic Bank announce the opening of their first three plastic waste collection centers in Cairo. The project is part of Henkel’s successful and long-term partnership … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Germany, Industrial, News
Tagged Cairo, Carsten Knobel, circular economy, collection centers, consumer goods, David Katz, Henkel, Nature Box, packaging, Plastic Bank, plastic waste, recycled plastic, recycling, recycling ecosystems, Social Plastic, supply chain, sustainability, Sustainable packaging, Sylvie Nicol
(PRESS RELEASE) DUSSELDORF, 8-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Henkel strengthens its commitment to sustainable packaging and the promotion of a circular economy with a new, global packaging concept for toilet cleaner bottles. Henkel has significantly increased the amount of recycled polyethylene … Read the full press release
Posted in Chemicals, Environment, Germany, News, Technology
Tagged Biff brand, circular economy, climate protection, Henkel, packaging, PE, plastic, polyethylene, Pro Nature, recycled materials, recycled PE, recycled plastic, recycled polyethylene, Sustainable packaging, toilet cleaner bottles, Ulf Timmann
(PRESS RELEASE) AMERSFOORT, Netherlands, 7-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Dutch multinational dairy cooperative FrieslandCampina announces that it will be making PET bottles from 100% recycled PET (rPET) as from February 2021. Due to the fact that PET bottle can only be … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, Food & Beverage, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged circular, dairy, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, FrieslandCampina, labels, packaging, Patrick van Baal, PET bottles, plastic, recyclable, recycled PET, recycling, renewability, reusable, rPET, sustainability
Great interest: about 400 trade visitors attended the Campetella event in Italy Perfect combination: Arburg machines and Campetella automation Hidrive: high-performance machines for high-speed packaging items (PRESS RELEASE) LOSSBURG/ MONTECASSIANO, 7-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Arburg announces that it has been … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Industrial, Italy, News, Technology
Tagged Arburg, automation, autonomous mobile robots, Bazigos, Campetella, Campetella Robotic Calling, cartesian robot, exhibit, Hidrive Allrounders, hybrid Allrounder 570 H, hybrid Hidrive, IML labels, injection moulding, Marco Marconi, packaging, packaging industry, PP IML, X-Series CO1
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 4-Dec-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Leading provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper, Stora Enso announces its investment of EUR 14 million for the construction of a granulation and packing plant for lignin at … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, Finland, Industrial, News, Technology
Tagged adhesives, asphalt, batteries, binders, bio-based natural binder, biocarbon, biomaterials, Bioplastics, bitumen, carbon fiber, electric vehicles, energy storage, energy storage systems, Finland, granulation plant, Ingrid Peura, investment, lignin, Lineo™ by Stora Enso, Markus Mannström, packaging, packing plant, paper, phenol replacement, raw materials, renewable solutions, s bio-based binders in plywood, Stora Enso, Sunila Mill, sustainable supply chain, Ulla Paajanen, wooden constructions
(PRESS RELEASE) LAUSANNE, 29-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Tetra Pak will launch its “factory of the future” at Hannover Messe 2019. With machines capable of communicating with each other and with the digital systems of the entire operation, automatically diagnosing problems, … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON/ROTTERDAM/PARIS/NEW YORK, NY, USA, 25-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever today (24/01/2019) unveiled reusable packaging innovations across nine of its brands, including four new product formats. The new products will be trialled on Loop™, a global, first-of-its-kind, waste-free shopping system … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Environment, France, Management, Netherlands, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Alan Jope, circular, circular economy, durable, durable packaging, Loop, packaging, recycling, refillable, reusable, reusable packaging, Unilever, upcycling, waste, waste-free shopping
Copamex partners with Voith as the most experienced supplier to reliably process highly contaminated furnish Appleton, Wis./Anáhuac, México, 02-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Voith Paper North America recently reached a deal with Copamex of Monterrey, México, for the installation of a … Read the full press release
Posted in Industrial, Technology
Tagged Alonso González, Anáhuac, containerboard, Copamex, Copamex mill, Mexico, Michael Hmielewski, packaging, paper, Voith, Voith Paper North America
Packaging solution made of 100% plastic recyclate delivers circular economy proof point VIENNA, 02-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces the successful launch of a new … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Chemicals, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Technology
Tagged Circularity, circular_economy, Günter Stephan, Matthias Schaefer, packaging, packaging solution, PCR, plastics, plastic_bottle, recycled, recycled_material
HELSINKI, 27-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Lineo™ by Stora Enso, a renewable replacement for oil-based phenolic materials, has been awarded ‘Bio-Based Product of the Year’ at the Bio-Based World News Innovation Awards 2018. Shortlisted alongside products from Clean Plus Inc. and … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 03-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Stora Enso has today divested its 100% shareholding in its Finnish subsidiary Formeca Oy, a provider of high-quality machines for automated packaging lines, to Amitec Oy, a specialised engineering and machine construction company based in Finland. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Investment, Management
Tagged Amitec Oy, Finnish subsidiary, Formeca Oy, machine construction company, packaging, Peter Torstensson, Stora Enso
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