(IN BRIEF) KUKA has opened submissions for the 2026 Innovation Award under the theme “Circular Packaging Challenge,” aiming to find robotic and AI-driven solutions that make packaging more sustainable in light of the EU Packaging Regulation and industry demands for … Read the full press release
Posted in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Awards, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology
Tagged artificial intelligence, Awards, Circular Packaging Challenge, consumer goods packaging, developers and graduates, EU Packaging Regulation, international jury, interpack May 2026, KUKA, KUKA Innovation and Technology Center, KUKA Innovation Award 2026, leadership, life cycle approach, mentoring by KUKA experts, modern economy, packaging industry transformation, recycling, Research Teams, Roboception 3D vision system, robotics, sustainability, Sustainable packaging, technology transfer, universities and companies, Volker Schmirgel, waste prevention
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank has granted ULMA Group a €45 million loan to fund its construction-sector innovations and sustainability endeavors. The financing will cover advanced manufacturing technologies for polymer concrete solutions, the establishment of a new plant for … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Management, Marketing, News, Spain, Technology
Tagged affordable housing, Antonio Lorenzo, Basque Country, building materials, construction sector, decarbonisation, EIB, energy efficiency, European Investment Bank, Iñaki Gabilondo, INNOVATION, partnership, polymer concrete, recycling, resource consumption, sustainability, ULMA Group, €45 million loan
(IN BRIEF) University of Glasgow researchers, Dr. Joseph Cameron and Dr. Alex Loch, will lead a study to assess and improve the sustainability of flash chromatography, a widely used chemical purification technique. Funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Sustainable … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Education, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged academic research, chemical purification, chemistry research, Dr. Alex Loch, Dr. Joseph Cameron, environmental impact, flash chromatography, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, life cycle assessment, recycling, reusability, Royal Society of Chemistry, sustainability, sustainable laboratories, sustainable practices, University of Glasgow
(IN BRIEF) Borealis is supporting Messe Düsseldorf’s K Fair 2025 by providing sustainable, reusable cups made from modified polypropylene and OMV’s ReOil® recycled feedstock. This initiative, aimed at reducing waste from single-use plastics, will be assessed through a pilot program … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, Media, News, Technology
Tagged Arburg, Bockatech, Borealis, chemical recycling, circular economy, event sustainability, exhibition innovation, K Fair 2025, MCC Global IML, Messe Düsseldorf, Miko Pac, OMV ReOil®, packaging waste, partnership, plastics industry, polypropylene, recycling, reusable cups, single-use plastics reduction, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Borealis and Hosokawa Alpine have successfully developed MDO films using BorShape™ polyethylene that are thinner than industry norms—just 15 microns compared to the standard 23—without compromising mechanical strength or process stability. Tested in early 2025, these films offer … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Bernd Bayer, Borealis, BorShape™, circular economy, collaboration, extrusion film, film thickness reduction, flexible packaging, Hosokawa Alpine, INNOVATION, Linz, MDO films, monomaterial packaging, optical properties, packaging efficiency, partnership, Peter Voortmans, plastic film technology, polyethylene, process stability, recycling, sustainability, Sustainable packaging, thin films
(IN BRIEF) Solvay has inaugurated its new rare earths production line at the La Rochelle facility in France, marking the beginning of commercial production for permanent magnets and aligning with Europe’s Critical Raw Materials Act. This strategic move, part of … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Chemicals, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 30% European demand by 2030, 75-year expertise, advanced electronics, An Nuyttens, CO2 reduction, Critical Raw Materials Act, Defense Systems, electric vehicle motors, European sovereignty, formulation, France, global leader, Green technology, La Rochelle, partnership, permanent magnets, Philippe Kehren, purification, rare earths production line, rare earths separation, recycling, renewable energy, Solvay, supply chain, sustainability, water consumption
(IN BRIEF) Banco Santander has launched the Santander X Global Challenge | Circular Economy Revolution in partnership with the Norrsken and Oxentia foundations, targeting startups and scaleups from 11 countries. The challenge invites companies that are focused on enhancing the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Management, News, Small Business, Spain, Technology
Tagged Banco Santander, circular business models, Circular Economy Revolution, eco-design, Fintech Station, global initiative, green economy, Lucas Arangüena, Madrid, Norrsken, Oxentia, prize money, recycling, renewable energy, Santander X 100, Santander X Global Challenge, scaleups, smart grids, Startups, Sustainable Finance, sustainable innovation
(IN BRIEF) The French Ministry of Defence’s SIMMT has awarded Thales the ten-year ABSOLU contract, a landmark deal that consolidates about 30 separate maintenance agreements for land force equipment across the Army, Navy, and Air & Space Force. This contract, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Defence, France, Government, Industrial, Security & Safety, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged ABSOLU, Air & Space Force, Army, ASTRIDE, circular economy, data science, equipment readiness, French Ministry of Defence, high-intensity conflict, inventory consolidation, joint management, Land Forces, logistics, maintenance contract, MELCHIOR, Navy, operational support, PR4G, predictive planning, recycling, repair turnaround, secure communications, SIMMT, strategic partnership, Sustainable Resource Management, Thales
(IN BRIEF) ANDRITZ has supplied and commissioned an advanced neXline airlay system for Revibat in France, which allows the company to convert glass wool waste into valuable building insulation panels, reducing landfill waste and the carbon footprint. The system processes … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Andritz, building insulation, carbon footprint, circular economy, eco-organizations, France, glass wool waste, industrial-scale processing, insulation panels, neXline airlay system, Nicolas Brousse, nonwoven material, Paris region, partnership, recycled building materials, recycling, Revibat, sustainability, sustainable construction
(IN BRIEF) Alfa Laval has rebranded its Business Unit Energy Separation to Business Unit Circular Separation Technologies, reflecting its continued commitment to accelerating clean technologies and supporting the global transition to a net-zero future. The company aims to advance resource … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Sweden, Technology
Tagged Alfa Laval, biofuels, biopolymers, Business Unit Circular Separation Technologies, circular economy, Circularity, clean technologies, industrial processes, Karin Forsberg, mechanical and thermal separation technologies, net-zero, phosphorous, plastics, recycling, recycling of batteries, reduction, Renewable Chemicals, resource efficiency, Reuse, sustainability, tyres, waste to chemical, water and materials, water circularity, zero liquid discharge, ZLD
(IN BRIEF) In Delft, students from various universities, including Inholland University of Applied Sciences, TU Delft, and ProGrotius, collaborated on a waste management initiative to address the city’s ongoing waste issues. The students participated in waste excursions, picking up litter … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Science, Technology
Tagged Avalex, community collaboration, Delft, environmental solutions, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, litter, local municipality, Neighborhood waste excursion, partnership, ProGrotius, recycling, social impact, Stichting Stunt, student projects, sustainability, TU Delft, waste management, waste reduction, WINNEN!
(NOTICIA EN BREVE) Hoy, durante el Foro Económico Mundial de Davos 2025, NBCo hizo su debut como la organización pionera en la lucha contra la crisis de los envases plásticos. Cada año, se producen más de 600 mil millones de … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Food & Beverage, Industrial, Marketing, Media, Retail, Science, Spain, Technology
Tagged A Plastic Planet, Alvin Lim, Amit Kavrie, botella de fibra NBCo, circularidad, crisis de los envases de plástico, crisis del plástico, Davos 2025, diseñados para desaparecer, envases, envases sostenibles, fabricación regenerative, fibra, Food and Beverage, Goals House, Henrike Schlottmann, iniciativa Fast Forward 50, Kelvin Lin, Landbanking Group, Martin Stuchtey, materials, NBCo, paper bottles, plastic, plastic free, PlasticFree, Project Together, recycling, regeneration, Sian Sutherland, strategic partnerships, Supreme Group, sustainability, SYSTEMIQ
(ACTUALITÉ EN BREF) Lors du Forum économique mondial de Davos 2025, NBCo a présenté son initiative visant à mettre fin à la crise des emballages plastiques. Chaque année, plus de 600 milliards de bouteilles en plastique sont produites, souvent utilisées … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Food & Beverage, France, Industrial, Marketing, Media, Retail, Science, Technology
Tagged A Plastic Planet, Alvin Lim, Amit Kavrie, avenir exempt de plastique, avenir plus durable, Bagasse, bambou, bouteille en fibre NBCo, bouteilles en fibre, circularité, conçus pour disparaître, d'abandonner le plastique, d'emballage, Davos 2025, fabrication régénératrice, fibres, Food and Beverage, Forum économique Mondial, Goals House, Henrike Schlottmann, Initiative Fast Forward 50, Kelvin Lin, l'emballage régénératif, l'eucalyptus, Landbanking Group, le miscanthus, les déchets agricoles, Martin Stuchtey, materials, NBCo, paper bottles, plastic, plastic free, PlasticFree, Project Together, recycling, réduction des déchets, regeneration, sans toxines, Sian Sutherland, solutions à base de fibres, solutions d'emballage, strategic partnerships, Supreme Group, sustainability, SYSTEMIQ, terme à la crise des emballages plastiques
(IN KÜRZE) NBCo, ein Unternehmen, das sich auf nachhaltige Verpackungslösungen konzentriert, stellte seine innovative faserbasierte Flasche auf dem Weltwirtschaftsforum 2025 in Davos vor. Dieses neue Produkt soll herkömmliche Kunststoffverpackungen ersetzen und verwendet Materialien wie Bambus, Miscanthus und landwirtschaftliche Abfälle. NBCo … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, Food & Beverage, Germany, Industrial, Marketing, Media, Retail, Science, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged A Plastic Planet, Alvin Lim, Amit Kavrie, Bagasse, Bambus, Davos-2025-Forums, dezentraler Fertigung, Eukalyptus, Fasern, Fertigung, Food and Beverage, Goals House, Henrike Schlottmann, Initiative Fast Forward 50, Kelvin Lin, Kreislaufwirtschaft, Kunststoff wegzukommen, Kunststoffverpackungen zu beenden, Landbanking Group, landwirtschaftlichen Abfällen, Martin Stuchtey, Miscanthus, nachhaltige Flaschen, nachhaltigere Zukunft, NBCo, NBCo-Faserflasche, paper bottles, plastic, plastic free, PlasticFree, Project Together, recycling, regeneration, regenerative Fertigung, Sian Sutherland, strategic partnerships, Supreme Group, sustainability, SYSTEMIQ, Umweltkrise, Verpackungen, Weltwirtschaftsforums, Zirkularität, Zukunft der Verpackung, Zukunft ohne Plastik
(IN BRIEF) At LogiMAT 2025, Henkel will present innovative, sustainable packaging solutions designed to tackle inefficiencies in e-commerce logistics. The right-sized packaging technology offers a more efficient approach by precisely matching carton size to product dimensions, saving material costs, reducing … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Internet & Online, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged automation, bio-based materials, CO₂ emissions, e-commerce logistics, E-Commerce Packaging, energy efficiency, fulfillment centers, Henkel, hot melt adhesive, LogiMAT 2025, Packaging Innovations, recycling, right-sized packaging, supply chain optimization, sustainable logistics, Sustainable packaging, Technomelt E-COM G5 Eco Cool
(IN BRIEF) Aurubis is investing €40 million to build an on-site air separation unit at its Lünen recycling plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, enabling the independent production of high-purity oxygen and nitrogen. This unit will boost production efficiency, reduce dependency on … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Metals and Minerals, News, Technology
Tagged Aurubis, Inge Hofkens, investment, Lünen Plant, On-Site Oxygen Production, partnership, recycling, sustainability, Verena von Weiss
(IN BRIEF) Metso and Dowa Group’s Kosaka Smelting & Refining Co., Ltd. are hosting the 2nd International Ausmelt® TSL Licensees Congress in Japan, bringing together around 50 global industry professionals to discuss developments in recycling, the circular economy, and e-waste. … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Vattenfall has announced a new sustainability goal to ensure 100% circular recycling of permanent magnets from its wind turbines, starting with decommissioned units from 2030. This initiative aims to address the environmental and supply challenges associated with rare … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Henkel Adhesive Technologies will showcase its sustainable pressure-sensitive adhesives at LabelExpo 2024 in Chicago. These adhesives, certified by the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI) as compatible with post-consumer recycling processes, highlight Henkel’s commitment to advancing sustainability in … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Holcim has acquired the Cand-Landi Group, a Swiss company known for its recycling, waste management, aggregates, and ready-mix operations, to boost decarbonization and circular construction efforts. With CHF 70 million in net sales and 250 employees, Cand-Landi will … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Environment, Industrial, Investment, Switzerland
Tagged 250 employees, aggregates, alternative fuels, alternative raw materials, Cand-Landi Group, circular construction, construction demolition materials, decarbonization, Eclépens plant, holcim, Miljan Gutovic, ready-mix, recycling, Switzerland, waste management
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