Americas: Tetra Pak to offer full color digital printed cartons
Tetra Pak is to become the first company in the food and beverage carton industry to offer full-color digital printing on its carton packages,...
Europe: Paperboard packaging found to be more green than plastic, study
Study shows using paperboard instead of plastic can reduce a packaging’s climate impact by 99%.
For people who influence the choice of packaging material, this...
Europe: Institutions to curb the use of single-use plastic products
The European institutions have reached an agreement on a directive to curb the use of a number of single-use plastic products in the EU,...
Asia Pacific: Sinopack 2019/PACKINNO 2019 product showcase
The 26th China International Exhibition on Packaging Machinery and Materials (Sino-Pack 2019) and the China (Guangzhou) International Exhibition on Packaging Products (PACKINNO 2019) will...
Asia Pacific: Smart labels indicate freshness of food, says Advanta
You have just received a notification on your smart phone, informing you that the bottle of wine you have bought in the afternoon is...
Europe: Bosch opens new packaging, testing center
Bosch Packaging Technology opens its first technical research, development and testing center for filling and sealing liquid and viscous products in Koenigsbrunn, Germany.
The 450...
Europe: Smurfit Kappa buys France’s Papcart
Smurfit Kappa Group has bought Papcart, a specialist in offset printing and conversion of cardboard and corrugated board consumer packaging.
This enables Smurfit Kappa to...
Europe: Krones releases stretch blow-molding machine
Krones releases its Contiform 3 Speed with two mold halves that are held together with an upgraded mold carrier locking mechanism in a stretch...
Americas: UPM Raflatac label waste program expands
UPM Raflatac's RafCycle recycling solution has expanded to the US and Canada, giving new life to self-adhesive label waste that would otherwise be landfilled....
Americas: Packaging machines demand soar as market conditions improve, report
Improved economic conditions in emerging nations, changing dietary preferences globally, and a rising demand for nutritious and ready-to-eat food products are driving demand for...