Tag: materials
Americas: Consumers prefer to use green packaging, finds report
As Americans take notice of increasingly strained global food resources, new research from Mintel reveals that four in five (80%) US food shoppers agree...
Asia Pacific: Chinaplas 2017 goes to Guangzhou
From May 16 to 19, 2017, the 31st edition of Chinaplas will be held in Guangzhou with 3,300 exhibitors over 250,000 sqm of exhibition...
Europe: pacproject, EcoTensil launch carton spoons in region
pacproject, the Hamburg-based agency for packaging design, consultancy and strategy, has now concluded a contract with the Californian packaging manufacturer EcoTensil on launching its...
World: Domestic consumption grows metal packaging sector
After a significant slowdown in the late 2000s, the global market for metal packaging has recovered its growth with the highest rates registered in...
Europe: Program develops green, biodegradable packages
Aimplas Plastic Technology Centre in Spain has created barrier, multilayer and transparent packages with a cost 25% lower than conventional ones, with a lower...
Europe: RPC company designs bottle for hot sauce
The new bottle for the Encona 'Taste Explorers' range from Grace Foods UK - which includes favorites such as West Indian Original Hot Pepper...
Americas: SIG carton packs to don FSC logo
With a global network of cardboard suppliers who are certified according to the criteria of the ForestStewardship Council (FSC), from August 2016, 100% SIG...
Europe: APET material for packaging fresh meat receives European patent
Faerch Plast’s MAPET II, which won a WorldStar award in 2015, is innovative mono packaging produced from a material for top sealing of fresh...
Europe: Researcher makes durable plastics from plants, clay
A new more sustainable material developed by reinforcing commercial bioplastic using additives from plants such as nanocellulose and oregano extracts can solve the most...
Americas: Amcor introduces metal-free, high barrier packaging
Amcor introduces AmLite Ultra to its existing line of AmLite, which is metal-free packaging.
It offers an even higher barrier, using Amcor’s Ultra SiOx coating,...