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Ball Corporation, a leading maker of infinitely recyclable aluminium packaging, intends to begin construction of a new production facility at Pilsen Digital Park in the spring of 2021. The development, in the West of Czech Republic, would expand Ball's output in the region to meet the growing demand from consumers who want sustainable and recyclable beverage packaging. The €170 million facility plans to employ up to 200 people and launch operations in October 2022. "Th

Comexi, a specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting industry, has successfully performed the installation of the second Comexi SL2 laminator at the facilities of Yusung Pack, a Korean manufacturer of plastic packaging for household goods, food, cosmetics, and facial masks. This operation strengthens the relationship between the two companies, which began in 2017 with the acquisition by Yusung Pack of the first Comexi SL2 laminator. “We have cho

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Eco Wrap®, the world’s first compostable industrial strength machine grade stretch film, is here! The latest formula uses a certified compostable resin plus a tackifier additive to make an industrial strength compostable stretch wrap that can be used on most standard automated stretch wrap equipment. This is a breakthrough for the industrial packaging and warehousing industries which rely heavily on automated stretch wrapping to prepare pallets of goods for storage, inventory, or sh

A further milestone for the long-standing SACMI business that provides first-class technology for the manufacture of caps, preforms, containers, quality control and assembly. As of today, the SACMI Rigid Packaging Technologies Business Unit brings all SACMI solutions concerning rigid packaging under one roof. The aim? To enhance the company’s numerous market-leading technological plus-points and keep pace with the industry’s accelerating focus on sustainability, versatil

The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the ALPLA Group, is investing more than five million euros in an extrusion system for food-grade recycled PET (rPET) made of used PET bottles (so-called post-consumer material) at its site in Anagni. Anagni in central Italy is home to one of the ALPLA Group’s most important preform production plants. The plant, which currently has a workforce of 91, processes around 50,000 tonnes of PET a year, of which onl

AB Graphic International (ABG) has recently supplied Norwegian retail technology specialist, StrongPoint, with a range of finishing solutions for their Malmö-Sweden production facility. The move will allow the firm to increase production efficiencies and quality, improve lead times and continue to provide its customers with the very latest innovations in self-adhesive label manufacture. With its headquarters in Raelingen-Norway, StrongPoint has two business areas: retail soluti

Proposed ban list covers items already out of favour - checkout bags, straws, stir sticks, six-pack rings, cutlery and some takeout containers - less than one per cent of plastics used here TORONTO, Jan. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- New polling results from Abacus Data commissioned by Oceana Canada finds that 95 per cent of Cana

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Tetra Pak has introduced a new collaborative innovation model with leading paperboard producers, a move aimed at tackling the food packaging industry's sustainability challenges. The traditional operating model of a linear supply chain has changed, and a new partnership ecosystem model is emerging, where the entire industry works in close collaboration. This brings together not only producers and suppliers, but also research institutions, universities and start-ups in an attempt to find s

The unexpected second wave of coronavirus has hit Mumbai, and having such a dense population requires extraordinary efforts to tackle the pandemic; hence, local authorities have built jumbo COVID ICUs across the city. They have also converted Bombay Exhibition Centre into an ICU, and due to the second wave, it is unlikely that the venue will be available for the trade fair which was initially scheduled from 3-5 February 2021. The decision is a big disappointment for organisers, exhi

Government has created a jumbo COVID ICU facility at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai which is the venue planned for the trade fair, and it is unclear whether the venue will be permitted for the scheduled date in February 2021. India is witnessing a rapid second wave of the infection cases, and local Government has already issued a warning to re-impose the lockdown in Mumbai. Mumbai requires massive efforts to fight the coronavirus due to the dense population. Multiple jumbo COVID F

Manufacturer of industrial weighing and inspection systems, Minebea Intec will now be providing its customers with a modular outer case marker. The global company has brought their expertise in checkweighing to the labelling market with a new hygienic weigh price labeller specifically designed for the meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetable markets. Minebea Intec‘s new WPL–S is a manual weigh price labeller best suited to low volume and products not suitable for automatic

Duravant LLC, a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors, announced today the introduction of nVenia, LLC, a new Operating Company within Duravant’s Packaging Solutions Segment formed by combining Arpac, Hamer-Fischbein and Ohlson into a single entity. Leveraging the strengths of Arpac, Hamer, Fischbein, and Ohlson, nVenia is positioned to be a leading equipment designer, manufacturer and inte