Kimberly-Clark doubles recycled content
Kimberly-Clark doubled the percentage of recycled content in its plastics packaging last year, while increasing the amount of packaging that is reusable, recyclable or...
Weener Plastics devises removable spray cap
Weener Plastics (WP) has developed what it is calling a "revolutionary spray system" for aerosol spray caps that makes the container 100 per cent...
Aetna acquisition expands access to German-speaking countries
Italian end-of-line packaging machinery producer Aetna Group has acquired German firm Meypack, which specialises in end-of-line products for the food, spirits, and home &...
Sacmi posts record revenues
Machinery group Sacmi has posted record consolidated revenues of more than €1.53 billion ($1.61bn), up almost 40 per cent on 2020, as sales and...
Innovia Films opens co-extrusion line in Poland
Specialty films producer Innovia Films has opened a 6.2m multilayer co-extrusion line at its site in Plock, Poland, which will be dedicated to manufacture...
Colgate-Palmolive promotes toothpaste tube recyclability
Colgate-Palmolive is embarking on a US-wide store-to-store campaign to promote awareness of the recyclability of its toothpaste tubes.
The household and personal care products company...
LiquiGlide secures funds to flow to market with greater ease
US-based LiquiGlide has completed an intellectual-property-based financial deal that provides the company with $35 million to expand its commercial activities and continue to develop...
UK packaging converter honoured with Queen’s Award
UK-based Staeger Clear Packaging has been honoured with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise for Innovation. It becomes one of 226 organisations nationally to be...
PET container faces the pressure
Sidel has launched a PET aerosol container that can enter the traditional PET recycling stream.
PressureSafe is intended for use with perfumes and deodorants and...
TricorBraun acquires Australian rigid packaging converter
Packaging converter TricorBraun has entered into an agreement to acquire PB Packaging (PB), a wholly-owned business of Pro-Pac Packaging, expanding its presence in Australia.
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