The goal of the European Union (EU) to recycle all plastic packaging in Europe in an economically viable manner by 2030 is exerting enormous pressure on the packaging industry. It is very common that packaging films are made of different materials, and this causes challenges since they are often not easy to recycle.

For these stand-up pouches, counter-printed stiff PE carrier films were laminated with sealing films with low temperature sealants 

Designing Food and Consumer Packaging for Recyclability

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Can One Material Be Enough?

Companies, organisations and individuals have until 15 May to submit their innovations and best solutions the prestigious European showcase for packaging.

With the German Packaging Award, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) annually awards innovative and creative packaging ideas.

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Launch of the German Packaging Award 2021

From 27 to 29 September 2022, it will once again be time for Fachpack to open its doors at Exhibition Centre Nuremberg.

This year again there will be exciting topics and speakers in the forums at Fachpack.

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Aptar will showcase its latest closure solutions for dispensing beverages and other liquid products.

In July 2024, the EU requirement on tethered caps will come into force: caps on disposable PET bottles with a volume of up to 3 liters must be permanently attached.

Rocket to the Future of Tethered Solutions

In a joint application center for thin-wall packaging, companies Sabic and Netstal have optimized the materials, equipment and process of the technology.

Injection Compression Molding of Down-Gauged Packaging Applications

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Thinner Packaging Items  without Loss of Quality

Fachpack makes an impressive return in 2022: Around 32,000 trade visitors from 89 countries came to find out about the latest trends in the packaging industry in September.

Melting Pot for New Ideas

Companies from the plastic packaging and film industry can apply until the end of February.

Sustainable Plastic Packaging Award 2023 Starts

Berry Global and Werner & Mertz receive the WorldStar Packaging Award 2023.

The design of the head follows a mono-material approach, with over 97% of it produced in polypropylene.

Recycling

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International Award for Sustainable Sprayer Design

PET not only protects and packages beverages, it is also an unwavering companion during their transport.

Packaging for beverages is growing more sustainable.

Messe Interpack

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Allrounder for the Beverage Industry

Berry is the first manufacturer in Europe to supply Coca Cola with a lightweight, tethered closure for its carbonated soft drinks in PET bottles.

The new tethered closure on Coca-Cola bottles makes the closure less likely to be littered.

Berry Supplies Coca Cola with Tethered Caps

Neste and Illig want to prove that its renewable and recycled raw material Neste RE is also suitable for sophisticated packaging.

Jürgen Lochner, CSO/CTO at Illig and Mercedes Alonso, Executive Vice President Renewable Polymers and Chemicals at Neste.

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Picture gallery, main themes, and industry statistics: What will be important for the industry.

The long wait is over: After six years, Interpack is once again taking place in person.

Schröder, Susanne

Looking forward to Interpack 2023

A collaborative project of Heinz, Tesco, Berry Global, Plastic Energy and Sabic has been recognized with a Silver Award in the global Packaging Innovation Awards.

Heinz Beanz Snap Pots made with 39 % recycled plastic has been recognized with a Silver Award.

Silver Award for Soft Plastic Recycling Initiative

With innovations in metrology, processing and automation, the film industry is again pursuing the goal of process optimization and digitalization this year. But efficiency and sustainability are also the focus of the machine manufacturers, who will be serving up pioneering innovations at K 2019.

The Circular Economy – Sustainable yet Efficient?

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A Perfect Concept All Round

Modern plastic packaging keeps food fresh and preserves its flavor for longer, so it reduces the amount of valuable produce that is wasted. At the same time, politicians are calling for more environmentally friendly packaging. Kuraray provides key barrier materials for this, including biodegradable polymers that are impermeable to gas.

Laminated with biodegradable film or paper, barrier polymer layers are suitable for use in packaging for dry goods such as coffee, snacks, sweets and animal feedstuffs

Barrier Materials Protect Food and Make Packaging more Sustainable

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Longer Shelf-Life, Less Waste

Alpla is expanding its presence in the global market for pharmaceutical packaging by establishing a joint venture with Inden Pharma.

Alpla and Inden Pharma start joint venture and plan a common annual production of around 800 million pharmaceutical packaging products for 2023. In the next five years, the capacity is to triple.

The Alpla Group with its division Alplapharma and the Spanish packaging company Inden Pharma are strengthening their footprint in the pharmaceutical market by establishing a joint venture. The international specialist in plastic packaging and recycling and the internationally renowned Spanish pharmaceutical packaging company are starting a long-term partnership for the certified production of bottles, containers and closures in clean rooms, starting in March. The joint venture includes two Alplapharma  production sites in Greece (Koropi) and Poland (Żyrardów) and the two Spanish plants of Inden Pharma in Ibi, north of Alicante, as well as a jointly built fifth plant in Germany (Markdorf), which is scheduled to start production in June.

“We combine global presence with high standards and technology leadership. Together, we are even closer to our customers and are expanding our range of high-quality, cost-effective and sustainable packaging solutions,” says Philipp Lehner, CEO of Alpla. Since entering the fast-growing market of pharmaceutical packaging in 2016, Alpla has continuously expanded into new countries, technologies and product categories.

Inden Pharma is also focused on strong growth. In the last four years, the company has tripled its sales to reach 30.5 million euros in 2022. Inden Pharma annually sells more than 550 million containers in 35 countries on 5 continents.

Technological Advantage and Capacity Increase

Around 800 million packaging products will be produced in the first year at the five jointly operated facilities. The standard products offered by Inden Pharma will be integrated into the joint catalogue of Alplapharma  and Inden Pharma products, reaching an offer of more than 150 articles. It is also planned to expand the business to other places outside of Europe in the future, such as India, the USA or Central and South America.

“Our international customers benefit from a greater variety of plants, proximity, high flexibility as well as the service and quality in deliveries that has been habitual in recent years. It is quite a challenge, not only for Inden Pharma, but for the entire organisation of the joint venture, since our objective is to achieve leadership in the pharmaceutical plastic packaging market in the next five years,” explains Juan Guillem González, owner and CEO of Inden Pharma.

Walter Knes, Managing Director of Alplapharma, emphasises the importance of technology and know-how transfer: “We bring together our strengths and distribution networks, use the most modern injection and extrusion blow moulding techniques, and can rely on our long-standing recycling expertise for future developments.”

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The international packaging specialist Alpa and the Spanish company Inden Pharma have established a joint venture for the development and production of high-quality pharmaceutical packaging.

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