Interzero and Eastman have secured a long-term supply agreement for the latter’s previously announced molecular recycling facility in Normandy, France. Interzero will provide up to 20,000 tonnes per year of hard-to-recycle PET household packaging waste that would otherwise be incinerated. Headquartered in Germany, Interzero provides circular solutions across Europe. Eastman’s planned molecular recycling facility in […] The post Molecular level deal for Eastman appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

North American packaging firm TricorBraun has signed an agreement to acquire Mark’s Barrel Company (MBC), expanding its industrial packaging capabilities. MBC specialises in the reconditioning and recycling of industrial containers, including steel and plastics barrels, drums, and intermediate bulk containers (IBCs). Reconditioned and recycled packaging helps customers reduce their environmental impact while using an effective […] The post TricorBraun drums up business with MBC deal appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

The president of the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has criticised former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $85 million campaign to block petrochemical projects across the US, calling it “misguided” and likely to cause more problems than it solves. The philanthropist’s Beyond Petrochemicals: People Over Pollution campaign aims to block the development of more than […] The post Beyond Petrochemicals campaign ‘misguided’: Seaholm appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

Plastics recycling must be considered a key industry sector or it risks being driven out of business amid the deepening energy crisis, according to the president of Plastics Recyclers Europe (PRE). Plastics recycling facilities run 24 hours, seven days a week, which means that energy utilities are among the three major cost factors, after labour […] The post Circular economy for plastics at risk: PRE president appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

Two of India’s largest firms have signed an agreement to achieve end-to-end ‘carbon neutrality’, on the back of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pledge to make the country Net Zero by 2070. Flexible packaging converter UFlex has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Creduce, a fast-growing carbon credits consultancy. The scope would encompass an […] The post UFlex and Creduce partner on carbon neutrality appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

Design-for-recycling guidelines for flexible packaging containing aluminium foil are being formalised in a project spearheaded by the Circular Economy for Flexible Packaging (CEFLEX). With the help of Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA) and other key organisations, CEFLEX is working on ‘Designing for a Circular Economy’ guidelines for the separation of […] The post CEFLEX to develop aluminium foil separation guidelines appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

Kiefel Packaging is now under dual management after Andreas Staudinger took on the duties of previous managing director Robin Roth and heads the Upper Austrian subsidiary of Kiefel alongside Christian Töscher. Chief sales officer Staudinger has been with Kiefel for more than 30 years and will hold the position of managing director of Kiefel Packaging […] The post Kiefel Packaging under dual management appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

A shaped PET aerosol container has won the innovative product accolade at the 2022 FEA Global Aerosol Awards in Lisbon, Portugal. Aimed at encouraging innovation and technical excellence by recognising brands owners and fillers that have done something new and different with the aerosol package, the award was presented to Plastipak’s LifeSafe Technologies 5-in-1 Fire […] The post Plastipak container fires up judges at aerosol awards appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

The parent company of the Tokyo-based Toyo Ink Group is to double the laminating adhesives production capacity at its Malaysian subsidiary Toyochem Specialty Chemical. By strengthening its global supply chain, Toyo Ink SC Holdings plans to expand sales of high-functioning and environmentally-friendly solutions such as solvent-free adhesives, the demand for which it anticipates to grow […] The post Toyo Ink to double laminating adhesives capacity in Asia appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more

Injection moulding machinery maker Arburg has opened a technology centre in Tremblay-en-France, which is around 40 per cent larger than the previous location in Aulnay-sous-Bois. The new Arburg Technology Centre (ATC), near Paris, occupies a floor space of more than 1,500 sq m and has a showroom area big enough for up to four Allrounder […] The post Arburg relocates and upsizes technology centre appeared first on Plastics in Packaging ..read more