Compostable packaging producer Tipa has named John Wilson as commercial director for North America. He will head Tipa’s business expansion as demand for more sustainable packaging solutions continues to grow. Wilson joins Tipa with a career spanning more than 20 years in consumer packaging, most recently with leadership positions in Amcor’s flexible packaging business. His […] The post Compostables converter appoints commercial director appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

Bericap is investing in a new plant in Kunshan that reflects the latest standards and increases production capacity by 50 per cent to help it more effectively cater to customer demand. The company’s customers in China include major edible oil, soy sauce, and vinegar manufacturers, as well as customers in the beverage and automotive sectors. […] The post Bericap invests in China facility appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

Data provider Valpak by Reconomy is to offer international compliance services to Vana members in a new strategic partnership. The deal with the Danish Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO) comes during a month when Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations came into force in Denmark, requiring obligated producers to report planned packaging consumption. Through the partnership, Valpak […] The post Valpak link-up for EPR regulations in Denmark appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

Joe Herres has been named chief executive of US-based colourant and additives producer Chroma Color Corporation. Herres replaces Shruti Singhal at the helm of the firm, which supplies specialty colour and additive concentrates and IR absorbing and modifying dyes, with an extensive manufacturing footprint through out the US. “I am very excited to take the […] The post Herres takes the helm at Chroma Color appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

BASF, SABIC, and Linde have inaugurated the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracking furnaces. Following three years of development, engineering, and construction work, the regular operation of the demonstration plant is now ready to start at BASF’s Verbund site in Ludwigshafen, Germany. In March 2021, the three companies signed a joint […] The post Chemical industry set for sustainable steam cracking revolution appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

Siegwerk and Borouge are to collaborate on the co-development of fully recyclable mono-material solutions to further drive packaging design for a circular economy. With the majority of flexible packaging still consisting of mixed materials, the printing inks and coatings producer and petrochemical firm will work on a pipeline of solutions to navigate around the recycling […] The post Inks and resins partnership pushes circularity appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

Leading its response to future technological developments, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has appointed processing and machinery expert Martin Pütz as senior director for technology. As a respected IKV (Institute for Plastics Processing) mechanical engineering academic, Pütz’s career has taken him from an injection moulding process engineer to different technical and sales management positions, and most recently […] The post Sumitomo (SHI) Demag puts technology responsibility on Pütz appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

The Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) in the UK has introduced an independent compliance procedure to enable its members to hold non-compliant businesses to account and help ensure a level playing field for all. A newly established FPA Regulatory and Compliance Committee will be responsible for administering the procedure – marking a significant step forward in […] The post FPA holds businesses to account appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

An EU-funded project is aiming to promote circularity in the bio-based industrial ecosystem through artificial intelligence (AI)-driven solutions. Under the banner of ‘Securing Local Supply Chains via the Development of New Methods to Assess the Circularity and Symbiosis of the Bio-based Industrial Ecosystem’, the Symba project seeks to revolutionise industrial practices by promoting symbiotic relationships […] The post Bio-based circularity project underway appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more

Procter & Gamble has recalled 8.2 million film bags of laundry detergent across North America after they were found to be defective. The child-resistant outer packaging was found to split open near the zipper track, which posed a risk of injury to children and other vulnerable individuals if the contents of the detergent packets are […] The post P&G recalls defective detergent packs appeared first on Eco-plastics in Packaging ..read more