January 17, 2023 | Sustainable Packaging Africa Magazine

Amcor bolsters portfolio with acquisition of Chinese medical device packaging firm MDK

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

CHINA – Global packaging company, Amcor has announced the acquisition of Chinese medical device packaging firm MDK expanding its healthcare platform in the APAC region. Based in Shanghai, MDK supplies paper-based packaging and coating capabilities for companies in China’s medical device sector. The firm generates annual sales of approximately US$50 million and is a leading provider of medical device packaging,…

Carbios partners Novozymes to advance PET bio-recycling

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

FRANCE – Carbios, and Novozymes are entering an exclusive long-term global strategic partnership to ensure the production and supply of Carbios’ proprietary PET-degrading enzymes at an industrial scale. Under the partnership, the companies will build the world’s first biological PET-recycling plant due to start production in 2025 in Longlaville, France, as well as Carbios’ future licensee customers. The two companies…

Australian steelmakers urge the government to ban export of unprocessed ferrous scrap

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

AUSTRALIA – The Australian Steel Institute (ASI) has urged the nation’s government to ban unprocessed ferrous scrap export, saying processing the scrap locally will help steelmakers reach decarbonization goals. In a presentation to the Federal Standing Committee on Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water last month (November 2022), ASI sustainability national manager Michael Dawson said the domestic steel industry has…

Greiner Packaging secures Sustainably Sourced Plastics certification

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

UK – Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland has become the is the first packaging manufacturer in Northern Ireland to gain the Sustainably Sourced Plastics (SSP) Certification, and the first Greiner Packaging factory in the world to be awarded Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Chain of Custody certification. Developed in conjunction with the BSI Flex 6228 Standard, SSP Certification provides an overall…

Valio announces plans to repackage its brands to align with EU directive

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

FINLAND – Helsinki-based manufacturer of dairy products, Valio has announced plans to replace its package with caps with tethered caps to meet the EU directive. The company says its milk and cream cans, will change gradually to comply with the requirements of the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive. The directive aims to reduce the amount of plastic litter in the environment,…

Tlačiareň Bardejov opts for Koenig & Bauer’s print and packaging technologies to scale operations

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023

SLOVAKIA –Print company Tlačiareň Bardejov has bought a five-colour Rapida 76 with an inline coater and an Omega Allpro 90 folder-gluer technologies from Koenig & Bauer to scale operations. According to Koenig & Bauer, by investing in a five-color Rapida 76 with inline coater, together with an Omega Allpro 90 folder-gluer, Tlačiareň Bardejov has boosted its production capacities in preparation…