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USA – Axium Packaging, a manufacturer of packaging and containers has announced plans to build US$32 million facility in North Carolina, expanding its production capacity. Located in the city of Archdale, the advanced facility will cover a 150,000ft² area and create 118 jobs in Randolph County over the next three years, notes Axium. Axium Packaging president Paul Judge said: “I…
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CANADA – Winnipeg-based packaging manufacturer Winpak has posted a 17.9% increase in revenue to almost US$1.2 billion in FY22, against US$1 billion in FY21. For the year ended on 25 December, the company’s flexible packaging operating segment saw its volumes rise by 4%, while volumes for its rigid packaging and flexible lidding operating segment fell by 3%. The volumes of…
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GERMANY – Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) in Germany has invested over €40 million (US$42.53m) into returnable bottles to bolster its capabilities. The investment will fund a new filling line in Lüneburg, Northern Germany, along with a new packaging machine for glass bottles in Mönchengladbach, West Germany, boosting CCEP’s plans to expand the availability of drinks sold in returnable glass bottles.…
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SPAIN – Irish corrugated company, Smurfit Kappa plans to invest €27 million (US$28.8m) in a state-of-the-art new waste management and recovery facility at its Nervión paper mill in Iurreta, Spain. The company said that the investment will see the mill adopt a fully circular production process involving the biggest landfill reduction project Smurfit Kappa has undertaken to date. It will…
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SOUTH AFRICA – National verification and standards organization, the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has warned against vague claims that plastics are environment-friendly or nonpolluting. SABS says manufacturers that wish to claim their plastic packaging is degradable need to subject the packaging to the relevant testing and certification requirements of the newly published South African National Standard (SANS) 1728.…
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