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USA – Battery manufacturer, Energizer Holdings, Inc. has announced plans to invest US$43 million to expand its battery production and packaging facilities in Asheboro. The company, which is best known for its Energizer batteries as touted by its iconic bunny, has been operating in Asheboro for almost 75 years. Energizer says that by upgrading its facilities with this new investment,…
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EUROPE – Canon Europe has unveiled Red Label Zero FSC® and Recycled White Zero FSC®, the first cradle-to-customer carbon-neutral, technical-wide format papers for the Architectural, Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing (AECM) industry. Canon says that both products are FSC-certified and 100% carbon-neutral. Red Label Zero FSC and Recycled White Zero FSC are also EU Ecolabel-certified, meaning the products have a guaranteed…
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GERMANY – Sustainable packaging and paper manufacturer Mondi has created new paper bags for use with Holz-Bauer’s wooden pellets, replacing unnecessary plastic. Mondi’s PelletBags are created from 2-ply Mondi kraft paper which is produced, printed and converted in-house before being sent to Holz-Bauer for filling and closing, using its secure sewing method with a static binder machine. With PelletBag, Holz-Bauer…
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CHINA – Leading provider of packaging equipment, services, and complete solutions, Sidel has designed an aseptic lab filler to be situated in Yili Group‘s specially constructed facility primarily for research and development. Compact in scale, the aseptic lab filler was conceived to enable Yili to research and test product designs consisting of a small number of bottles with different shapes…
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UK – Multinational discount supermarket chain, Aldi has joined the Refill Coalition in a bid to reduce its single-use plastic. Other companies that now participate in this program include supply chain solutions company CHEP, retailer Waitrose & Partners and grocery business Ocado. Convened in 2020 by refill company Unpackaged, the Refill Coalition aims to co-design and develop an innovative refill…
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EUROPE – American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation, Pepsico has partnered with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) to feature reusable packaging in this year’s Champions League finals. At both the men’s and women’s Champions League finals next month, all food and beverage packaging supplied will be completely recyclable, with the men’s final including 220 recycling bins for…
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NIGERIA – Medical and food safety professionals have kicked against the practice of bottling locally made drinks in plastic bottles, noting that it is unsafe for consumption and dangerous to health. The experts said certain chemicals in plastic bottles can leach from the plastic into the drinks. They further noted that the practice could also cause all manner of infections…
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EGYPT – Indian packaging film manufacturer Uflex, through its subsidiary Flex P Films Egypt, has announced plans to set up a PET production plant at the Egyptian petrochemical site, Ain Sokhna. The plant with a capacity of 360,000 t/y is to be built in the SIDC Industrial Park. The investment is reportedly around US$110 million (€100m), with this being the…
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UK – British fiber-based packaging supplier DS Smith has invited students from the University of Exeter, UK, to compete in creating design systems for a circular economy. Students have been tasked with creating reusable packaging system solutions focusing on the reuse of e-commerce and white goods secondary packaging. They will receive mentoring from DS Smith experts to support the development…
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BRAZIL – Global packaging solutions provider Amcor has announced that its production plant in Londrina, Brazil has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISSC) Plus status, first for Amcor in Latin America. The certification allows one of Amcor’s largest plants in Latin America to use advanced recycled materials across its product portfolio. Intended to provide traceability along the supply chain,…
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