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SOUTH KOREA – CJ Biomaterials, a division of CJ CheilJedang, has developed a new cosmetic jar leveraging its amorphous polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) technology, dubbed PHACT, for cosmetics brand Banila. The cosmetic container is intended to store Banila’s Ceramide Cleansing Balm, a part of Banila’s Clean It Zero line of eco-friendly products. The Clean It Zero Ceramide Cleansing Balm is the result…
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SOUTH AFRICA – JSE-listed dissolving pulp and paper-based solutions company Sappi has recorded a strong performance for the first quarter of its 2023 financial year, the best ever first-quarter results, CEO Steve Binnie points out. For the quarter that ended December 31, 2022, Sappi’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) was US$290 million, 21% higher year-on-year and in…
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UK – SICK has unveiled a new Smart Box Detection system for its deTec4 Safety Light Curtain, aiming to ensure operator safety and a continual and efficient output on packaging lines. The SICK Smart Box Detection system is a plug-and-play automation solution for the SICK deTec4 Safety Light Curtain. It uses intelligent pattern recognition to detect cuboid objects and even…
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TOGO – Waste management association, Moi Jeu Tri has secured a US$1.21 million grant from French Development Agency (AFD) to recycle electronic waste in Lomé over the next three years. Moi Jeu Tri says that the grant will enable the collection and recovery of end-of-life appliances in the city of Lomé in Togo, where the company is supporting the ecological…
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GERMANY – Siegwerk has partnered with German startup Wildplastic and the Hamburg University of Technology (TU-Hamburg), aiming to increase the recyclability of plastic waste. The collaboration follows successful trials, conducted at the end of 2022, that involved deinking the collected waste before entering the recycling extrusion process results to achieve better recyclability. Siegwerk said that deinking packaging before regranulation keeps…
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IRELAND – Irish corrugated company, Smurfit Kappa has announced its full-year results for 2022, showing a year-on-year (YOY) growth in earnings (EBITDA) of 38%, despite the widely-anticipated post-pandemic slowdown in corrugated box sales. In its annual results, the firm posted earnings of €2.3 billion (US$2.47bn), climbing 38% on the previous year, and overall revenue jumped 27% to almost €13 billion…
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GLOBAL – Australia’s Minderoo Foundation has revealed that single-use plastic production increased to 139 MMT (million metric tonnes) in 2021, up by 6MMT from 2019 figures (133 MMT). In its latest report, The Plastic Waste Makers Index 2023, Minderoo warns that single-use plastic is fast becoming a climate crisis, as well as pollution crisis. According to the report, emissions from…
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USA – Leading fiber-based packaging provider Graphic Packaging International has registered US$9.44 billion in net sales for fiscal 2022 (FY22), up by 32% and a strong Q4 2022 sales. Graphic Packaging has reported Q4 2022 net income of US$156 million, or US$0.50 per share, based on 309 million weighted average diluted shares. This compares to Q4 2021 net income of…
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UK – Xeros Technology, a clean technology company, has partnered with the University of Surrey to fund pioneering research to upcycle the microfibres captured from laundering clothes into a useful and valuable carbon material. Xeros defines the microfibers used as tiny “threads,” smaller than 5mm, that break off from textiles through the everyday acts of wearing and laundering garments and…
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SWITZERLAND – Tetra Pak and MAX IV, a synchrotron radiation laboratory in the world, have commenced research towards advancing fiber-based sustainable food packaging. According to the partners, this research aims at providing fresh insights into the company’s journey to develop the most sustainable food package. Tetra Pak says the project is the first industrial research and development experiment at ForMAX,…
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