UK consumers’ purchasing choices are influenced by the choice of material used in the packaging, according to the findings of a survey by London-based data analysis company GlobalData.
Blow moulder Alpla Inc. is working with consumer products maker Henkel to spend more than $100m (€90m) to expand and improve operations at a laundry products plant in Kentucky.
Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) has appointed Alexander Baumgartner, CEO of Vienna-based Constantia Flexibles, as its chairman to lead the organisation in its circular economy bid.
One of the world's largest toy companies is phasing out plastic from packaging, a move that's expected to take less than three years.
A Lucozade Ribena Suntory-backed plastic-free packaging innovation has been granted an unspecified amount in government funding by Innovate UK – the UK government’s innovation agency.
An Israeli reusable plastic packaging injection moulder is spending millions of dollars to expand into the United States, working with an established company to create a new entity.
Global sales of polypropylene (PP) packaging films reached 11.3 million tonnes in 2018, and are set to grow at a CAGR of 6% through to 2029, according to a recent research by Future Market Insights.
In July, investment firm Kohlberg & Co. LLC acquired Nelipak, a major manufacturer of custom plastic packaging for the health care sector. At the time, Mount Kisco, New York-based Kohlberg announced it had plans to leverage the business with "sizeable, global acquisitions."
Sky Ocean Ventures, part of the Sky media group, has teamed up with the UK government to invest in 10 companies that have identified innovative solutions to solving the ocean plastics crisis.
RPC M&H Corby, part of US packaging giant Berry Global, has developed grab & go bottles for Re:Nourish, a major disruptor in the prepared soups market.
Magnum, Unilever’s major ice cream brand, has launched tubs containing recycled polypropylene plastic, as part of a bid to become more sustainable.
Spanish thermoformed packaging moulder Coexpan SA. has launched a new €12.1m barrier films extrusion plant in the Moscow region of Russia to serve the food industry.
German flexible packaging specialist Südpack Verpackungen GmbH is introducing a number of sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions during the FachPack packaging trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany in September.
Aseptic packaging systems supplier SIG Combibloc Group is building a second production plant in Suzhou, China, as Asia-Pacific continues to be one of the major growth engines for aseptic carton packaging.