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10. August 2022
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From the idea to the execution: Recycling for fibre-based packaging
How can a circular economy be achieved with paper, carton or alternative materials like grass? A workshop by STI Group tried to find answers.
27. Juli 2022
Bobst blows for revolution
Bobst promises „connectivity and proximity“ and is presenting networked machines, and a high-barrier solution for flexible packaging near Lausanne.
21. Juli 2022
Climate neutrality through intelligent label solutions
Often overlooked, but essential for fully sustainable packaging: the label. Finnish company, UPM Raflatac, produces sustainable label solutions to help reduce the CO2 footprint of product packaging.
9. Juni 2022
Paper packaging for ice cream: sustainable or window dressing?
Unilever has switched its Carte D’Or ice cream brand in the UK to paper-based packaging from Huhtamaki. With this, the company aims to save more than 900 tonnes of new plastic every year in the UK. Whether the paper container is really more sustainable than the previously used plastic packaging remains an open question and has caused discussion on social media.
9. Juni 2022
Cooperation around the globe
Frozen pizzas are among the most popular fast-food dishes: However, their delicate ingredients make processing and packaging anything but easy. To overcome these challenges, a major frozen food manufacturer in the USA relies on Syntegon Technology’s system expertise from product distribution to case packers.
9. Juni 2022
Environmentally friendly online shopping
At Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Rebekka Jochem and Jacobo Cuesta Wolf have developed a shipping package that is damage resistant and can be used several times. It is intended to help curb the waste caused by the growing online mail order business and thus make online shopping more resource-friendly.
9. Juni 2022
From the first issue to a multichannel magazine
Our anniversary is also an occasion to look back at the beginnings. 20 years ago, the first issue of packaging journal was published with many topics, some of which are still topical today. We talked about this with the founder of the publishing house, Elke Latuperisa, and took a look at the first issue.
9. Juni 2022
No sustainability strategy, no sustainable packaging
There is no getting around the issue of sustainability, whether as a consumer or as a producer. The packaging industry is also concerned about the sensible use of raw materials. But where do you start? Carolina E. Schweig, a graduate engineer and packaging consultant, knows. For our focus, she looked into the topics of sustainability and green packaging.
9. Juni 2022
zerooo waste in drugstores with new reusable system
In order to create a circular economy for the packaging of lotions and soap Sea Me GmbH launched zerooo, a reuse and refill system.
8. Juni 2022
Everything in the workflow
Hapa AG has more than 50 years of experience in the segment of efficient inline and „on-demand“ printing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry.
19. April 2022
Static electricity can pack up
In the packaging industry, the phenomenon of electrostatic charging and discharging is one of the daily challenges. Thus, food manufacturers are also dependent on processes to reduce electrostatic charge by means of ionisers – and depending on the application, as precisely, efficiently and energy-savingly as possible.
19. April 2022
Out of the pyramid
What is behind SEW-Eurodrive’s new „StarterSet“ and how can it help with automatisation? Alexander Hack, Strategic Portfolio Manager, explains.
19. April 2022
Paper packaging trend: How well does recycling work?
The trend towards paper is unbroken. As a substitute for plastic, the material is supposed to be more sustainable and protect the environment. But what does more and more paper packaging mean for the recycling of the fibres? Because even these packaging materials cannot do without plastic coatings, varnishes and adhesives. We asked Dr.-Ing. Tiemo Arndt, scientific director of the Papiertechnische Stiftung PTS, about this.
19. April 2022
Shells in the company yard
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has and continues to cause incomprehensible suffering. The Ukrainian packaging industry is not spared either. Valeriia Grankina, CEO of Kharkiv based packaging company Slavena, fled to Bavaria with her family. For packaging journal she wrote down a very personal report of the status quo of the company and the Ukrainian packaging industry as a whole as per end of march.
19. April 2022
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