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A COALITION FOR MORE AND BETTER CUP RECYCLING

28. Oktober 2022 Packaging technology

A new project for recycling paper cups has been launched in the Benelux countries. Stora Enso and Huhtamaki want to increase the recycling rate of wood fibres with The Cup Collective. Often, after only a short time of use, paper cups for to-go drinks end up in the rubbish or, even worse, in the environment.

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Where is the packaging industry heading?

28. Oktober 2022 Fairs and exhibitions, From the magazine

Times are anything but rosy. War in Europe, exploding energy prices, shortage of raw materials and high inflation. Against this background, the packaging industry met at Fachpack in Nuremberg - and was surprisingly optimistic. At the end, six packaging experts shared their impressions of the trade fair and their personal assessments of where the packaging industry is heading in these times in our packaging journal Live Talk.
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That was Fachpack 2022

28. Oktober 2022 Fairs and exhibitions, From the magazine

More than 1,150 exhibitors, around 32,000 visitors, three days of packaging in the spotlight - that's a brief numerical summary of this year's Fachpack. But that would hardly do justice to the full scope and significance of the packaging trade fair. After all, at the end of September in Nuremberg, not only were hands shaken, business cards exchanged and kilometres made, but ideas were compared, innovations presented and business relationships initiated. And packaging journal was right in the middle of it all.
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Siemens Healthineers packs sustainably with R.WEISS

28. Oktober 2022 From the magazine, Packaging technology

A complex product range requires a complex packaging process? You might think so. But the automation of the packaging process of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH shows: With a competent partner like R.WEISS Packaging GmbH & Co KG, flexible solutions based on modular design can be realised. This is also the case here, for which an intelligent UNIROB turnkey system for packaging diagnostic products was developed.
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Mehr Leistung durch Beratung

28. Oktober 2022 Verpackungstechnik

Die beste Maschine hilft nicht, wenn sie nicht optimal in den Herstellungsprozess eingebunden ist. Der Stanzformenhersteller Marbach bietet für seine Kunden daher nun ein Dienstleistungspaket an, das Informationen über die Produktivität sowie Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten im Stanzprozess aufzeigt.
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REZYKLATE FÜR VERPACKUNGEN SIND GEFRAGT WIE NIE

28. Oktober 2022 Packmittel und Packstoffe

Vor 1950 war die Welt noch nahezu plastikfrei. Heute begegnen uns Kunststoffe überall. Als Verpackungsmaterial sind sie aufgrund ihrer vielen Vorteile nicht mehr wegzudenken. Die Kehrseite: Bekanntlich werden die meisten Plastikverpackungen nur einmal genutzt und landen danach im Müll. Aber das Material ist eine wertvolle Ressource, die angesichts von Lieferengpässen und Rohstoffknappheit aktuell sogar noch wertvoller wird. Daher spricht gerade vieles für Recycling und den Einsatz von Rezyklat in der Verpackungsherstellung.
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A BIOPLASTIC FOR EVERY APPLICATION

27. Oktober 2022 Packaging materials

Companies worldwide are currently in the process of reducing their CO2 emissions and making production more eco-friendly – and the packaging industry is no exception. There are various ways to achieve this, from using reusable resources to saving material to novel, more eco-friendly packaging materials. FKuR, a German company based in Willich in the Lower Rhine region, specialises in the latter field.
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