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RECYCLATES FOR PACKAGING ARE IN DEMAND LIKE NEVER BEFORE

31. Oktober 2022 Green Packaging (int)

Before 1950, the world was still almost free of plastic. Today, we encounter plastic everywhere. As a packaging material, it is no longer possible to imagine life without plastic due to its many advantages. The downside: It is well known that most plastic packaging is only used once and ends up in the rubbish afterwards. But the material is a valuable resource that is currently becoming even more valuable in view of supply bottlenecks and shortages of raw materials. Therefore, there is a lot to be said for recycling and the use of recyclates in packaging production.

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EIN VERSCHLUSS GEGEN LEBENSMITTELVERSCHWENDUNG

31. Oktober 2022 Verpackungstechnik

Es ist doch immer wieder spannend, welchen Weg manche Innovationen hinter sich haben. So auch im Falle des Londoner Start-ups Mimica. Dessen Gründerin Solveiga Pakštaitė wollte vorrangig einen Flaschenverschluss entwickeln, der sichteingeschränkten Menschen Informationen über die Haltbarkeit des Produktes vermittelt. In der Regel ist diese auf Verpackungen lediglich aufgedruckt und somit für sehbehinderte Menschen nicht erfassbar.
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Flexibel und modular im Pharmabereich

28. Oktober 2022 Verpackungstechnik

Ein komplexes Produktspektrum erfordert einen aufwendigen Verpackungsprozess? Das könnte man meinen. Doch die Automatisierung des Verpackungsprozesses von Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Products GmbH zeigt: Mit einem kompetenten Partner wie R.WEISS Packaging GmbH & Co. KG können flexible Lösungen basierend auf modularer Bauweise realisiert werden.
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Latest generation of paper bottles in the consumer test

28. Oktober 2022 From the magazine, Packaging materials

It is ultra-light, extremely stable and feels very comfortable - no wonder that brand manufacturers such as Coca-Cola, Absolut and Procter & Gamble showed interest in the paper bottle from Paboco early on. The Carlsberg Brewery Group has also been working on the Fibre Bottle project for years and recently started a large-scale practical test. The first feedback from consumers is now available.
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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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