New tech gives Scots firm the EDGE in sustainable packaging quest
A Scottish business involved in food safety and reducing un-recyclable plastic waste has won an £80,000 award to help take it to the next...
Printed gummed tapes offer ‘multiple’ benefits
A Bellshill-based supplier of specialist tapes, adhesives and consumables is offering packaging customers printed gummed paper tapes to help reduce their environmental footprint.
J.I.T. industrial...
Food-grade film helps businesses to reduce waste
SEALED Air has developed what the firm described as the world’s first food-grade soft plastic film containing Certified Circular Resins (CCR).
The new CRYOVAC Brand...
Plastic shows it can be a force for good
Plastic has made an important contribution to the fight against the coronavirus but to continue to make the best of its many benefits will...
Micro-perforated lidding films for soft fruits
THE research and development team at TCL Packaging has developed new micro-perforated printed lidding films to create optimum conditions for soft fruit.
The films permit precise gas and...
Plastic film closed loop project aids circular economy ambitions
BERRY Global’s flexible films facility in Steinfeld, Germany, is working with filling equipment specialist Haver & Boecker to create a closed loop system for...
New stretch films meet Plastic Packaging Tax requirements
COVERIS has confirmed the launch of a new range of lightweight stretch films containing a minimum 30% recycled content to satisfy the requirements of...
Report highlights ‘transformational’ period for BOPP film sector
THE BOPP film industry has undergone a 'transformational couple of years', according to a new report published by AMI.
The material is said to have...
‘Breakthrough’ innovation enables rigid plastic recycling across film portfolio
AVERY Dennison has announced it has removed a 'key obstacle' to plastic recycling with the introduction of next generation AD CleanFlake technology.
The label manufacturer...
No shrinking from poultry challenges
DESCRIBED as an ‘industry first’, Yorkshire Packaging Systems (YPS) has launched a widely recyclable solution for the whole bird market in conjunction with shrink...
