Motoring on: new system tipped to provide energy savings
A Catalonian manufacturer has developed a motor system for injection-moulding machines that it claims can provide energy savings of up to 80%.
Developed by Barcelona-headquartered...
SÜDPACK report sets new goals
SÜDPACK Verpackungen has launched its second sustainability report, charting the progress the firm has made in recent years and outlining new goals the company...
MPMA urges retailers to act on recyclability of packaging materials
THE Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA) has called for “greater transparency” of packaging materials’ recycling credentials.
New research commissioned by the organisation in the UK...
The grass is half full for paper manufacturer
A German packaging manufacturer has launched a new paper made of grass fibres as it increases its focus on sustainability.
Storopack’s new PAPERplus Grass consists...
Dumfries facility helps find new uses for recycled vending cups
PLASTIC vending cup producer RPC Tedeco-Gizeh is launching a new service to help customers recycle used cups into valuable second life products.
The firm is...
Smurfit Kappa lays down sustainability challenge with new competition
SMURFIT Kappa is urging the world’s innovation community to contribute to the development of the sustainable packaging solutions of the future, with the launch...
Cartons given new lease of life at Thai school’s ‘eco-canteen’
ASEPTIC packaging provider SIG is showcasing how companies and communities can work together to turn waste into value with a new ‘eco-canteen’ built almost...
Flexible packaging consortium marks a century of stakeholders
RPC–bpi group has become the 100th firm to sign up to CEFLEX, the consortium of organisations collaborating to enhance the performance of flexible packaging in...
RPC provides refillable bottles to UN conference
RPC Group provided 400 refillable water bottles to a recent UN human rights conference in Warsaw, Poland.
The firm said the move eliminated the need...
Packaging producers to pick up recycling tab in new waste strategy
BUSINESSES and manufacturers south of the border will have to pay the full cost of recycling or disposing their packaging waste, under a new...
