November 2018

Many establishments had already started a long time ago to charge for plastic bags with the intention of reducing their abusive use. But, at the same time, they have begun to offer a more ecological alternative: paper bags.

Mercadona joined this trend at the beginning of May, offering paper bags and cardboard boxes in its stores in Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Barcelona and Vizcaya. Lidl has gone further and announced that it will eliminate plastic bags from all its stores in Spain throughout this 2018.

Make every kid’s menu a fantastic experience with these complete sets of unique Winter menu boxes and lidded 3D drinks cups.

Winter menu boxes and drinks cups

Whether they contain fruit juice, paint, pet treats or countless other products, stand-up pouches have made quite the wave in the plastic film industry. Cost-effective, flexible and with an undeniable aesthetic appeal, it’s no surprise that the stand-up pouch market is projected to reach $51.69 billion by 2022.

Despite all the benefits stand-up pouches offer, they’re still not immune to the global move towards more sustainable packaging. It’s a new normal that won’t be ignored— we’re making stand-up pouches more sustainable with our new formulation.

Klocke Pharma-Service GmbH, Appenweier, Germany, manufactures four-side sealed bags (sachets) completely using ultrasonic welding technology from Herrmann Ultraschalltechnik GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsbad, Germany. The packaging material is a pharma-standard paper-aluminum composite.

Twice as many reasons to be happy at Greiner Packaging: On Friday, the plastics experts were honored in Istanbul for not one, but two packaging ideas. At the “Crescents and Stars for Packaging Award” of the Turkish Packaging Manufacturers Association, Greiner Packaging secured the Perfection Award in the “Food” category with its creative yogurt cup and the Bronze Award with its innovative lid solution.