December 2019

ALPLA Group, an international plastic packaging and recycling specialist, joins a new consortium for chemical recycling of PET. The consortium intends to speed up the commercialisation of enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, which turns opaque and difficult-to-recycle PET plastic waste into recycled feedstocks.

These pallets are constructed of engineered plywood sourced from sustainable plantations, then coated with a proprietary polyurea spray called ExoBond. The resulting pallet is extremely durable, lightweight, fire-retardant, sustainable, hygienic, easily sanitized and repairable, skid-free, and come in standard and custom sizes, sas the company. While a typical wood pallet’s average lifespan is only three months, the Lightning pallet is estimated to be able to last more than 10 years. 

With DISCS™ ­ Drop, Impact, Shock, Crush, Shake – DS Smith’s industry leading distribution testing process, customer could make sure to make their package sturdy enough to handle all the bumps along the way to the consumer.

More than 50% of customers stop ordering, or order less frequently, from a retailer if they ever receive a damaged product. Moreover, about 20% return the product and request a refund or exchange, putting a strain on your supply chain. So, before anything else, thorough distribution testing is a vital step.

Made from sustainably sourced wood fibres, it is both 100% bio-based and fully recyclable. The Group also announced it has been joined by other leading global companies that are united in their vision to develop sustainable packaging through the advancement of paper bottle technology.

Part of its innovative Pouch-Up® portfolio, the new pouch is available as a 1.5L unit, and weighs 17 times less than its glass counterpart. This weight reduction, along with the pouch’s space-saving format, is not only more cost-efficient for the customer, but also leads to a significant reduction in the use of plastic and in CO2 emissions during transport. It also works perfectly with both automatic and semi-automatic filling machines.

​Metsä Board has created a new, enhanced folding boxboard portfolio, designed specifically to help brand owners and packaging converters tackle the big issues in packaging: saving resources, reducing carbon footprint and ensuring product safety.

Previously the producer and retailer would measure and record the fresh fish’s temperature manually at each step of distribution. If arrival temperature was found to be within the acceptable range, the fish’s shelf-life was assumed to be as expected and no corrective actions were taken. If a fixed expiry date had been exceeded when the fish was received at the supermarket, the fish would be discarded, creating waste and supply shortages.

SigNature® DNA is a high-security feature based on DNA markers with which pharmaceutical manufacturers can protect their products against counterfeiting and patients against potential health risks. DNA markers are deemed to be impossible to counterfeit and recognized as forensic authentication evidence in courts of law.