December 2024

Traffic signals do more than we realize to keep life sane in a fast-paced world. At the same time, they take the brunt of bad weather—temperature swings, wind, rain, and (in winter) piles of salt-laden snow banked up around traffic light bases and control boxes. In such harsh environments, traffic controls are likely to fail more quickly than their electrical/electronic counterparts in sheltered atmospheres. Therefore, Cortec® suggests two simple tools to lengthen the intervals between repairs and replacements and send a signal to corrosion.

Recognition highlights Bouman’s impactful progress in the beauty packaging industry.

 Innovative Beauty Group (IBG), a leading global beauty solutions provider, announces that Robbert Anthony Bouman, Design Director Europe, has been named a Future Leader of Paris Packaging Week 2025, January 28-29. The prestigious recognition celebrates Bouman’s outstanding contributions to beauty packaging, and highlights his growing influence as a visionary leader in design and innovation.

Liveo Research AG’s One-Material Blister (OMB) made of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) has been officially certified as recyclable by the Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) of Petcore Europe. This certification is recognized as the strictest and most challenging practical test for assessing the recyclability of innovative PET packaging solutions. It confirms that these blisters can be efficiently recycled within the existing European PET waste management infrastructure.

Company also will showcase sustainability-minded blister packaging, as well as coated PVC structures offering exemplary barrier against oxygen and moisture.
 

Ardagh Glass Packaging-Europe (AGP-Europe), an operating business of Ardagh Group, has worked with Hernö Gin to produce their new lightweighted 500ml glass bottle.

The new Hernö Gin bottle, and the brand’s first bespoke bottle, has launched with an upgraded graphic profile, and is produced and decorated at AGP-Europe’s Limmared facility in Sweden. The new bottle design features the Hernö copper still, with the wording ‘Hernö Gin Distillery Home of Swedish Gin’ embossed on the shoulder of the bottle.