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Let’s Get Digital: Aptar Beauty + Home’s Indie Boutique Debuts Online at LuxePack LA

16 May 2019
Yukta Arora

“We experienced an overwhelming, positive response from the Indie community when we created the Indie Boutique. In the short six months since launch we continue learning from, and evolving with our Indie customers, to best address their needs. We are listening, adapting, and we are here to help,” said Eloi Fernandes, Vice President & General Manager, Aptar Beauty, North America.

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EastPack 2019

16 May 2019
Chhavi Aggarwal

EastPack is the region's premier packaging event connecting professionals from companies like PepsiCo, Pepperidge Farms, and Mars with suppliers offering the latest packaging technologies, including a range of automation solutions, from semi-automatic equipment to sophisticated "smart" systems.

This year EastPack is putting snack packaging in the spotlight by showcasing trends in design, sustainability, and equipment. You'll find free expert panels and presentations at the Packaging Hub and a chance to connect directly with companies leading the charge in a global snack attack.

Making your liquid dairy products stand out in PET: Sidel’s keynote at the India International Dairy Expo 2019

15 May 2019
Yukta Arora

During the India International Dairy Expo (IIDE) 2019, the Indian Dairy Association (West Zone) organised a 2-day seminar on “Innovation & Technological Growth in Dairy Industry” to discuss the significance of the dairy industry in India. There, Sidel highlighted the ongoing shift to PET as a cost-effective and highly flexible packaging solution for dairy products, as this material offers great opportunities to overcome challenges in the local and global dairy market.

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L’oreal introduced seed phytonutrients

15 May 2019
Divya Bhardwaj

Launched in the United States on Earth Day, April 22nd 2018, Seed Phytonutrients is intended to be “the most organic brand ever created,” according to its founders. Led by Shane Wolf, International Brand General Manager at L’Oréal and a man with deep roots in farming, Seed Phytonutrients has set itself the task of reconnecting the beauty industry with the land—and that begins with the relationships it forges with farmers. Rather than use conventional suppliers, Seed Phytonutrients sources from small family-run organic farms that plant and harvest exclusively for the brand.

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SEA Vision lays the foundation stone of its new Headquarters

14 May 2019
Yukta Arora

The groundbreaking ceremony took place today in Pavia. The new Headquarters will be built on 4000 sqm of office and production space and will be inaugurated in autumn, 2020.

  The first stone to mark the beginning of the new Headquarters of the SEA Vision Group was laid today in Pavia.

This is a necessary step given that the business is in constant development, and will guarantee appropriate workspace to the 175+ Italian employees, (a number which continues to grow exponentially).

Aptar Food + Beverage Talks Trends and Functionality in Flexible Packaging Fitments and Closures

14 May 2019
Yukta Arora

Though caps, closures, spouts and fitments may be physically small, they are a large and growing portion of the overall packaging market: valued at $52.23 billion in 2017, the worldwide market for caps and closures market is expected to reach $97 billion by 2026 at a CAGR of 7.1%, reports the Caps & Closures – Global Market Outlook (2017-2026).

Closures and fitments are also hugely influential when it comes to consumer convenience and satisfaction, which points to their crucial role in helping brands differentiate products by adding value through packaging.

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Stora Enso explores recycling of paper cups for magazine paper production

13 May 2019
Abhishek Agarwal

Recycled fibre is an important raw material for Stora Enso as it is aligned with the company’s commitment towards a renewable and circular business. The paper board for cups is made of high-quality, renewable fibres, which can have several lives due to recycling. Recycling a paper cup can reduce its life cycle carbon footprint by half. Stora Enso sees this as an opportunity for driving more effective paper cup recycling by developing circular models with partners across the value chain.

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