Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced today the ground-breaking commercialization of recyclable toothpaste tubes developed and manufactured in Asia Pacific and used by major consumer brands is now available on store shelves around the world. The Company worked closely with leading global toothpaste brands to bring the new sustainable solution into mass production. Coupled with responsible disposal and recycling infrastructure, this solution could help reduce the number of used toothpaste tubes entering landfills.

Unrecyclable toothpaste tubes account for an estimated 100,000 tons of waste each year – roughly the weight of 10 Eiffel Towers. However, making the tubes recyclable was a technically challenging endeavor. Since toothpaste is sensitive to oxygen and humidity, toothpaste manufacturers traditionally use tubes made from a combination of different plastics as well as a layer of aluminum, making the packaging nearly impossible to recycle. Using high-performance polyethylene-based technology that meets the same stringent performance requirements as traditional multilayer tubes, Dow's new packaging solution solves the recyclability issue by removing the aluminum layer while protecting the integrity of toothpaste products. It also offers printability thereby enabling brand owners to design for shelf appeal.

"Dow has made a commitment that 100 percent of what we sell into packaging applications must be reusable or recyclable by 2035," said Diego Donoso, president of Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics. "Recyclable toothpaste tubes represent another advancement in our commitment to drive circular economy solutions together with our customers around the world."

"We are excited to make recyclable toothpaste tubes a reality for the oral hygiene industry by addressing the application challenges with Dow's materials science expertise," said Bambang Candra, Asia Pacific commercial vice president, Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics. "This new offering is part of a broader product portfolio of solutions that helps consumer brands reduce their environmental footprint and meet growing consumer demands for sustainability without compromising product performance."

In addition to toothpaste tubes, Dow has also launched several all-PE flexible packaging solutions, which have gained traction and adoption by leading Fast-Moving Consumer Goods（FMCG）brand partners. These developments are part of Dow's efforts to achieve its Close the Loop target for 100 percent of its packaging solutions to be recyclable or reusable by 2035 and its target for one million metric tons of plastic to be collected, reused or recycled through its direct actions and partnerships by 2030.

Dow continues to collaborate with customers and value chain partners across the plastics and packaging industries to find new ways to extract the full value of plastic and help reduce the overall environmental impact of packaging and plastics. Examples include accelerating advanced recycling, advancing bio-based renewable feedstocks, helping consumer brands design their packing to be fully recyclable while also extending shelf life, to finding new ways to give hard-to-recycled plastics a second life.

The Company also recently announced several advancements that will enable Dow to provide initial supply of fully circular polymers to customers starting in 2022.

About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics
Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide reach, broad product lines and industry expertise to deliver high performing technologies for end use markets in food packaging, personal hygiene, infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation. P&SP is one of the world's largest producers of polyethylene resins, functional polymers, and adhesives. Enabled by Pack Studios, it is a leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain in sustainable application development and circular economy life-cycle designs for plastics. www.dowpackaging.com

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company, with a purpose to deliver a sustainable future for the world through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our partners. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer care. Dow operates 106 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $39 billion in 2020. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

Exposures to some of the 4,000 or so members of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) class of chemicals hav

The legendary anime Evangelion and its official brand RADIO EVA are launching a series of juice beverages in lightweight Ecolean packages on the Japanese market, through Nippon Akinai and Cheerio Corporation. Looking for innovative and differentiating packages with strong sustainability credentials, the choice was easy – Ecolean fulfils their demands.

Global packaging supplier Ecolean has had an extensive expansion strategy during the last couple of years and is present on the Japanese market since 2015. The cooperation with RADIO EVA, Nippon Akinai and Cheerio is now further strengthened when packing the well-known Japanese anime Evangelion’s beverages.

In Japan, innovative and convenient packaging solutions are close to the heart of consumers. As a brand owner, it can be hard to stand out. Sustainability has also risen on the agenda in Japan and beverage producers are now looking to packaging as a solution.

“When I first saw Ecolean packages, the stylish appearance really struck me and I instantly imagined that they are ideal for innovative beverage products. Through the project with Cheerio and Nippon Akinai, I hope the lightweight Ecolean packages will be recognized by many Japanese consumers“, says Tomohiro Kato, director at RADIO EVA.

Apple, Pineapple, Peach, Grape and Orange juice beverages are packaged in Ecolean® Air Aseptic 200ml.

ABOUT RADIO EVA
An official Evangelion project since 2008 and the main concept is “Everyday Life with EVANGELION“.  The innovative project seeks for new expressions with Evangelion and launched more than 600 items including clothing, interior decorations, bicycles and bags.

ABOUT ECOLEAN
Ecolean develops and manufactures innovative packaging systems for the beverage, dairy and liquid food industry. Ecolean’s modern lightweight packaging solutions and resource-efficient filling lines offer both customer and consumer convenience and environmental responsibility. Ecolean is a global company with its headquarters in Sweden. Established in 1996, the company has commercial activities in over 30 countries, with China, Pakistan, Russia and Europe being its largest markets. Ecolean has 500 employees.

Marchesini Group will take part in the 23^rd edition of Pharmtech & Ingredients, the International exhibition of equipment, raw materials and technologies for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, that is taking place in Crocus Expo IEC of Moscow from 23^rd to 26^th  November.

The Group will show its innovations in the field of digitization and will exhibit two machines (Pavillon 2.8 - stand A4047): a high-speed cartoner and a vacuum turboemulsifier suitable for processing liquid and creamy products for laboratories.  

For this event, the Group will rely on the support of its Russian branch Marchesini Group RUS, which over the past 30 years have been providing personalised service and highly specialised assistance. This conjunction aims at not only strengthening existing partnerships, but also meeting the growing local demand for innovative technical and digital solutions.

In order to comply to these needs, Marchesini Group in cooperation with Sea Vision – a partner specialized in vision systems – will participate in the 16th International Pharmtechprom forum 2021 as part of Pharmtech & Ingredients, presenting a new tool in order to help pharmaceutical industries to improve the management of documentation and the control of production, in relation to GMP rules.

The conference entitled “Paperless manufacturing, EBR - Electronic Batch Record - for the pharmaceutical industry” will take place on 25^th November from 15.45 to 16.15 during session D of the forum, dedicated to “Auxiliary processes in pharmaceutical production” (Hall 8, Pavillon2).

This presence further confirms the increasing importance of the Russian market in the Group strategies, especially this year in which Marchesini Group provided to pharmaceutical Russian companies the solutions for packaging of COVID-19 vaccines.

The machines on display

Marchesini Group will show in Russian exhibition a machine for secondary packaging, flagship of the company: the MA 400. It is a continuous motion horizontal cartoner, completely restyled few years ago with improved ergonomics and user-friendliness.

This machine inherits the best of BA 400 cartoner, which since the 80’s has travelled the world, winning the appreciation of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.
 

The MA 400 is compact in size - without compromising the machine’s high-speed output - and easy to use, thanks to a wide range of control functions that guarantee maximum efficiency and a new operator interface called “Easy Door”.

This version has several improvements from both a functional and aesthetic point of view: the new software makes the operating system more powerful and faster; the wider screen instead is more ergonomic and much more sensitive, similar to that of a mobile phone.

The machine is a perfect solution for high-speed packing of all product types for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic markets: in particular the model on display, was designed for the packaging of products in vials.

The machine features a vision system produced by SEA Vision, composed of cameras and software performing the control of code on carton and leaflet. This system is able to control the 100% of the unit passing under cameras: depending on the results of the reading, the system indicates if the unit is good or must be rejected, thus assuring that the production on the MA 400 is perfectly compliant with the standards required in the pharmaceutical industry.

The other machine on display is the TURBO-MEK 10: a vacuum turboemulsifier suitable for processing liquid and creamy products for laboratories and very small-scale productions. This solution, which has a useful capacity of 10 litres, is produced by Dumek, the Marchesini Group company specialised in the design and manufacture of machinery for processing cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, with 40 years’ experience under its belt and over 4,000 machines installed worldwide.

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The nine products will see either plastic-free of heavily reduced packaging replace the current packaging, resulting

The company won four awards for its sustainable stock packaging solutions at the 2021 Global Beauty & Wellness Awards and the 2021 Pentawards.

Los Angeles, CA – WWP Beauty, a leading full-service supplier to the global beauty industry, was recently recognized for four of its sustainable stock packages during the 2021 Global Beauty & Wellness Awards and the 2021 Pentawards. Each of the packages represented a different category within the beauty space and showcased future-focused, exemplary sustainable design. 

The 2021 Global Beauty & Wellness Awards recognizes the outstanding performance of companies, products and services in the cosmetic, personal care, wellness, fitness and organic food industries. During this year’s installment of the awards competition WWP Beauty won: 

•    Best Packaging Makeup Product, Refill Revolution Multi-Use Face Stick 
The patented design of this Multi-Use Face Stick produces 72% fewer GHG emissions after three refills when compared to a standard, non-refillable face stick of the same size and shape. In addition to a reduced carbon footprint, this component features a multi-purpose, direct-apply design that produces minimal refill waste and can be made with PCR content. 
•    Best Packaging Skincare Product, Eco-Pac Tube 
This universal, ultra-sustainable, mono-material tube package uses 19% less plastic per piece and produces 93% fewer GHG emissions per piece. It can be made with PCR or bio-resin, and is a great option for skincare, color cosmetics, haircare, personal care and body care. 
•    Best Packaging Hygiene Product, Refill Revolution Multi-Use Body Stick 
Featuring an intuitive, easy-to-use refillable system with a mono-material refill cartridge and the option to add PCR content, this Multi-Use Body Stick reduces GHG emissions by up to 71% after three refills. The stick is an ideal option for body care, personal care and hygiene products like deodorant and skincare. 

Simultaneously, WWP Beauty was awarded during the 2021 Pentawards. The Pentawards is the world’s leading and most prestigious competition for packaging design and is committed to recognizing excellence in design and connecting the global packaging community. WWP Beauty’s ColorVue Lipstick received the Pentawards’ Silver Beauty Award. 

•    Silver Beauty Award, ColorVue Lipstick 
The ColorVue Lipstick is a mono-material lipstick that features 12% less plastic per piece and produces 85% fewer GHG emissions per piece, in comparison to a lipstick of the same size and shape. This innovative lipstick brings a new gesture to the application of lip products with its patent-pending R2 sleeve mechanism. 

Josh Kirschbaum, CEO of WWP Beauty commented on the recent wins saying, “We are thrilled about our award-winning success in both the Global Beauty & Wellness Awards and the Pentawards. Each of the packages recognized in these competitions have proven to feature innovative, sustainable solutions for every category of beauty. Sustainability and innovative design are at the core of our company and we could not be more thrilled to receive this recognition.” 

About WWP Beauty
WWP Beauty is committed to developing future-focused, sustainable solutions for the global beauty industry through close collaboration, exceptional agility, and unparalleled scale. The company’s full-service offering of formula, packaging and accessories, paired with their in-house manufacturing capabilities allow them to stand out as the source for everything beauty. Through a worldwide team of beauty experts that span across North America, EMEA and APAC, WWP Beauty offers their customers global support at the local level. To learn more, visit our website at www.wwpbeauty.com.  
 

Mondi to produce a recyclable mono-material packaging for Hau-Hau Champion, one of Finland’s most popular premium dog food brands available in grocery stores, produced by Prima Pet Premium Oy, part of Vafo Group.
Flexible mono-material solutions replace unrecyclable plastic packs while offering high barrier protection and increased consumer convenience.
Mondi’s EcoSolutions approach supports Hau-Hau Champion in reducing its environmental impact.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is supplying a range of recyclable mono-material pet food packaging for Hau-Hau Champion, one of Finland’s most recognised brands in the premium dog food segment. The new packaging fulfils the pet food producer’s objective to launch a reclosable and recyclable packaging solution that does not compromise on performance and retains the strong brand recognition in stores. It also addresses sustainability concerns of end consumers that are playing more of a role in the purchasing of pet food and products.

Mondi’s customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, helped Hau-Hau Champion find a high-barrier solution that can be reclosed, keeps food fresh and confines any smells. The previously unrecyclable multi-layer packaging contained a metallised layer which was replaced by Mondi’s recyclable mono-material packaging: a reel material for form-fill-and-seal (FFS) 1.5kg bags and pre-made FlexiBag Recyclable for bags up to 15kg. FlexiBag Recyclable is a mono-material polyethylene (PE) pre-made bag developed specifically for recycling, which means it can be deposited directly into Finnish plastic recycling streams.

The new packaging responds to consumer feedback asking for stronger carrying handles and a user-friendly reclosure to prevent kibble from going stale and thereby avoiding waste. It also features an anti-slip matt lacquer exterior and is fitted with a valve that allows air to escape for optimal palletisation.

Through our EcoSolutions approach, we help customers find environmentally responsible alternatives without compromising on performance, ease of use, or aesthetics. For Hau-Hau Champion, this involved asking many questions to gain deeper insight into the needs of the brand and its end users, as well as collaborating closely throughout the process to test and evaluate all solutions. The new packaging also supports Mondi’s MAP 2030 sustainability goal to make 100% of its products reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Suvi Sillvan, Brand Specialist at Hau-Hau Champion adds: “With Hau-Hau’s brand refresh, we were looking for packaging that fully aligns with our commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of our products and operations as well as upgrades the packaging to match the high quality of the product content. Given that this is a premium product, we are especially pleased with the high-quality finish, including the printing, which retains brand familiarity on the shelf and informs consumers that they can easily recycle our dog food packs. The new packaging material also fully supports the fact that all our dry dog foods are now completely CO2 neutral through carbon emission compensation.”

Retailers are also welcoming the change, which is already on shelves but will accelerate with major rollout of the brand relaunch across Finland from October.

About Mondi

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by design. Our business is integrated across the value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and plastic films, to developing and manufacturing effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. We lead the industry with our customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, where we ask the right questions to find the most sustainable solution. In 2020, Mondi had revenues of €6.66 billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.35 billion.

Mondi has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (MNDI), and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (MNP). Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.

The Berry Healthcare Formatec, German facility has achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certificate (ISCC) Plus accreditation. This enables the site to sell to healthcare customers ISCC Plus certified packaging and plastic components that contribute to a circular economy approach based on advanced recycling and mass balance.

The certification of the Berry Formatec factory follows that of Berry’s other Healthcare facilities in Europe and India, giving both global and local customers greater access to this advanced material. 

ISCC is a globally applicable sustainability certification system, covering all sustainable feedstocks, including agricultural and forestry biomass, circular materials and renewables, based on advanced recycling mass balance. Mass balance is an accepted and certified protocol that documents and tracks recycled content from supplier through to final delivery to customers. 

The certification of the German facility is in line with the Ellen MacArthur foundation’s view that Mass Balance is an important element in the move to a circular economy. With this certification, customers of the two facilities can attest to their usage of certified circular polymers* throughout, from the initial feedstock, through advanced recycling process and manufacturing of the polymers, to conversion by Berry Healthcare into the final product. Strict traceability and verification are carried out by independent third-party auditors at each stage of the manufacturing process. 

The availability of this advanced recycling resin in both circular PP and PE enables the Berry Healthcare Formatec site to help meet customer requirements for more sustainable products and packaging, offering a range of solutions for medical devices containing a high percentage of recycled material, from 30% to 100% and in items where this has previously been difficult to achieve. 

This supports customers’ own sustainability commitments and helps them meet the requirements of forthcoming legislation, including the EU Plastic Packaging Levy and the UK’s Plastic Packaging Tax. Importantly, because the advanced recycled resin has the same properties as virgin material, there is no need for any qualification tests.

“This is an important achievement that underlines the importance of sustainability in all our product development and our commitment to help our customers meet and exceed their sustainability goals,” commented Markus Thau, Managing Director, Berry Formatec.

The certification of the Berry Formatec is fully aligned with Berry’s Impact 2025 sustainability strategy. This seeks to work with customers to develop solutions that minimise a product’s environmental impact, focusing on areas such as enhancing its recyclability and the increasing incorporation of post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin, along with Berry’s own commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2025 versus the company’s 2016 baseline. 

Berry Healthcare Formatec is a market leader in the design and production of actuators and mechanical dose indicators, including pressurized metered dose devices, single dose monohalers, and dry powder inhalers, with more than two billion unites produced and sold since 1970. The factory supplies the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Animal Health and Diagnostic markets. 

Berry Formatec is also currently developing a range of digitally connected pMDIs. This follows the project launch earlier this year by sister site Plastiape of the RS01X™ single dose DPI with built-in sensors and digital capabilities that tracks inhaler use and connects to the companion Respiro™ app from Amiko Digital Health, which provides personalised guidance to improve adherence and inhaler technique. 
 

These lightweight designs particularly support the strengths of alternative drive systems.

 When used as an alternative to synthetic surface modifiers in high-quality coatings, Michelman’s bio-based technolog

On October 12th, during the Pharmapack Awards Ceremony, a team of industry experts awarded Symbioze, Nemera’s large-volume on-body injector, with the Pharmapack Award in the “Connected Devices and Wearables” category.

Nemera’s novel on-body injector platform, Symbioze, comprises of a reusable main unit and disposable prefilled drug container module. It offers an ideal balance between the need to deliver advanced formulations at high volumes - up to 20 ml - and patient’s ease-of-use required for self-administration at home. It is the perfect combination between design robustness, ease of use, connectivity, and sustainability, for a seamless and enhanced injection experience.

Symbioze is specifically tailored to administer complex drugs, such as biologic therapies, thanks to a highly engineered, reliable drug delivery system. It is suitable for large volumes such as 20ml and beyond, while preserving the formulation integrity – which is critical especially with monoclonal antibodies. It is designed to reconcile complex drugs injection with stakeholders’ (patients, HCP or payers) most demanding needs, with enough flexibility for adjustment to any pathology, targeted patient population and drug posology. Its reusable core technology can be re-used across multiple injections, leveraging its sustainable benefit for pharmaceutical players.

“We are very delighted and pleased to receive this prestigious award. This is a recognition to our long-standing commitment to put patients first as well as our innovation capabilities.” – said Séverine Duband, Nemera’s Marketing Director, Drug Delivery Devices – “Over the last decade, several trends impacted the parenteral environement: shift towards at-home and value-based care, growth of biologics, connected health technologies, waste management. These continuously fueled a need for an easy self administration of large dose volumes. With this in mind, we developped our on-body injector platform Symbioze, to deliver large volumes at home, in a sustainable and userfriendly way.”

Bernhard Rohn, VP of Strategy and Marketing, added: “We are very delighted to have received the Pharmapack award for our Symbioze wearable. We developed Symbioze to provide an intuitive and easy-to-use solution for patients, combining high injection volumes up to 20ml, a sustainable reusable/disposable product architecture and compatibility with standard pharmaceutical filling- and final-assembly processes.”

Launched in 1997, the Pharmapack Awards celebrate the latest innovations from packaging companies within the drugs, medical devices, health products and veterinary drugs sectors.

Symbioze at a glance:

BENEFITS

Sustainable and cost-effective

Reusable electromechanical part with disposable drug-containing module

• Intuitive and easy to use for optimum treatment adherence

Simultaneous removal of ergonomic needle safety cap and adhesive liner, minimizing steps-of-use

Provides live injection monitoring, audio-visual feedback, and failure mode control

Enhanced treatment management with a broad range of connectivity features: treatment information, historical trending, infusion status, compliance…

Easy pairing between device manager application and the core system

• Ideal for complex, novel drugs administration whilst staying in line with pharma standards

Enables large volume injection (up to 20ml), with adjustable parameters (i.e: flowrate, viscosities, dose volume…)

Specifically tailored for biologics to preserve formulation integrity

Compatible with standard cartridges, filling and manufacturing processes

KEY FEATURES

Patch-worn on-body injector

Reusable:

sable: o Consists of drug-containing disposable element and reusable, rechargeable onboard electronic modules

Locking system for safe assembly and disassembly of reusable and disposable parts

Ready to use:

Prefilled and preloaded drug cartridge for patient’s safety

Automatic soft canula insertion via needle safety system with hidden needle throughout the injection

Innovative fluid path to maintain sterility from manufacturing to device use

Platform approach:

Provides customization flexibility for adjustments to any pathology, targeted patient population and drug posology

Can accommodate various drug volumes especially for large-volume administration (20ml)

Connected:

Drug recognition and verification via NFC communication

Bluetooth built-in communication offers connectivity option

Find Nemera on the web at www.nemera.net

As a world-leading drug delivery device solutions provider, our purpose of putting patients first enables us to design and manufacture devices that maximize treatment efficacy.

We are a holistic partner and help our customers succeed in the sprint to market of their combination products. From early device strategy to state-of-the-art manufacturing, we’re committed to the highest quality standards.

Agile and open-minded, we work with our customers as colleagues. Together, we go the extra mile to fulfill our mission.

Pianoro (Bologna) – Today a new Made in Italy mechanical company is joining Marchesini Group, a Bologna-based multinational that specialises in the production of industrial lines for pharmaceutical packaging, including Covid-19 vaccines, and cosmetic products. The company, Dott. Bonapace, based in Cusano Milanino (Milan), manufactures laboratory machines used for Research and Development and small industrial production of consumables.

Formerly a historic Lombardy-based pharmacy founded in 1872 and then a small manufacturer of machinery for galenic products, Dott. Bonapace was founded in 1946. Over the following decades, three generations of the Bonapace family helped transform the founder’s dream into a pharmaceutical company capable of meeting the needs of over 5,000 customers worldwide, including ministries of health and state-owned enterprises in many countries. This success story “from the bottom up” reflects the passion and dedication of Marchesini Group, which started out in a garage in Pianoro (Bologna) and over the course of 45 years has become one of the world’s leading players in the packaging business, with 2,000 employees and a turnover of 430 million euros.

With this move, Marchesini Group is acquiring 70% of the shares in Dott. Bonapace and expanding its already extensive machine park with new technologies that handle special products such as suppositories and capsules.

“We have made a number of important acquisitions in recent years, but Dott. Bonapace is our first venture into the laboratory machinery market” commented Marchesini Group CEO Pietro Cassani. “Entering this new segment - as was the case for the high-level software segment - will allow us to further diversify our portfolio of mechanical companies and better manage the supply chain during this current period of recovery”.

Flavio Gallocchio, marketing manager at Dott. Bonapace, remarked: “My partner Simone Berto and I are proud to inform customers, suppliers and employees that our company has now become part of the prestigious Marchesini Group. We are therefore celebrating our 75th year in business together, confident that this collaboration will once again showcase Italian excellence worldwide”.

The acquisition will have an immediate highlight: the attendance of Marchesini Group and Dott. Bonapace at CPhI Worldwide, in Milan from 9 to 11 November, dates that will mark the great return of international trade fairs devoted to pharmaceutical technologies. For the occasion, Marchesini Group will be exhibiting a BL-A418 CW Print&Check machine, a solution designed to meet the needs of pharmaceutical product tracking for anti-counterfeiting purposes. 

Essentra Packaging will unveil its latest pharmaceutical packaging solutions that provide both supply chain agility and sustainability benefits on stand 6B30 at CPhI Worldwide in Milan between 9th-11th of November.
Whether pharmaceutical companies are looking to reduce their carbon footprint and minimise material usage, use only FSC content and replace plastic materials, or reduce packing time and maximise machine efficiencies – Essentra Packaging’s experts will be on hand to discuss the options available. 
A complete range of eco-friendly packaging innovations will be on display, highlighting Essentra’s carton, label and leaflet solutions that enable companies to meet their sustainability goals, while also achieving high levels of patient safety and production line efficiency. The highly visual and engaging stand will be decorated with Essentra products to emphasise this connection. 
Solutions on display include ComboPack, which loads cartons on the packing line with a secondary packaging material, such as a leaflet, already inserted, thereby maximising speed and efficiency. Whereas increasingly the incorporation of additional items into a folding carton is carried out manually, ComboPack inserts materials at the gluing station as an integral part of the manufacturing process. This reduces the complexity of the operation and allows production to be planned more easily, thus increasing overall efficiencies and security through avoidance of potential packing errors. 
In addition, the Essentra Packaging stand will highlight the key role of the company’s Innovation Hub in helping customers to improve the sustainability of their packaging through advice on areas such as pack design, material selection and manufacturing process. 
Olivier Serre, Sales and Marketing Director for Essentra Packaging said: “CPhI is the pharma industry event, and we are delighted to showcase the sustainable and efficient packaging solutions Essentra Packaging delivers.
“It is by working together with customers that we are able to deliver the appropriate bespoke, and ground-breaking packaging solution for each particular requirement and we welcome visitors to our stand to find out how we can help them with their pharmaceutical projects.”
 

ABOUT ESSENTRA PACKAGING

At Essentra Packaging we manufacture and deliver pharmaceutical and beauty packaging solutions that today’s leading brands demand.

From regulatory compliant folded cartons, leaflets, foils and labels to the latest anti-counterfeiting security technologies, serialisation, and bespoke clinical trials packs, we pride ourselves in having the flexibility to create packaging solutions quickly. 

Our global footprint and single standard quality system ensure products are always produced to the highest standards, and provide the reliability, agility and knowledge to understand and meet our customers’ needs at a local level. 

With sustainability and innovation central to our product development, our many years of experience and long-term partnership approach delivers packaging solutions that protect and enhance our customers’ products, whilst maximising supply chain efficiencies and reducing their environmental impact.

Find out more about our portfolio of healthcare and beauty products at www.essentrapackaging.com
 

To expand its carbonated soft drink (CSD) brands “Planet”, “Bubble Up” and “American Cola” and meet market needs for home consumption with larger formats, Nouvelle Brasserie de Guinée (Braguinée) reached out to Sidel for help with the remote tuning of its packaging line to produce 1L bottles. In just three days, Sidel’s multi-expertise team from around the world were mobilised to guide and empower the customer, using Sidel’s latest remote line-adaptation technologies and leveraging effective digital solutions for quick set-up of larger formats.

Braguinée is a family-owned company and part of Gaselia Group. It opened its plant, equipped with a Sidel PET packaging line, in 2018 in Conakry, capital of Guinea. Braguinée is one of the top three players on the Guinean CSD market with growing demand for its products. Its best-known products are “Planet”, available in six flavours, “Bubble Up”, in three flavours, and “American Cola”. It also manufactures other beverages such as energy drinks, juices and bottled water.

As Gaselia Group had already experienced successful collaboration with Sidel since 2009, Braguinée once again turned to its trusted partner to align with market demand. The company was previously producing beverages in small, on-the-go formats (300 ml and 350 ml) and needed to adapt its production for home consumption with a larger format (1L).

With travel restrictions due to Covid and to ensure a fast launch of the new 1L bottle, line tuning was carried out remotely thanks to Sidel Remote Video Assistance and Remote Access solutions. The complete packaging line with a Combi SF300 for CSD, installed in 2018, can now manage not only on-the-go formats but also 1L bottles for three of its flagship brands (“Planet”, “Bubble Up” and “American Cola”) with high efficiency, running at 22,000 bottles per hour (bph).

with in-depth equipment expertise to ensure a safe and efficient line adjustment to the new format. To do so, an international team of high-level Sidel experts from Pakistan, Italy, Portugal and the United Arab Emirates were mobilised to ensure flawless line conversion. Remote collaboration, continuous availability of Sidel experts, accurate and clear communication between both parties as well as specific documentation facilitated the successful installation of the new equipment parts required to run the new 1L bottle format.

“A fast release of our new product on the market with minimum line downtime was possible thanks to strong collaboration and excellent project management by Sidel. Everything was planned in detail, from parts installation to line start-up, and we could count on the expert team at every step of the project. They also showed great teaching skills and, thanks to the digital solutions they used, they quickly transferred Sidel's expertise to our team. Learning by doing was a great way to develop our operators’ technical skills even further!” remembers Amadou Ndiaye, Technical Director at Braguinée.

Right combination of digital tools for efficient remote support

Line tuning for the new format involved a combination of complementary digital remote solutions: Remote Video Assistance (RVA) and Remote Access to customer equipment. Braguinée’s team could successfully check all mechanical aspects: correct installation and adjustment of parts, validation of machine operations, and optimisation of line efficiency. In addition to live chat and drawing-over functionalities, the video-supported Augmented Reality feature accurately guided the customer. With Sidel’s expert hands showing the movements and pointing to details in real time on the equipment, seamless exchanges were possible. This resulted in Sidel experts having complete situational awareness and in accurate corresponding actions from the customer’s operators. Also, during line adaptation, Sidel experts checked all settings and set the correct ones for the new format to ensure its quality and maintain optimal line efficiency.

“Despite the distance and Covid restrictions, Sidel was able to provide the same high quality of line conversion services to the customer with the help of our digital solutions, thus enabling greater flexibility in the whole process. The remote services also gave an additional advantage for Braguinée by saving on travel-related project time and costs for the Sidel team,” says Hannes Oeschger, Lead Customer Care Manager at Sidel.

Live again at last, Reifenhäuser will exhibit at Fakuma in Friedrichshafen from October 12 to 16, 2021. It is the first major presence event for the plastics industry to take place in Germany this year.

The Reifenhäuser Group is represented on a joint exhibition booth (A6- 6206) by its three business units, "Reifenhäuser Extrusion Systems", including the screws and barrels specialist "Reifenhäuser Reiloy", along with its film divisions "Reifenhäuser Blown Film" and "Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating". The divisions will exhibit their broad portfolio of plasticizing components for injection molding and extrusion together with complete lines for blown film and flat film production.

Wear-resistant components for recyclate processing The focus of this year's Fakuma is clearly on the change from a linear to a circular economy and the resulting new demands that this places on components and production lines. Ralf Pampus, Managing Director of Reifenhäuser Reiloy, explains: "In recyclate processing, the extruder plays a particularly vital role since recyclate quality often varies and impurities or wear-inducing substances must be safely processed. This is why we offer our customers highly wear-resistant screws and barrels. In fact, we are the only manufacturer that develops and produces hard-metal alloys for wear protection in-house. This helps us to achieves extremely long service life - a crucial factor affecting the economic efficiency of production lines."

Reifenhäuser regularly sets benchmarks in wear protection with its wellknown Reiloy screws and barrels, offering verifiably longer service life, precise matching of raw materials and additives, and exclusive alloys with powders developed in-house and process-optimized surfaces. Manufacturers of injection molding and extrusion products therefore benefit from the best cost-benefit ratio in the industry.

Sustainable cast film for the circular economy "Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating" presents complete line concepts for flat film production. The trade show highlight is the new MIDEX 11-2500 Cast Film Line with MDO, which Reifenhäuser has now put into service at its film Technology Center located at its headquarters in Troisdorf. The line is a genuine all-rounder and has an impressive range of applications. Customers can produce a wide variety of products on it, from CPP and CPE films to barrier, hygiene, and industrial films. This helps to react flexibly to rapidly changing market requirements. Mark Borutta, Sales and Marketing Manager at Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating, says: "This line supports our customers to further develop their products; for example, they can offer sustainable end products by downgauging and changing from conventional multimaterial barrier films to monofilms.”

Sustainable cast film for the circular economy "Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating" presents complete line concepts for flat film production. The trade show highlight is the new MIDEX 11-2500 Cast Film Line with MDO, which Reifenhäuser has now put into service at its film Technology Center located at its headquarters in Troisdorf. The line is a genuine all-rounder and has an impressive range of applications. Customers can produce a wide variety of products on it, from CPP and CPE films to barrier, hygiene, and industrial films. This helps to react flexibly to rapidly changing market requirements. Mark Borutta, Sales and Marketing Manager at Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating, says: "This line supports our customers to further develop their products; for example, they can offer sustainable end products by downgauging and changing from conventional multimaterial barrier films to monofilms.”

The special feature here: Visitors can inspect the line virtually at the Fakuma booth. Reifenhäuser has digitized its entire film development Technology Center, offering its customers a guided 360° tour on a large screen at the trade show. The MIDEX 11-2500 is also now available at the Reifenhäuser Technology Center for customer trials and joint product development.

Ultra Stretch: Innovative stretching process enables All-PE composite for flexible packaging The third business unit, Reifenhäuser Blown Film, will also focus on its capability of producing recyclable end products. The technology solution here is EVO Ultra Stretch - Reifenhäuser's highly advanced stretching unit for sustainable blown films. It allows customers to produce monomaterial composites (All-PE film) for flexible packaging. The regular PET layer is replaced by stretched PE. With up to 10 times the stretch rate, the Ultra Stretch unit gives PE film completely new mechanical properties. This is a simple substitute for PET and there is no need to adapt other processing steps. The unique and patented position of the stretching unit directly in the haul-off of the blown film line makes the process particularly stable and efficient. Eugen Friedel, Sales Director at Reifenhäuser Blown Film, explains: "The special feature about our solution is that we stretch the film when is still hot from extrusion, at just the right time, and without having to reheat it. This also extends the natural annealing phase until the film is wound. It gives the film the time it needs to take on its new properties." The Ultra Stretch process is unique on the market and offers major advantages compared with the conventional process that involves stretching the film between the haul-off and the winder.

Visitors to the exhibition booth can experience Ultra Stretch technology in an impressive 3D animation video and in a virtual 360° tour through the Reifenhäuser Technology Center.

About the Reifenhäuser Group

The Reifenhäuser Group is the leading provider of innovative technologies and components for plastics extrusion. Founded in 1911, the company delivers advanced solutions to customers around the world through its highly specialized business units. With its technologies and the know-how of its 1,750 employees, Reifenhäuser has the world's largest network of expertise in plastics extrusion technologies. The CEO of the Group is Bernd Reifenhäuser

In the iconic bottle’s first major design refresh since its creation in 1979, Ardagh Glass Packaging – Europe worked closely with Absolut and design agencies, Brand Union and Destrito, to develop an upgraded design that nods to the progressive vodka’s Swedish craftmanship and heritage.

Among changes to the medallion, the quality seal and a new illustration of the original distillery, the words ‘Country of Sweden’ are now embossed within the glass, which links back to the long-standing tradition and knowledge of vodka making in the country.

Maria Persson, NPD Project Manager, Ardagh Glass Packaging - Europe, explained that the introduction of the embossed text presented the biggest design challenge in terms of the glass bottle production:

“The embossed wording ‘Country of Sweden’ stands proud from the surface of the bottle, so we had to consider how to design it in a way that would protect it from contact with other bottles on the production line.

“After several different designs, the agreed way forward was to create a ‘dip’ around the embossed wording, which allows it to sit flush with the side of the bottle, thus preventing it from being a contact point and ensuring a smooth production run.”

The updated bottle retains its iconic shape, inspired by an 18th-century apothecary bottle, but now enjoys a modernised design. 

Elin Furelid, Global Head of Product Portfolio & Design, Absolut adds: “We were keen to capture our rich, quality story and make that clearer on the bottle, signposting to what makes our vodka unique. We have of course kept the most important design elements that makes Absolut, Absolut.”

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