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These days, plastic packaging manufacturers are faced with ever increasing demands to incorporate more sustainable and more recycled materials, such as r-PP. For the first time, Greiner Packaging has now teamed up with global petrochemical leader SABIC and brand owner Unilever in a pilot project to produce tubs and lids for KnorrTM bouillon powder that are made from 100 percent certified circular PP from postconsumer plastic material. The new solution is already on the market.
Kremsmünster, Austria, December 2020. Greiner Packaging has already been testing various recycled materials for some time to determine their suitability for the production of its cardboard-plastic combinations. Now, the company has selected certified circular polypropylene from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio to realize a test project for Unilever. SABIC’s material uses post-consumer mixed plastic as feedstock which is broken down into its molecular building blocks, to create virgin plastics which are then used to produce these new recyclable tubs and lids.
The goal is to produce about 1 million Knorr™ bouillon powder packages for Unilever from 100 percent circular polymer. As the availability of circular polymers will grow in the future, the number of circular tubs will grow alongside. “By producing some of the tubs from certified circular polypropylene, we want to set a new standard on the market together with our partners and demonstrate what is possible with recycled materials in the food segment. We also want to keep pushing forward with this development. Here at Greiner Packaging, we are not only focusing on certified recycled PP – we are also working on our first projects and tests with mechanically recycled PS,” explains Jens Krause, Sales Director at the Swiss Greiner Packaging site in Diepoldsau.
No compromises in quality & performance
KnorrTM bouillon powder has now been marketed in the same cardboard-plastic combination for many years. The outer appearance, functionality and safety of the new packaging is exactly the same, and the quality is likewise as high as ever. The difference is that it is made using recycled plastic, making it much more sustainable and environmentally friendly. Nothing has changed from the consumer’s perspective, in other words, and they can still simply remove the cardboard sleeve from the actual tub when the packaging is empty before disposing of the two components as usual. “Our goal is to continue making our packaging more environmentally friendly together with partners like Greiner Packaging and SABIC – especially in the food segment – without consumers having to lower their standards in terms of design, performance, quality, user friendliness, and food safety. We are now testing this using material produced from 100 percent circular polymer, with the goal of expanding across our portfolio by 2025,” says Mike Ross, Senior Packaging Manager at Unilever.
Advanced recycling: an opportunity for the future
The certified circular PP polymer from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio is produced through the feedstock recycling of used and mixed plastic that could otherwise be destined for incineration or landfill. Difficult to recycle used plastic is broken down and taken back to the molecular level by heating it at a high temperature in an oxygen-free environment, producing pyrolysis oil. The pyrolysis oil then enters SABIC’s production chain just like fossil-based feedstock to deliver new materials in compliance with strict quality requirements, such as the hygiene standards for food packaging. The resulting PP polymer is verified and authenticated under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) scheme, which uses a mass balance approach. Greiner Packaging sees chemical recycling as an ideal supplement to mechanical recycling.
The new KnorrTM bouillon powder packaging is made from certified circular version of SABIC® FLOWPACT PP impact copolymer that is phthalate-free, safe for food contact while offering robust performance for high stackability and easy processing. The ISCC PLUS accredited material is a drop in solution for replacing fossil-based plastics in the packaging industry without compromising product purity and food safety.
K3®-F packaging: the perfect design solution
KnorrTM bouillon powder comes in K3®-F packaging, which is supplied to Unilever as separate plastic tubs and folded cardboard sleeves. The sleeves are unfolded by a machine and slipped over the tubs directly before filling at the company. This process is especially suitable for global brand manufacturers like Unilever who offer their product in various markets or under different brands and therefore work with a wide range of decoration solutions. This gives them a high degree of flexibility in terms of the design and keeps stocks to a minimum. Plus, the packaging is perfectly stackable, which saves space during transport, as well as making this process more sustainable. The packaging solution is ideal for powdered foods, cereals, pet food as well as various non-food applications. Once empty, the consumer can easily remove the cardboard sleeve and dispose of the two packaging components separately. Alternatively, the resealable and dishwasher-safe tubs can also be used to store foods once the original product has been consumed – either at home or for day-to-day use in the food service industry.
Packaging facts:
Technology: Injection molding
Decoration: K3®-F cardboard-plastic combination
Monolayer material: 100 percent certified circular SABIC® FLOWPACT PP impact copolymer
About Unilever Food Solutions
We are proud to be part of Unilever, one of the world’s leading suppliers of fast moving consumer goods, with sales in 180 different countries. As the dedicated foodservice business of Unilever, we lead the industry in providing innovative and high quality professional food ingredients and value adding services created by 230 professional chefs. Covering 50 cuisines, in 200 million dishes a day. We outgrow our competition thanks to strong brands such as KNORR, LIPTON and HELLMANN'S, and talented entrepreneurial people working closely with chefs and distributive partners on a daily basis. Unilever Food Solutions is an inspiring global company made up of talented professionals who are always willing to go the extra mile to deliver results for customers. In this positive and open culture, we find inspiration every day, empowering our people to make a 'bigger difference' at every level in the organisation. We provide products and services created by chefs for chefs and aim to do this in a sustainable way.
For more information, please visit http://www.ufs.com/
About SABIC
SABIC is a global diversified chemicals company, headquartered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. SABIC manufactures on a global scale in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, making distinctly different kinds of products: chemicals, commodity and high performance plastics, agri nutrients and metals.
SABIC supports its customers by identifying and developing opportunities in key end-use applications such as construction, medical devices, packaging, agri-nutrients, electrical and electronics, transportation and clean energy. Production in 2019 was 72.6 million metric tons. SABIC has more than 33,000 employees worldwide and operates in around 50 countries. Fostering innovation and a spirit of ingenuity, SABIC has 12,540 global patent filings, and has significant research resources with innovation hubs in five key geographies – USA, Europe, Middle East, South Asia and North Asia.
For more information, please visit: https://www.sabic.com/en
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Pianoro (Bologna) – In order to continue to offer full assistance to customers in the current international context, Marchesini Group has consolidated its remote after-sales support services. To manage these services, a unit called X-CARE has been set up with the task of coordinating all the remote testing procedures required during these exceptional times. The end result is a complete kit of services that can also be used individually and will remain in operation even after the health situation has returned to normal.
X-FAT, Marchesini Group offers FAT via streaming
In the March-November period, Marchesini Group conducted ninety X-FATs, which enabled those customers who were unable to physically come to the Group’s offices to connect via streaming with in-house technicians and to complete the testing procedures. Thanks to the use of fixed and mobile cameras positioned along the machine or line, numerous customers - including the Spanish pharmaceutical company Laboratorios ERN, which remotely tested its line for packaging liquids in bottles and vials - have been able to request clarification regarding functions, settings and formats before delivery.
X-SAT and X-SERVICE: the new frontier of after-sales
Technology is also making it possible to remotely implement the procedures following machine delivery. To support X-SAT - the final Line Acceptance carried out at the customer’s premises - Marchesini Group has introduced a new service called MIMO: a system of video cameras installed on the machine which - thanks to a recording rate of 100 frames per second and a proprietary digital trigger framework - permits recording of errors throughout the production process at the exact moment they occur.
MIMO, currently supplied inside a case with the installation hardware, is supported by an app that guides the customer through the correct installation of the video cameras on the machine: this makes it possible to have a complete and precise overview of accidental errors and to allow problems to be solved remotely, without the need to send technicians to the site.
MIMO joins the already well-established Live Assistance and Teleservice services, which together make up Marchesini Group’s X-SERVICE. The Live Assistance service allows an experienced operator to see what is happening inside the machine and to provide solutions in real time, improving troubleshooting effectiveness through a dedicated app or, optionally, through smartglasses.
Customers who have also installed Teleservice software on their systems can remotely set up the operator panel via a secure connection, allowing Marchesini Group technicians to work on the line directly from their own office, cutting costs and speeding up procedures.
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ACG, a leading supplier of fully integrated solutions to the global pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Marcus Michel as the new CEO of ACG Engineering. In his new role he will be responsible for continuing to drive ACG’s focus on the global pharmaceutical industry, innovative technologies, Business Excellence, and Institution Building.
Marcus has more than 25 years of global experience. His experience includes decades of design, project execution, strategic development and operational excellence in Mechanical, Process and Plant engineering for the pharmaceutical, chemical and allied industries. He joins ACG, from the GEA Group in Germany where he was last associated as the Executive VP for the entire GEA Pharma Solutions business. His international career is characterized by strong geographical mobility, particularly in Europe, APAC, North America and Latin America contributing to his ability to adapt and succeed with an impressive track record in different cultures. He has previously held leadership positions with various multi-national companies including Sued-Chemie, Thyssen Krupp Uhde and Haldor Topsoe.
Marcus is Chemical Engineer by education. He received a PhD in Engineering from the Technical University Clausthal Germany and an Executive MBA from London Business School.
Dr. Marcus Michel takes over the leadership reins from Richard Stedman who led ACG Engineering for the past three and a half years. Richard will remain with ACG Group as a special advisor over the next few months, supporting the seamless transition.
Commenting on the appointment, Mr. Karan Singh, MD, ACG, said: “We are very excited to welcome
Dr. Marcus Michel to the ACG family. He is the right person to lead ACG Engineering into the future, given his command of our business and proven ability to drive results. His track record, depth of international experience, and familiarity with the industry will be highly beneficial in ACG’s growth. I also wish to thank, Richard Stedman, who has helped institutionalise many standard systems and processes across the ACG Engineering group.”
About ACG
In accordance with its commitment to making the world healthier, ACG has now been delivering exceptional solutions to the global pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry for almost sixty years, across six continents and in a hundred countries.
‘Collaboration’ is at the core of ACG’s ethos, and ACG is the world’s only integrated pharma manufacturing solutions company, with products ranging from Capsules to Films & Foils, to Engineering equipment, and Inspection systems – all that meet international regulatory requirements.
ACG Engineering is the division of ACG Group that provides manufacturing equipment such as capsule fillers, tablet presses, granulators and checkweighers; primary and secondary packaging machinery; and training and maintenance initiatives to integrate and optimize these modules on customers’ production lines.
For ACG, it’s always about finding innovative solutions to the world’s greatest health challenges, together. www.ACG-World.com
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LEATHERHEAD, Surrey, UK and AKRON, Ohio, USA – December 8, 2020 – Improved recycling, recovery and conversion into post-consumer resin (PCR) are the leading challenge for the rigid and flexible plastic packaging industry through the 2020s a new Smithers report finds.
Analysing the current state-of-the-art and future routes to market, Smithers’ latest study – Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies for Recycled Plastic Packaging to 2030 – ranks the top 25 technologies that will redefine the industry over the next decade.
Report author Terry Cooper, says: “Across the 2010s packaging innovation has significantly outpaced evolution of recycling capabilities, technologies and recycling infrastructure. That has to change. With new official targets, brand owner commitments, and post-Covid green economy stimulus packages, recycling technologies will be essential if plastic packaging is not to be sidelined in the future.
Our survey shows no single technology can deliver this on its own. A combination of technologies will be required. True success will come only from engagement with stakeholders from across the supply and use chain; combined with a critical understanding of what the technologies can do at each stage.”
Based on an exclusive survey of 30 technical experts and opinion formers it identifies the following leading technical challenges:
Commercialising economical chemical recycling processes that convert mixed plastic waste into polymer monomers to supplement existing mechanical recycling
For post-industrial and post-consumer streams in mechanical recycling, developing and implementing more efficient and ubiquitous collection, marking and sorting methods
Governments introducing ‘producer pays’ regulations for plastic waste; including the use of more consistent rules for prioritising specific designs and materials
The establishment of universal lifecycle analysis (LCA) methodologies to accurately compare the environmental impact of different recycled formats
Improving label stocks and adhesives to make these fully compatible with existing mechanical recycling
Optimising mechanical recycling to deliver cheaper, more consistent PCR supplies
Adopting automated mechanical to sort and process flexible plastic films, multilayer constructions, and pouches
Innovating to replace multi-material flexible designs with monolayer structures to cut costs and improve recyclability
Business transformation in the petrochemical sector, with firms creating new business lines focused on waste plastics and prioritising this over raw material extraction.
Each of the 25 trends and technologies identified by Smithers is profiled in depth in Ten-Year Forecast of Disruptive Technologies for Recycled Plastic Packaging to 2030.
This includes objective analysis of its likelihood of implementation, market and environmental impact, and leading technology suppliers. Full context on the evolving market space is given, drawing on Smithers' expert insight into regulatory landscape for the packaging, plastics and material recovery industries.
About Smithers
Founded in 1925 and headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Smithers is a multinational provider of testing, consulting, information, and compliance services. With laboratories and operations in North America, Europe, and Asia, Smithers supports customers in the transportation, life science, packaging, materials, components, consumer, and energy industries. Smithers delivers accurate data, on time, with high touch, by integrating science, technology, and business expertise, so customers can innovate with confidence. www.smithers.com
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Industry veteran to oversee all departments for shipping solutions
provider as packaging volumes continue to peak.
Waterbury, CT – PACT, LLC, an innovator of packaging and crating technologies, has promoted Josh Mort to General Manager. In this position, Josh will be responsible for managing all of PACT’s departments including production, sales, and growth initiatives as more products manufacturers seek lighter, sustainable and durable shipping solutions with the number of packages shipped continuing an upward trajectory.
Josh has been with PACT since 2012. Throughout his tenure, he has been in charge of daily office functions, offering his expertise to responsibilities including accounting, customer service, planning, purchasing and accounts payable. Prior to joining PACT, Josh worked for Fastenal Industrial Supply, where he was responsible for managing inventory control as well as overseeing big-ticket customer deliveries.
“We are excited to have Josh as PACT’s General Manager,” said Roger Mort, President of PACT. “His in-depth knowledge of our products and processes, as well as his experience in the industrial packaging and shipping industries, are invaluable and will undoubtedly be an asset in his new role.”
Among other novel shipping solutions, PACT recently introduced Thermo Shield™, a paper-based, fire-resistant shipping wrap designed to prevent catastrophes caused by battery explosions during transport. Utilizing a technology that actively and automatically cools the internal environment of a corrugated container, the paper-based, 100% recyclable protective logistics product prevents damage to the outside shipping container, suppresses fumes or gasses from escaping, and limits external oxygen supply. The company also is known for its patented J-Crates - customized corrugated crating solutions offering reduced shipping costs, maximization of warehousing space, and increased sustainability.
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About PACT
PACT, LLC is a world leader in manufacturing industrial packaging and crating solutions. With over 25 years of experience, PACT has designed such popular industry solutions as Liftvans and Pleatwrap, as well as custom packaging products for the furniture and automotive industries. PACT was founded on the idea of sustainability and continues to embrace a green future in the packing and crating industry. For more information, visit www.pactww.com.
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15 December, a global event translated into 7 languages. Live from the SACMI parent company, this webinar will showcase the latest ready-to-market developments for the industry, from technology to new cap design solutions. Key advantages include integrated design of cap-preform systems to optimise performance and cost
Following an initial event in June 2020 on complete solutions for tethered capsules, SACMI is now preparing a new live worldwide event: on 15 December, we'll be illustrating all the latest on the lightweighting front, that is, weight reduction in cap and preform production.
Global production exceeds 400 million tons, 98% comes from fossil sources and a third ends up in landfills or, worse, in the environment: these figures refer to plastic, a material essential to our way of life that needs to be re-thought from the perspective of the 3 Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle.
One of the most effective approaches - especially in the closures field, for safety and performance reasons - lightweighting has been the focus of investment by the world's leading technology providers for at least 20 years. Now, SACMI aims to take another major step forward with profitable, ready-to-market solutions.
Beginning with the numerous technical-technological challenges of lightweighting and the unique production and control systems designed to overcome them, SACMI will go on to illustrate integrated cap-preform design solutions that maximize performance by merging lightweighting with high productivity.
The webinar will present some of the more recently developed solutions available on the market, starting with the new 26 mm capsule-neck systems in which SACMI, together with major brand owners and certification bodies, leads the world.
The event ends with a walk-through of the SACMI workshop, taking in everything from the IPS preform injection press - which incorporates solutions that further reduce weight to enhance performance and design - to the CCM press, the world's leading compression technology cap manufacturing solution, which now features innovative key production parameter control systems and lower consumption.
The event will be streamed live starting at 9 a.m. (and simultaneously translated into 7 languages) and again at 3 p.m. for the convenience of SACMI's international customers around the globe. To take part please register on the https://lightweight-solutions.sacmi.com platform.
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