Moderate minus of roughly two percent worldwide in the first half of 2020

AEROBAL, the International Organization of Aluminum Aerosol Container Manufacturers, recorded a relatively moderate decline in the global production of aluminum cans of almost two percent for the first half of 2020 despite the corona pandemic. Compared to most other industrial sectors, the industry is still doing relatively well in a global comparison.

That is why Gregor Spengler, Secretary General of AEROBAL, is quite satisfied with the half-year results of the member companies: "The very moderate minus represents a rather good result in view of the highly insecure markets with extremely cautious customers and consumers. Under the impression of the corona-related lockdowns and restrictions in public life with all their consequences for consumption we would have expected worse results.

Instead, especially in this crisis, the value of a reliable and safe packaging material such as the aluminum aerosol can, which industry and consumers alike trust, has been impressively demonstrated. In addition, our member companies have remarkably proven their convincing performance and delivery capabilities under extremely difficult conditions."

Regardless of this, the greatly changed consumer behavior caused by Covid-19 has of course left its mark on markets that are important for the industry. Lower consumer incomes and fears for the future have caused the demand for high-priced cosmetic products to shrink. The imposed curfews and the reduced contacts in the professional and social sectors have resulted in lower demand for products such as deodorants and perfumes, hair care products and other cosmetics. This noticeable decline in the wide-ranging cosmetics market could not be offset by the boom in disinfectants and similar hygiene products.

With regard to the regional sales markets, the markets in Asia and Oceania were particularly weak in a global comparison in the first half of 2020. In contrast, the markets in Europe only declined slightly. Demand in North and South America remained largely stable, while the Middle East even posted slight gains.

A reliable forecast of the further development of the global markets for aluminum aerosol cans is extremely difficult given the still rampant corona pandemic. Most brand owners find it difficult to make reliable forecasts due to the challenging international market environment. Most of the can manufacturers and their customers, however, expect a further decline in demand in the second half of the year.

AEROBAL President Leopold Werdich shares this view, who despite all the adversities has nevertheless identified a positive development for aluminum aerosol cans: “Regardless of the corona pandemic, the strong trend towards sustainable packaging solutions is unbroken. Even in times of Corona, the climate crisis is omnipresent. Legislators around the world have accordingly tightened environmental regulations and recycling quotas. In addition, major brand owners have committed themselves to politics and society with ambitious sustainability goals. With numerous innovations, AEROBAL members provide concrete examples that valuable aluminum aerosol cans have advantages over many other packaging materials in terms of sustainability. Therefore, I hope that, due to these developments, more stability will come into our markets again from next year and that there will be improved planning security for can manufacturers."

How important the aspect of sustainability is to the aluminum aerosol can industry is also underlined by the fact that in 2020 AEROBAL added a new category of “sustainability” to its recognized “World Aluminum Aerosol Can Award”.

Contact:
Gregor Spengler
Head of Packaging at Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e. V. (GDA)
AEROBAL Secretary General

AEROBAL

International Organisation of
Aluminium Aerosol Container Manufacturers
Secretary General
Fritz-Vomfelde-Straße 30
40547 Düsseldorf
Germany
Phone   + 49 211 4796-144
e-mail  aerobal@aluinfo.de
web       www.aerobal.org

Culver City, CA – WWP Beauty has launched its first virtual collection, Intentional Beauty. The collection was purposefully designed and developed to help consumers navigate stress, anxiety, and a rapidly changing beauty landscape. The product packaging features motivational and positive quotes intended to uplift, while the formulations are focused on protecting and bringing balance. The collection features color, skin, body and personal care products each packed with skin-loving ingredients and benefits. 
 
Showcased as a hero item is the Rehydrate Moisturizer in WWP Beauty’s award-winning Eco-Pac tube. The packaging was recently awarded top honors in the Sustainable Development category during the 2020 MakeUp in New York Innovation Awards. The Eco-Pac tube is made from 100% Bio-PE and features a lightweight design that utilizes up to 19% less plastic, and produces 93% fewer emissions per piece. Paired with this package is a richly hydrating moisturizer that is packed with vitamins and leaves the skin feeling soft, supple and rehydrated.
 
Also featured in one of WWP Beauty’s newest packaging innovations is the Glow Effect liquid highlighter. This highlighter is showcased in the Side Effect Dropper; a package designed to elevate the user experience by delivering a precise dosage of formula with the simple push of a button on the side of the cap. This dropper can be tooled in a PCR material for increased sustainability. The formula itself creates an instant illuminated, all-over glow with highly reflective pearl pigments that do not settle into fine lines. Like several other pieces in the collection, the highlighter offers the performance of a color category product, with ingredients that provide skincare benefits.  
 
Sexual wellness and intimate care are categories that were on the rise pre-pandemic, and are currently still seeing an increase in demand. The collection’s Intimate Massage Foam is an innovative, gel-like formula that can be used for massages, intimate areas and as an all-over body moisturizer. Other products rounding out the collection include a gem-infused baked bronzer, fruity lip scrub, and hand sanitizer. 
 
“Developing this collection was an inspiring collaboration between beautiful and impactful formulas and sustainable and innovative packaging, tied together with upscale design. Our goal was to create a collection that provides powerful and effective solutions for the future state of beauty,” said Shandon McGee, Innovation Committee Co-Chair.
 
Virtual WWP Beauty innovation presentations can be requested by emailing hello@wwpbeauty.com. 
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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, Europe and Asia, WWP Beauty offers their customers global support at the local level. To learn more visit our website at www.wwpbeauty.com 
 

Client:    WWP     
Contact:    Christopher Dale
    Turchette Agency
    (973) 227-8080 ext. 116
    cdale@turchette.com    

    Megan Gunn
    WWP
    (973) 805-6500
    megan@wwpinc.com

High-density polyethylene caps pair with polyethylene tubes
 for completely recyclable packaging in existing PE streams.
 
Oberdiessbach, Switzerland – Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, has introduced the market’s first fully recyclable polyethylene-based tubes with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) flip-top caps. A breakthrough in the worldwide push for packaging sustainability, the mono-material tube + cap combination overcomes a longstanding functionality hurdle for hinged caps, which were previously made predominantly from less recyclable polypropylene (PP) materials. 

The new tube solutions are a packaging first: fully recyclable tube solutions whose body, shoulder and caps are composed of a single material family. Also available in screw-top formats, the new tubes are ideal for health & beauty, food and pharma packaging applications.

In existing recycling streams, mono-material plastic packaging is exceedingly more preferable than combination plastics, as its comparable simplicity is considered fully recyclable in mechanical recycling plants and therefore a key factor in moving toward a truly circular packaging landscape. 

In addition to the new HDPE flip-top caps, Neopac also is launching a comprehensive portfolio of PE screw caps. Manufactured entirely in-house, the screw caps are available in diameters of 16-40mm.

“Achieved in collaboration with a long-time supplier, the new HDPE flip-top caps overcome the last hurdle to fully recyclable tube packaging – namely, the ability to form functional closures from the same material as the tube body and shoulder,” said Simon Böhlen, Development Engineer for Neopac. “Health & beauty, food and pharmaceuticals brands can now assure their increasingly sustainability-conscious customers that the packaging in which their products are housed has the lowest-possible environmental impact, as we move toward a fully circular packaging economy.”

The full PE Cap range is now commercially available for all Neopac’s PE, COEX, EcoDesign or Polyfoil Range. Starting November 2020, the recyclable fully mono-material PE Tubes with Flip-top cap will be available as stock solutions with the new printing service DigitAll360°.

Looking ahead, Neopac is currently in the development stages of next-generation, HDPE-optimized high-performance barrier tubes (Polyfoil® MMB) with superior decoration options. Available with PE screw-top caps, the forthcoming solutions already have received excellent ratings from Institute Cyclos-HTP, a packaging recyclability certification organization. 
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About Hoffmann Neopac
Hoffmann Neopac is a privately-owned company, headquartered in Thun, Switzerland. The group produces high-quality metal and plastic packaging in six locations: HOFFMANN tins in Thun and CMP tins in Holland; Polyfoil® and plastic tubes with NEOPAC in Switzerland, Hungary and the US; and 3D Neopac in India. Its longstanding customers include internationally active pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer goods manufacturers in the European, North American and Asian markets. 

Including its new production facility in the United States, Neopac employs around 1,250 employees and has a capacity of 1.3 billion tubes. The company is dedicated to sustainability in both its manufacturing processes and corporate culture, including a dedicated eco-conscious packaging portfolio. For more information, visit www.neopac.com.  
 

client:    Hoffmann Neopac

contact:    Christopher Dale
    Turchette Agency
    (973) 227-8080 ext. 116
    cdale@turchette.com

Hampden’s wide array of laminating, sheeting, coating & embossing capabilities to be combined with LLFlex’s packaging business to provide customers with expanded portfolio of foil, film, holographic, metallized, paper and paperboard packaging material solutions

Louisville, KY – LLFlex – a global leader in packaging materials and industrial laminate solutions for the consumer packaging, building & construction, and wire & cable industries – has acquired the assets of Hampden Papers, a premium paper converter specializing in paper, foil, film, holographic and transfer metalized lamination, sheeting, and embossing. The move unites the Hampden Papers legacy as an industry pioneer through five generations of family ownership with LLFlex’s rich heritage of over one hundred years in the packaging industry. The combination creates one of the largest and most experienced suppliers of coated and laminated substrates for packaging in North America.

The acquisition comes as LLFLex begins production at its new 73,500-square-foot fully integrated manufacturing facility in High Point, North Carolina. With the ramp up of skilled labor, technical personnel, sophisticated equipment and optimized production layout, the plant will significantly expand LLFlex’s output capacity – and provide reassuring redundancy – for its two main business segments, Packaging and Industrial Laminates. The move also builds upon the consumer packaging capacity and capabilities already in place at LLFlex’s  Louisville, Kentucky, manufacturing facility.

The acquisition of Hampden Papers expands LLFlex’s footprint in a wide range of packaging niches, including various paper, film and foil-based packaging for food & beverage, premium laminated carton board for health & beauty products, and transfer-metalized paper and board for sustainable packaging solutions. Further benefiting customers, the combined capabilities of the two companies creates a broad product offering in several other diverse sectors in which paper-based materials are frequently laminated, coated or embossed including, tags, labels, tickets, cards, rigid boxes, gift wrap, envelopes, book jackets and decorative wallpaper.

“Working closely with the owners and executives of Hampden Papers has allowed us to create this unique combination of assets, capabilities, expertise and unparalleled commitment to our customers,” said Victor Dixon, CEO of LLFlex. “We are very proud and excited to carry forward the Hampden legacy and history by combining these foundations with the growing portfolio of LLFlex packaging material solutions. The collective customers and broader market will notice immediate benefits by being able to source a wider range of products from one combined company that can better support brand owners, package designers, printers, converters and other related users of laminated and coated materials.  Bringing the high-quality Hampden products together with the large scale and robust global supply chain of LLFlex will result in a myriad of benefits for our valued customers.”

Kelley Stearman, LLFlex Packaging Segment Director, believes “Hampden Paper’s expertise and focus on quality are a perfect complement to LLFlex’s core strengths and proud heritage of supplying high quality, value-added packaging materials for consumer products. We are excited about our expanded portfolio of product offerings and the packaging solutions that our new company will bring to customers.”

Hampden Papers is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, with LLFlex having locations in Louisville, Kentucky as well as a newly constructed location in High Point, North Carolina that was opened in January and has been ramping up throughout the year. The new site is on schedule to be fully operational in the early fourth quarter of this year. Customers can expect high quality, responsive service, and a seamless integration period.

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About LLFlex, LLC
LLFlex, LLC is a leader in packaging materials and industrial laminate solutions for the building & construction, wire & cable, and consumer packaging & other printable substrate markets. The company has manufacturing  operations in Kentucky and North Carolina. LLFlex has sales and supply chain offices in the US, UK and China and markets its products through its network of global agents and partners. 
LLFlex’s extensive laminating experience with various substrates makes them a preferred supplier of materials for many consumer product industries. LLFlex manufacturers various paper, board, foils, films, MET PET and holographic laminates for flexible packaging applications such as folding carton basestock, lotto/gaming board, convolute canister stock, gift wrap and various other applications. The company is North America's largest supplier of cigarette inner liner materials and also produces printed innerframe.
For the building & construction sectors, LLFlex provides a full line of laminated insulation and radiant barrier facers designed to meet the industry's requirements for gas & moisture barrier, product adhesion, reflectivity, durability, and longevity. For the wire & cable industry, the company’s line of cable armor, wraps and tapes includes mono and co-ex layered film formulations using proven, high quality resins throughout the structure for consistent, reliable long-term performance. For more information, call (800) 634-3645 or visit www.llflex.com. 

About Hampden Papers, Inc.
Hampden Papers, Inc. is a premium materials converter specializing in paper, foil, film, holographic and transfer metalized lamination, sheeting, and embossing. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology in each phase of its manufacturing process, the company services customers in an array of industries throughout the United States and Canada. Hampden Paper's broad portfolio of design, development and manufacturing capabilities creates paper-based laminations for a wide variety of functional and decorative applications including folding cartons, box wrap, gift wrap, blister cards and trading cards. 

client:    LLFlex, LLC    
contact:    Christopher Dale
    Turchette Agency
    (973) 227-8080, ext. 116
cdale@turchette.com
 

New Delhi, 28th September, 2020– Cosmo Films, a global leader in specialty films for flexible packaging, lamination, labeling applications and synthetic paper introduces a new bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) based coated film which is designed to slowly release a fragrance which lasts for a long time. 

The film is matte finished on one side while other side is extrusion coated for thermal lamination applications. Through initial tests, these newly designed films have proven to remain fragrant for more than 2 months, and it is expected that the film would continue to release a soothing fragrance for almost 6 months. The film is available in 24 microns thickness and is aptly suited for thermal or wet lamination.     

The film can be widely used for applications like catalogues, book covers, various bonds, magazines, visiting cards, packaging for cosmetics and personal care items and more. 
Speaking fragranced packaging film, Mr. Pankaj Poddar, CEO, Cosmo Films said: “A sense of pleasing smell acts as a catalyst for a positive outcome. BOPP-Fragranced packaging film has been introduced in the market to give the customers a feel good factor. Cosmo Films is dedicated to innovate and is in constant search of excellence for the customers worldwide.”

About Cosmo Films

Cosmo Films established in 1981 and founded by Mr. Ashok Jaipuria is a global leader in speciality films for packaging, lamination, labeling and synthetic paper. With engineering of innovative products and sustainability solutions, Cosmo Films over the years has been partnering with worlds’ leading F &B and personal care brands and packaging & printing converters to enhance their consumer experience.

Company’s film offerings include BOPP and CPP films. Today, the company is the largest exporter of BOPP films from India and also the largest producer of thermal lamination films in the world. Its customer base is spread in more than 100 countries with manufacturing units in India, Korea & Japan.

Contact:

Lazri Agarwal   | Account Executive

Concept Public Relations India Limited

M: +91 8145314006

B: +91 11 66471300

E: lazri@conceptpr.com

A: A 25, 2nd Floor, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Area, Mathura Road, New-Delhi- 110044

Ardagh Group has worked closely with fritz-kola to produce a new long-neck 200ml flint bottle for their rebellious cola brand, created for the hospitality industry.
Founded by two friends in Hamburg in 2003, fritz-kola was created to deliver a range of premium quality, great-tasting drinks in the most sustainable and responsible way. 100% recyclable, returnable and reusable glass packaging was the obvious choice to maintain the product’s quality and taste and is key to their sustainability strategy. 
The new bottle has been designed to reflect the brand’s values. Ardagh worked with the design agency to bring their creativity to life with unique design features.  These include embossing the message: ‘den wachen gehört die welt’ - ‘The world belongs to the awake’, referring to waking people up to making positive change in the world. The wording is embossed in reverse on the bottom of the bottle, which is then mirrored and revealed through the top of the empty bottle once the drink has been finished. 
The bottle is designed to be returned and refilled up to 20 times, before being recycled. Mirco Wolf Wiegert, founder and CEO of fritz-kola explains: 

"In times of climate and resource protection, reusable glass is a priority for the people behind fritz-kola. Our new bottle will be more beautiful with every use in the next few years. Friction rings and scratches will tell the stories of every bottle that avoids disposal by being reused."
As a beverage manufacturer, fritz-kola takes care to work with regional suppliers and bottlers to keep their environmental footprint as small as possible. They are constantly developing ideas for re-using their bottles after drinking as well as encouraging consumers to return them for refill. 

Further information

Barbara Macialczyk,

Marketing Manager at Ardagh Group,

Glass – Europe Barbara.

Macialczyk@ardaghgroup.com
 

Reliable forecasts are essential for sufficient planning security

Düsseldorf, September 23, 2020 - After an overall satisfactory market development in the first half of 2020, the deliveries of aluminum tubes and, in particular, aluminum aerosol cans to the German market are now significantly declining.

In the first half of the year, deliveries of aluminum tubes to Germany even increased by almost six percent thanks to very stable demand from the pharmaceutical industry, while deliveries of aluminum aerosol cans were already in decline compared to the good previous year's figures. All in all, the industry therefore recorded a decline of around two percent in the first half of 2020 which is still moderate compared to other industry sectors.

Satisfactory first half of the year is followed by a decline in demand in the third quarter

In the first half of 2020, the tube and aerosol can industry still benefited from the classification of the packaging industry as systemically relevant, from extensive purchases by consumers, from a boom in disinfectants and from additional orders from large customers. At the height of the Corona crisis in Germany, the packaging manufacturers were able to demonstrate their great flexibility and reliability in production planning, which made it possible to meet ad hoc inquiries from customers for additional quantities efficiently and promptly with proven quality standards.

This picture changed significantly in the third quarter of 2020 because the changed consumer and customer behavior in the wake of the ongoing corona crisis is now increasingly showing its effect in the tube and aerosol can industry. The decline in demand that has meanwhile been recorded is primarily due to a further decline in order intake from the personal care sector, but also to a slight slowdown of the pharmaceutical market.

Reliable customer forecasts are essential for sustainable planning security

The erratic fluctuations in demand from important core markets of the tube and aerosol can industry are increasingly causing problems for packaging manufacturers, as reliable production planning has become very difficult in the current market environment. "The packaging manufacturers would appreciate clear, meaningful customer forecasts without short-term order cancellations, so that an efficient use of production capacities and thus a smooth supply can be ensured. The big challenges that the ongoing Corona crisis entails for the entire value chain can only be successfully met by the supply chain partners with a joint effort, "says Johannes Schick, Chairman of the Tubes, Cans and Impact-Extruded Parts Division in the German Aluminium Association, Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e. V. (GDA).

Cautious outlook for the next few months

Overall, the aluminum tube and aerosol can industry is cautious about the last quarter of 2020 and the coming year. Due to the ongoing crisis mode and the corresponding uncertainty in the market, the industry does not expect business to pick up until the end of the year. In addition, for the year 2021 the tube and aerosol can industry is anticipating a sideways movement in demand despite all the imponderables that these special times bring with them.

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Contact:

Gregor Spengler
Gesamtverband der Aluminiumindustrie e. V. (GDA)
T + 49 211 4796-144
gregor.spengler@aluinfo.de
 

It was 40 years ago when Sidel launched its first commercial blower to produce PET bottles for the beverage industry. The company has been supplying and pioneering innovative PET packaging solutions for beverage as well as the Food, Home and Personal Care (FHPC) markets to meet the growing and fast-changing consumer demands since then. Through its extensive PET packaging and engineering expertise, combined with unique package design and blowing process capabilities, Sidel has been strongly supporting the market in the use of PET and will continue to do so as PET is the optimal sustainable material for packaging.

In 1980, Sidel introduced the world's first commercial production solution to package beverages in PET – the SBO blower (In French – Soufflage Bi-Orienté – meaning Bi-oriented blowing) for carbonated soft drinks (CSD). The company has driven many performance improvements in PET bottling technology that cover all beverage and FHPC categories, achieving huge advances in the productivity of complete lines ever since.  

Guillaume Rolland, Vice President for PET and Sensitive Products Portfolio at Sidel, explains the key values that underpin the development of EvoBLOW™, the latest generation blowmoulder by Sidel: "Throughout all the advances in equipment and packaging innovations, our underlying objectives are answering industry requirements in terms of best in class product integrity and superior package quality as well as providing maximum efficiency, lower total cost of ownership and sustainable competitiveness. Another key target is to ensure optimised production flexibility allowing easy handling of multiple SKUs and focusing on energy savings and the reduction of raw materials’ consumption to minimise the environmental impact."  

To make the most of the EvoBLOW, its integrated equipment intelligence and very responsive management lead to continuous production optimisation and easier maintenance services. It combines reactive automation with innovative technologies of connected machines and real-time data analytics. Unparalleled bottle quality can be reached with the patented blowing process control and self-regulation solution: IntelliBLOWER™. It automatically detects and eliminates bottle process deviations to ensure production consistency and quality. Simplified and intuitive operator interventions, smart notifications for better reactivity, and reduced maintenance time contribute to improve productivity as well. 

Expanding packaging innovation and performance boundaries
PET packaging industry has been developing ever more rapidly since 1980, although the importance of innovative and durable bottle design has remained. Sidel has been instrumental in some of the most significant, attractive PET bottle designs in liquid and FHPC packaging by always focusing on innovative packaging design and recognising market trends to create original, eye-catching shapes that support producers to differentiate their products in a highly competitive and fast-paced market.

Sidel’s commitment to packaging design also includes driving initiatives in rightweighting, which have, for example, seen weight reduction for 0.5 L format PET bottle for still water by over 70% between 1985 and 2019. For instance, Sidel’s X-LITE™ bottle, introduced in 2019, has achieved a weight of just 7 grams for a 0.5 L format PET water bottle while still maintaining an excellent top load performance. This is possible due to the very wide blowing process capabilities of Sidel EvoBLOW. 

Four decades of PET blowing innovations
In 2020, a Sidel EvoBLOW line produced 90,000 bottles per hour (bph) on the world's fastest production line for water; almost 25 times faster than the SBO blower from 1980, which was running at 3,600 bph. Since the introduction of the first PET bottle, Sidel has been the key driver behind numerous innovations in the packaging industry. With more than 7,000 SBO blowers running worldwide, blowing technologies by Sidel have become the standard. Affirmation for this statement may be found in the company’s long-lasting partnerships with key packaging players and the many repeated orders, which demonstrate the confidence in Sidel’s blowing expertise.

From process perspective to machine configurations, Sidel offers the highest level of blowing configurability to ensure the most tailored solutions as regards specific market needs. Available as a stand-alone or integrated machine, it can be combined with other functionalities like filling and capping in Combi Blow Fill for all types of processes (regular, aseptic and ultra-clean with Predis™ dry preform sterilisation, heat resistant blowing and hot filling, preferential heating for flat containers). It can also be combined with labelling and filling, as in the Super Combi, an all-in-one, smart solution for production of water and carbonated soft drinks. Also, it can be associated with the Actis™ plasma-coating and filling solution to extend beverages’ shelf life and enable package lightweighting while the Combi Blow Deco ensures fast, safe manufacturing and decoration of empty containers.

Uncompromised packaging quality across PET, ref-PET and r-PET 
Sidel’s blowing technology has always met the changing needs of consumers as well as environmental challenges. In addition to work on reducing energy and consumption of raw materials to a minimum, Sidel has always been working to keep the blowing process as optimised as possible to deliver the best bottle quality and performance for all types of PET resins – virgin and recycled PET (r-PET), one-way and refillable PET (ref-PET), transparent and opaque, monolayer and multilayer.

Due to legislation that helps reducing consumption of plastic raw materials and, thus, the carbon footprint, the ref-PET and the r-PET bottles have been becoming more and more popular sustainable plastic packaging alternatives in the recent years. In the production of ref-PET bottles, Sidel has been the right partner to deliver refill blowing processes for more than 30 years. The specific heat-resistance blowing process ensures optimal packaging specifications to sustain the structure of the ref-PET bottle across many uses and withstanding the durability tests (washing cycles). The unique Sidel electrical mould heating allows a very accurate blowing process, ensuring highly consistent ref-PET bottle quality. This can also be combined with Sidel capabilities in bottle designs, in-house washing evaluations for refillable bottles, ref-PET sorting line engineering and very sustainable bottle washer solutions (Swing™ range).

Sidel has also been supporting all the industry players who introduced r-PET bottles to the market more than 20 years ago. It is true that PET is the only plastic packaging material that is 100% recyclable and suitable for direct food contact with a closed loop bottle-to-bottle recycling, ensuring a very low environmental footprint compared to alternative non-plastic materials. By requiring fewer raw materials and reducing waste, r-PET achieves a carbon footprint, which is nearly five times lower than when using virgin PET. Sidel’s overall goal is to offer technologies with wider blowing processing windows to ensure consistent r-PET bottle quality while avoiding any impact of the resin quality variation due to collection methods and bottle origin. Furthermore, Sidel’s r-PET assessment platform is already contributing to this purpose boosting the development and qualification of bottles with increasing r-PET content while committing to industrial performance. To do so, Sidel keeps a fundamental close collaboration with the r-PET value chain stakeholders and offers an incomparable expertise to accompany the entire industry into the significant change of conversion to r-PET.

Through a holistic approach to PET packaging production, supply chains can be turned into value chains. This demonstrates how keeping continuous R&D efforts, focused on extending the frontiers of blowmoulding, continues to make an invaluable contribution to future sustainable beverage packaging solutions. Sidel will keep on playing a fundamental role in this process by constantly innovating in order to ensure that packaging in r-PET will further evolve for everyone’s benefit: the consumers’, the industry’s and our planet’s.

For editorial, advertising and sponsorship enquiries, please contact:
F&H Porter Novelli
Nikolaus Schreck, Senior Consultant
Tel: +49 (0) 89 12175 147
Email: sidel@fundh.de  
 

Constantia Flexibles is proud to call Nuvae Healthcare Pvt. Ltd, located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat (India), its newest customer on the company’s journey to bring the recyclable flexible packaging solution EcoLamPlus to consumers. 

Nuvae Healthcare’s mission is to inspire a healthy and hygienic living with convenience provided by them. They are committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality and consistency, which is why Nuvae Healthcare handcrafts one of its most important products the ‘GOSAN Hand Sanitizer’ in small batches. GOSAN is an easy-to-use 70% alcohol-based hand sanitizer for water-free cleansing. Especially in these times, facing a pandemic, it is key to keep our hands clean at all times. So, the main purpose of the hand sanitizer is to support people to live a healthy and hygienic life, free from germs and illness. For this reason, Nuvae and Constantia Flexibles joined forces for a complete recyclable packaging made of EcoLamPlus. 

EcoLamPlus laminate is one of Constantia Flexibles’ products in the monopolymer EcoLam packaging family based on PE. It is ideal to replace non-recyclable multipolymer structures where water vapor and oxygen barrier are needed, also it helps to sustain highly volatile products like alcohol. This makes EcoLamPlus a flexible packaging that is completely recyclable. Constantia Flexibles and Nuvae Healthcare cooperate closely to ensure the hand sanitizer remains efficient while the packaging remains recyclable. 

“It’s a huge honour for us to partner with Nuvae Healthcare Pvt Ltd as our valued customer and to package their outstanding product, GOSAN Hand Sanitizer, with our recyclable EcoLamPlus laminates. Health and safety is one of our key pillars and that’s why Nuvae Healthcare is such a strong partner for us”, says Tony Sirohi, Executive Chairman, Constantia Flexibles India, and adds: “We are glad to have this successful and sustainable venture. Looking forward to further joint projects.” 

“We are very proud of our unique formula of GOSAN. It revolutionizes personal hygiene by making it simple and highly effective. GOSAN products are paraben free, cruelty free, and vegan. The health and wellbeing of all people is our first priority. 

Therefore, it makes sense to also use packaging that is fully recyclable, just like EcoLam Plus. It’s a perfect combination of protecting the environment and our customers”, explains Utsavi Parekh, Director, Nuvae Healthcare. 

Constantia Flexibles is the world’s third largest producer of flexible packaging. Based on the guiding principle of ‘People, Passion, Packaging’, some 8,350 employees manufacture tailor-made packaging solutions at 39 sites in 16 countries. Many international companies and local market leaders from the consumer and pharma industries choose the sustainable and innovative products of Constantia Flexibles. www.cflex.com 

Contact: Katharina Mamedof Group Communication Manager,

Constantia Flexibles

Phone: +43 (0) 676 927 01 41

Katharina.Mamedof@cflex.com

http://www.cflex.com 
 

Presentation will provide an update on marijuana business trends & legalization in the US, and explore safe yet aesthetically 
pleasing packaging possibilities for manufacturers.
 
Oberdiessbach, Switzerland – Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for a broad array of industries and applications, will host a webinar exploring best packaging practices for the burgeoning North American cannabis market. Scheduled for September 29 at 2pm EST, the hour-long webinar will feature executive-level Hoffmann Neopac presenters well-versed in the cannabis packaging landscape. Interested parties can register for the event here. 

The presentation will feature customer case studies, in which cannabis manufacturers who have partnered with Hoffmann Neopac share insight on differentiating brands in an increasingly competitive marketplace via child-resistant, sustainable packaging solutions. 

Those attending will receive an in-depth overview on the state-by-state US medicinal and recreational regulations, and on business trends for various cannabis formats – including edibles, flowers, pre-rolls, tobacco and creams – on which marijuana is leaving its mark. An update on the sector’s strength as it emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic will be provided, as presenters will illustrate where the cannabis packaging landscape is and where it is going with an honest assessment of challenges, opportunities and emerging solutions.

The webinar will highlight Hoffmann Neopac’s dual packaging specialties — tins and tubes — and how they can be employed to meet child-resistance requirements and sustainability demands while providing exemplary product protection and on-shelf aesthetics. 

For example, the company’s range of CR Tins, which combine child-resistance, product protection/efficacy and attractive aesthetics. have proven popular with a wide variety of cannabis products. Hoffmann Neopac’s CR Tins are made of tinplate steel with a polypropylene (PP) plastic insert, which offers an aroma barrier while retaining the package’s overall recyclability. The tins satisfy the child resistance standard for 16 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1,700, including those in the US and Canada. For decoration flexibility, they can come either in basic silver for easy labeling, or as full-color, custom-printed tins. Compliant with requirements in various global markets, the certified child-resistant containers are 70mm in diameter and available in volumes of 50ml, 100ml and 500ml. 

Neopac’s wide range of tube solutions also will be showcased. Here, the company offers its signature Polyfoil® tubes, which provide exemplary protection for cannabis products requiring elevated barrier properties. These can be matched with a wide range of applicators, including child safe versions, rollers and droppers. 

Finally, for marijuana manufacturers looking to stress sustainability, Neopac’s EcoDesign portfolio includes RECYCLED TUBE featuring 64% recycled, “FDA food-contact” compliant polyethylene plastics; Sugarcane Tube, made from renewable raw materials and offering the same characteristics and processability as fossil-based polyethylene; and PICEA™ wood tube, comprised of 95% renewable material in the tube body and shoulder – including 10% of spruce wood from wood waste in sawmills. 
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About Hoffmann Neopac
Hoffmann Neopac is a privately-owned company, headquartered in Thun, Switzerland. The group produces high-quality metal and plastic packaging in six locations: HOFFMANN tins in Thun and CMP tins in Holland; Polyfoil® and plastic tubes with NEOPAC in Switzerland, Hungary and the US; and 3D Neopac in India. Its longstanding customers include internationally active pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer goods manufacturers in the European, North American and Asian markets. 

Including its new production facility in the United States, Neopac employs around 1,250 employees and has a capacity of 1.3 billion tubes. The company is dedicated to sustainability in both its manufacturing processes and corporate culture, including a dedicated eco-conscious packaging portfolio. For more information, visit www.neopac.com.  

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New Delhi, 21st September, 2020– Cosmo Films Ltd., a global leader in specialty films for packaging, lamination & labeling applications and synthetic paper, has developed a novel BOPP based clear thermal lamination antimicrobial film. The antimicrobial technology used in this film tackles the globally growing problem of bacterial infections on packaged items, by providing a completely new approach of preventing microbial colonization on the surface. This antimicrobial film is effective against a broad range of bacteria, inhibits germ growth and supports optimum hygiene. It also shows positive effect against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538 and Escherichia coli ATCC 8739 as per JIS Z 2801 certification. The film has an extrusion coated surface with low temperature melting resin, which enables easy lamination of film on paper products by heat and pressure. This technology is safe, affordable and can be easily replicated into all types of labels, flexible packaging solutions and synthetic paper.

Cosmo’s antimicrobial technology is Eco-friendly, food safe and human safe. It has excellent resistance to elongation & tear and excellent optical properties (gloss > 95). The film fiber has excellent tear bond strength with paper and a maximum lamination temperature in the range of 100-129 degree C. It can be used for a wide variety of applications such as Magazines, Books, Promotional Items, Textbooks, leaflets, cartons, diaries, Shopping Bags and many more. Speaking on the globally growing problem of bacterial infections, Mr. Pankaj Poddar, CEO, Cosmo Films said: “Amid this pandemic, we all are searching for ways to stay safe and healthy. Washing our hands continuously and disinfecting every product we touch to prevent the spread of bacteria have become part of our daily routine.

Cosmo’s antimicrobial technology will prove to be effective against a broad range of bacteria.” About Cosmo Films Cosmo Films established in 1981 and founded by Mr. Ashok Jaipuria is a global leader in speciality films for packaging, lamination, labeling and synthetic paper. With engineering of innovative products and sustainability solutions, Cosmo Films over the years has been partnering with worlds’ leading F & B and personal care brands and packaging & printing converters to enhance their consumer experience. Company’s film offerings include BOPP and CPP films. Today, the company is the largest exporter of BOPP films from India and also the largest producer of thermal lamination films in the world. Its customer base is spread in more than 100 countries with manufacturing units in India, Korea & Japan.

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