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Smurfit Kappa Reports Resilient 2023 Performance and Strategic Expansion Amid Challenging Market Conditions

24 Aug 2024
Aditya Panwar

Smurfit Kappa, a global leader in sustainable packaging, has announced its 2023 financial results, highlighting a strong performance despite a challenging demand environment. The Group reported revenues of €11.3 billion and an EBITDA of €2,080 million, reflecting an EBITDA margin of 18.5%. While overall volumes were down 3.5% for the year, Smurfit Kappa saw a progressive improvement in demand, with a return to growth in the fourth quarter, driven by the rising demand for sustainable packaging solutions.

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Women Designers Crack Open Beer Packaging

24 Aug 2024
PC Correspondent

At a Glance

  • Their favorite pack designs include Sapporo’s Year of the Dragon six-pack, created to celebrate Lunar New Year 2024
  • ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ inspired the graphics on Stone Zumology IPA packaging
  • Stone Growls Like a Tiger Double IPA package design bares its fangs

Women are underrepresented at many craft brewing companies — but not so at Sapporo USA/Stone Brewing. There, all the packaging designers are women.

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FDCA to act against reuse of packaging tins

23 Aug 2024
PC Correspondent

Reused tins are those that have already been used once and after consumption of the food item are discarded by the consumer and reused by some packers.
 

FDCA has ordered officials to identify such entities in their jurisdiction and take legal action. The FDCA’s directive is considered important because there is widespread reuse of tins for packaging food items, especially edible oil.

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Amazon replaces plastic air pillows with paper for delivery packaging in North America

23 Aug 2024
Vasu Goyal

The e-commerce giant said it is ‘constantly inventing and thinking big to make our packaging small’, and wants to use as little packaging as possible to’ avoid waste, and prioritizing recyclable materials’.

This is part of Amazon’s path to avoid and reduce packaging, a multi-year effort to remove plastic delivery packaging from North America fulfillment centres.

It will avoid nearly 15 billion plastic air pillows annually.

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FSSAI asks to exhaust packaging materials claiming 100% fruit juices by Dec

22 Aug 2024
Komal Sharma

Food regulator FSSAI has given four more months till December-end to food business operators to exhaust all pre-printed packaging materials claiming '100 per cent fruit juices' in their packaged juice products.

The decision to extend the current deadline of August 31 has been taken following consultations with stakeholders.

In June, FSSAI had asked food business operators (FBOs) to immediately remove claims of 100 per cent fruit juices in advertisements as well as labels on packaged products, amid rising concerns over misleading claims.

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Robatech Introduces Innovative Cold Glue Application System for Sustainable Paper Carrier Bag Production !!!

22 Aug 2024
Aditya Panwar

As the packaging industry shifts towards more sustainable solutions, the demand for easy-to-recycle carrier bags has become a significant challenge for manufacturers. In response to this growing trend, Robatech has unveiled a highly flexible cold glue application system designed to support the production of paper carrier bags, offering manufacturers the tools they need to successfully transition from plastic to paper.

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Minilam Unveils Revolutionary Minilam R2R: The Ultimate Roll-to-Roll Laminating and Digital Foiling Solution

22 Aug 2024
Aditya Panwar

Minilam has announced the launch of its groundbreaking Minilam R2R, a state-of-the-art roll-to-roll laminating and digital foiling solution, poised to transform the reel-to-reel digital printing industry. Engineered for extraordinary performance and quality, the Minilam R2R is built with industrial robustness, featuring the latest oil heating system and dual pneumatic pressure for unmatched precision.

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FPA Names 2024 Student Flexible Packaging Challenge Winners

21 Aug 2024
PC Correspondent

The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has announced the winners of the FPA 2024 Student Flexible Packaging Design Challenge. This year’s first winner was a team of students from the University of Wisconsin–Stout, and the second-place winner was a team of students from the California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly).

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