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A new push towards Sustainable Packaging - BOTTA Packaging with ESSELUNGA to substitute bubble wrap with Paper.

19 May 2020
Anonymous (not verified)

BOTTA Packaging flanked the leading Italian supermarkets chain Esselunga to develop an innovative envelope, entirely lined with corrugated paper, to protect bottles and eggs during online shopping deliveries. A clear and determined choice to meet customer needs in a more sustainable way. 
 

Schreiner ProTech Introduces Microfont Color Laser Film Anticounterfeiting Solution

19 May 2020
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Schreiner ProTech, a Germany-based global leader in developing and manufacturing innovative functional labels with value-added benefits for the automotive and engineering-based industries, has introduced an anticounterfeiting solution featuring the application of a customized microfont on color laser film (CLF) nameplates.
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by comparison
conventional laser films have a layer thickness of 50 microns

MULTIVAC receives the Axia Best Managed Companies Award 2020

19 May 2020
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Wolfertschwenden, 15 May 2020 – MULTIVAC is a winner of the Axia Best Managed Companies Award 2020, a seal of approval that is awarded by Deloitte, WirtschaftsWoche, Credit Suisse and BDI to companies, which are judged to be outstandingly well managed. Christian Traumann, Group President of MULTIVAC, accepted the award yesterday in Munich. Medium-sized companies are extremely important to the German economy. The Axia Best Managed Companies Award gives recognition to those medium-sized or family-owned companies based in Germany, which are judged to have exemplary management.
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a seal of approval that is awarded by Deloitte
WirtschaftsWoche
Credit Suisse and BDI to companies

ACG receives certification for its ‘Clean Label’ capsules

19 May 2020
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Becomes the world’s first and the only capsule manufacturer to receive it ACG -- a leading supplier of fully integrated solutions to the global pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industry, has received a certification of compliance from Clean Label ProjectTM for its ACGcapsTM H+. ACG Capsules has long been recognised for the quality and integrity of its ‘clean capsule’ design and manufacture and with this accreditation it has become the world’s first capsules to receive the certification from the Clean Label Project.
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that are simple
safe
healthy
and contaminant-free

SC Johnson Converts Line at Largest Global Manufacturing Plant to Produce Hand Sanitizer for COVID-19 Health Workers and First Responders

18 May 2020
Yukta Arora
Responding to a shortage of hand sanitizer nationally that is leaving those on the front lines at risk for COVID-19 infection, SC Johnson is building new capacity to manufacture up to 75,000 bottles of hand sanitizer per month. One hundred percent of the hand sanitizer produced will be donated to health workers, first responders and the company’s own production employees. SC Johnson, a global manufacturer of household and professional cleaning and disinfecting products, has converted a line typically reserved for testing new products to produce hand sanitizer.
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Covid19
Handsanitizer

Mondi produces and donates protective medical gowns for key health care workers in Germany

15 May 2020
Bhaskar Ch
  • Three Mondi plants in Germany (Halle, Steinfeld and Gronau) are set to produce and donate 10,000 protective gowns to workers in local nursing homes and retirement facilities
  • The initiative will involve using extruded PE tubes to be assembled into single-use protective garments

15 May 2020 – Mondi, leading global packaging and paper group, has contributed material and processing expertise to produce plastic protective gowns for staff at local nursing homes and retirement facilities in order to help mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany.

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pharma packaging
protective packaging
medical gowns
plastic packaging

Proven efficiency and reliability on Quilmes Argentina’s hot-fill line that bottles Gatorade in PET containers

15 May 2020
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In collaboration with Sidel, Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes – the largest drinks company in Argentina – have reached high levels of efficiency, of up to 100%, on their most recent complete hot-fill line, as part of their ongoing pursuit of excellence. This complete, high-speed bottling solution produces, among other things, the Gatorade brand of isotonic beverages in PET containers, in compliance with PepsiCo's quality standards.
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The investment in Sidel’s bottling line is perfectly aligned with this aim

Smithers forecasts global functional additive sales for plastic packaging to increase to $2.3 billion and global barrier coatings to $2.4 billion

15 May 2020
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Global functional additive sales for plastic packaging are forecast to grow during 2020–25 at an annual average rate of 5.3% to approximately $2.3 billion from $1.7 billion in 2019. Whilst global barrier coating sales for plastic packaging are forecast to grow during 2020–25 at an annual average rate of 4.9% to $2.4 billion to $1.8 billion. Functional additives and barrier coatings are used across a wide range of food, beverages and non-food packaging markets.
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protect and optimise product shelf life
reduce the need for preservatives