Bondi Sands self-tan and suncare products are globally known by consumers and beauty experts for their high quality,

WWP Beauty’s e-catalog displays the company’s comprehensive array of stock packaging solutions with a new and fresh approach.

Los Angeles, CA – WWP Beauty, a world-class full-service supplier to the global beauty industry, is announcing the launch of its new online stock catalog. This easy-to-navigate, e-catalog features a fresh and relevant design with color-coded categories in alignment with the company’s brand image. Customers can easily navigate through the beauty industry’s major segments: Skincare, Color Cosmetics and Hair & Body Care. Fast Track Packaging and Sustainable Solutions were also added to the search menu so that customers can quickly identify their packaging needs. Each segment features a comprehensive selection of innovative solutions categorized by packaging type including: Airless Systems, Compacts, Droppers, Eyeliner, Jars & Pots, Lip Gloss, Lipstick, Mascara & Brow, Pens & Rollerballs, Pumps & Bottles, Sticks & Crayons, and Tubes.

“We designed this new e-catalog with our customers top of mind, creating a user-friendly navigation experience and a clean and fresh look and feel that would allow customers to find what they are looking for, both quickly and easily. WWP Beauty will be expanding the e-catalog in early 2022 with Accessories, Turnkey Collections, and Formulations to showcase our full-service capabilities and further solidify our mission of being, the source for everything beauty,” said Musa Dias, WWP Beauty, CMO. 

WWP Beauty strives to create a more clean, inclusive and sustainable future. The company will continue to add sustainable stock packaging solutions that feature eco-friendly materials and innovative design to continue adding value to the company’s customer base. 

The new catalog can be viewed on the WWP Beauty website by visiting: https://catalog.wwpbeauty.com/. 

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.  
 

Ardagh Glass Packaging in Nienburg produces 150 different glass bottles and jars for the food and the beverage industry. One bottle in particular - the extraordinary blue Hitchcock Juice Collection glass bottle – has received the highly prized “Product Innovation in Glass” award, presented at the November Aktionsforum Glasverpackung, an initiative of the Federal Association of the German Glass Industry (BV Glas).

Glass bottle impresses with its design and functionality

Imperial Orange, Golden Grapefruit, Royal Pineapple, Ultimate Mango and Deepdark Cranberry are Hitchcock’s range of not-from-concentrate and premium nectars. The new elegant, blue glass bottle gives the Juice Collection a bold and premium look.

Andreas Falk, Nienburg Plant Manager, says: “Our aim, when designing the Hitchcock glass bottle, was to reflect the premium quality of the juices for the Juice Collection. This award encourages us to continue to innovate and to develop new juice packaging design concepts in the future”.

The Ardagh facility at Nienburg is one of the few glass producers that manufactures dark royal blue glass. The blue bottles are not only beautiful, but also protect the juices inside from light. The bottle’s combination of design and functionality impressed the expert judges of the Aktionsforum Glasverpackung.

Judges commented: “The Hitchcock Juice Collection exudes high quality through both the content and the packaging quality. Hitchcock have continued to use the iconic and distinctive bottle shape in the new collection, developing the design with a larger bottle in blue glass. The simple label design with the fruit symbol completes the well-thought-out product innovation.”

“We are delighted that our new glass bottle design has been recognised by this prestigious award”, says Kim Katharina Reiners, Brand Manager at Hitchcock.

The "Product Innovation in Glass" award

Glass is a sustainable packaging material which can be infinitely recycled without any loss of quality. The annual “Product Innovation in Glass” award rewards the communication of this and other special features of glass within packaging design. 2021 is the eighth year the award has been presented.

SÜDPACK is one of the first film producers to have successfully completed the initial audit for ISCC PLUS certification (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). All its German sites were certified in October and November 2021 and will gradually be followed by other locations. SÜDPACK has therefore established an important basis for the further development of its processes and products that will continue to drive the transformation from a linear to a circular economy.

ISCC EU is one of the leading standards for sustainable biofuels. ISCC PLUS has now expanded this globally recognized management system for mass balance certification to other key areas of the circular economy. The aim is to ensure the traceability of raw materials along the entire value chain in the food, animal feed and chemical sectors. ISCC PLUS is significantly more stringent than ISO certification, because every individual production site must be specifically certified.

At SÜDPACK, one of the uses for this certification is to provide evidence of its use of chemically recycled material. Because besides its own compounding and regranulation, the leading film producer also increasingly makes use of chemical recycling as a supplementary market alternative, as part of its sustainability offensive. The aim of this ambitious strategy is to further increase the proportion of recycled material in film production and convert hitherto non-recyclable industrial plastic waste into valuable resources.

By the end of November 2021, all of our German sites had been successfully certified, starting with the SÜDPACK Verpackungen sites in Ochsenhausen and Erolzheim and continuing with Ecoform Multifol in Erlenmoos and Schwendi, which has been certified as both a waste collection point and a production facility. The regranulate that is produced there, which is reused in extrusion, can therefore be designated as ISCC PLUS-certified material – just like any mechanical and chemical recyclates that SÜDPACK purchases from an ISCC PLUS-certified business.

Certification makes it possible to communicate transparent and verified information to stakeholders – while confirming that the ISCC sustainability requirements have been met and that the traceability of the entire supply chain is ensured. Its credibility is additionally substantiated by third-party certification.

“ISCC PLUS certification is extremely laborious and expensive, but is an important step in terms of preserving resources and the environment and therefore sustainability as a whole,” says Erik Bouts, CEO of SÜDPACK. As a manufacturer of products that were previously predominantly based on fossil-based raw materials, SÜDPACK feels particularly obliged to both support and intensively press ahead with this development.

About SÜDPACK

SÜDPACK is a leading manufacturer of high-tech films and packaging materials for the food, non-food, and medical product industries. Our solutions ensure maximum product protection as well as additional pioneering features with minimum material input.

The family business, which was founded by Alfred Remmele in 1964, is headquartered in Ochsenhausen. Production sites in Germany, France, Poland, Switzerland, the Netherlands and the USA are equipped with the latest plant technology and manufacture to the highest standards, including the capacity to operate under clean room conditions. The worldwide sales and service network ensures a high degree of proximity to the customer and comprehensive application technology support in more than 70 countries.

With its state-of-the-art Development and Application Center at its headquarters in Ochsenhausen, the innovation-oriented company offers its customers an optimal platform for carrying out application tests and for developing individual and tailor-made solutions.

SÜDPACK is committed to sustainable development and fulfils its responsibility as an employer and towards society, the environment, and its customers by developing packaging solutions that are unparalleled in their efficiency and sustainability.

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• Mondi’s Catching Feels campaign won 14 B2B marketing awards in 2021
• Mondi, Adobe Stock and artist Rachael Presky collaborate on educational webinars for the creative industry
• Mondi has built a strong distribution network for PERGRAPHICA® across Europe
• Mondi’s entire PERGRAPHICA® range is CO2-neutral since April 2021

Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, is proud of the successful partnerships it has established for marketing its PERGRAPHICA® brand. PERGRAPHICA® is Mondi’s premium paper range for the creative design, publishing and luxury packaging markets.

Mondi’s Catching Feels campaign, developed in a unique digital to analogue partnership with Adobe Stock, has garnered no less than 14 B2B marketing awards. Among these are:

• 3 awards at the B2B Marketing Awards, the largest and most prestigious marketing awards in the B2B arena. Catching Feels won Gold for Best Brand Initiative, Silver for Best Creative Campaign and Silver for Most Commercially Successful Campaign.
• At the Global ACE Awards, recognising the best-of-the-best in B2B creative achievement from across the globe, Catching Feels came first in the category ‘Integrated Marketing Campaigns – $250,000-$1 Million Budget’.
• At the Drum Awards for the Digital Industries 2021, Catching Feels won the closely contested B2B category in recognition of its ‘digilogue’ approach.

Collaboration with Adobe Stock and artist Rachael Presky in support of the creative industry

Celebrating the success of Catching Feels, Mondi hosted a session at Adobe Max 2021 in late October, Adobe’s virtual conference connecting creatives from around the world. The session entitled ‘Catching Feels: A Sensory Journey from Screen to Print’ gave creatives an exclusive look behind the scenes of Mondi’s successful, multi-award-winning integrated marketing campaign.

Additionally, Mondi is collaborating with Rachael Presky, UK-based illustrator and contributor to the Adobe Stock Premium Collection, a premium stock image library enhancing creative projects and empowering creatives. Experts from Mondi have been joining forces with Rachael Presky to offer educational and inspirational webinars on the creative journey from the screen to the printed page. Rachael is one of six artists chosen to contribute to the Catching Feels campaign for their ability to bring feelings to life in their creative work.

Mondi’s strong distribution network offering PERGRAPHICA® to creative design, publishing and luxury packaging markets across Europe

Mondi has deepened its collaborations with distribution partners to enhance availability of PERGRAPHICA®papers across Europe. The new Dark & Deep Colours and Infinite Black products in particular have received very positive feedback and won over new customers, marking Mondi’s successful entry into the luxury packaging market. In addition to the PERGRAPHICA® white design shades, Europapier has been offering the PERGRAPHICA® Dark & Deep Colours range in Austria, Eastern Europe and the Ukraine since late 2020. Distribution partners for Germany are IGEPA and Antalis. In the UK, France and Switzerland, Antalis offers the full white range including SRA3 and Indigo.

We have a long-standing partnership with Mondi. The new PERGRAPHICA® Colours for creative design and luxury packaging are a fantastic addition to our portfolio for German customers. We value our collaboration with Mondi, in particular the training and support their packaging team provides for our staff here at IGEPA”, says Sabine Reister, Product Manager Paper & Print at the IGEPA Group.

Since April 2021, Mondi’s entire PERGRAPHICA® range has been CO2-neutral thanks to an internationally recognised carbon offset project run by ClimatePartner. All PERGRAPHICA® shades, surfaces and grammages are made in Austria and meet strict global sustainability standards according to FSCTM as well as the EU Ecolabel.

About Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper

Uncoated Fine Paper is a business unit of Mondi Group. In six operating sites in Austria, Slovakia, Russia, and South Africa, Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper produces pulp and environmentally sound office and professional printing papers tailored to the latest professional digital and offset print technologies. The company complies with the strictest international certification standards to support sustainable production processes through the responsible management of forest, water and air resources. All Mondi uncoated fine papers belong to the Green Range of papers that are FSC™ or PEFC™ certified, 100% recycled or bleached entirely without chlorine.

Its renowned brands such as Color Copy, PERGRAPHICA®, NAUTILUS®, NEUJET®, IQ, MAESTRO®, BIO TOP 3®, DNS®, Snegurochka or ROTATRIM are used in office environments on laser or inkjet printers and by professional printers on digital or offset presses to create brochures, transactional material, folders, invitations, business cards, letterheads or other high-impact communication. Converters appreciate the excellent printability and smooth handling of Mondi’s professional printing papers

- Berlin Packaging, the world's largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier®, announced today the acquisition of Gerfran SAS, a family-owned supplier of glass packaging specializing in the wine and beverage end markets.

Founded in 1984 and acquired by Lionel Fruh in 2008, Gerfran is a unique player in the Aquitaine region of France. Headquartered in La Réole, the company specializes in the sale of wine bottles with an emphasis on Bordeaux bottles and serves wine producers of all sizes, from small vineyards to large estates. In addition to wine bottles, the company also sells bottles and jars for beer, spirits, fruit juices, and food.

With warehouses across the southwest of France, Gerfran has strong relationships with its customers, who benefit from the company's value-added services and turnkey solutions.

"Gerfran is the perfect partner for Berlin Packaging as we expand our operations to the southwest of France and continue to increase our wine packaging business," said Paolo Recrosio, CEO of Berlin Packaging EMEA.

"We are delighted to be part of the Berlin Packaging family. Indeed, by combining our expertise, I am confident that we can achieve great things for our customers and supplier partners," said Lionel Fruh, President of Gerfran.

"Targeted acquisitions such as Gerfran are a key component of our European growth strategy. This addition strengthens our position in the wine packaging market in France and across Europe," said Bill Hayes, Global CEO and President of Berlin Packaging.

Following completion of all pending transactions, Gerfran will be the 18th acquisition by Berlin Packaging in EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) since 2016 and the 8th acquisition in EMEA in 2021.

All employees and locations for this acquisition will be retained.

About Berlin Packaging

Berlin Packaging is the world's largest Hybrid Packaging Supplier® of glass, plastic, and metal containers and closures. The company supplies billions of items annually along with package design, financing, consulting, warehousing, and logistics services for customers across all industries. Berlin Packaging brings together the best of manufacturing, distribution, and incomeadding service providers. Its mission is to increase the net income of its customers through packaging products and services.

BOTTA Packaging, Italy, is launching a free and simple online LCA tool to encourage more companies to use Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) as part of their wider sustainability programmes. Their new, free, simplified LCA calculator will make finding the environmental impact of packaging easier than ever.

LCA’s are complex, costly and time prohibitive to undertake. BOTTA wants to empower real sustainable business change by enabling SMEs to use their simplified LCA calculator for free. The tool will help them find the top-level environmental value of packaging as a first step before deciding to conduct a full comprehensive study themselves. Sustainability is a path and allowing more businesses to enter this path using a simplified and accessible LCA calculator tool can be a way of enabling more thorough change in the future.

In its drive to encourage change, BOTTA Packaging realised that packaging is often the first thing a customer sees of a company’s products. So, in the modern world where businesses are increasingly environmentally savvy, it makes sense that the packaging impact should be carefully considered.

“We are really proud to be launching a tool with the potential to make an impact. As far as we know this is the first tool of its kind to be launched for free in Italy, possibly the first of its kind to be used for calculating packaging impacts in this way. As a company, we don’t only sell sustainable packaging with the aim of helping our customers reduce their own footprint, but want to help inspire and enable others to get involved and make changes that will benefit the planet.” Lara Botta, VP BOTTA Packaging, Italy

By investing in this tool, BOTTA is hoping that they can improve the culture, knowledge, and accessibility of sustainability and LCA’s as a tool for making sustainable business decisions.

LCAs are a thorough method of analysing a products’ different environmental impacts throughout its lifecycle, from raw material extraction, through to production and distribution, right through to use and disposal. Whilst really valuable, it can take months to assess a product, which is where BOTTA has tried to simplify the work in order to get an idea of the impact different materials in packaging have, prior to making packaging choices.

See the tool for yourself at: https://www.botta.it/en/lca-calculator/ Or, find out more about our sustainability services by contacting ecopackaging@botta.it

ABOUT BOTTA PACKAGING BOTTA Packaging is an Italian family company that has been in the corrugated cardboard packaging business for over 70 years. The company has a leading and competitive expertise in Eco-friendly packaging. BOTTA Packaging is committed to offer paper-based packaging alternatives to its customers, in the mission to help them attain their sustainability goals. BOTTA Packaging collaborates and cooperates with Universities, Companies, and Start-Ups to address innovation in the packaging industry, believing firmly in an Open Innovation approach. Its strategy is focused on challenging and pursuing the most avant-garde packaging innovations that can be boosted and enhanced to respond to the packaging sector’s needs, their central focus.

For further information, please visit our website https://www.botta.it/en/

The Thai Prime Minister has presented Siegwerk with the "Industry Award" in the circular economy category. He thus honored the company's successful work and commitment in this area.

Siegburg, Germany, and Samut Sakhon, Thailand 16 December 2021. – Siegwerk, one of the leading global providers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels has won the Thailand Prime Minister Industry Award in the Circular Economy category. The prize was presented by the Prime Minister on 13 December 2021.

The Industry Awards are presented every year but the Circular Economy category is a new category which focuses on cost-effective use of resources, taking into account the use of sustainable materials as much as possible, aiming to reduce pollution and environmental impacts sustainably by developing a stable economy along with preserving the environment and natural resources of the country.

Siegwerk Thailand applied for the award in February 2021, and had to undergo a rigorous three stage vetting process including a site audit in order to qualify for the award. In the application, Siegwerk Thailand highlighted innovations to facilitate recyclability in packaging, awareness-raising for paperization solutions, deinking/delamination technologies, collaboration with value chain partners for circularity solution and commitment to product safety among other achievements.

“This award builds the pride of the company and all employees as part of its success, and drives our company to continue to develop. We will also be an agent to raise awareness for partners as well as society, to focus on the circular economy in a sustainable way,” said Tussanee Leevongwat, Entity Manager, Thailand and Head of Human Resource for Siegwerk South East Asia.

The award serves as affirmation that Siegwerk is on the right track in it’s ambitions to become a leading enabler for circular packaging solutions.

About Siegwerk
Siegwerk, a sixth-generation family-owned company, is one of the leading international manufacturers of printing inks and individual solutions for packaging, labels, and catalogs. With more than 180 years of experience, the company has solid expertise in and knowledge of many printing procedures. A global manufacturing and service network ensures customers consistently high-quality products and services. In keeping with the company’s philosophy “Ink, Heart & Soul,” Siegwerk seeks long-term cooperation with its business partners. Siegwerk employs some 5,000 people worldwide in more than 30 country organizations and is headquartered in Siegburg near Cologne. Further information on Siegwerk can be found at www.siegwerk.com

• New HDPE bottles and CRC caps offer competitive advantage versus current solutions
• HAT SNAP products manufactured at higher capacity in Changshu
• Investment at Changshu helps Airnov to modernize and meet the needs of the growing Chinese healthcare market

December 16, 2021 – Airnov, a global leader in innovating packaging solutions for the healthcare market, has completed an expansion and upgrade of its manufacturing facilities in Changshu, China.

The modernization of the site, which is around 100 kilometers northwest of Shanghai, includes the installation of new production lines that enables the company to produce a wider range of products at greater volumes.

As a result of the investment, Airnov is bringing several new products to the Chinese market.

The first is the HDPE bottle fitted with CRC caps. Made using a thick plastic polymer, they provide a superior barrier to humidity versus regular bottles, offering a low moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR).

Operating as a standard SP400 bottleneck and screw cap, the product can be produced in a range of sizes, from 30ml up to 150ml. It also carries complete pharmaceutical compliance certificates from the Chinese NMPA. In time, certification will be achieved worldwide from the likes of the FDA and European Union so that the products are available to all Airnov customers.

The newly expanded facility at Changshu will also be able to produce higher quantities of Airnov’s HAT SNAP product. This is an active and ergonomic vial with desiccant stopper that also includes tamper evidence features to help prevent counterfeiting.

Commenting on the strategic importance of the investment, Albert Zhao, General Manager of Airnov Asia Pacific, said: “The expansion has created and optimized an additional manufacturing space for our continuously growing business needs. In the meantime, we will strive to consistently offer better quality and sustainable products to customers both here in China and around the world.”

Changshu is one of two Airnov manufacturing sites in China. In the Pearl River Delta, the company’s site at Dongguan produces a series of rimless packets that were launched in April this year. Using 25% fewer raw materials than competing alternatives, these sustainable packets also offer greater moisture absorbing capacity and are designed for use in small pharmaceutical and diagnostic product bottles, as well as in medical device and food packaging applications.

For further information on Airnov’s global coverage, visit the Airnov website: www.airnov-healthcare.com/locations

About Airnov Healthcare Packaging

Airnov Healthcare Packaging is a global leader in shelf-life preservation solutions to protect pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and diagnostic products from moisture and oxygen. This includes drop-in sorbents such as canisters and packets, integrated desiccant systems, and specially designed container-closure systems. Airnov has five manufacturing plants located in France, the U.S., China, and India.

• The WorldStar awards are the most prestigious global packaging awards, recognising the best of the best in packaging innovations from across the world
• Mondi won an outstanding nine awards this year, celebrating Mondi’s sustainable packaging innovations and commitment to creating circular driven solutions

 Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, received nine awards in six categories at this year’s WorldStar Packaging awards. Open to packaging companies around the world, the WorldStar awards recognise the best ideas, innovations and technologies on the market, with a focus on sustainability, product protection and end-user convenience.

Mondi is a pioneer in making packaging sustainable by design. Our EcoSolutions approach means we always evaluate the best solutions for our customers, our planet and the end-user, using paper where possible, plastic when useful. Thanks to extensive collaboration with our customers, being honoured with nine WorldStar awards shows we are moving in the right direction. With sustainability firmly at the centre of our strategy, and ambitious sustainability commitments as part of our MAP2030 framework, we are determined to make our flexible packaging part of a circular economy.

We are delighted with our successful track record in winning WorldStar Packaging awards with our innovative, fit-for-purpose and sustainable corrugated solutions. In 2021, half of the awarded products are part of our eCommerce offering, which reflects the great opportunities we are seeing to partner with our customers in this area. With our network of more than 100 in-house packaging designers, we are setting new standards in the industry both in terms of sustainability and product design

CoralTray
We eliminate the plastic and plastic foil in conventional vegetable trays, with our fully recyclable, sustainable packaging. There is no loss in packaging performance: the lid of our Coral Tray ensures good product visibility, while protecting its contents and being easily stackable. The customer can print on the packaging. Plastic is eliminated while logistics are vastly improved: CoralTray runs on erecting machines at the same speed as a conventional corrugated tray without lid, a huge improvement as no foil is added either. Twice the amount trays can be stored in one E2 crate compared to a tray with foil.

EcoWicketBag
Mondi's EcoWicketBags are a paper-based packaging solution that provides an alternative to traditional plastic packaging for hygiene products such as nappies, bringing paper-based packaging to the hygiene market worldwide. They reduce plastic consumption and are made from a renewable resource - paper.

Functional Barrier Paper
Mondi's functional barrier papers can replace plastic films and laminates traditionally used for FMCG and consumer products with a recyclable and renewable solution. It reduces the amount of plastic by replacing it with a renewable raw material that has specific mechanical properties such as puncture resistance, flexibility, printability and barrier protection.

SIOC Pack for soaps
Following the trend to reduce packaging in the eCommerce Mondi created for one of our customers a bespoke SIOC solution (Ships in own container). The clever, 100% corrugated design protects the sensitive products across the eCommerce supply chain without any secondary box needed. The well-thought out dimensions of the design make the pack fit easily through a letterbox, meaning the end user’s unpacking experience begins immediately.

ToolBox XL
The Toolbox XL beats conventional 6-bottle beer carriers in design and capacity, providing space for 12 bottles and offering impactful product display and brand promotion. The box is fully stackable in transport and easy to carry for consumers. The fun design of a tool box together with offset printing triggers consumers to continue using the box after emptying.

TwistMailer
Clever use of wave orientation and two hotmelt strips means that this packaging is immediately ready to be filled and can secure contents without any fixing materials. Variable in height, it is easy to pack and takes up little storage space, offering protection during transportation and overall improved efficiency. Made from fully recyclable corrugated board, this packaging replaces polyethylene bags, PE bubble-lined envelopes, and smaller F0201 used in e-commerce. Constructed without gluing, it ships less air so is cost-effective and is printable, with zipper or tear tape openings.

(Un)-Lock System
Two-piece packaging created for client’s new vacuum process, which lifts the pack from above. Existing bottom gluing machine still can be used without changing the parameters. Once the lid and bottom part are locked to each other the clever function provides a secure locking and lifting process (with vacuum machine) without using any glue or tape.Made of 100% paper. Optimal closing option to ensure fully automated warehouse distribution and changing handling processes of retailers are met.

WalletPack
Mondi's WalletPack is a recyclable mono-material solution that replaces a non-recyclable multi-material plastic. The high barrier material protects food and the environment by preventing food spoilage and improving recyclability in compliance with existing recycling guidelines.

X-fold Box
Can X-FOLD design offer the quick and easy set up like a box with 4 or 6 gluing points? Mondi´s team of e-commerce packaging designers looked into this together with their customer LPP and created a smart 2 point glued solution that does the trick. Mondi once more proved to live up to its 3e promise for eCommerce: e-conomic, e-fficient, e-asy.

The UK’s leading frozen food specialist has partnered with Mondi to package its products more sustainably
Mondi’s functional barrier paper solutions will reduce the amount of plastic used by 80%
New approach supports Iceland in its ambitious goal to eliminate plastic packaging by the end of 2023

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has teamed up with the UK’s number 1 frozen food retailer to provide renewable, recyclable packaging in a move that further validates Mondi’s approach of using “paper where possible, plastic when useful”.

Iceland is replacing its previous packaging with Mondi’s versatile functional barrier paper across a number of its ranges. The first newly packaged product to hit the shelves earlier this month was the retailer’s frozen chicken dippers, which reduces the amount of plastic used per year by 80%.

The functional barrier paper is made from renewable resources with Mondi managing the paper production and coating in-house, providing a fully integrated solution. It is easy for consumers to recycle the paper in existing waste streams and as paper is the most widely recycled material in the world - 74% of paper and 83% of paper-based packaging in Europe are recycled – the solution ensures that the paper can be recycled at the end of its life, contributing to a circular economy.

Stuart Lendrum, Head of Packaging, Quality and Food Safety at Iceland added: “We’ve been bold in our aims to remove plastic: we were the first UK retailer to publish our plastic footprint along with our pledge to ultimately become plastic free. To deliver on this “Doing it Right” promise, we knew we would need the expertise of global packaging suppliers like Mondi. Their collaborative EcoSolutions approach meant that our teams worked together to consider all elements of the product manufacturing and delivery journey. We now have a sustainable solution that is efficient to use, protects the products and meets the expectations of our customers.”

Importantly, Mondi’s functional barrier paper offers complete product protection, ensuring the product has the same shelf life as it did with its previous packaging. Thanks to the high stiffness of the paper, the packaging is puncture resistant and ensures an efficient filling process that runs seamlessly on existing machinery.

Iceland has set out ambitious sustainability targets and has already made great strides in reducing plastic packaging. Some products need more specialised solutions to ensure consumers get safe, high-quality food. Mondi’s functional barrier paper uses a wafer-thin coating that provides all the necessary barriers to keep food fresh and can still be recycled. It is a pleasure to be working with Iceland on their range of frozen food products.

Iceland aims to be the first UK supermarket to become plastic neutral, adapting to paper packaging wherever possible and offsetting its remaining plastic footprint by recovering and recycling environmental and nature-bound waste plastic. By working with Mondi, Iceland has benefitted from the packaging specialist’s EcoSolutions approach to work closely together to ask the right questions and develop the most sustainable packaging solutions.

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.

About Mondi Functional Paper and Films

Mondi Functional Paper and Films (FPF) is part of Mondi’s Business Unit Engineered Materials, providing paper and film-based solutions such as release liners, barrier coatings, and technical films following our motto paper where possible, and plastic when useful so we can provide customers with products that are sustainable by design. The industries served are graphic arts, labels, tapes, fibre composites, industrial, building insulation, hygiene, medical, envelopes, food & consumer goods, corrugated case linings, foam liners, automotive, and industrial packaging. Oriented towards a sustainable future and committed to quality, Mondi FPF is an agile and innovative partner with technically advanced expertise, global availability, and customised solutions.  Well-connected within the Mondi Group, we are an integrated part of the value chain. Mondi FPF can imagine, design, and create innovations to meet the rapidly changing demands in the industry, and has access to an international network of specialists with over 11 plants in seven countries and three continents.

Plastic packaging is not completely banned

AmPrima™ PE Plus recycle ready solutions provide brand owners with innovative packaging that supports recyclability i

“We are thrilled to add Recycold and its Recycold Cool Packs products to our portfolio of sustainable Cold Chain pack

• Collaboration led to top prizes at prestigious French packaging awards
• Packaging producer Mondi developed the recyclable functional barrier paper allowing Les Crudettes to save 137 tonnes of plastic per year, the equivalent weight of one blue whale
• Machine supplier IMA Ilapak developed new solutions on their range of vertical baggers ''Vegatronic'' to handle paper-based materials at high speed
• French vegetable producer Les Crudettes uses the new paper packaging to replace plastic packaging for its ready to eat salads in France

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper; IMA Ilapak, world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for packaging and Les Crudettes, leading French company in the fresh vegetables market, have won three prizes at the prestigious French packaging award and the Trophées de l’innovation LSA for a new paper packaging.

Mondi developed a recyclable functional barrier paper, which is converted on VFFS machines of IMA Ilapak for a selection of Les Crudettes’ pre-washed, ready to eat salads.

Their solution won the environment and production categories at the prestigious French packaging awards as well as the Trophées de l’innovation LSA.

Les Crudettes decided to replace the plastic bags for its fresh salads with Mondi’s new packaging. The new solution is 95% paper and verified as recyclable in the waste paper stream in France while keeping the salad fresh for up to 10 days - the same amount of time as with the previous plastic packaging. Mondi used its EcoSolutions approach to work closely with Les Crudettes in order to help the company meet its sustainability goals of reducing the amount of plastic in its packaging. The new packaging also supports Mondi’s MAP2030 sustainability goal to make 100% of its products reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

IMA Ilapak's R&D efforts have resulted in the first solution specifically designed to perform using paper while ensuring the same performance as plastic packaging materials. The Vegatronic 6000 bagging machines produced for Les Crudettes are part of the Corporate Sustainability Program IMA Zero and IMA NOP (No Plastic) which have the ultimate goal of minimising environmental impact in industrial manufacturing, embodying the Group’s dedication to change and aims to make a positive and eco-friendly impact.

Falk Paulsen, Sales & Business Development Director Functional Paper and Films, Mondi says: “The key to getting fit-for-purpose packaging solutions is to ask the right questions, and these awards recognise that. We worked closely with Les Crudettes and their machine manufacturer IMA Ilapak to ensure the transition to our functional barrier paper was smooth and effective, resulting in a truly ground-breaking packaging that can now be rolled out across other food groups.”

Géraldine Collet, Marketing and Innovation Director, Les Crudettes adds: “Making changes like this when existing solutions have worked for three decades is always a challenge for brands. When there is a strong desire to create better products and sustainable packaging, combined with collaborative effective ways of working, you often find success. These awards, given by packaging and retail experts, are a recognition of our ground-breaking innovation for the ready to eat salads market.”

Grégoire Duvot, Managing Director at IMA Ilapak France, says: ‘’These 2021 French packaging awards are the result of our IMA Ilapak R&D efforts to run quicker on vertical form fill seal machines when using paper-based material. In line with the IMA group's NOP ('NO Plastic') project, our ultimate goal, we are accompanying manufacturers towards recyclable packaging, with profound consultancy on machine compatibility of different materials.”

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.

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About Mondi Functional Paper and Films

Mondi Functional Paper and Films (FPF) is part of Mondi’s Business Unit Engineered Materials, providing paper and film-based solutions such as release liners, barrier coatings, and technical films following our motto paper where possible, and plastic when useful so we can provide customers with products that are sustainable by design. The industries served are graphic arts, labels, tapes, fibre composites, industrial, building insulation, hygiene, medical, envelopes, food & consumer goods, corrugated case linings, foam liners, automotive, and industrial packaging. Oriented towards a sustainable future and committed to quality, Mondi FPF is an agile and innovative partner with technically advanced expertise, global availability, and customised solutions. Well-connected within the Mondi Group, we are an integrated part of the value chain. Mondi FPF can imagine, design, and create innovations to meet the rapidly changing demands in the industry, and has access to an international network of specialists with over 11 plants in seven countries and three continents.

About LES CRUDETTES

Les Crudettes, a brand of the LSDH Group's Vegetable Division, has been producing a wide range of fresh, ready-to-use salads, raw vegetables, aromatic herbs and snack salads since 1984.

300 market gardeners, 650 employees, in 2 production workshops in Châteauneuf-sur-Loire (45) and Cabannes (13), share the same passion for ultra-fresh vegetable products to enable everyone to eat better thanks to fresh fruit and vegetables, available everywhere, produced by committed producers.

About IMA and IMA ILAPAK

Established in 1961, IMA is world leader in the design and manufacture of automatic machines for the processing and packaging of pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food, tea and coffee.

IMA Ilapak, since 1970, with its vast range of flexible packaging solutions, can satisfy every form, fill and seal packaging requirement of food, pharma, medical devices and wet wipe industries.

Besides flow wrappers and vertical baggers, IMA Ilapak portfolio includes systems for modified atmosphere applications, product handling solutions, counting and weighing systems and complete, fully automated lines.

Support provided for two projects run by local associations. With Anteas, we’ve funded the purchase of a new van equipped to transport disabled persons. And with Aviat, we’ve backed a project in Togo that helps cure children’s eye disease.

This Christmas, SACMI has set out to support human dignity and basic rights: it has done so by working with inspiring charities who have, for years, been building projects and services for the local and international community.

For a long time now, SACMI has been at the forefront when it comes to supporting local organizations that provide services for those in need. These include Anteas, an Imola-based association that has been a key provider of disabled transport services for over twenty years.

“Demand had skyrocketed in recent years”, points out the association, “ and our vehicle pool was no longer large enough to meet all our commitments.” The resources donated by SACMI will allow Anteas to purchase a new fully-equipped van, bringing the association’s number of vehicles to 11.

More specifically, the vehicle is equipped with a wheelchair tailgate ramp that is well suited to urban transport. “We’re very grateful to SACMI for this donation, which rests on shared principles of solidarity with the vulnerable”, stated Anteas, whose volunteers have provided a steadily growing range of such services in and around Imola since 1988.

“Health and dignity are precious assets that we’ve learnt to see from a collective, global perspective. Such rights are either there for everyone, or are not there at all”, points out Paolo Mongardi, President of SACMI Imola. “That’s why, as in previous years, we’re standing by our associations to bring dignity where it’s most needed. For SACMI, this is the true meaning of the Festive Season”.

The second initiative is in keeping with the training and healthcare projects SACMI has supported in developing countries for many years. The beneficiary is Aviat Onlus, a local association that has been operating for several years in Togo. One of the world’s poorest countries, Togo is beset by numerous health problems, such as access to treatment for age-related and congenital cataracts.

SACMI started supporting Aviat’s humanitarian work back in 2005. The resources donated to this second project will help treat eye disease at the medical center run by the nuns of Our Lady of the Apostles in Kolowaré, a village just outside Sokodé, the country's second-largest city.

The goal is to perform at least a hundred cataract operations so patients, especially children, can look forward to enjoying a life with restored eyesight. This project is made all the more significant, explains Aviat, when one considers that four out of five cases of blindness could be treated by simple prevention or “routine” operations that are still unavailable to large swathes of the population in the Southern Hemisphere.

Tekni-Plex, a globally integrated company that provides innovative solutions through materials science and manufacturing technologies, has received ISO certification for the contract filling of personal care, skincare, cosmeceutical, and cosmetics products. The ISO 22716 designation certifies that Tekni-Plex operates according to the Good Manufacturing Practices guidelines for filling and packaging formulations in the beauty and skincare markets.

Tekni-Plex’s ISO certification covers many filling and packaging scenarios. For example, the company’s Holland, OH location is now accredited for filling single-dose plastic containers – as well as tubes with silicone applicator tips – from 0.3 to 10 ml in volume. Capabilities also include filling multiple products on the same multi-vial strip – a frequent need when producing skincare products.

“This ISO certification, which is an important designation in the beauty market, enables Tekni-Plex to continue to expand our materials science-based innovations as we serve the Consumer Products business,” said DeAnn Umland, Vice President of Market and Strategy Development for the Beauty and Home Markets.

As a materials science leader, Tekni-Plex offers the ability to customize products through a wide range of container colors, labeling designs, and printing techniques. Customers can choose from a wide selection of plastic resins to ensure formulation compatibility and product protection for a variety of liquid solutions – including moisturizers, exfoliators, eye contour, cleansers, face masks, face serums, anti-aging solutions, lotions, toners, and body and hair treatments. 
In addition, Tekni-Plex’s manufacturing capabilities extend from trial runs and small-size batches to large-scale filling with high-automation equipment. The company also performs sample filling of customers’ solutions for product and packaging testing and evaluation.

ABOUT TEKNI-PLEX
Tekni-Plex is a globally integrated company that provides innovative solutions through materials science and manufacturing technologies. A global leader in the Healthcare and Consumer Product markets, Tekni-Plex provides medical device components and a multitude of material science solutions that lead to a healthier and more sustainable world. Its solutions are found in some of the most well-known names in the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Personal Care, Household and Food & Beverage markets. Headquartered in Wayne, Pa., Tekni-Plex employs 7,000 people throughout its operations in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Northern Ireland and the United States. For more information visit www.tekni-plex.com.
 

Overall number of press stops for plate cleaning or quality adjustment significantly reduced

Asahi Photoproducts, a pioneer in flexographic photopolymer plate development, today reported that Nabe Process Co., Ltd., a major Japanese printing company, has tested Asahi’s AWP™ CleanPrint water-washable flexographic plates against conventional solvent-based plates to measure differences in quality and productivity between the two. The AWP™ plates, which were made with CrystalCleanConnect, demonstrated a significant improvement in print quality and productivity compared to the conventional solvent-developed flexographic plate. CrystalCleanConnect is a brand-new offering jointly developed by Asahi Photoproducts and ESKO that automates the platemaking process, reducing steps from 17 to 1 and dramatically reducing potential for error.
According to Nabe Process Co., the test was conducted using actual customer work, and all times and steps were carefully documented. It was notable that the Asahi AWP™ plates had excellent ink transfer, which contributed to the overall improved quality and fewer press stops for plate cleaning and other quality issues.
The design chosen by Nabe Process Co., Ltd. for this test contains fine highlights. To obtain the required quality with solvent-based plates, the press had to be stopped several times during the run to prevent such things as ink filling. This was not the case with the Asahi AWP™ water-washable plates which offer CleanPrint technology, originally developed by Asahi in order to improve the ink transfer from the plate surface to the printed material.
Mr. Yasuo Naka, General Manager of Flexography Division, Nabe Process Co., Ltd., commented “From this result, we were able to confirm that we can deliver more stable and higher quality printed products to our customers using Asahi's AWP™ water-washable plates. With the conventional solvent plate, we also had more difficulty in the printing process due to misregistration during printing. With the Asahi AWP™ plates, however, that problem is resolved and productivity is dramatically improved.We are very happy with the performance of the AWP™ plates as a result. In addition, in the spring of 2021, we installed CrystalCleanConnect, a fully automatic plate-making device jointly developed by Asahi and ESKO. That has added to our overall quality and productivity, geting plates to press much faster, with less operator engagement time and with less opportunity for error. Based on these results, we are converting all of our flexographic plates to Asahi AWP™ water-washable CleanPrint plates, and we know our customers will be even more delighted than ever with the quality they receive from us."

Mr. Yuzo Fujiki, Chief Technology Officer, Printing Solution Project, of Asahi Kasei Corporation, commented, “We were pleased to work with Nabe Process on this project to validate the excellent plate performance of our AWP™ water-washable plates in terms of both print quality and productivity. And we are thrilled that Nabe Process has chosen to create even more efficiency by installing the first CrystalCleanConnect system in the world, the industry's first fully automatic water-washable plate-making device, developed in collaboration with ESKO. As we continue to work with forward-thinking companies like Nabe Process, we will also be working toward continouos improvement of print quality as well as keeping sustainability top of mind.”

Asahi's CleanPrint flexographic printing plate has excellent ink transfer from the plate surface to the substrate, resulting in less ink remaining on the plate surface during and after printing compared with conventional solvent-based plates, dramatically reducing the number of press stops required for plate cleaning. In additon, the plate making process is water-based, using non-VOC based chemicals. And with the CrystalCleanConnect solution, which delivers ready-to-mount plates with the push of a button, platemaking time and labor is also dramatically reduced, resulting in a more efficient and cost-effective flexographic printing operation.

For more information about Asahi AWP™ CleanPrint water-washable flexograhic plates, CrystalCleanConnect and other products and services from Asahi Photoproducts

About Asahi Photoproducts 
Asahi Photoproducts was founded in 1973 and is a subsidiary of the Asahi Kasei Corporation. Asahi Photoproducts is a leading pioneer in the development of photopolymer flexo printing plates. By creating high quality flexographic solutions and through continued innovation, the company aims at driving print forward in harmony with the environment.