Aptar CSP Technologies, part of AptarGroup, Inc., and a leader in active material science solutions that ensure product protection, extend shelf life and improve user experience, was awarded a $19 million contract from the U.S. government. This award will support expanded domestic production capacity for the company’s proprietary Activ-Film™ technology, which is used to protect and ensure COVID-19 test kit integrity and accuracy. 
Aptar CSP’s Activ-Film technology is seamlessly integrated into diagnostic dipsticks and lateral flow cassettes to protect diagnostic tests from moisture or other environmental degradants that can impact test integrity and result accuracy. Activ-Film leverages Aptar’s proprietary 3-Phase Activ-Polymer™ platform technology to provide broad spectrum, custom-engineered protection delivered in a variety of configurations. The technology is

formulated to adsorb a specific amount of moisture and other compounds at a customized rate, creating a consistent microclimate throughout the supply chain.  
“We are honored to partner with the U.S. government to deliver a much needed capacity expansion of our technology to support COVID-19 antigen at-home self-tests,” said John Belfance, President of Aptar CSP Technologies. The contract, funded by the 2021 America Rescue Plan Act 3080, provides for procurement of equipment and machinery needed to increase production of Activ-Film material at Aptar CSP’s Auburn, Alabama plant. Completion of this effort is expected in early 2023.

Aptar CSP’s active material science platform technology is currently used to protect a range of electrochemical, lateral flow, and molecular diagnostic test kits on the market today. Additionally, the technology is utilized in a variety of configurations for a wide range of application fields such as oral solid dose drugs, transdermal drug delivery, medical devices, and probiotics. The technology can be engineered to adsorb moisture, scavenge odor, oxygen, or VOCs, emit aromas, or reduce pathogens. 

Aptar CSP Technologies“The continued need for testing to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 along with pandemic-driven supply chain challenges has led to increased demand for our active material science solutions in the diagnostics space,” said Badre Hammond, VP Commercial Operations, Aptar CSP Technologies. “Building on current capacity, this funding will enable current and future partners to expand access to reliable diagnostic solutions for infectious diseases.” 

About Aptar CSP Technologies
Aptar CSP Technologies is part of AptarGroup, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacturing of a broad range of drug delivery, consumer product dispensing and active material science solutions. Aptar CSP Technologies is the premier active material science expert that transforms ideas into market opportunities, accelerates and de-risks the product development process, and provides complete solutions that improve consumers’ and patients’ lives. The company offers a complete set of services from concept ideation, to design and engineering, to product development, global production, quality control, and regulatory support that results in expedited speed-to-market. For more information, please visit www.csptechnologies.com and www.aptar.com.
 

In addition to its recently released Polyfoil MMB®, company will announce plans for a dedicated tube production line for cosmetics and oral care sectors at its US manufacturing facility.

Oberdiessbach, Switzerland – Hoffmann Neopac, a global provider of high-quality packaging for the cosmetics, pharma and oral care sector, will showcase new EcoDesign packaging solutions at Luxe Pack NY, October 27-28. At Stand F20, the company will feature its recently introduced mono-materials barrier tubes; discuss near-future plans for a tube line at its US manufacturing facility dedicated to serving the cosmetics and oral care sectors; and provide samples of its groundbreaking EcoDesign portfolio to interested booth visitors. 

For starters, Neopac’s Polyfoil® MMB mono-material barrier tube is a forward-thinking combination of practicality and eco-consciousness, the high-performance solution offers both superior product protection and significantly enhanced recyclability. The result is a carbon footprint reduction of up to 38% compared with traditional aluminum barrier tubes.

Owed to the company’s advancements in materials science, Polyfoil® MMB provides ideal product compatibility and packaging sustainability while keeping the attractive aesthetics for which its conventional Polyfoil® tubes are known. When combined with Neopac’s HDPE screw and hinge closures, Polyfoil® MMB tubes come fully ready for recycling in PE rigid streams; in fact, this tube-cap combination was the first of its kind to receive full technology & product approval from the EU’s discerning RecyClass sustainability verification organization. 

Also at Luxe Pack, Neopac will be discussing its plan for a production expansion at its manufacturing facility in Wilson, North Carolina. Initially opened in 2018 and focusing primarily on small tubes production, the plant currently has the capacity to make more than 80 million tubes per year. Soon, Neopac will be adding a new production line dedicated to tube solutions for the cosmetics and oral care sectors. 

Notably, the tube line will specialize in recycling-ready mono-material barrier tubes – the Polyfoil® MMB portfolio. As part of this effort, the technology has been submitted to the US Association of Plastic Recyclers for approval.

In addition, select visitors to Neopac’s Luxe Pack NY booth will receive an amenities giveaway exemplifying the company’s commitment to sustainability that doesn’t sacrifice aesthetics. The gift includes samples of Neopac’s EcoDesign portfolio, which comprises Recycled Tube with 64% PCR content; Lightweight Polyfoil@ MMB tubes with 30% weight reduction in the tube body; Sugarcane Tube, made from renewable raw materials; and PICEA™ Tube, comprised of 95% renewable material in the tube body and shoulder – including 9% of spruce wood from wood waste in sawmills. 
 

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 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 with renewable electricity and corporate culture, including a dedicated eco-conscious packaging portfolio. For more information, visit www.neopac.com. 
 

Entry-level model completes proven TURBOLAB series

Cologne, October 2021 – With the TURBOLAB Core, vacuum specialist Leybold is launching a small plug-and-play high vacuum pumping system for research and laboratory and industrial applications. Within the TURBOLAB series, the compact tabletop unit fills the gap for entry-level vacuum needs that require a clean, dry, stable high and ultra-high vacuum. The TURBOLAB series is now available in a total of five variants featuring TURBOVAC 90 i and 250 i backed by DIVAC 1.4 and now covers the complete application spectrum for R&D and analytical applications.

Modular platform, easy service

The ergonomic, cost-effective system is made up of proven Leybold components: including the oil- and maintenance-free TURBOVAC i turbomolecular pump, the DIVAC 1.4 dry diaphragm backing pump and a simple controller. This provides users with the benefit of easy serviceability.

Foundation prevents vibrations

The equipment of the robust, low-noise high-vacuum system is geared to the specific ambient conditions of laboratories and research facilities: This is one of the reasons why the compact pumping station frame stands on rubber feet. "With this foundation, we prevent the transmission of vibrations, for example when the TURBOLAB Core is placed close to a microscope", explains the responsible Leybold product manager, Petr Lastovicka.

User friendly interface

Both the operation and the control of the TURBOLAB Core are intuitive and userfriendly - the controller also serves as a speed and pressure display. Optionally, the TURBOVAC i as well as the backing pump DIVAC can be started up with a time delay or pressure-dependent.

Coordinated model

"The bottom line is that with the compact TURBOLAB Core model we are rounding off our portfolio with a perfectly tuned model downwards," he says. "It will convince users with excellent pumping performance, a good price-performance ratio as well as simple operation and ease of maintenance," sums up product manager Petr Lastovicka.

About Leybold

Leybold is a part of the Atlas Copco’s Vacuum Technique business area and offers a broad range of advanced vacuum solutions for use in manufacturing and analytical processes, as well as for research purposes. The core capabilities centre on the development of application- and customer-specific systems for the creation of vacuums and extraction of processing gases. Fields of application are secondary metallurgy, heat treatment, automotive industry, coating technologies, solar and thin films such as displays, research & development, analytical instruments, food & packaging, as well as a multitude of other classic industrial processes.

About Atlas Copco Group

Our industrial ideas empower our customers to grow and drive society forward. This is how we create a better tomorrow. Atlas Copco is a global industrial group, founded in 1873 in Stockholm. In 2020, we had revenues of BSEK100 (BEUR 10) and at year end about 40 000 employees.

Gecko Green Line Premium: hubergroup continues to advance the sustainability of its portfolio
After the recent announcement of the Cradle to Cradle certification for its water-based HYDRO-X series, hubergrAbout hubergroupoup Print Solutions is now following up with solvent-based inks. The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute certified the flexographic and gravure ink series Gecko Green Line Premium with Cradle to Cradle Certified® Bronze. Thereby, hubergroup gives printers and packaging manufacturers the assurance that the composition and production of the ink series are designed sustainably.

Back in 2018, Gecko Green Line Premium was the first flexographic and gravure ink series worldwide to receive the C2C Certified Material Health CertificateTM at the Silver level. Since then, the ink specialist has continued to push the issue of sustainability within the company and has now achieved full certification at Bronze level for the ink series. As part of this certification, the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute does not only evaluate environmental and human toxicity ("material health") but also the categories of recyclability/circularity, use of renewable energy and carbon management, responsible water management and compliance with social standards.

Dr Lars Hancke, Business Development Manager Flexible Packaging at hubergroup, explains: "We look at sustainability holistically. After receiving the C2C Certified Material Health certificate, the logical next step for us was to organise our actions and processes even more sustainably. The Cradle to Cradle Certified Products Program was exactly the right approach for us, as it is very comprehensive and rigorous."

Dr Lutz Frischmann, Global Product Director Flexible Packaging, adds: "Printers and packaging manufacturers can use our Gecko inks as usual. The certification has no impact on the application – it just gives our customers the assurance that we use high-quality, sustainable, and forwardlooking products."

Whether for water-based or solvent-based flexo and gravure printing, or even for offset printing - hubergroup now offers printing inks with full Cradle to Cradle certification for all these printing processes, enabling an extremely wide range of applications. This makes the ink specialist one of the companies with the broadest portfolio of sustainable printing inks.

About hubergroup

hubergroup is a family business based in southern Germany with a 255 year history. The Print Solutions division produces and sells printing inks and printing aids for packaging printing and commercial printing. The security inks segment for international banknote and identity document producers is covered by the subsidiary Gleitsmann Security-Inks. The Chemicals Division markets raw materials such as pigments, resins and additives produced in India. The company has always been focused on customer success. That is why hubergroup works on innovative solutions, technologies and services every day in order to optimise the value creation in the printing and chemistry industry and to allow their customers to achieve first-class results. In 2020, hubergroup generated an annual turnover of about €644 million and currently employs approximately 3,500 employees worldwide in over 30 countries.

Spartanburg, S.C. – Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Encapsys, LLC (“Encapsys”), a world leader in microencapsulation, from the Cypress Performance Group LLC (“Cypress”). The transaction officially closed October 18, 2021.
“Moving the needle on sustainability requires big thinking and powerful collaborations. We’re thrilled to welcome Encapsys to Milliken,” said Halsey Cook, president and CEO for Milliken & Company. “Encapsys’s expertise coupled with our ability to scale will propel our efforts to deliver sustainable innovations for our customers."
“Encapsys brings a unique combination of innovation, science and technology to the Milliken team,” adds Cindy Boiter, executive vice president and president of Milliken’s Chemical Business. “Enhancing our portfolio of specialty chemicals with global reach, this acquisition will accelerate sustainable solutions for the markets and customers we serve.” 
As Encapsys integrates into Milliken, daily operations will continue without interruption, including relationships with existing suppliers and customers.
Headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin, Encapsys is a leader in microencapsulation technologies, which put a uniform polymeric shell around a core material at the micron level to create capsules. Microencapsulation has applications across industries and helps companies achieve more sustainable products by advancing responsible consumption and efficient delivery of active materials.
 
“Encapsys associates are excited to become a member of the Milliken team and welcome a world-class organization to Northeast Wisconsin,” stated Mary Goggans, president of Encapsys. “Our culture and values are a perfect fit, and we look forward to leveraging Milliken’s global capabilities to accelerate innovation and growth.”
Milliken was represented by legal advisor Jones Day and financial advisor J.P. Morgan Securities LLC. BofA Securities, Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC acted as financial advisors, and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP acted as legal advisor to Encapsys.

About Milliken & Company
Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leader whose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow’s breakthroughs today. From industry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products that enhance people’s lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, specialty chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken’s curious minds and inspired solutions at milliken.com and on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.
About Encapsys
Headquartered in Appleton, WI, Encapsys is a worldwide recognized innovator in microencapsulation. Encapsys is the patented inventor of microencapsulation and has been providing innovative solutions to partners in home care, personal care, agriculture, textiles, bedding and carbonless paper for over 65 years. To learn more about Encapsys, please visit www.encapsys.com.
About The Cypress Performance Group LLC
Encapsys has been owned since 2015 by The Cypress Performance Group. Cypress is a holding company founded by George Sherman focused on value-added manufacturing or industrial service businesses. Cypress helps companies implement their strategic plan by using its business system to focus on growth and operational efficiency while developing industry leading practices to improve customer experience and delivering shareholder value.
Milliken, and the Milliken logo are registered trademarks of Milliken & Company in the US, E.U. and elsewhere.
 

On an ELION 2200-1000, 1.2 liter SPIES PC round pails with paper chassis are produced.

Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced today the ground-breaking commercialization of recyclable toothpaste tubes developed and manufactured in Asia Pacific and used by major consumer brands is now available on store shelves around the world. The Company worked closely with leading global toothpaste brands to bring the new sustainable solution into mass production. Coupled with responsible disposal and recycling infrastructure, this solution could help reduce the number of used toothpaste tubes entering landfills.

Unrecyclable toothpaste tubes account for an estimated 100,000 tons of waste each year – roughly the weight of 10 Eiffel Towers. However, making the tubes recyclable was a technically challenging endeavor. Since toothpaste is sensitive to oxygen and humidity, toothpaste manufacturers traditionally use tubes made from a combination of different plastics as well as a layer of aluminum, making the packaging nearly impossible to recycle. Using high-performance polyethylene-based technology that meets the same stringent performance requirements as traditional multilayer tubes, Dow's new packaging solution solves the recyclability issue by removing the aluminum layer while protecting the integrity of toothpaste products. It also offers printability thereby enabling brand owners to design for shelf appeal.

"Dow has made a commitment that 100 percent of what we sell into packaging applications must be reusable or recyclable by 2035," said Diego Donoso, president of Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics. "Recyclable toothpaste tubes represent another advancement in our commitment to drive circular economy solutions together with our customers around the world."

"We are excited to make recyclable toothpaste tubes a reality for the oral hygiene industry by addressing the application challenges with Dow's materials science expertise," said Bambang Candra, Asia Pacific commercial vice president, Dow Packaging & Specialty Plastics. "This new offering is part of a broader product portfolio of solutions that helps consumer brands reduce their environmental footprint and meet growing consumer demands for sustainability without compromising product performance."

In addition to toothpaste tubes, Dow has also launched several all-PE flexible packaging solutions, which have gained traction and adoption by leading Fast-Moving Consumer Goods（FMCG）brand partners. These developments are part of Dow's efforts to achieve its Close the Loop target for 100 percent of its packaging solutions to be recyclable or reusable by 2035 and its target for one million metric tons of plastic to be collected, reused or recycled through its direct actions and partnerships by 2030.

Dow continues to collaborate with customers and value chain partners across the plastics and packaging industries to find new ways to extract the full value of plastic and help reduce the overall environmental impact of packaging and plastics. Examples include accelerating advanced recycling, advancing bio-based renewable feedstocks, helping consumer brands design their packing to be fully recyclable while also extending shelf life, to finding new ways to give hard-to-recycled plastics a second life.

The Company also recently announced several advancements that will enable Dow to provide initial supply of fully circular polymers to customers starting in 2022.

About Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics
Packaging and Specialty Plastics (P&SP), a business unit of Dow (NYSE: DOW), combines core strengths of R&D, worldwide reach, broad product lines and industry expertise to deliver high performing technologies for end use markets in food packaging, personal hygiene, infrastructure, consumer goods and transportation. P&SP is one of the world's largest producers of polyethylene resins, functional polymers, and adhesives. Enabled by Pack Studios, it is a leading innovator and collaborator across the value chain in sustainable application development and circular economy life-cycle designs for plastics. www.dowpackaging.com

About Dow
Dow (NYSE: DOW) combines global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation and leading business positions to achieve profitable growth. The Company's ambition is to become the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company, with a purpose to deliver a sustainable future for the world through our materials science expertise and collaboration with our partners. Dow's portfolio of plastics, industrial intermediates, coatings and silicones businesses delivers a broad range of differentiated science-based products and solutions for its customers in high-growth market segments, such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer care. Dow operates 106 manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employs approximately 35,700 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $39 billion in 2020. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. For more information, please visit www.dow.com or follow @DowNewsroom on Twitter.

Exposures to some of the 4,000 or so members of the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) class of chemicals hav

The legendary anime Evangelion and its official brand RADIO EVA are launching a series of juice beverages in lightweight Ecolean packages on the Japanese market, through Nippon Akinai and Cheerio Corporation. Looking for innovative and differentiating packages with strong sustainability credentials, the choice was easy – Ecolean fulfils their demands.

Global packaging supplier Ecolean has had an extensive expansion strategy during the last couple of years and is present on the Japanese market since 2015. The cooperation with RADIO EVA, Nippon Akinai and Cheerio is now further strengthened when packing the well-known Japanese anime Evangelion’s beverages.

In Japan, innovative and convenient packaging solutions are close to the heart of consumers. As a brand owner, it can be hard to stand out. Sustainability has also risen on the agenda in Japan and beverage producers are now looking to packaging as a solution.

“When I first saw Ecolean packages, the stylish appearance really struck me and I instantly imagined that they are ideal for innovative beverage products. Through the project with Cheerio and Nippon Akinai, I hope the lightweight Ecolean packages will be recognized by many Japanese consumers“, says Tomohiro Kato, director at RADIO EVA.

Apple, Pineapple, Peach, Grape and Orange juice beverages are packaged in Ecolean® Air Aseptic 200ml.

ABOUT RADIO EVA
An official Evangelion project since 2008 and the main concept is “Everyday Life with EVANGELION“.  The innovative project seeks for new expressions with Evangelion and launched more than 600 items including clothing, interior decorations, bicycles and bags.

ABOUT ECOLEAN
Ecolean develops and manufactures innovative packaging systems for the beverage, dairy and liquid food industry. Ecolean’s modern lightweight packaging solutions and resource-efficient filling lines offer both customer and consumer convenience and environmental responsibility. Ecolean is a global company with its headquarters in Sweden. Established in 1996, the company has commercial activities in over 30 countries, with China, Pakistan, Russia and Europe being its largest markets. Ecolean has 500 employees.

Marchesini Group will take part in the 23^rd edition of Pharmtech & Ingredients, the International exhibition of equipment, raw materials and technologies for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, that is taking place in Crocus Expo IEC of Moscow from 23^rd to 26^th  November.

The Group will show its innovations in the field of digitization and will exhibit two machines (Pavillon 2.8 - stand A4047): a high-speed cartoner and a vacuum turboemulsifier suitable for processing liquid and creamy products for laboratories.  

For this event, the Group will rely on the support of its Russian branch Marchesini Group RUS, which over the past 30 years have been providing personalised service and highly specialised assistance. This conjunction aims at not only strengthening existing partnerships, but also meeting the growing local demand for innovative technical and digital solutions.

In order to comply to these needs, Marchesini Group in cooperation with Sea Vision – a partner specialized in vision systems – will participate in the 16th International Pharmtechprom forum 2021 as part of Pharmtech & Ingredients, presenting a new tool in order to help pharmaceutical industries to improve the management of documentation and the control of production, in relation to GMP rules.

The conference entitled “Paperless manufacturing, EBR - Electronic Batch Record - for the pharmaceutical industry” will take place on 25^th November from 15.45 to 16.15 during session D of the forum, dedicated to “Auxiliary processes in pharmaceutical production” (Hall 8, Pavillon2).

This presence further confirms the increasing importance of the Russian market in the Group strategies, especially this year in which Marchesini Group provided to pharmaceutical Russian companies the solutions for packaging of COVID-19 vaccines.

The machines on display

Marchesini Group will show in Russian exhibition a machine for secondary packaging, flagship of the company: the MA 400. It is a continuous motion horizontal cartoner, completely restyled few years ago with improved ergonomics and user-friendliness.

This machine inherits the best of BA 400 cartoner, which since the 80’s has travelled the world, winning the appreciation of the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.
 

The MA 400 is compact in size - without compromising the machine’s high-speed output - and easy to use, thanks to a wide range of control functions that guarantee maximum efficiency and a new operator interface called “Easy Door”.

This version has several improvements from both a functional and aesthetic point of view: the new software makes the operating system more powerful and faster; the wider screen instead is more ergonomic and much more sensitive, similar to that of a mobile phone.

The machine is a perfect solution for high-speed packing of all product types for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic markets: in particular the model on display, was designed for the packaging of products in vials.

The machine features a vision system produced by SEA Vision, composed of cameras and software performing the control of code on carton and leaflet. This system is able to control the 100% of the unit passing under cameras: depending on the results of the reading, the system indicates if the unit is good or must be rejected, thus assuring that the production on the MA 400 is perfectly compliant with the standards required in the pharmaceutical industry.

The other machine on display is the TURBO-MEK 10: a vacuum turboemulsifier suitable for processing liquid and creamy products for laboratories and very small-scale productions. This solution, which has a useful capacity of 10 litres, is produced by Dumek, the Marchesini Group company specialised in the design and manufacture of machinery for processing cosmetic and pharmaceutical products, with 40 years’ experience under its belt and over 4,000 machines installed worldwide.

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The nine products will see either plastic-free of heavily reduced packaging replace the current packaging, resulting

The company won four awards for its sustainable stock packaging solutions at the 2021 Global Beauty & Wellness Awards and the 2021 Pentawards.

Los Angeles, CA – WWP Beauty, a leading full-service supplier to the global beauty industry, was recently recognized for four of its sustainable stock packages during the 2021 Global Beauty & Wellness Awards and the 2021 Pentawards. Each of the packages represented a different category within the beauty space and showcased future-focused, exemplary sustainable design. 

The 2021 Global Beauty & Wellness Awards recognizes the outstanding performance of companies, products and services in the cosmetic, personal care, wellness, fitness and organic food industries. During this year’s installment of the awards competition WWP Beauty won: 

•    Best Packaging Makeup Product, Refill Revolution Multi-Use Face Stick 
The patented design of this Multi-Use Face Stick produces 72% fewer GHG emissions after three refills when compared to a standard, non-refillable face stick of the same size and shape. In addition to a reduced carbon footprint, this component features a multi-purpose, direct-apply design that produces minimal refill waste and can be made with PCR content. 
•    Best Packaging Skincare Product, Eco-Pac Tube 
This universal, ultra-sustainable, mono-material tube package uses 19% less plastic per piece and produces 93% fewer GHG emissions per piece. It can be made with PCR or bio-resin, and is a great option for skincare, color cosmetics, haircare, personal care and body care. 
•    Best Packaging Hygiene Product, Refill Revolution Multi-Use Body Stick 
Featuring an intuitive, easy-to-use refillable system with a mono-material refill cartridge and the option to add PCR content, this Multi-Use Body Stick reduces GHG emissions by up to 71% after three refills. The stick is an ideal option for body care, personal care and hygiene products like deodorant and skincare. 

Simultaneously, WWP Beauty was awarded during the 2021 Pentawards. The Pentawards is the world’s leading and most prestigious competition for packaging design and is committed to recognizing excellence in design and connecting the global packaging community. WWP Beauty’s ColorVue Lipstick received the Pentawards’ Silver Beauty Award. 

•    Silver Beauty Award, ColorVue Lipstick 
The ColorVue Lipstick is a mono-material lipstick that features 12% less plastic per piece and produces 85% fewer GHG emissions per piece, in comparison to a lipstick of the same size and shape. This innovative lipstick brings a new gesture to the application of lip products with its patent-pending R2 sleeve mechanism. 

Josh Kirschbaum, CEO of WWP Beauty commented on the recent wins saying, “We are thrilled about our award-winning success in both the Global Beauty & Wellness Awards and the Pentawards. Each of the packages recognized in these competitions have proven to feature innovative, sustainable solutions for every category of beauty. Sustainability and innovative design are at the core of our company and we could not be more thrilled to receive this recognition.” 

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.  
 

Mondi to produce a recyclable mono-material packaging for Hau-Hau Champion, one of Finland’s most popular premium dog food brands available in grocery stores, produced by Prima Pet Premium Oy, part of Vafo Group.
Flexible mono-material solutions replace unrecyclable plastic packs while offering high barrier protection and increased consumer convenience.
Mondi’s EcoSolutions approach supports Hau-Hau Champion in reducing its environmental impact.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, is supplying a range of recyclable mono-material pet food packaging for Hau-Hau Champion, one of Finland’s most recognised brands in the premium dog food segment. The new packaging fulfils the pet food producer’s objective to launch a reclosable and recyclable packaging solution that does not compromise on performance and retains the strong brand recognition in stores. It also addresses sustainability concerns of end consumers that are playing more of a role in the purchasing of pet food and products.

Mondi’s customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, helped Hau-Hau Champion find a high-barrier solution that can be reclosed, keeps food fresh and confines any smells. The previously unrecyclable multi-layer packaging contained a metallised layer which was replaced by Mondi’s recyclable mono-material packaging: a reel material for form-fill-and-seal (FFS) 1.5kg bags and pre-made FlexiBag Recyclable for bags up to 15kg. FlexiBag Recyclable is a mono-material polyethylene (PE) pre-made bag developed specifically for recycling, which means it can be deposited directly into Finnish plastic recycling streams.

The new packaging responds to consumer feedback asking for stronger carrying handles and a user-friendly reclosure to prevent kibble from going stale and thereby avoiding waste. It also features an anti-slip matt lacquer exterior and is fitted with a valve that allows air to escape for optimal palletisation.

Through our EcoSolutions approach, we help customers find environmentally responsible alternatives without compromising on performance, ease of use, or aesthetics. For Hau-Hau Champion, this involved asking many questions to gain deeper insight into the needs of the brand and its end users, as well as collaborating closely throughout the process to test and evaluate all solutions. The new packaging also supports Mondi’s MAP 2030 sustainability goal to make 100% of its products reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Suvi Sillvan, Brand Specialist at Hau-Hau Champion adds: “With Hau-Hau’s brand refresh, we were looking for packaging that fully aligns with our commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of our products and operations as well as upgrades the packaging to match the high quality of the product content. Given that this is a premium product, we are especially pleased with the high-quality finish, including the printing, which retains brand familiarity on the shelf and informs consumers that they can easily recycle our dog food packs. The new packaging material also fully supports the fact that all our dry dog foods are now completely CO2 neutral through carbon emission compensation.”

Retailers are also welcoming the change, which is already on shelves but will accelerate with major rollout of the brand relaunch across Finland from October.

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.

The Berry Healthcare Formatec, German facility has achieved International Sustainability and Carbon Certificate (ISCC) Plus accreditation. This enables the site to sell to healthcare customers ISCC Plus certified packaging and plastic components that contribute to a circular economy approach based on advanced recycling and mass balance.

The certification of the Berry Formatec factory follows that of Berry’s other Healthcare facilities in Europe and India, giving both global and local customers greater access to this advanced material. 

ISCC is a globally applicable sustainability certification system, covering all sustainable feedstocks, including agricultural and forestry biomass, circular materials and renewables, based on advanced recycling mass balance. Mass balance is an accepted and certified protocol that documents and tracks recycled content from supplier through to final delivery to customers. 

The certification of the German facility is in line with the Ellen MacArthur foundation’s view that Mass Balance is an important element in the move to a circular economy. With this certification, customers of the two facilities can attest to their usage of certified circular polymers* throughout, from the initial feedstock, through advanced recycling process and manufacturing of the polymers, to conversion by Berry Healthcare into the final product. Strict traceability and verification are carried out by independent third-party auditors at each stage of the manufacturing process. 

The availability of this advanced recycling resin in both circular PP and PE enables the Berry Healthcare Formatec site to help meet customer requirements for more sustainable products and packaging, offering a range of solutions for medical devices containing a high percentage of recycled material, from 30% to 100% and in items where this has previously been difficult to achieve. 

This supports customers’ own sustainability commitments and helps them meet the requirements of forthcoming legislation, including the EU Plastic Packaging Levy and the UK’s Plastic Packaging Tax. Importantly, because the advanced recycled resin has the same properties as virgin material, there is no need for any qualification tests.

“This is an important achievement that underlines the importance of sustainability in all our product development and our commitment to help our customers meet and exceed their sustainability goals,” commented Markus Thau, Managing Director, Berry Formatec.

The certification of the Berry Formatec is fully aligned with Berry’s Impact 2025 sustainability strategy. This seeks to work with customers to develop solutions that minimise a product’s environmental impact, focusing on areas such as enhancing its recyclability and the increasing incorporation of post-consumer recycled (PCR) resin, along with Berry’s own commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25% by 2025 versus the company’s 2016 baseline. 

Berry Healthcare Formatec is a market leader in the design and production of actuators and mechanical dose indicators, including pressurized metered dose devices, single dose monohalers, and dry powder inhalers, with more than two billion unites produced and sold since 1970. The factory supplies the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, Animal Health and Diagnostic markets. 

Berry Formatec is also currently developing a range of digitally connected pMDIs. This follows the project launch earlier this year by sister site Plastiape of the RS01X™ single dose DPI with built-in sensors and digital capabilities that tracks inhaler use and connects to the companion Respiro™ app from Amiko Digital Health, which provides personalised guidance to improve adherence and inhaler technique. 
 

These lightweight designs particularly support the strengths of alternative drive systems.

 When used as an alternative to synthetic surface modifiers in high-quality coatings, Michelman’s bio-based technolog

On October 12th, during the Pharmapack Awards Ceremony, a team of industry experts awarded Symbioze, Nemera’s large-volume on-body injector, with the Pharmapack Award in the “Connected Devices and Wearables” category.

Nemera’s novel on-body injector platform, Symbioze, comprises of a reusable main unit and disposable prefilled drug container module. It offers an ideal balance between the need to deliver advanced formulations at high volumes - up to 20 ml - and patient’s ease-of-use required for self-administration at home. It is the perfect combination between design robustness, ease of use, connectivity, and sustainability, for a seamless and enhanced injection experience.

Symbioze is specifically tailored to administer complex drugs, such as biologic therapies, thanks to a highly engineered, reliable drug delivery system. It is suitable for large volumes such as 20ml and beyond, while preserving the formulation integrity – which is critical especially with monoclonal antibodies. It is designed to reconcile complex drugs injection with stakeholders’ (patients, HCP or payers) most demanding needs, with enough flexibility for adjustment to any pathology, targeted patient population and drug posology. Its reusable core technology can be re-used across multiple injections, leveraging its sustainable benefit for pharmaceutical players.

“We are very delighted and pleased to receive this prestigious award. This is a recognition to our long-standing commitment to put patients first as well as our innovation capabilities.” – said Séverine Duband, Nemera’s Marketing Director, Drug Delivery Devices – “Over the last decade, several trends impacted the parenteral environement: shift towards at-home and value-based care, growth of biologics, connected health technologies, waste management. These continuously fueled a need for an easy self administration of large dose volumes. With this in mind, we developped our on-body injector platform Symbioze, to deliver large volumes at home, in a sustainable and userfriendly way.”

Bernhard Rohn, VP of Strategy and Marketing, added: “We are very delighted to have received the Pharmapack award for our Symbioze wearable. We developed Symbioze to provide an intuitive and easy-to-use solution for patients, combining high injection volumes up to 20ml, a sustainable reusable/disposable product architecture and compatibility with standard pharmaceutical filling- and final-assembly processes.”

Launched in 1997, the Pharmapack Awards celebrate the latest innovations from packaging companies within the drugs, medical devices, health products and veterinary drugs sectors.

Symbioze at a glance:

BENEFITS

Sustainable and cost-effective

Reusable electromechanical part with disposable drug-containing module

• Intuitive and easy to use for optimum treatment adherence

Simultaneous removal of ergonomic needle safety cap and adhesive liner, minimizing steps-of-use

Provides live injection monitoring, audio-visual feedback, and failure mode control

Enhanced treatment management with a broad range of connectivity features: treatment information, historical trending, infusion status, compliance…

Easy pairing between device manager application and the core system

• Ideal for complex, novel drugs administration whilst staying in line with pharma standards

Enables large volume injection (up to 20ml), with adjustable parameters (i.e: flowrate, viscosities, dose volume…)

Specifically tailored for biologics to preserve formulation integrity

Compatible with standard cartridges, filling and manufacturing processes

KEY FEATURES

Patch-worn on-body injector

Reusable:

sable: o Consists of drug-containing disposable element and reusable, rechargeable onboard electronic modules

Locking system for safe assembly and disassembly of reusable and disposable parts

Ready to use:

Prefilled and preloaded drug cartridge for patient’s safety

Automatic soft canula insertion via needle safety system with hidden needle throughout the injection

Innovative fluid path to maintain sterility from manufacturing to device use

Platform approach:

Provides customization flexibility for adjustments to any pathology, targeted patient population and drug posology

Can accommodate various drug volumes especially for large-volume administration (20ml)

Connected:

Drug recognition and verification via NFC communication

Bluetooth built-in communication offers connectivity option

Find Nemera on the web at www.nemera.net

As a world-leading drug delivery device solutions provider, our purpose of putting patients first enables us to design and manufacture devices that maximize treatment efficacy.

We are a holistic partner and help our customers succeed in the sprint to market of their combination products. From early device strategy to state-of-the-art manufacturing, we’re committed to the highest quality standards.

Agile and open-minded, we work with our customers as colleagues. Together, we go the extra mile to fulfill our mission.

Pianoro (Bologna) – Today a new Made in Italy mechanical company is joining Marchesini Group, a Bologna-based multinational that specialises in the production of industrial lines for pharmaceutical packaging, including Covid-19 vaccines, and cosmetic products. The company, Dott. Bonapace, based in Cusano Milanino (Milan), manufactures laboratory machines used for Research and Development and small industrial production of consumables.

Formerly a historic Lombardy-based pharmacy founded in 1872 and then a small manufacturer of machinery for galenic products, Dott. Bonapace was founded in 1946. Over the following decades, three generations of the Bonapace family helped transform the founder’s dream into a pharmaceutical company capable of meeting the needs of over 5,000 customers worldwide, including ministries of health and state-owned enterprises in many countries. This success story “from the bottom up” reflects the passion and dedication of Marchesini Group, which started out in a garage in Pianoro (Bologna) and over the course of 45 years has become one of the world’s leading players in the packaging business, with 2,000 employees and a turnover of 430 million euros.

With this move, Marchesini Group is acquiring 70% of the shares in Dott. Bonapace and expanding its already extensive machine park with new technologies that handle special products such as suppositories and capsules.

“We have made a number of important acquisitions in recent years, but Dott. Bonapace is our first venture into the laboratory machinery market” commented Marchesini Group CEO Pietro Cassani. “Entering this new segment - as was the case for the high-level software segment - will allow us to further diversify our portfolio of mechanical companies and better manage the supply chain during this current period of recovery”.

Flavio Gallocchio, marketing manager at Dott. Bonapace, remarked: “My partner Simone Berto and I are proud to inform customers, suppliers and employees that our company has now become part of the prestigious Marchesini Group. We are therefore celebrating our 75th year in business together, confident that this collaboration will once again showcase Italian excellence worldwide”.

The acquisition will have an immediate highlight: the attendance of Marchesini Group and Dott. Bonapace at CPhI Worldwide, in Milan from 9 to 11 November, dates that will mark the great return of international trade fairs devoted to pharmaceutical technologies. For the occasion, Marchesini Group will be exhibiting a BL-A418 CW Print&Check machine, a solution designed to meet the needs of pharmaceutical product tracking for anti-counterfeiting purposes.