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Baked Goods: Automated Packaging for Sensitive Goods Baked goods are popular, which lends them their enormous variety worldwide. Whether from the supermarket shelf or as frozen delivery – bread, bread rolls, croissants, pastries and cakes…

Circular Packaging Based on Perstorp’s Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 Announced as an Endorsed Solutions in Europe The Technical Committee of the Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) of PETCORE Europe has officially endorsed the use of…

Ampacet Introduces SeaGlass Collection The new SeaGlass Collection from global masterbatch leader Ampacet captures the look and feel of the naturally weathered shards of discarded glass polished by the ocean and prized by beachcombers…

Interpack 2023: SACMI Leads Europe’s Transition to Green Rigid Packaging. SACMI’s goal: to provide customers with profitable ‘green transition’ solutions, such as the ready-to-market products and technologies on show in Düsseldorf. That…

Aptar Closures Acquires Majority Stake of Gulf Closures, Adding Manufacturing Capabilities in the Middle East Aptar Closures, a global leader in dispensing closures and active material science solutions today announced the acquisition of…

Colors set by Alexandre Herchcovitch should guide Brazilian houseware releases in the U.S. Twenty-eight Brazilian companies participating in the Think Plastic Brazil export portfolio will be occupying three booths at The Inspired Home Show…

Food: Packaging Against Waste Food packaging today is so much more than just protecting the individual product. It is true that the most important function, from the moment of packaging throughout transport, storage and retail, is to…

Electric Vehicle 101 What is an EV & how does it work? Electric vehicles (EVs) are powered by a battery and electric motor instead of a gasoline tank and internal combustion engine. EVs (sometimes referred to as battery electric…

3D Printing with Ultrasound Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and the University of Heidelberg have developed a new technology to print matter in 3D. They use sound waves to generate pressure fields. Within…

Retail Sales off to a Good Start in 2023 If you have read the latest PLASTICS Size and Impact report, chances are you’ve learned that 89% of plastic products ended up in the personal consumption column. Given that two-thirds of the U.S.…