16 Nov 2018 --- This week in packaging news, a lignin-based, renewable replacement for fossil-based materials from Stora Enso has received an innovation award from the Institution of Chemical Engineers. Braskem has reported strong third quarter financial results, with an increase of 30 percent EBITDA on the same period last year. DS Smith has been awarded the “UK Packaging Company of the year” title at the UK Packaging Awards and Corepla partnered with the Waste Free Oceans foundation to build a humanitarian shelter prototype with plastic waste collected along the river Po in Italy.