Innovia Films at FachPack 2022: Ensuring circularity through monomaterial laminate solutions
Monomaterial laminate solutions have changed over the past two years, moving away from polyolefin and toward PP and PE packs. We discussed this shift with Steve Langstaff, business development manager at Innovia Films. We also talked about the challenges of ensuring food-grade applicability with PP recycled content and the importance of packaging functionality, recyclability and the role of the carbon footprint.
Circolution is a German start-up system operator for reusable packaging offering reusable stainless-steel food packaging containers. Max Bannasch, Circolution’s co-founder, tells us about the benefits of its refillable containers, branded Anita. We also discuss the challenges of establishing reusable food... Read More
We speak to Daniel Friedman, corporate director and board member of Solutum, an Israel-based plastics technology start-up. We discuss plastics R&D, biodegradation, industry financing and F&B applicability.
Last month, the Responsible Recycling Alliance (RRA) was launched in California, US. We speak with Roxanne Spiekerman, vice president of Public Affairs for PreZero US, on behalf of the RRA, about the alliance’s contributors and agenda. We also discuss packaging material recycling challenges in the US and... Read More
Earlier this month, Robert Taylor, sustainability director at UPM Raflatac spoke at a Pentawards Meet in London about challenges with sustainable packaging design. We discuss these challenges, including the impacts of the EU’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) and its impact on the UK’s... Read More
We speak to Riccardo Castagnetti, the executive director for strategic marketing at Sealed Air’s Food Vertical division, following the company’s annual Packforum event. Held in Passirana di Rho, Milan, Italy, the event showcased Sealed Air’s latest developments and trends. Castagnetti tells about the show’s... Read More
We speak to Thomas Philipon, CEO of bioplastics specialist TotalEnergies Corbion, which produces plastics from polylactic acid (PLA). We discuss PLA applications, the issue of microplastics, cost competitiveness with fossil-based polymers and the development of bioplastic supply chains.
Johann Kaiser, CEO at Yangi, shares insights on the supplier’s expanded dry-formed food packaging portfolio. Cellera, Yangi’s dry-forming manufacturing technology, is currently up and running in its new 3,000 square meter “state-of-the-art” production facility in Varberg, Sweden.
We speak to Paul Foulkes-Arellano, circularity consultant at Circuthon Consulting, about his recent book, “Materials and Sustainability: Building a Circular Future.” He describes how his research began, the book’s findings and what the packaging industry can learn.
Quadpack talks to Personal Care Insights at Cosmetic Business in Munich, Germany, about its desire to deliver new, innovative and versatile dispensing solutions to clients. Category specialist Alejandra Isern explains why skin care packaging is Quadpack’s core business and showcases the company’s range of... Read More
We speak to Marlene Langthaler, senior customer experience manager at Mondi, about the company’s portfolio of premium and luxury papers. She explains how the company’s range of different materials caters to customer demands for personalization and ranging consumer experience.
We speak to Percy Dengler, managing director at Baumer hhs, about the company’s range of digitalized products and the quest to create easily recyclable packaging. Dengler details the need to reduce material usage, the trend toward personalization and the greatest challenges the packaging industry is... Read More
We speak to Urs Fischer, head of Business Unit Sales at ATS-Tanner, about the company’s US-3000 banding machine, which combines the best elements of 30 years of development. We also discuss improving automation, creating user-friendly designs and reducing the company’s environmental footprint.
We speak to Bandall’s account manager for French speaking countries, Stijn Klawer, about the company’s latest banding products. We also discuss the move toward automation, increased production processes and the biggest changes to expect in 2024.
Anantshree Chaturvedi, vice chairman and CEO of Flex Films International, discusses ways of encouraging and incentivizing the adoption of post-consumer recyclates (PCR). We also talk about the company’s highlights at Drupa, including its PCR films and production machinery.
At Drupa 2024, we speak with Robatech’s head of marketing, Kevin Ahlers, about the company’s “revolutionary” solution for the folding carton industry, which overcomes the trouble of folding high resistant cardboard with liquid material applied with automated machinery. Ahlers gives us a demonstration of the... Read More
At Drupa 2024 in Düsseldorf, Germany, we speak to Sarah Price, chair of the 4evergreen alliance, about the best practices and tools for circularizing the fiber-based packaging economy.
The fourth round of negotiations for a UN Global Plastics Treaty concluded two weeks ago in Canada. We speak with Neil Nathan, project scientist at the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, US, about the progress made since INC-3. We also discuss what the US blockage on... Read More