Wednesday, 01 September 2021 08:53
Stora Enso wins four ScanStar packaging design awards
Stora Enso has received four Nordic ScanStar awards for convenient, eco-friendly packaging designs that replace plastic. All winning designs are made of renewable wood fiber. This year the ScanStar awards received a total of 32 submissions from the Nordic countries…
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Saturday, 21 August 2021 00:17
Cartonboard proves its life cycle credentials
A new life cycle analysis report has highlighted the outstanding environmental credentials of cartonboard packaging when compared against fossil-based alternatives. Published in June 2021, Cartonboard Life Cycle; Comparing the carbon footprint of carton packaging against alternative solutions, goes into the…
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 19:20
Mondi rolls out its range of sustainable corrugated packaging solutions for growing online grocery delivery services across Central Europe
Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, is rolling out a comprehensive portfolio of corrugated packaging solutions for the online grocery market across Central Europe. Using its wealth of experience in eCommerce packaging, Mondi has created clever new solutions…
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:03
Metsä Board increases annual folding boxboard production capacity by 200,000 tonnes in Husum
Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, announced on 27 July 2021 an investment of EUR 210 million in increasing folding boxboard capacity at its Husum mill in Sweden. The company is responding to growing demand for sustainably produced packaging materials…
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Wednesday, 23 June 2021 09:37
Ground-breaking ice cream packaging won BillerudKorsnäs’ design competition PIDA Germany
The winners of BillerudKorsnäs’ design competition PIDA Germany – Packaging Impact Design Award – have been selected. The most prestigious prize of the competition, PIDA Gold Award, went to the design student Hagen Neugebauer from Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart…
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Thursday, 03 June 2021 09:28
WestRock Announces Commercial and Operational Leadership Changes
WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK), a leading provider of differentiated, sustainable paper and packaging solutions, have just announced the future retirement of Jeff Chalovich, president of Corrugated Packaging and chief commercial officer, after an incredible 23-year career with WestRock. Moving forward,…
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Friday, 07 May 2021 12:42
Metsä Board designs easy to recycle beverage packaging
Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has designed a light but strong, easily recyclable packaging for the new Chopin Organic Rye Vodka range at its Excellence Centre in Äänekoski, Finland. For Podlaska Wytwórnia Wódek “Polmos”…
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Wednesday, 17 February 2021 09:32
New flexoprinting machine in Jatne will answer to growing demand for sustainable food packaging
The demand for flexible packaging materials is growing amid the transition towards sustainable food packaging. Walki has answered to this need by investing in a brand new flexo printing machine in its Jatne plant in Poland. “This new investment will…
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:38
Mondi launches AegisPaper, a complete range of recyclable barrier papers for sustainable packaging solutions
Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has successfully developed a new recyclable functional barrier paper range. Designed with protection in mind, this range of certified recyclable barrier paper solutions is fully integrated across Mondi’s value chain—from paper production…
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Thursday, 11 February 2021 11:16
FreeForm Packaging AB launches a one-sided laminate based on 85% paper
FreeForm Packaging is launching a new, stretchable, paper laminate based on 85% paper. The new laminate is considered to be “one-sided”, which has been highly requested by many brand owners and retailers. Called Standard Paper Out, it does not have…
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Friday, 18 December 2020 12:16
SAICA PACK El Prat crushes casemaker world record
On Saturday, October the third, SAICA PACK el Prat established a new world record for a casemaker line in an 8 hour shift. The previous record, established at 160.000 boxes, was broken on a Martin FFG 924 NT RS, with…
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Friday, 18 December 2020 11:00
PRESENTATION BOX PUTS PRODUCT AND PACKAGING IN COMPLETE HARMONY
Luxurious colour co-ordinated packaging from rigid box specialist Pollard Boxes is helping to establish brand image and identity for the latest advanced hair dryer from market leader ghd. The new ghd Helios offers a lightweight and ergonomically balanced design for…
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Friday, 18 December 2020 10:53
Metsä Board’s paperboards successful in European Carton Excellence Awards 2020
Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, is delighted to announce that five cartons produced using its quality paperboards were selected as winners at the 2020 European Carton Excellence Awards at…
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Friday, 18 December 2020 10:42
Pro Carton crowns the young designers of tomorrow
The winners of the annual Pro Carton Young Designers Award 2020 were announced during the first ever Carton E-vent & Awards ceremony on 7 October. The virtual event was co-hosted by Pro Carton, the European Association of Carton and Cartonboard…
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Saturday, 28 November 2020 11:43
Why manufacturing environmentally friendly packaging and paper is essential for the future
As a new age of consumer behaviour emerges, and governments are distracted by the pandemic - environmental concerns have fallen from the political and public agenda. The dramatic increase in e-commerce and home deliveries has caused a sharp rise in…
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