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  1. Danimer Scientific And PSI To Create Bio-Based, Home Compostable Film Packaging 9/8/2020

    Danimer Scientific, a leading developer and manufacturer of biodegradable materials, and Plastic Suppliers, Inc. (PSI), a global manufacturer of biopolymer EarthFirst® PLA barrier and non-barrier sealant films, today announced they will create bio-based, home compostable films. PSI will use material supplied by Danimer Scientific to produce packaging films that will reliably degrade without leaving behind harmful microplastics.

  2. Nestlé Intensifies Its Sustainable Packaging Transformation Journey 9/7/2020

    Nestlé is intensifying its actions to make 100% of its packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025 and to reduce its use of virgin plastics by one-third in the same period. Today the company announced a series of new initiatives that include a USD 30 million investment to increase food-grade recycled plastics in the US, a refillable system for pet food in Chile and first-of-its-kind recyclable paper packaging for Maggi bouillon cubes in France. 87% of Nestlé's total packaging by weight and 66% of its total plastic packaging is already recyclable or reusable

  3. INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe Announces The Expansion Of The Recycl-IN Range Of Products To Include Flexible Packaging Solutions With Over 60 % Recycled Content 9/7/2020

    INEOS Olefins & Polymers have partnered with leading waste management company Saica Natur in a supply agreement for, recycled LDPE and LLDPE. The long-term agreement will help INEOS to serve the growing demand for increased levels of recycled product in sustainable, virgin quality flexible packaging.

  4. Innovative Heat Packaging Delivers Touch-Free Cooking For Hot Eats On-The-Move 9/7/2020

    Coveris, a leading European packaging manufacturer, has developed its innovative HEAT range of packaging for hot food on-the-move. With dual ovenable and hot-hold functionality, Coveris’ HEAT range eliminates the need for direct food contact and enables instore touch-free cooking for added safety and protection

  5. Scanbuy Launches The First End-To-End SmartLabel® Solution - Delivering A Connected Package, Product And Menu Page Platform To Power Transparency 9/2/2020

    Scanbuy Inc., the leading provider of SmartLabel QR code package activation, today announced the expansion of its SmartLabel Platform which adds Product and Menu pages to its existing on-pack solution set

  6. FP Corporation Switches To Rimini Street Support For Its SAP Applications 8/31/2020

    Rimini Street, Inc., a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products and a Salesforce partner, today announced that FP Corporation (FPCO), the largest maker of plastic food containers and related packaging materials in Japan, has switched to Rimini Street Support for the company’s SAP ECC 6.0 applications.

  7. O3 Introduces New Solution Capabilities Through Integration With Autodesk BIM 360 8/31/2020

    O3 Solutions, Inc., an industrial construction technology company providing Agile Project Management and Advanced Work Packaging solutions, is pleased to introduce a comprehensive graphical work packaging technology through an integration with Autodesk Construction Cloud’s BIM 360®, powered by Autodesk’s Forge® Viewer.

  8. TricorBraun To Acquire Price Container And Packaging 8/27/2020

    Packaging leader TricorBraun announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Price Container and Packaging, a rigid packaging distributor serving primarily the industrial and food markets

  9. Harpak-ULMA Launches Its PaperSeal Sustainable Food Packaging System 8/26/2020

    Harpak-ULMA today announced the official launch of its innovative PaperSeal packaging technology as part of the company’s initiative to fundamentally rethink packaging systems to promote green packaging alternatives across the food industry.

  10. DS Smith Launches ‘Circular Design Principles’ To Eliminate Waste, Drive Sustainability In Packaging 8/17/2020

    As pandemic-induced online shopping has boosted demand for boxes, DS Smith, a sustainable packaging leader, today launched its Circular Design Principles, citing company research that shows better packaging design could save the industry $46B a year in logistics costs globally