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  1. Middleby Acquires CP Packaging, Expands Offerings In Packaging Innovation 7/12/2022

    The Middleby Corporation today announced the acquisition of CP Packaging, a manufacturer of advanced high-speed vacuum packaging equipment. Based in Appleton, Wisconsin, CP Packaging has annual sales of approximately $15M.

  2. Dow Seals Value Chain Partnership With Want-Want Group To Drive Zero-Solvent Emissions And Explore Opportunities To Adopt More Recyclable Flexible Packaging 7/12/2022

    Dow (NYSE: DOW), a global materials science company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China's leading food and beverage group, Want-Want, to drive zero-solvent emissions and develop a circular economy for flexible packaging.

  3. Ara Partners Acquires Petainer 6/28/2022

    Ara Partners ("Ara"), a private equity firm that specialises in industrial decarbonisation investments, today announced that it has acquired Petainer Ltd. ("Petainer" or the "Company"), a UK-based, global producer of sustainability-focused beverage packaging solutions. Petainer was acquired by Ara in partnership with Petainer management and affiliates of Next Wave Partners LLP.

  4. Grounded Packaging Launches RE: MONO, A Never Before Achieved Post-Consumer Recycled Film Laminate Made From 83% Recycled Materials 6/27/2022

    Grounded Packaging, an end-to-end packaging supplier working with the world’s most innovative and sustainable materials, today announced the launch of RE: MONO, a new recyclable, flexible packaging solution made of 83% recycled materials.

  5. Food-Packaging System Reduces Health Risks And Saves Food 6/27/2022

    As food costs continue to rise and a global food crisis looms on the horizon, it’s staggering to think that some 30-40% of America’s food supply ends up in landfills, mostly due to spoilage. At the same time, the World Health Organization estimates that foodborne illness from microbial contamination causes about 420,000 deaths per year worldwide.

  6. Mondi Expands Its Sustainable Packaging Offer With ‘Grow&Go’, Protecting Fresh Produce From Farm-To-Shelf 6/22/2022

    Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has created a range of fit-for-purpose packaging solutions to protect and transport fresh produce from farm-to-shelf-to-home safely, efficiently and conveniently. 

  7. Dow's Recyclable Packaging Solution Is Certified To Reduce 35% Life Cycle Carbon Emissions 6/20/2022

    Dow's recyclable packaging solution, enabled by INNATE™ TF Polyethylene Resins for Tenter Frame Biaxial Orientation (TF-BOPE), is now officially certified in China to reduce carbon emissions by 35 percent compared to traditional unrecyclable packaging materials, supporting brand owners in achieving their carbon reduction goals

  8. CP Foods Adopts 3R Approach For Sustainable Egg Packaging, Using 100% Recyclable Tray Eggs 6/16/2022

    Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) applies 3R approach; Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, in packaging design for its PET plastic with 80% recycled plastic to reduce virgin plastic packaging footprint and subsequently mitigate plastic waste problem. Currently, CP Foods’s all egg packaging are 100% recyclable.

  9. Cascades Launches An Innovative Isothermal Packaging Technology And Inaugurates A New Production Site 6/15/2022

    Cascades continues to roll out its expansion plan in the isothermal packaging market by enhancing its line of meal boxes with technology that's 20% more efficient than its current home delivery solution, and by commissioning a new production facility in York, Pennsylvania.

  10. Versalis: Circular Industrial Packaging With Bag To Bag And Liner To Liner Projects 6/14/2022

    Eni's chemical company Versalis has started using packaging made from recycled raw materials from post-consumer industrial packaging.