IWK Packaging Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of premium tube filling and cartoning equipment for the pharmaceutical, health & beauty sectors, has introduced to the North American market a machine that produces fully cardboard blisters – including both the base card and blister itself. The IWK CABLIblue 870 Blister System features an innovative “card-to-card” blister technology in which both the cardboard blister and its backing are not only securely sealed but comprise the same material. The result is a robust packaging solution that is 100% recyclable in paperboard streams – a premium selling point as companies continue to embrace sustainability.
New Miracare® Biopacify complies with upcoming European microplastics regulations while maintaining premium performance levels Syensqo enhances its portfolio of sustainable, biodegradable solutions for home care with the launch of Miracare® Biopacify, a unique microplastic-free alternative to current styrene acrylate based opacifiers. This new solution comes in response to growing environmental concerns over the persistent presence of microplastics in ecosystems. Miracare® Biopacify …
K 2025, the most relevant trade fair for the plastics and rubber industry worldwide, drew to a successful close on 15 October 2025 after 8 days. In view of the current difficult economic climate, many companies in the plastics and rubber industry travelled to Düsseldorf with rather subdued expectations. But the mood prevailing across the fully occupied exhibition grounds proved outstanding on all trade fair days. The plastics and rubber industry presented itself as more innovative, international and determined than ever to actively shape the transition to more sustainability, digitalisation and social responsibility.
Evercare®, Evertis’ healthcare packaging brand, can proudly announce it has won the 2025 DuPontTM Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Award for Packaging (re)design category. The Tyvek® Sustainable Healthcare Packaging Awards is a program that recognizes sustainable innovation throughout the healthcare packaging life cycle. The Packaging (re)design category highlights new approaches that incorporate sustainable materials and processes without compromising patient safety or regulatory compliance.
Royal visit to K 2025: His Royal Highness Prince Saud Turki Al-Faisal Al Saud, Chairman of Riyadh Exhibitions Company (REC), and Wolfram N. Diener, CEO of Messe Düsseldorf, reaffirmed their strategic partnership at the world’s leading plastics and rubber trade fair with an official handshake. Royal visit to K 2025: His Royal Highness Prince Saud …
Envapack.com is the leading digital media platform for the packaging industry in Latin America. With over 1.5 million annual visitors from the industry, we connect North American, European, and Asian suppliers with local manufacturers, distributors, and brand owners.
Taking place Sept. 29–Oct. 1, this world-class event covers an impressive 1 million square feet of floor space and brings together 2,300 exhibitors, providing solutions for attendees from more than 40 vertical markets. As the largest PACK EXPO Las Vegas exhibit floor on record, the show offers an unparalleled opportunity for attendees to experience the latest innovations in packaging, processing, automation, and emerging technologies. The show is also celebrating 30 years of bringing groundbreaking technology to Las Vegas by recognizing Member Legacy Exhibitors that have been with the show since its inception with a special logo marking the occasion.
Modern packaging has to meet a wide range of expectations: it should save resources, protect food, and at the same time meet the demands of retailers and consumers. What often seems like a balancing act is transformed into concrete solutions by Greiner Packaging. With innovations such as the CUBO and the Click In sealing lid, the company proves that ecological responsibility and product safety can go hand in hand. Both developments exemplify the vision of making packaging not only more sustainable, but also smarter and more future-proof.
There is a vital port of call for those seeking to gain a foothold in Asia: the Shanghai World of Packaging (swop). This is the ideal meeting-point for all those looking to make their entry into one of the world’s most exciting areas of economic activity.
“The evaluation was both rigorous and extensive, demanding significant collaboration and commitment from our teams,” said Armelle Biton, HSE Business Partner, Sidel. “It encompassed the Sidel Octeville site and corporate-level assessments, adding complexity to the process and making the final recognition all the more rewarding.”
As usual, the solutions and technologies of all international players will be bundled together in a coherent context for all visitors. There has already been strong interest from overseas exhibitors. “We are seeing a high level of registration. This means that companies that have not yet sent in their registration documents should act quickly.
B!POD food vacuum containers with about 50% ocean-bound plastic content, made with SABIC® PP polypropylene resin. • Certified circular SABIC® PP polypropylene from advanced recycled ocean bound plastic (OBP) helps reduce marine litter and accelerate circularity. • Sustainable material solution from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio meets demanding performance specifications for food contact approved vacuum containers. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, …
How can brands reach their full potential using package design and production? drupa will present innovative solutions from 28 May to 07 June 2024 in Düsseldorf. touchpoint packaging in Hall 3 will be a hot spot for topics regarding the future of packaging. Industry players, trade and university representatives, designers, materials suppliers, printers and converters …
Elisabeth Skoda – editor at large at Packaging Europe The last in-person drupa took place seven years ago, and the packaging industry and the world have changed dramatically since then. A pandemic, a global economic crisis, a war in Europe, and the ever more obvious effects of global heating becoming clearer have changed the industry …
Brussels/Marano Ticino, March 16, 2023 – TotalEnergies and COLINES® announce the successful proof of concept of an Unlaminated Recyclable Stand-Up Pouch suitable for food-contact applications. Currently the market reference is composed of a multimaterial film, resulting to non-recyclable packaging. The partners have developed a full PE recyclable Unlaminated Stand-Up Pouch, allowing to decrease the packaging thickness. The …
New HDMax® catalysts and Clarit™ adsorbents are designed for the purification of pyrolysis oil made from mixed plastic waste to achieve cracker compatible feedstock The portfolio answers the need for flexible and economical solutions to remove a wide range of contaminants, regardless of process configuration and plastic waste feedstock Used together, the adsorbents extend the …
Messe Düsseldorf is postponing the leading international trade fair interpack. It will now take place from 25 February to 3 March 2021.
The confectionery and baked goods segment is an excellent example of the important impact packaging can have on consumer decisions at the point of sale (POS). Almost no other industry benefits as strongly from seasonal trade, which depends considerably on packaging. And there are many occasions that call for colourful special editions: Mother’s Day, Valentine’s …
For women with cancer, this simple gesture is often impossible, prevented by the treatments which affect sense of smell or scars that do not allow the use of sprays. For the launch of the first perfume designed for these women, the Ozalys brand has chosen Aptar Beauty + Home and its Note system which allows …
Our Swedish colleagues focused their attention on the competitive e-commerce sector and won a WorldStar award that makes shopping online just as simple as it was supposed to be with 2way. It’s awards season and we’re putting on our fanciest outfits to celebrate FIVE WorldStar packaging awards across Europe!
