flexible packaging

Emirates Biotech launch its new PLA biopolymers line

Iranpolymer/Baspar  The product launch marks the start of Emirates Biotech’s pre-marketing across the Middle East, providing customers with the opportunity to source locally stocked PLA quickly and with smaller minimum order volumes. This should make it easier for regional converters,…

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Amcor reports profit growth in Q1 and maintains fiscal 2026 guidance

Iranpolymer/Baspar  packaging solutions company Amcor has registered a growth in its first-quarter (Q1) profit and reaffirmed its earnings guidance for fiscal 2026. The company’s net income reached $262m in Q1 (ended 30 September 2025). This included costs related to its acquisition of Berry…

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Amcor hits 10% PCR plastics goal in FY25 and makes sustainability gains

Iranpolymer/Baspar Amcor has published its fiscal 2025 Sustainability Report, confirming it met its global target of using 10% post‑consumer recycled (PCR) plastic by 2025 — reported as 218,000 metric tonnes of recycled plastic. The packaging solutions provider, which finalised its merger…

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Expanding global manufacturing base for flexible packaging

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Cosmo Films expands and installed a cutting-edge, high-speed slitter rewinder at its Carol Stream Warehouse in Chicago. The new equipment reduces the lead-time, ensuring that Cosmo Films can rapidly respond to growing demand and better support its North American…

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Prevented Ocean Plastic unveils food-safe recycled polypropylene

Iranpolymer/Baspar  revented Ocean Plastic, in collaboration with industry partners, has unveiled the first food-safe recycled polypropylene (PP) that meets European food safety standards. Polypropylene is widely used in packaging such as trays, bottles, caps, cups and flexible films. Despite its…

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Nexam begins commercial-scale operation of Reactive Recycling

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Sweden-based plastic fabrication company Nexam Chemical has announced the commercial breakthrough of its Reactive Recycling technology with two major customers. This development has led to a steady run-rate of deliveries, with an annualised turnover of Skr15m ($1.5m), indicating strong…

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Smart packaging and recycling solutions as route toward circular economy in Indonesia

Iranpolymer/Baspar The future is circular – and Indonesia has taken game-changing steps to steer its manufacturing sector into more sustainable production. A World Bank report in 2023 ranked Indonesia as Southeast Asia’s manufacturing powerhouse with value of more than US$255 billion.…

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Lecta launches PFAS-free food packaging labels

Iranpolymer/Baspar Lecta Self‑​Adhesives has announced the expansion of its self-adhesive materials portfolio with the introduction of ‘Adestor Gloss GP PFAS-free’, a new label solution tailored for the food packaging industry. This product is designed to meet stringent environmental and health…

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AMCOR: Fully recyclable wet wipe packaging developed in collaboration with Fedrigoni

Iranpolymer/Baspar Packaging manufacturer Amcor (Zurich, Switzerland; www.amcor.com) has teamed up with speciality paper manufacturer Fedrigoni (Verona, Italy; www.fedrigoni.com) to launch a fully recycle-ready flexible packaging solution for wet wipes. The product pairs Amcors AmPrima Plus flow wrap with Fedrigonis patented semi-rigid label…

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Ecohelix secures $2.5m EU funding for wood-based biopolymer technology

Iranpolymer/Baspar Biotechnology scale-up company Ecohelix has secured funding of €2.2m ($2.5m) for its LIFE WOODMER project under the EU’s LIFE Circular Economy and Quality of Life Standard Action Projects. This grant will expedite the market launch of Ecohelix’s biopolymer, WOODMER Seal,…

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Groundbreaking innovation for liquid sachet packaging

Iranpolymer/Baspar Estimates* suggest that approximately 855 billion sachets were used globally in 2018. Most of these packs are produced with complex multi-layered packaging that can withstand the nature of the ingredients and preserve the products during the supply chain for their required…

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Borealis unveils new recycled linear low density polyethylene grade

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Borealis and Ecoplast, an Austrian recycler the company acquired in 2018, have collaborated on this project since 2022. After working for two years to overcome challenges like incorporating high proportions of recycled content while also meeting the performance demands of…

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Nelipak invests in future of sterile barrier medical packaging in APAC

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Rigid and flexible packaging solutions manufacturer Nelipak is investing in the future of sterile barrier medical packaging in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, with an intention to extend its capabilities in meeting increasing customer requirements. Nelipak is strengthening its capabilities in APAC…

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India unveils roadmap to advance flexible packaging circular economy

Iranpolymer/Baspar The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in partnership with a consumer packaging company and the Embassy of Finland, has unveiled a roadmap for India’s flexible packaging industry. Outlook Business has reported that the new strategy aims to foster a circular…

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Flexible and high-barrier packaging solutions drive market growth

Iranpolymer/Baspar The “Flexible Packaging Market – Global Outlook & Forecast 2024-2029” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. The Flexible Packaging Market was valued at USD 210.62 billion in 2023, and is projected to reach USD 238.91 billion by 2029, rising at a CAGR…

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The BOTTLE4FLEX Project: Develop a 100% recyclable skin pack container from recycled PET

Iranpolymer/Baspar In Spain, only recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) has been authorised for post-consumer recycled content for food packaging. Flexible PET packaging cannot be recycled using conventional mechanical technologies because of its multilayer composition. AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, Covinil and…

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Designing packaging production process for sustainability

Iranpolymer/Baspar  One of the many challenges in adopting the circular economy concept lies in the production set up of a business operation. The shift entails investment and a transformation of the production process which could take time and resources on…

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DEBATIN launches more sustainable packaging solutions

Iranpolymer/Baspar The long-standing partnership between Anton Debatin GmbH and PreZero Flexible Packaging GmbH adds a new project to its portfolio. Thanks to the latter’s expertise, DEBATIN can make its packaging solutions even more sustainable than they were before. As Thomas Rose, CEO…

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Braskem launches bio-attributed PP for packaging applications

Iranpolymer/Baspar Braskem announced the launch of a new grade of bio-attributed polypropylene (PP) in the US market. The Brazilian petrochemical giant has added the bio-circular resin to its range of circular solutions, sold under the brand Wenew. The brand was…

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Mars projects it will also miss 2025 target

Iranpolymer/Baspar Brand owner Mars says the design and infrastructure changes that are needed to meet its recycling goals are “taking longer than we anticipated” – and that it will miss certain goals it set for 2025. When it signed onto…

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