flexible packaging

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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Advanced Packaging Association wants polyamide recognised as recyclable

Iranpolymer/Baspar An international consortium in the polyamide packaging value chain has founded the Advanced Packaging Association (APA). BASF, Ube, Envalior, Domo Chemicals, and Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers are the founding members of the Brussels-based association. The project started off in 2023 when the…

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Arkema reports first-quarter results

Iranpolymer/Baspar Colombes, France – Arkema records robust EBITDA for first-quarter 2024, in line with its full-year guidance, in a broadly unchanged economic environment with sales of €2.3 billion, down by 7.3% year-on-year: Slight volume growth in the 3 Specialty Materials…

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New semi-crystalline PHA biopolymer at NPE 2024

Iranpolymer/Baspar CJ Biomaterials, Inc. introduced PHACT™ S1000P Semi-Crystalline PHA (scPHA) at NPE 2024 in Orlando, Florida. The new scPHA biopolymer is an environmentally friendly, biobased material that is TÜV OK-certified home and industrial compostable, as well as TÜV OK-certified marine and…

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Semi-crystalline PHA added to FDA’s inventory of food contact substances

Iranpolymer/Baspar CJ Biomaterials, Inc. announced that its semi-crystalline PHA (scPHA) biopolymer branded PHACT™ S1000P is now included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Inventory of Effective Food Contact Substances (FCS) with the Assigned Food Contact Notification (FCN) 2330. This is the second CJ Biomaterials…

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BPF Launches New Sustainable Packaging Course with 50% Discount

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has announced the launch of its latest online course: A Guide to Incorporating Recycled Plastic into Packaging. The BPF claims that the CPD-accredited online training course brings together over sixty years of  insights from…

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Nova goes global with resins for BOPE-HD film

Iranpolymer/ Baspar Nova Chemicals Corp. now has resins used to make biaxially oriented high density polyethylene (BOPE-HD) film available on a global level. Officials with Nova in Calgary, Alberta, said that films made with the resins are an alternative to…

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Sabic to showcase innovations that reduce food waste at K 2016

At the K 2016 plastics trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany, Sabic (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) will exhibit a wide array of packaging solutions that address the challenges the packaging industry is currently facing.

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New blends from FKuR yield strong but thin films

New technology has been developed by bioplastics producer FKuR that allows for thinner films, making it possible to save on material with zero loss of performance.

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Global plastics packaging market to hit $375 billion by 2020

According to a recent report, global demand for plastic packaging was valued at $270 billion in 2014, and is expected to reach $375 billion in 2020, growing at a CAGR of 4.8% between 2015 and 2020. 

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Sun Chemical opens new production facility in Turkey

Sun Chemical (Parsippany, NJ), a producer of printing inks, coatings and supplies, has opened a $30 million production center in Aliağa, Izmir in Turkey to serve the growing demand for solvent-based flexible packaging solutions.

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