packaging materials

Mespack and Amcor launch a recycle-ready 2 litre stand-up pouch for the home care industry

Iranpolymer/Baspar The partnership combines Mespack’s packaging machinery and Amcor’s packaging materials to overcome the technical challenges when scaling up to larger flexible packaging formats using recycle-ready materials. Cutting-edge technology for more sustainable solutions Until now, the largest formats for pouches using…

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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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Perfetti Van Melle inks partnership with PCX to exceed plastic goals

Iranpolymer/Baspar  CONFECTIONERY maker Perfetti Van Melle Philippines has partnered with PCX Markets for an initiative that seeks to exceed the required plastic reduction goals of large companies under the Extended Producer Responsibility Act. Perfetti Van Melle Philippines Managing Director David…

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The niche called bioplastics is growing

Iranpolymer/ Baspar  Plastic contributes considerably to global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2022, plastics produced 1.9 billion tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (3.5% of total global emissions), with 90% of this emission coming from plastic production, conversion from fossil fuels,…

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