In the 2019 WorldStar competition, organised by the World Packaging Organisation (WPO), no less than four alu foil products have been among the winners.

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Sun Chemical has presented in its portfolio of inks for monobloc, tube and aerosol cans its SunAltec and SunTrio product families for metal decoration through its specialised ink solutions, including special effects, brand protection, brand colour management and print standardisation.

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German film manufacturer RKW invests $18.8 Million into their production site in Franklin/ Kentucky (US).

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AstroNova is presenting the “revolutionary” toner-based label printer CMYK + White at the Packaging Innovation show for the first time.

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BRJ (Palamy Group) and Uniflex CJSC, were awarded with two Golden Awards thanks to its products printed with a Comexi F4 and a Comexi F2 MC 10 colours,

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The European business’Smurfit group performed very strongly in 2018 with underlying revenue growth of 7%. This was driven by a combination of demand growth, input cost recovery and the benefits of our investment programme.

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“In full year 2018, Clariant, focused and innovative specialty chemical company, achieved sales of CHF 6.623 billion compared to CHF 6.377 billion in 2017, to 5% growth in local currency, all of which is organic, driven by a progression in all Business Areas, particularly in Catalysis..
In Plastics & Coatings, full year 2018 sales rose by 1% in local currency with particularly strong regional expansion in Latin America. In the fourth quarter of 2018, sales in Plastics & Coatings were 3% lower in local currency due to the softening demand in Asia and Europe in particular.

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Action Technology, a Tekni-Plex business, presented a new rubber cosmetic.

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Aptar Pharma, a provider of innovative drug delivery systems, has received an Pharmapack Awards in the Best Innovation in Packaging Material & Component category for their QuickStart™ for Injectables in Paris, France.

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Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, with its Healthcare Packaging business unit, is exhibiting at Pharmapack 2019 and is featuring a new line of oxygen-absorber packets for liquid infusion market.

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The GEA PowerPak PLUS guarantes a greater process reliability and reduced resource consumption during the packaging of fresh products. In May GEA group will showcased the system on a larger scale at the international trade fair IFFA in Frankfurt.

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The recent launch, by Avery Dennison, of a portfolio using recycled PET (rPET) liners has received another important boost, with four labelling constructions now available across Europe.

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At the trade show CES -Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, B2B Cosmetics who has received for the second consecutive year the “Innovation Award” for their Emuage technology has announced an exclusive, long-term strategic partnership in the field of personalized personal care products, including a strategic investment with by BASF.

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Danapak Flexibles A/S, subsidiary of the Schur Flexibles Group, will be exhibiting at Pharmapack in Paris and will presented the newest innovative tailormade flexible packaging solutions for the pharma industry.

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Sabic and customers Unilever, Vinventions and Walki Group will introduce ISCC certified circular polymers in 2019 during a market foundation stage. The certified circular polymers will manufactured by Sabic and planned to be used by its customers for packaging solutions for a variety of consumer products : food, beverage, personal and home care products.

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Gerresheimer has teamed up with select certified partners to add surface finishing of plastic dropper bottles to their irradiation services. The chosen partner companies have the requisite certification in accordance with ISO standards 11137, 11737, and 13004.

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Retailers in an omni-channel environment increasingly deploy rfid for superior customer experience management.
Companies need to incorporate advanced technologies such as data analytics and cloud to attract new-age retailers, aids Frost & Sullivan in «Analysis of Growth & Security of the Global RFID Market in Retail, Forecast to 2022».

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Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has introduced a new optical brightening agent (OBA) specially designed for food packaging and paper.

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EuPC published the results of its 2nd European survey on the use of recycled plastics materials (rPM) in Europe’s plastics converting industry. The survey is in cooperation with Polymer Comply Europe SCRL. (PCE), which conducted the survey on behalf of EuPC.

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EFSA has taken a major step towards becoming a fully open data organisation by committing to publish the scientific data it uses for EU-wide monitoring programmes and surveys and many of its risk assessments.

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The winners will be announced at PRS Europe in Amsterdam on 11 April during the second day of the Plastics Recycling Show Europe taking place at the RAI Amsterdam.

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Meech International will have a platform to demonstrate how its web cleaning and static control equipment can help converters produce immaculate webs for packaging and labelling.

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After more than a decade of successful cooperations between the two companies, Constantia Flexibles has acquired the majority stake in TT-print. The acquisition is expected to be closed in the first quarter of 2019.

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Sacmi will be in Algiers, bringing with it an expert Beverage - Closures & Preform team and showcasing the latest technology from SACMI Packaging&Chocolate, heir to the historical Carle&Montanari, OPM and FIMA brands.

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Aptar CSP Technologies will showcase its active packaging solutions for drug product protection.

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2018 was another record year for food and drink industry transactions, with 777 registered in the bevblog.net mergers and acquisitions database, an average of 15 each week. In packaging, 47 operations have been registered vs 54 in 2017.

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Greif, Inc., a global company in industrial packaging products and services, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Caraustar Industries, Inc., a leading recycled paperboard and packaging solutions company, from an aliate of H.I.G. Capital, in a cash transaction valued at $1.8 billion.
The transaction is expected to close during the first quarter of calendar year 2019, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory clearances.

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The group Andritz has supplied fiberline process technology and equipment to their Iggesund mill, Sweden. Start-up is Capardoni & C srl who will be present at PCD Exhition has developed a complete range of bottles, jars, closures and flip-top caps made with materials from plant and renewable sources and post consumer recycled-PCR.

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Koehler Paper Group who has invested last year a new paper machine capable of producing papers for flexible packaging, has acquired Wilfried Heinzel AG, known as heinzelsales, as an experienced and extremely qualified partner to market the papers for flexible packaging in France, Spain, and Portugal.
Paper for flexible packaging is environmentally friendly and recyclable , said Koehler.

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The latest market research report publied by Market Research Explore and titled Flexible Packaging Market in India 2017 highlights the overall growth potential of the domestic flexible packaging market. Consumer packaging mainly consists of rigid packaging (~72%) and flexible packaging (28%).
This report gives a clear understanding of the flexible packaging industry in India and market dynamics Understand the current and future growth potential of the Indian packaging industry in India till FY 2022 and plan strategies to gain from it Strategize marketing, and other business plans by understanding factors influencing growth.

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