15 avril 19
PVC Packaging in «Le Pacte national sur les emballages plastiques»
15 avril 19 | e.bonus
Since the publication of The New Plastics Economy in January 2017 until the most recent “Le Pacte National sur les Emballages Plastiques” in February 2019, PVC Packaging has been referred to as an “uncommon plastic”, being at the origin of “problematic” waste. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation perception of PVC ignores unfortunately the important contribution of PVC packaging in the European medical and food sectors.
All paper and board industry (manufacturing and converting sectors including the tissue industry) publish the completely rewritten voluntary ‘Food Contact Guidelines for the Compliance of Paper and Board Materials and Articles’.
SIG will offer the world’s first aseptic carton packs that use foil certified to the ASI standard. The company is the first in the industry to enable customers to demonstrate their commitment to responsible aluminium sourcing using the Aluminium Stewardship Initiative certification.
Paper packaging material and solutions provider BillerudKorsnäs and plastic packaging solutions provider Alpla will form a joint venture in the Danish paper bottle company ecoXpac. They do so with the vision to develop a fully biobased and recyclable paper bottle. 
With the new European Directive on plastic waste &circular economy targets, and the necessity for recyclable and sustainable plastics, the Masterbatch industry is facing changes in the near future.
SIG, a leading systems and solutions provider for aseptic packaging, has produced more 35 billions packs in 2018.
The event will be organised by Chemical Recycling Europe (ChemRecEurope), and supported by Polymer Comply Europe (PCE) on the 4th of June 2019 in Brussels.
Sun Chemical has joined Ceflex, the collaborative European consortium of companies and associations representing the entire flexible packaging value chain.
In April, Milliken & Company will begin building the largest clarifier plant in its history in Blacksburg, South Carolina. The world-class plant is due to begin operations in 2020 and will boost capacity of Milliken’s Millad® NX™ 8000 clarifier by approximately 50 percent.
Nemera and Novo Nordisk laid the foundation stone for the new "Hall 6 manufacturing" building of Nemera La Verpillière.
L’Oreal has chosen for the new Biotherm Life Plankton™ Sensitive Balm the Slidissime® airless jar from the RPC Bramlage Diviision.
In 2013 Iggesund invested in a biomass-fired combined heat and power plant for the primary purpose of being able to run its paperboard mill on renewable energy.
