Packaging

Market reports forecast near 5 percent CAGR for flexible PE packaging and HDPE pipe. Influences include sustainability, barrier and infrastructure repair.

World Packaging Organization and the Active & Intelligent Packaging Organization agree to collaborate to advance smart packaging and sustainability.

From materials and equipment suppliers to processors, converters, packagers, and brand owners, FlexPackCon® 2023, spans the entire supply chain. Engineers, researchers, marketers, and other flexible packaging professionals come together to learn about new developments in materials, trends, challenges, and opportunities in this double-digit growth market.

Sidel’s StarLITE R bottle is said to offer blow molders a wider processing window for making carbonated soft drink bottles from 100 percent recycled PET.

The University of Houston has received a $4 million grant to expand its research into the recycling and upcycling of polyolefins into useful end products.

#SleeveConnect project uses CPET shrink sleeves on colorless, recycled PET bottles that can snap together.

New Sidel bottle blow molding machine molds virgin or recycled PET bottles that are up to 10 liters in volume, at a rate of 18,000 bottles per hour.

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) today launched a nationwide initiative promoting plastic recycling targeting policymakers and brand owners. The effort includes a website called “Recycling is Real” with videos and facts to support their argument.

The use of artificial intelligence in the packaging industry is projected to grow 11.2 percent per year to $6.02 billion, nearly triple in value, by 2033.

Teknor Apex will introduce a Monprene TPE with 65 percent recycled content. The grade will boost sustainability for end-users in the products they make.

Ampacet masterbatches protect food and drug packaging.

ExxonMobil grade replace multi-material structures in blown film packaging