Category: Topics
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DePoly has opened an industrial PET depolymerisation plant in Switzerland. The facility will qualify difficult waste streams and recovered monomers before a planned commercial scale-up.
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Fiberdom and Kiefel have validated industrial dry fibre forming technology. The trial connects reel fed paperboard with high volume production of three dimensional packaging.
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pladis is extending Hobnobs through high-fibre, non-HFSS Oaty Snaps biscuits. The wholegrain oat range combines a thinner rectangular format with mainstream pricing, fibre claims, and wider promotional flexibility.
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Nestlé is combining Aero and Milkybar across York confectionery lines. Sharing bars and bite-sized packs bring together aerated milk chocolate and white chocolate across two production formats.
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Manufacturers have added two billion fibre servings nationwide since 2021. Around 500 launches and reformulations now span bread, snacks, cereals, dairy products, and other established categories.
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Ishida is targeting product giveaway through connected weighing intelligence systems. Real-time production data and machine learning can expose weight drift before routine overfill becomes an accepted operating loss.
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Germany’s reusable beverage packaging share remains far below statutory ambitions. Reuse reached 34.5% in 2024, with wide differences between beer, water, soft drinks, juice, and dairy beverages.
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KOCH has demonstrated robotic systems for flexible food packaging operations. The applications included high-speed frozen food bag handling alongside packing, palletising, labelling, and product transfer.
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Citeo is expanding France’s shared reusable food packaging infrastructure regionally. The four-region system now connects standardised packs, supermarkets, return points, washing centres, deposits, reverse logistics, and common operating data.
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European flexible packaging substrate prices rose sharply during second quarter. Films, polymers, aluminium foil, and coated paper all increased as geopolitical disruption, energy costs, and restricted resin supply moved through converter purchasing.