Sustainability

Packaging Première, , an event dedicated to high-end packaging organized by Easyfairs, aims to be a meeting point for manufacturers, international brands and designers.

Green Dot Bioplastics, a US developer and supplier of bioplastic materials for innovative, sustainable end-uses, has expanded its Terratek BD line with nine new compostable grades that are targeted for single-use and packaging applications.

A survey carried out among the operators belonging to the community gathered around ALL4PACK Emballage Paris 2022 offers a snapshot of the sector’s environmental sensitivity.

The IMA Group is pleased to announce that its Pharmaceutical divisions will be present at Achema 2022 to show the All-In-One Pharma range of solutions and the following projects aimed at sustainability and digitalisation.

On show integra 720v for the serialization and aggregation of blisters.

Coesia, a group of 21 companies specialized in innovative industrial and packaging solutions, is participating at Achema (Hall 3.0 booth D73) in Frankfurt from 22 to 26 August 2022.

Thanks to a partnership between Seda International Packaging Group, WWF Italia and Comieco, in the #JovaFoodGood villages set up for the occasion, disposable paper food and drinks containers and packaging produced by the Italian multinational will be used by thousands of people.

The range of renewable and compostable films developed by Futamura can now be laser coded, thus expanding the communication capabilities of the packaging towards consumers, aware of the special nature of the packaging purchased.

Fashionable diets drive consumption, conditioning an entire industrial supply chain, from process to packaging. This is what emerges from the case history that saw two Italian brands - Cama and ICAM - co-starring in the success of an international project, inspired by veganism and paleo-diets.

Walki is answering to the growing demand for frozen food by expanding its portfolio of recyclable materials.

Ecodesign is once again the theme of the ninth edition of the CONAI Call for Entries, which saw a further increase in enrollment: opened on Feb. 1, 2022, the call to action ended on April 29, with 373 entries submitted by 175 companies (a 14% increase in cases compared to the 2021 edition).

Well done and fully successful the two days full of appointments and events organized in Venice, May 26 and 27, 2022, by the Packaging Ethics Charter Foundation in collaboration with the Italian Packaging Institute.

Avient Corporation, a provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, introduced its breakthrough PCR Color Prediction Service for polyolefins and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins, and the company’s new polyolefin antioxidants, Cesa Nox A4R Additives for Recycling.

What’s new at Bormioli Pharma. Let’s start with the launch of EcoPositive, brand new label gathering all the sustainable packaging solutions manufactured by the company packaging for the pharma industry, already available on an industrial scale.

Integrating sustainability into every aspect of business is the focus of the investments of Coca-Cola HBC Italia, the main bottler of The Coca-Cola Company brand products in Italy.

Grafiche Paciotti, Italian company which designs and produces packaging, has recently created and registered the first green identity card for the packaging industry which allows, through a QR Code, to view a detailed sheet containing the sustainability score and the environmental impact of each product realized.

In June Maniva alkaline water added two 100 cl and 50 cl boxes, named Smile Box Maniva Ph8, to the traditional glass and PET containers to provide consumers with a wider choice in the market.

Over the last few years, continuous restrictions closely involved with environmental sustainability have affected packaging manufacturers as well as users. Indeed, especially in the B2C environment, producers must create a packaging which is fully recyclable, biodegradable, made of 100% recycled material, produced from bio-based raw materials.

Marking and traceability, packaging quality and aesthetics, handling that looks at product integrity: from ACMA a series of answers that make attention to detail and dialogue between supply chain players the key to its path of sustainability and digitalization.

Nuova Erreplast (a producer of flexible packaging for food and non-food) interprets “circularity” by using renewable or reuse/recycle sources and materials to ensure first and foremost a reduction in environmental impact.