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The new Innovation Centre devoted to research and development of new technologies has been opened at the Multisectoral and Technological Services Centre (CSMT) in Brescia. The aim is to raise the bar for innovation and encourage development and continuous improvement.

Piovan Group has acquired 100% of the share capital of Doteco, a world leader in the field of plastic film dosing technologies for food and non-food packaging headquartered in San Martino Spino near Mirandola in the province of Modena.

The American food giant General Mills continues to benefit from the high food demand driven by the pandemic.

In accordance with a plan agreed in 2018, Barilla has completed the acquisition of the Muggia (Trieste) plant owned by Pasta Zara, a food processing company based in Riese Pio X (Treviso).

Metsä Board, one of Europe’s leading producers of premium fresh fibre paperboards, has started up operations at its new Excellence Centre in Äänekoski, Finland with the aim of accelerating the development of new environmentally sustainable packaging materials.

ABB is expanding its portfolio of high-speed industrial robots with the acquisition of Codian Robotics B.V. (Netherlands), a leading supplier of delta robots used predominantly for high-precision pick-and-place applications.

US-based Berlin Packaging, a leading supplier of glass, plastic and metal containers and closures, is strengthening its position in Northern Europe with the acquisition of Vinkova, one of the leading suppliers of glass packaging for food & beverage based in Bussum, the Netherlands.

The Ferrero Group (€11.4 billion revenue in 2019) is celebrating sixty years of business in France with the announcement of €42 million investments.

As part of its sustainability programmes, Coca-Cola has announced that from October 2020, all small Coca-Cola, Sprite and Fanta bottles produced in the Netherlands will be made from 100% recycled PET (rPET) (large bottles will follow next year). The switch will be made in Norway during the first half of 2021.

With an investment of approximately $159 million, Pepsico has begun construction work on its third savoury snack production plant in Russia.

Constellation Brands, a leading multinational beverage alcohol company, has acquired Copper & Kings American Brandy Company based in Louisville, Kentucky, a state-of-the-art craft distillery that has been producing American brandy, absinthe, gin and highly differentiated spirits since 2014.

Design to Reduce, Design to Change, Design to Fade and Design to Revive are the new eco-design guidelines to achieve the challenging objective of using 35% of recycled materials by 2025.

Mauser Packaging Solutions has announced the acquisition of EuroVeneta Fusti Srl (EVF) through the joint venture NCG-Maider

Loacker, a historic South Tyrolean brand known worldwide for its famous wafers, posted a turnover of €355 million in 2019, up 14% on 2018, with sales of 957 million packaged specialities (including wafers, pastries and chocolate desserts) in over 118 countries around the world.

US packaging giant Sonoco has announced the acquisition of French firm Can Packaging for €41.7 million, thereby expanding its potential in the sustainable packaging market.

Asahi Beverages, Pact Group Holdings and Cleanaway Waste Management have formed a joint venture to build a new $32.1 million plastic recycling plant.

Plumrose, filiale statunitense del colosso della carne JBS USA, ha annunciato la costruzione di un nuovo stabilimento del valore di 200 milioni di dollari. 

“Going beyond profit and ensuring transparency and widespread value for the community” is the philosophy behind a major goal achieved by the Italian bioplastics group Novamont.

NextChem is expanding its circular economy and chemical recycling technologies with the addition of circular ethanol production to its circular hydrogen and circular methanol production technologies (currently in the engineering phase) based on the chemical recycling of plastic and dry waste.

A stylish design and a convenient travel-friendly format are the key characteristics of Quadpack’s Gemel bottle, originally designed for perfumes but now sold as a strategic container for multi-purpose products such as perfumed hand sanitisers.