Packaging

Despite the difficult economic times, Debem is pressing on with its business strategy of expanding into foreign markets with the opening of a new branch in Holzkirchen, Germany.

IXON, a leading Dutch company in the field of remote assistance and IIoT solutions for machines and industrial plants, has won the prestigious Frost & Sullivan New Product Innovation Award 2020 with IXON Cloud, the complete, end-to-end IIoT platform specifically designed for advanced technology manufacturers.

Microline, a Bologna-based company specialising in the production of automatic end-of-line packaging machines, is continuing its successful partnership with Paperdì, a leading player in the Tissue sector since 1989.

Macchi, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of blown film plants, has adopted a complete package of Gefran-branded solutions to improve the production efficiency of its extruders.

ACE, The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment, and its members SIG Combibloc, BillerudKorsnäs, Elopak, Stora Enso and Tetra Pak, have set the industry’s vision for the future: we will deliver the most sustainable packaging for resilient food supply systems which is renewable, climate positive and circular.

Nestlé USA today announced that it has acquired Essentia Water (“Essentia”), a premium functional water brand headquartered in Bothell, Washington.

Inkmaker Group has named, Antonio Riggio, as Operations Manager of its Filling Solutions Division, Tecnopails in Piacenza, Italy, effective 1st March 2021.

International printing ink producer Hubergroup Print Solutions has launched HYDRO-X GA Water Barrier Coating, a new water-repellent water-based coating formulated for surface printing of food and non-food packaging that avoids the need for PE film lamination as a water barrier.

The UK branch of Skanem, a leading European manufacturer of self-adhesive labels, is a major user of Fujifilm inks, from the range of screen printing inks adopted in the 1990s through to the Sericol Flexo JD series introduced in 2007 and still in use today.

The new 200 ml Tetra Crystal® carton from Valfrutta for the vending channel contains more paper and less plastic and aluminium.

Jesus Crespo has joined Nordson Corporation as vice president leading the Polymer Processing Systems (PPS) division.

The acquisition will allow the Group Datalogic to strengthen its Italian and global presence in the industrial automation market through the addition of inductive and ultrasonic sensors to its portfolio of products, with applications in a variety of industrial sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, logistics and automotive.

Reno De Medici, primario produttore di cartoncino riciclato da imballaggio, ha firmato un contratto di opzione di vendita con Bonaparte Holding SAS che ha formulato un’offerta per l’acquisto del 100% di RDM La Rochette, controllata francese operante nel business del cartoncino prodotto da fibra vergine (FBB – Folding Box Board).

The group has now signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of a newco called Cornelli Brand Packaging Experience to which the Cremona-based company Cornelli will transfer its operating division devoted to the production of corrugated cardboard boxes, as well as the design and implementation of new branding techniques applied to packaging.

Attivo! branded packaging for fruit and vegetables is able to “promote and speed up the elimination of the Sars-CoV-2 virus, even when present at high levels on its surface”.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has successfully developed a new recyclable functional barrier paper range.

Barilla has finalised the acquisition of the Canadian Catelli Dry Pasta business from Spanish giant Ebro Foods. The C$165 million (€107 million) deal includes the Catelli, Lancia and Splendor brands and the pasta plant in Montreal, Québec.

Flint Group Introduces EkoCure® ANCORA™ Dual Cure UV-Curable Ink Series for Food and Pharmaceutical Labels and Flexible Packaging

Ammagamma, a data science company based in Modena, Italy, has opened its first foreign branch in the city of Haifa, Israel, an industrial centre of excellence.

Sappi Europe is set to introduce new barrier coating technology for functional paper packaging at its speciality mill in Alfeld, Germany, increasing its production capacity for sustainable paper packaging solutions.