Tuesday, 02 November 2021 09:28
WestRock Again Honored for Innovative Design Excellence by Paperboard Packaging Council
Company Receives 14 Awards at Annual Paperboard Packaging Competition, Including Sustainability Award of the Year WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK), a leading provider of differentiated paper and packaging solutions, was recognized for packaging design excellence at the 78th Annual North American…
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Thursday, 21 October 2021 08:39
PulPac continues to accelerate commercialization of Dry Molded Fiber - Appoints Conny Högström as Tech Center Manager
PulPac takes another important step in the global commercialization of its innovative manufacturing technology for fiber-based packaging and appoints Conny Högström as Manager for the company's Tech Center. Conny Högström joins the expanding team of skilled professionals as Tech Center…
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Wednesday, 20 October 2021 10:55
Stora Enso invests in expansion of board production at Skoghall and starts pre-feasibility study to convert the second line in Oulu
Stora Enso is investing EUR 97 million to expand the board production at the Skoghall site in Sweden. At the same time, Stora Enso is initiating a pre-feasibility study to convert the second, currently idle, line at its Oulu site…
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Wednesday, 20 October 2021 10:48
BillerudKorsnäs relaunches coated white-top kraftliner for litho-laminated packaging
Pure Supreme is a well-established premium white-top kraftliner, optimized for offset printing. BillerudKorsnäs is now launching an upgraded version of Pure Supreme, which is more than a facelift – it could even be regarded as a new product. It offers…
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Thursday, 07 October 2021 08:29
Smurfit Kappa launches unique sustainable packaging portfolio to drive growth in the online health and beauty market
Packaging leader Smurfit Kappa has launched a unique range of circular packaging solutions for the rapidly growing online health and beauty market. The customisable eHealth & Beauty portfolio includes sustainable, paper-based packaging solutions ideal for shipping vulnerable products, such as…
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Thursday, 30 September 2021 09:12
Sustainable Secondary Packaging with barricote® Barrier Papers
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper has been developing fully recyclable barrier papers for flexible food and non-food packaging since Drupa 2016. The demand for environmentally friendly packaging papers with effective barrier functions has increased rapidly since then. A key player in the…
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Monday, 20 September 2021 09:53
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper comments on the SUPD
Mitsubishi HiTec Paper produces recyclable barrier papers with water-based coatings for food and non-food packaging under the brand name barricote®. In the EU, the so-called SUPD (Single Use Plastic Directive) has created a great deal of uncertainty for this innovative…
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Wednesday, 15 September 2021 09:53
Smurfit Kappa Announces the Launch of its Inaugural Green Bond Offering
Smurfit Kappa Group plc (SKG:ID SKG:LN) (together with its subsidiaries, “Smurfit Kappa” or the “Group”), one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of paper-based packaging products, with operations in Europe and the Americas, have just announced a dual-tranche offering by one of its…
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Wednesday, 01 September 2021 08:53
Stora Enso wins four ScanStar packaging design awards
Stora Enso has received four Nordic ScanStar awards for convenient, eco-friendly packaging designs that replace plastic. All winning designs are made of renewable wood fiber. This year the ScanStar awards received a total of 32 submissions from the Nordic countries…
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Saturday, 21 August 2021 00:17
Cartonboard proves its life cycle credentials
A new life cycle analysis report has highlighted the outstanding environmental credentials of cartonboard packaging when compared against fossil-based alternatives. Published in June 2021, Cartonboard Life Cycle; Comparing the carbon footprint of carton packaging against alternative solutions, goes into the…
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Wednesday, 04 August 2021 19:20
Mondi rolls out its range of sustainable corrugated packaging solutions for growing online grocery delivery services across Central Europe
Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper manufacturer, is rolling out a comprehensive portfolio of corrugated packaging solutions for the online grocery market across Central Europe. Using its wealth of experience in eCommerce packaging, Mondi has created clever new solutions…
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021 12:03
Metsä Board increases annual folding boxboard production capacity by 200,000 tonnes in Husum
Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, announced on 27 July 2021 an investment of EUR 210 million in increasing folding boxboard capacity at its Husum mill in Sweden. The company is responding to growing demand for sustainably produced packaging materials…
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Wednesday, 23 June 2021 09:37
Ground-breaking ice cream packaging won BillerudKorsnäs’ design competition PIDA Germany
The winners of BillerudKorsnäs’ design competition PIDA Germany – Packaging Impact Design Award – have been selected. The most prestigious prize of the competition, PIDA Gold Award, went to the design student Hagen Neugebauer from Hochschule der Medien in Stuttgart…
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Thursday, 03 June 2021 09:28
WestRock Announces Commercial and Operational Leadership Changes
WestRock Company (NYSE: WRK), a leading provider of differentiated, sustainable paper and packaging solutions, have just announced the future retirement of Jeff Chalovich, president of Corrugated Packaging and chief commercial officer, after an incredible 23-year career with WestRock. Moving forward,…
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Friday, 07 May 2021 12:42
Metsä Board designs easy to recycle beverage packaging
Metsä Board, the leading European producer of premium fresh fibre paperboards and part of Metsä Group, has designed a light but strong, easily recyclable packaging for the new Chopin Organic Rye Vodka range at its Excellence Centre in Äänekoski, Finland. For Podlaska Wytwórnia Wódek “Polmos”…
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