Easyfairs has announced that September's London Packaging Week will be one of its most sustainable exhibitions. The multi-format event organizers have teamed up with “ExCeL London”, a renowned sustainability-driven event venue, to ensure sustainability remains at the forefront of both organizations' agendas, driving a...
Over the past century, Hellema has evolved from a small traditional Dutch bakery into an international manufacturer of biscuits and bars. The company produces its biscuits with a variety of fruit and chocolate fillings - not only for itself, but also for other brands. Hellema needed a packaging machine that could...
Mondi has worked with Silbo to convert its pallet wrapping from plastic stretch film to Mondi's Advantage Stretch Wrap kraft paper. The Polish manufacturer of ecological flexible packaging has installed EW Technology's first paper wrap machine at its plant in Żory, Poland, and now offers more sustainable and flexible...
Under the tagline "Welcome Home", this year's Interpack 2023 welcomed visitors from all over the world. A total of around 143,000 interested people from 155 countries came to the trade show in Düsseldorf, two thirds of them from abroad. In addition to many countries in Europe, the largest visitor nations were India,...
Sabic has joined forces with Estiko Packaging Solutions and Coldwater Prawns of Norway to develop and implement a highly sustainable new packaging pouch for frozen prawns. The pouch is made from a multi-layer film produced by Estiko Packaging Solutions using a circular certified random polymer grade of Sabic PP Qrystal...
Sappi Europe has invested a double-digit million amount in a new plant for the production of new high-barrier papers. This includes a new type of barrier coating line. Recently commissioned at the Alfeld site in Germany, the in-house solution will produce high barrier papers for recyclable packaging of food and non-...
From circular economy to digitalisation: At Interpack, the hot topics of the industry meet the latest technologies and innovations. In a few weeks, the global processing and packaging industry will finally meet again in Düsseldorf. ‘We are ready’, says Thomas Dohse, Director of Interpack. ‘All our exhibitors and...
As part of its continued focus on global sustainability leadership, Ahlstrom has joined forces with Istituto Stampa on their new sustainable packaging solution for the Butter and Margarine industry. The two companies combined their know-how and technologies to develop a compostable solution for butter and margarine...
In an interview, Interpack President and Theegarten-Pactec Managing Director Markus Rustler talks about the current challenges in the packaging industry, the megatrends of sustainability and digitalization, and furthermore how these will dominate not only the trade show but beyond that the industry for years to come,...
Schubert North America LLC announced that Dominik Streicher has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of its Canadian entity, Schubert Packaging Automation Inc.. Dominik is joining Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. from Gerhard Schubert, the headquarters of the Schubert group, located in Crailsheim, Germany. He...
