Packaging360

At the FachPack trade fair in Nuremberg this year, MBM innovations is turning vacuum packaging into a real experience. The innovative and newly launched VSM® BULKY will take centre stage at the fair. The smart all-rounder can be seen live in action vacuuming and ver-tically packaging various products in bags.

Company’s Push-PakÔ provides simple push-through opening feature, enabling compact blister design and reduced material usage Newark, NJ – Keystone Folding Box Co., a designer and manufacturer of paperboard packaging solutions, has introduced a new paperboard blister wallet with push-through opening functionality. Ideal for hard tablets, the company’s Push-Pak™ allows intuitive push-through dosage access and a tighter, more condensed blister arrangement that reduces the package’s overall size.

Mondi is investing €200 million into a high-quality recycled containerboard machine with an annual capacity of around 420,000 tonnes at its Duino mill near Trieste, acquired in January 2023.

PulPac, the inventors of Dry Molded Fiber, are excited to announce that they have joined the print and paper advocacy group Two Sides as a new member. PulPac provides packaging producers with a manufacturing technology for sustainable packaging that meets industry needs for scalability, production rates, and cost efficiency. In just a few years, PulPac has pioneered fiber molding. “Our groundbreaking technology helps producers within the packaging industry to swiftly transition toward circularity.

13 February 2024 – Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, proudly unveils a fresh initiative to highlight the values of its containerboard materials that we use in our everyday lives. In partnership with Olympian skateboarder Julia Brückler, Mondi challenges myths around making paper through a fusion of innovation, sustainability and athleticism. The challenge was to build the first-ever skateboard half pipe from containerboard, the paper used in corrugated packaging. Why?

The expansion is a strategic move that aims to bring PulPac’s sustainable solutions faster to the market, supporting the company’s vision of creating a more sustainable future. The new subsidiary, DMF Tooling AB, will provide licensees with serial-produced multi-cavity tools specially designed for Dry Molded Fiber. “DMF Tooling acts as a ‘Center of Excellence’, open for all PulPac’s licensees and partners to learn and benefit from.

On 16 November 2023, a group of industry leaders came together to a round table in Spain to talk about how to boost the circularity of paper bags in the construction industry. The project aimed at finding solutions how to scale up the collection, sorting and recycling of used paper bags, and reduce waste. The round table followed a pilot project in which Mondi has already been collaborating with partners in the construction industry in Spain to increase the circularity of used paper bags.

Focus on large-volume plastic packaging for the industry Hard (Austria), 23 January 2024 – Buckets, canisters, crates, barrels and closures: ALPLA has acquired the packaging specialist Fortiflex based in Puerto Rico. The two companies have been jointly producing packaging for the markets in the Caribbean and Central America since 2017.

Cosmo Sunshield will showcase Sun Protection & Safety Films at ABID, Kolkata Cosmo Plastech will exhibit specialty rigid sheets, IML and Non-IML containers & trays at PlastFocus New Delhi, January 23rd January, 2024: Cosmo First, having multiple businesses in Films, Rigids, Petcare, Adhesives, Coatings, etc has announced its participation in two prominent trade shows. The company will exhibit at the 2nd Edition of PlastFocus from 1-5 February 2024, Yashobhoomi (IIC), Stand no.

The coveted WorldStar Global Packaging Awards recognise exceptional packaging innovations on a global stage, attracting 435 entries from 41 countries in 2024. Mondi’s award-winning products include Hug&Hold, Statorfold and Protector Bag ExpandForm. The four wins further solidify Mondi’s position as an industry leader in sustainable packaging solutions.