Packaging Europe staff writers

Packaging specialists cite sustainability legislation as biggest challenge to today’s industry

A survey conducted by packaging sustainability consultancy Aura has suggested that senior packaging specialists view sustainability legislation as the biggest

Focus on fiber-based technology innovation

WM and Dow run curbside recycling pilot scheme for plastic films in Illinois city

WM and Dow are collaborating to facilitate curbside recycling of hard-to-recycle plastic films in a pilot scheme taking

Mondi consumer trend survey reveals generational attitudes towards e-commerce packaging in five European markets

RetailX has conducted Mondi’s fourth annual consumer trend survey analysing consumers’ online shopping behaviour, including generational differences in shopping

Tetra Pak water carton with connected QR experience achieves Gold at Packaging Afristar Awards

Tetra Pak’s Tetra Prisma Aseptic 500ml water carton – utilising QR technology to provide a ‘connected experience’ for attendees at

Oerlemans Packaging Group acquires Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker to expand flexible packaging range

Oerlemans Packaging Group has acquired Papierindustrie Adriaan Dekker to expand its flexible packaging portfolio, with activities set to move from

Huhtamaki to extend manufacturing site and increase production of paper-based packaging

Huhtamaki has begun to extend its paper-based packaging manufacturing site in Nules, Spain, in an effort to meet growing

Fazer redesigns advent calendar with ‘recyclable’ dispersion-coated paperboard from Metsä Board

Fazer has launched an advent calendar made from Metsä Board’s dispersion-coated paperboard – a recyclable and lightweight solution expected

How to secure venture capital for your packaging start-up

Anna Farberov is GM at PepsiCo Labs – Pepsico’s venturing team – which identifies and invests in start-ups with the

Smurfit Kappa acquires Pusa Pack liner bag plant for bag-in-box production

Smurfit Kappa has acquired Pusa Pack, a bag-in-box packaging plant located in Onda, Castellón, Spain, to be integrated

UPM Biochemicals receives first ‘sustainably managed’ wood delivery at biorefinery construction site

UPM Biochemicals’ biorefinery – currently under construction in Leuna, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany – has reportedly received its first delivery of wood from

Unpacking the ‘first step’ on P&G’s paper bottle journey

Earlier this month, Procter & Gamble and Paboco announced a commercial trial for an innovation that it describes as its