Pharmaceutical & Cosmetic Review

Packaging

02 Jun 2022

New printing technology from GreenTech Plastics Machinery

GreenTech Plastics Machinery is an end-to-end product and service solutions provider to South Africa’s plastic injection moulding and packaging industries. “Thanks to our partnerships with leading global companies, we are able to offer customers a wide range of premium brand plastics machinery, ancillary products and accessories from Europe,” says GreenTech Business Development Manager, Martin Hollinger....
10 Feb 2022

Avery Dennison launches accelerator programme to drive innovation in packaging

Avery Dennison has launched AD Stretch, the first labels industry programme globally to partner with startup innovators to solve key challenges around sustainability, customer experience, and value chains. The company intends to engage with startups in the region and across the world to disrupt and evolve the labels and packaging industry and strengthen its innovation...
04 Feb 2022

Flexible packaging and paper markets step up sustainability in 2022

2022 will see the packaging industry continue to adopt a sustainability-first mindset but success will demand greater cross-industry cooperation and transparency, predicts Henkel Adhesive Technologies. The challenges for the year ahead were explored at the close of 2021 by Henkel alongside manufacturers and other experts from across the entire packaging and consumer goods supply chain...
21 Dec 2021

Dow and WasteAid partner to solve the problem of the Plastic Nile

WasteAid, an international non-governmental organisation that shares waste management and recycling skills in lower- and middle-income countries, has entered into an 18-month funded partnership with materials science company Dow to advance plastic waste recovery and recycling in Egypt.  The partnership extends Dow’s global commitment to help advance a circular economy for plastics and reduce plastic...
25 Nov 2021

ALPLA cycles to a better future with its fourth sustainability report

Global specialist for innovative packaging solutions and recycling, ALPLA has released its fourth sustainability report. It illustrates the progress the company made in the area of sustainable development between 2018 and 2020. The right packaging In its latest sustainability report entitled ‘The cycle to a better future begins with the right packaging’, ALPLA gives an...
10 Nov 2021

New soluble barrier solves the problem of paper packaging waste

A new study commissioned by DS Smith and Aquapak shows that innovative, bio-digestible barrier coatings increase paper recycling rates and fibre yield, without compromising functionality, providing a viable new packaging alternative which is ready and available for use. The independent research, ’Considerations for process, product and environmental fate testing of soluble bio-digestible barriers for paper...
12 Oct 2021

Marchesini Group will present Print & Check solution at CPhl Worldwide

From 9 to 11 November, one of the most eagerly awaited events in the pharmaceutical sector will be held again at the Milan trade fair: CPhI Worldwide. After almost two years, the event will allow pharmaceutical companies to meet again and directly discuss the challenges they face in the coming years. Track and Trace For...
27 Sep 2021

Optima presents new machine solutions for stoma products and glass syringes

Optima Life Science and Optima Automation will appear together at Compamed in Duesseldorf, while Optima Life Science will appear at the adjacent Medica. Compamed and Medica are both important trade shows for the Optima Group and will take place between 15 and 18 November 2021. Optima Life Science is presenting the first of its kind...
17 Sep 2021

Common recycling mistakes you could be making at home and how to fix them

You may think your home is paperless so you don’t need to recycle or that you’re already recycling efficiently, yet even the most environmentally conscientious people do still make some recycling mistakes. Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation for the South African paper and paper packaging sector, outlines some of the more common recycling mistakes,...
16 Sep 2021

Neopac’s DigitAll360° wins Swiss packaging award

Hoffmann Neopac has won a Swiss Packaging Award in the Marketing category for its initial project involving its recently launched DigitAll360° tube procurement service. Introduced earlier this year with an online marketplace, DigitAll360° offers intuitive ordering of digitally printed tubes with high-quality variable printing, precision colour matching, flexible batch sizes and expedited delivery. Growing demand...

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