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This innovative bio-circular coating solution is the first of its kind and will be able to replace traditionally used plastic coating.

The deal between Huhtamaki and 2M Group of Companies will see Morro™ Coating deployed at scale in selected foodservice on-the-go applications, enhancing Huhtamaki’s wider use of alternative recyclable and compostable packaging solutions derived from renewable sources.

Utilizing modern, high-tech compounding lines in its polymer processing facility, the plant is now producing premium concentrated masterbatch.

Stretchtape brings four decades of experience delivering high-performing stretch films, poly bags, pallet bands, and printing services to packaging distributors.

Paper-based packaging – in combination with suitable coatings – can offer the required barrier and heat-seal functionality needed for many packaging applications.

Bioplastic will serve as a sustainable alternative to single-use materials.

CJ Biomaterials and NatureWorks will develop sustainable materials solutions based on CJ Biomaterials’ PHACT PHA and NatureWorks’ Ingeo PLA technologies.

WM and Dow have introduced a rollout of a major residential plastic film recycling program in the U.S.

Materials science company VOID Technologies has achieved Critical Guidance Recognition from the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR) for its proprietary VO+ PE Masterbatch Technology, confirming its compatibility with PE film recycling in the U.S. 

Jan Eisby, CSO at surface treatment pioneer Vetaphone A/S, discusses with Packaging Strategies the effect of time on a substrate’s retained dyne level and how it ultimately determines the self-life of a product.