Shanghai World of Packaging (swop) has been rebranded as interpack China, underlining the event’s role within the interpack alliance and reflecting the growing importance of the Chinese packaging market.
The Turkish plastics processing industry has surpassed 10 million tons of annual production, strengthening its position as a key destination for Italian suppliers of machinery, equipment and molds, who will showcase their offer at Plast Eurasia in Istanbul.
At Plast Eurasia 2025 in Istanbul, ENGEL will present two all‑electric injection moulding machines for packaging and medical applications, highlighting energy efficiency, process stability and compact production cells.
The tenth edition of Formnext in Frankfurt am Main attracted 38,282 visitors and 804 exhibitors, underlining the growing industrial establishment of additive manufacturing and its expanding range of applications across sectors.
The European PET value chain is calling for the adoption of the CEN prEN 18120 design-for-recycling standards as the technical basis for recyclability assessment under the EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
Domo Chemicals has once more received the EcoVadis Platinum Medal, achieving a score of 90/100 and ranking among the top 1% of companies worldwide in sustainability performance across environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
Syensqo has received the Green Tech Award at the Race Tech World Motorsport Symposium for its bio-based MTM 49-3 epoxy prepreg, which combines 30% bio-sourced content with unchanged motorsport performance parameters.
Stadler Anlagenbau and Ecourbis Ambiental will build UTM Leste, a highly automated municipal solid waste treatment plant in São Paulo that will combine European engineering with Brazilian operating conditions to increase material recovery, RDF production and biogas feedstock.
Barmag, part of the Oerlikon Group, is commissioning three new HMLS yarn systems in China as local producers ramp up capacity to meet rising global demand for high-performance polyester tire cord.
The 2025 Sustainable Packaging Summit in Utrecht gathered 854 delegates, 142 speakers and 89 exhibitors to discuss the implementation of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation and long-term strategies for circular packaging.
Bio-Fed, a branch of Akro-Plastic GmbH, has developed the biocompound M·VERA GP1065 for coffee capsules, combining an improved oxygen barrier with home-compostability and a bio-based content of over 98%.
The bakery industry is rapidly adopting sustainable materials, robotics and AI-based quality control to optimise packaging of bread, pastries and biscuits. Interpack 2026 will showcase how these solutions combine product protection, efficiency and flexibility.
