Lifocolor is launching the Shades of Inspiration 2027 collection, comprising 54 shades for plastic products. The new trend color line supports product design in the home, sports, children, and beauty & care segments.
Chinese textile producer Shandong Nanshan Fashion Technology has commissioned the first PA66 spinning plant equipped with an EvoQuench radial quenching system, integrating microfiber yarn production into its textile value chain.
Pacprocess MEA will operate under the interpack MEA name from 2026, strengthening its role within the interpack alliance and its positioning as a regional hub for processing and packaging in the Middle East and Africa.
Cirrec, the recycling division of the Faerch Group, has installed multiple Tomra flake sorting units at its Duiven plant, enabling large‑scale post‑consumer PET food tray‑to‑tray recycling with food‑grade quality and increased capacity.
At Pharmapack 2026 Sanner will present a new tethered cap solution for effervescent tablet packaging and highlight its expanded global CDMO capabilities following recent acquisitions and site investments.
BW Converting’s Packaging Innovation Center in Green Bay provides converters with practical flexographic training, hands-on pressroom learning and live demonstrations of production equipment, including the PCMC Meridian Elite+ laser anilox cleaner.
Sukano, in collaboration with NatureWorks, has introduced a new antiblock masterbatch for biaxially oriented PLA (BOPLA) films to enhance barrier properties and processing on existing BOPP lines, addressing EU PPWR-driven demands for compostable small-format packaging.
RePlast Eurasia 2026, Türkiye’s dedicated plastics recycling trade fair, will return to the TÜYAP Fair Convention and Congress Center in Istanbul on 26–28 March, bringing together international exhibitors, visitors and experts from across the recycling value chain.
Alpla and NTCP have launched a four-year pilot project in the Netherlands to validate a patented solvent-based process for producing food-grade recycled HDPE, supported by the Dutch Ministry of Climate Policy and Green Growth.
The Südpack plant in Kłobuck, established after the acquisition of Bahpol in 2015, has developed over a decade into a major European competence center for flexographic printing and finishing of flexible films.
Shrink film containing 30% recycled PE sourced from household waste is used as outer packaging for six-pack Barilla sugo jars, demonstrating the use of post-consumer regranulate in food-sector secondary packaging.
Italian retailer Iperal has overhauled its fresh food supply chain by replacing single-use transport packaging with Tosca’s automation-ready reusable plastic crates, improving pallet stability, operational efficiency and waste reduction.
