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First yogurt cup made from plants

First yogurt cup made from plants

Stonyfield Farm, the world's leading organic yogurt company, introduces the first yogurt cup made from plants, giving consumers a cup they can feel as good about as the organic yogurt inside.

Market segment meeting "Trends and Technologies in Packaging"

Market segment meeting "Trends and Technologies in Packaging"

Trends and technologies in injection moulding solutions for the production of food packaging was the main topic of the third Market Segment Meeting at the main Demag plant in Schwaig, owned by the Japanese-German machine manufacturer Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery GmbH.

Breakthrough for printing on food packaging?

Breakthrough for printing on food packaging?

The public’s perception of UV printing has changed. One reason for this is the level of photoinitiators from UV printing inks measured in food. At the beginning of this year BASF announced a technological breakthrough: Igracure 270 is said to ensure quick curing for UV inks with only very low emissions – which is a first.

IK-statement on a possible European ban of plastic bags

IK-statement on a possible European ban of plastic bags

EU-Commissioner Potočnik apparently aims for a ban of carrier bags made from conventional plastics. At least it seems this way with the way the EU commission is currently running an Europe-wide survey, amongst other things.

Innovia Films: a better environment begins at home

Innovia Films: a better environment begins at home

Available now from Innovia Films , NatureFlex NVS transparent, cellulose-based compost packaging film has recently been chosen by a consortium of three Dutch exporters, to pack their range of flower bulbs.

China’s pharmaceutical market is booming

China’s pharmaceutical market is booming

According to a current study from the American research institute “IMS Health”, the growth markets in the pharmaceutical industry no longer lie in the industrial countries, but rather in the emerging countries.