During the World Expo in Milan, The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta, GA) introduced its very first PET bottle entirely made from renewably sourced materials. This newest version of the company’s PlantBottle packaging is said to be based on the...

The recent acquisition of Swedish granulator supplier Rapid by Swedish investment firm Lifco may outwardly look like a mere acquisition of a profitable private-owned company but in fact there is to it than meets the eye.  ...

It seems like every household and workplace these days has a Keurig coffee brewing maker. The morning staple is quick, convenient and practically has zero clean-up, however, what about those K-Cups? Once you pop, sometimes it’s just too hard to...

All plastic processing plants produce scrap along with their parts, and NPE this year was no exception. With injection molding machines and blow molding equipment running all day for nearly more than four days, producing a variety of parts—some of...

Amut SpA (Novara, Italy), which builds extruders, packaging thermoforming machines and plastics recycling equipment, has acquired Dolci Bielloni, a fellow Italian company specialized in packaging equipment, which henceforth will be known as Amut...

Additives supplier Struktol Company of America, has developed what it terms as unique process additives for reclaimed/recycled plastics and for polymer compounds that contain recycled content that it will highlight at NPE 2015 at Booth S27082.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Thursday a citywide ban on expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam containers and packing peanuts, which will go into effect on July 2015. EPS is already banned in cities across the country, including...

There's always a lot of excitement on the horizon for plastic packaging. And for good reason, the market continues to drive innovation in the packaging market as a whole. Innovation is the trend that never stops for packaging. With that in mind...

Although cherished for such properties as strength, durability, low weight and low maintenance, composites are notoriously difficult to recycle. At K 2013, the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV (Hall 07 / B05) will...