Advancements in the Pulp and Paper Industry | Paper Advance

The SOFi Hot Cup eliminates need for separate plastic lid

(UPM, Helsinki, 21.11.2023 at 10:00 EET) – The world’s first ever fleece jacket made with wood-based polyester will be unveiled next week by UPM Biochemicals and VAUDE at ISPO Munich 2023, the world’s largest sports trade show, where global sports business community comes together to share perspectives and shape the future
of the industry.

Following successful commercial consumer testing in 2022, Tetra Pak and Lactogal have now launched an aseptic beverage carton featuring a paper-based barrier. 

Safire Group and Glatfelter to develop new separator for shear thickening battery technology

Enabled by foam forming technology, VTT’s formable cellulose-based webs with 30% extensibility were used to make rigid packages using an industrial product packaging line.

A group of design graduates from London's Royal College of Art has launched a start-up called PulpaTronics, aiming to create eco-friendly paper-only RFID tags.

Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has announced that its entire portfolio of kraft papers for packaging has been certified as home or industrially compostable. [1]

Manufacturers of packaging, insulation and other products made from recycled fibres are facing a shortage of raw materials due to the decline in newsprint and office paper volumes and increased demand for corrugated cardboard boxes.

Wind power gets a boost from Mondi and NKE: Innovative packaging solution for wind turbine components.

Even though people tend to think of ice cream in summer, retailers and manufacturers must be a few steps ahead. Ice cream production starts in winter and therefore so does ice cream packaging manufacturing.

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, is helping farmers grow their crops, having partnered with Cotesi, a producer of twine, nets and ropes made from synthetic and natural raw materials for the agricultural sector, to replace conventional plastic mulch film with a paper solution, Advantage Kraft Mulch.

UPM Specialty Papers now offers a compostable solution for paper-based food stickers.

Company expands line of recyclable mailers to meet needs of e-commerce companies

The Company is investing in new formats aiming at business sustainability

NEENAH, Wis., — Amcor (NYSE:AMCR, ASX:AMC), a global leader in developing and producing responsible packaging solutions, today announced the North American launch of curbside-recyclable AmFiber™ Performance Paper packaging, part of the company’s AmFiber portfolio.

Collaboration both within and outside of the packaging value chain – comprised of material suppliers, packaging producers, brand owners, and retailers – plays a central role in driving sustainability progress.

STADLER, the globally active German company specialized in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey recycling and sorting plants, is participating in the groundbreaking EnEWA research project to obtain recyclable paper from the lightweight packaging, residual waste and commercial waste streams.

Ahlstrom is further extending its range of release papers by introducing new products supporting sustainability and circularity in manufacturing Pressure Sensitive Adhesive (PSA) laminates and labels.

Fiber-based consumer packaging giant Graphic Packaging International has partnered with leading healthy eating outlet Picadeli to develop a new range of plastic-free paperboard lids for its paper-based salad bowls.

Mondi and Fressnapf, Europe’s market leader for pet supplies, have made the move to recyclable mono-material packaging for a dry pet food range

Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has won the German Packaging Award 2023 in the category “material substitution" for Protector Bag ExpandForm, which is awarded by the German Packaging Institute.