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Billerud has introduced PharmaKraft, a fibre-based packaging material for non-sterile dry pharmaceutical applications. The company says the material is intended for converters and brand owners evaluating sachets, stick packs, strip packs and blister-lidding solutions. PharmaKraft is made from fresh fibre with controlled purity characteristics.…
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Amsterdam is considering a citywide ban on disposable food and drink packaging as part of efforts to reduce litter. Municipal lawyers have concluded that such a measure would be legally possible, according to the supplied report. The city’s materials say coffee cups and fast-food containers account for about 30% of rubbish left in public spaces.…
AROS Group received two Pentawards 2026 distinctions for its Paper Palette paper-based compact. The company won silver in Supplier Innovation of the Year and bronze in Sustainable Design — Body, Health and Beauty. The awards were presented at a gala ceremony at Magazine London on October 16, 2026.…
UFlex Limited plans to invest US$117.7 million in a packaging-film manufacturing facility in Azerbaijan’s Alat Free Economic Zone. The proposed plant is designed for annual capacity of 60,000 metric tons and will produce biaxially oriented polypropylene packaging film. A Joint Participation Agreement for the project was signed on September 29, 2026, between the Azerbaijan Business Development Fund, Flex Middle East FZE and the Azerbaijan-Uzbekistan Investment Company.…
France-based materials company Z1RO says it has completed industrial trials of materials made from non-wood biomass on automated wet-moulded-fibre equipment at Kiefel in Germany. The materials incorporated bamboo, hemp and fallen leaves.…