Machinery & Equipment

The transaction adds to Coveris’s recyclable packaging range and supports its ‘No Waste’ sustainability vision, which aims to eliminate product waste, packaging waste and operational waste.

Linuo plans to develop the site into a regional manufacturing base and global supply centre, improving supply chain efficiency and expanding market reach across the Middle East, Africa and Europe.

The plant, planned at the Euroports Terminal on Antwerp’s right bank, will convert mixed plastic waste streams that cannot be processed through conventional mechanical or chemical recycling methods such as pyrolysis and gasification.

BlueAlp’s patented pyrolysis technology converts post-consumer mixed plastic waste into pyrolysis oil through a continuous process, achieving Technology Readiness Level 9 maturity.

The line incorporates UV and LED curing, rotary screen printing, die-cutting, automatic waste handling, online inspection, inkjet coding, corona treatment, anti-static systems and dual-side web cleaning within a single production workflow.

The new EcoTank printers deliver improved print speeds of up to 11 images per minute for black-and-white output and 6 images per minute for colour, with ink yields of up to 4,700 pages in black and 7,500 pages in colour.

The BM6 machine produced cartonboard takeaway packaging for some of South Africa’s most iconic brands, including KFC, Blitz firelighters and Freshpak rooibos.

The adoption aligns with Flatlantic’s model of controlling the entire fish lifecycle, keeping flatfish alive until orders are placed to ensure maximum freshness while reducing food waste.

The masterbatch enables film thickness reduction of up to 20 percent while retaining tensile, tear and puncture properties, directly reducing material consumption and packaging weight.

Pakistan’s rapid consumer-led shift to solar power has significantly reduced the country’s vulnerability to energy shocks tied to Middle East tensions.