Manufacturing & Retail

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.

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

The Caerphilly facility holds strong positions in facestock for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage labels, wet-glue labels for beer bottles, home and personal care labels, and other applications where print quality and premium aesthetics are essential.

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.

The combination of PCG’s sustainable manufacturing infrastructure, solar energy, closed-loop water recycling, closed-loop fibre recycling, with RHE’s patented garment protection solutions creates a vertically integrated platform for luxury fashion brands.

Valmet Packaging and Paper executive vice-president Petri Rasinmäki said that the demand for moulded-fibre packaging solutions was growing and Valmet saw strong opportunities to help customers capture this growth.

Mozambique continues to import significant volumes of polypropylene sacks, creating pressure on foreign currency outflows and introducing supply chain delays of up to eight weeks for shipments from Asia and the Middle East.

By combining their strengths and shared vision, the companies could accelerate new developments, improve service, and deliver greater results for clients, aiming to shape the direction of their industry with practical, forward-thinking solutions.