Food & tobacco
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Mumbai-based Globe Print n Pack launches recycled tube packaging for specialty fruit export market
The packaging is manufactured using food-safe RPET containing 70% recycled content, offering high clarity for product visibility while remaining lightweight at approximately 11g.
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GIADEC, Danieli’s US$321M aluminium plant to produce 45,000T annually for packaging
The facility will produce up to 10 categories of aluminium foil products for the packaging, pharmaceutical, food service and industrial sectors.
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Pragmatic Semiconductor’s new NFC protect chip enables instant pack tamper detection
The chip is manufactured using a low-carbon production technique designed for cost efficiency and mass market adoption.
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Belgium’s digital watermark pilot diverts snack wrappers into food-grade recycling loop
Packaging from participating brands, including Mondelez, Ferrero and PepsiCo, is being placed on Belgian shelves.
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DFFE’s WEERSA recycling platform connects MSMEs with US$13M in existing grant support
The WEERSA platform will help identify and connect similar enterprises with funding opportunities and business development support.
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Mother Dairy launches India’s first naturally degradable milk pouch with bioavailable wax technology
The packaging uses a proprietary degradation technology developed over more than four years in collaboration with a European research company.
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Tadweer Group’s 400,000T Al Ain recycling facility targets 60% waste diversion with 20-year infrastructure investment
The upgraded facility will incorporate advanced mechanical sorting technologies to maximize extraction of recyclables including paper, cardboard, plastics, metals and other recyclable fractions.
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UAE’s Nutri-Mark labelling, packaging system goes digital with TAMM app for A-to-E food grading
Consumers can now scan Nutri-Mark QR codes on packaging using the TAMM app, the official digital hub for Abu Dhabi government services.
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Asteria’s 41st acquisition, Mercian Labels, expands UK food, pharma packaging reach
The company is the only tamper-evident product manufacturer worldwide accredited to ISO17712:2013 for its security labels.
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Pusterla 1880’s opens US$5M Tunisia factory to enhance global capacity for beauty, drinks packaging
The 10,000m2 Sousse plant combines automated production lines with manual assembly capabilities, producing rectangular and round boxes as well as specialist packs including advent calendars.