Key moments from interpack 2023 - A look at a 'packaging fail' - New 100% PCR bottle from Henkel

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Key moments and highlights from interpack 2023

The Packaging Europe team was at interpack 2023 show for its entire run. Here’s a rundown on some of our favourite moments, developments and announcements from our week in Düsseldorf – click the links to learn more about the stories.

Blue Ocean Closures, Stora Enso, and AISA launched what claims to be the first paperboard tube with a fibre-based closure, apparently consisting of over 85% fibres.

Huhtamaki unveiled three new flexible, mono-material packaging solutions made from paper, polyethylene, and polypropylene – intending to offer protection, affordability, and full recyclability to packaging manufacturers.

We visited CCL Label, where Marika Knorr demonstrated the company’s innovative washoff label for deposit return schemes.

VDMA, an organisation which represents the German machinery and equipment manufacturing industry, discussed global trends surrounding sustainability and market growth in the food processing and packaging machinery sector – highlighting China as an important market, calling for revisions to the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), and more.

Our team met experts from leading packaging organisations to interview them regarding the innovations they were demonstrating at interpack 2023.

What makes Sainsbury’s new mince format a ‘packaging fail’?

In April, we reported on the overwhelmingly negative consumer feedback to Sainsbury’s new vacuum packs for its beef mince range – which the retailer implemented in a bid to reduce its usage of plastic. In this article, Robert Lilienfeld, founder and executive director of sustainable packaging think tank SPRING, gives his views on why the solution is a ‘complete failure’.

Click the link below to read the full story.

Henkel releases limited edition Pril bottle for spring cleaning containing 100% recycled content

On Thursday, Henkel announced the rollout of a new design for its Pril Limited Edition dishwashing liquid brand to tie into the coming of spring. It is said to contain 100% recycled plastic, 50% of which apparently comes from Germany’s ‘yellow bag’ collection system.

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Mono-PP pouch for dry food applications developed by Borealis and value chain partners

Borealis unveiled a mono-material, designed-for-recycling pouch said to contain over 95% polypropylene and set to package dry food products.

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