Woolworths Group and Pact are developing a partnership under which Pact would supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, potentially up to 18,000 tonnes per year. The deal is described as a multi-million-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.
Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a partnership under which up to 18,000 tonnes of recycled plastic could be used in Woolworths own-brand packaging each year. The companies describe it as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling and manufacturing capacity.
Pact Group will manufacture and supply recycled plastic packaging for Woolworths own-brand products, using recycled PET resin from its Australian recycling facilities. The partnership was announced on 26 July 2022 and involves a multimillion-dollar investment.
Woolworths Group and Pact Group are developing a strategic partnership under which Pact would use recycled plastic for Woolworths own-brand packaging, up to 18,000 tonnes a year, as a multimillion-dollar investment in local recycling.
Dow signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Want-Want Group to supply water-based and solventless laminating adhesives. The aim is zero-solvent emissions and more recyclable flexible packaging.
Viking Aqua signed a partnership agreement with AquaBioTech, which will act as RAS supplier for a land-based salmon farm to be built in Gulen, Norway.
Ariel Corporation and HOERBIGER have agreed to jointly develop dry-running compressor solutions for hydrogen refueling stations serving buses, trains and heavy-duty vehicles. HOERBIGER will offer ready-to-use compressor packages as a result.
TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy agreed that New Hope will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas processing over 310,000 tons per year of mixed plastic waste, with TotalEnergies buying 100,000 tons of recycled feedstock for polymer production. Production is expected to start in 2025.
Straub Brewery announced that St. Marys Box Company is manufacturing eco-friendly cases for its 16 oz. returnable glass bottles, starting a long-term collaboration. The announcement was made around Earth Day 2022.
Elopak and Nippon Paper signed a license agreement under which Nippon Paper will produce and sell Elopak's Pure-Pak liquid food packaging worldwide and introduce it to the Oceania region, particularly Australia and New Zealand.
Better All Round, PulPac and PA Consulting announced a strategic alliance to bring formed fibre packaging to the UK as a replacement for single-use plastic. Waste from Better All Round's subsidiary Consuma Paper Products will be used to make the packaging.
Baker Hughes is collaborating with C3 AI, Accenture and Microsoft on industrial asset management solutions and will explore decarbonization and emissions management offerings.
Cargill will partner with Topeka startup StenCo, a Plug and Play Topeka accelerator graduate, to develop an oxygen-excluding biodegradable packaging barrier for Cargill products.
Keurig Dr Pepper and Cologne-based packaging maker PAPACKS launched a partnership to develop a fully recyclable, compostable paper beverage bottle, with a prototype expected by end of 2022.
Smurfit Kappa Italia developed a 100% corrugated cardboard display solution with Unilever for personal care and health brands, offering reusable, standardized display components and simpler logistics. The article is dated March 8, 2022.
Avantium N.V. agreed with LVMH to explore PEF, a plant-based recyclable polymer, as packaging for LVMH beauty brands. LVMH Beauty becomes the first luxury cosmetics company to join the PEFerence consortium.
Packaging company R-Pac International has entered a strategic partnership with U.S. private equity firm American Securities, with affiliates investing to support growth and global expansion; the amount was not disclosed.
Atlas Copco Power and Flow signed a commercial partnership with Proveedora de Bombas, Motores y Compresores to distribute its products, including WEDA submersible pumps, in Mexico. The agreement includes training for the distributor's personnel.
Plug Power signed a collaboration agreement with Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench and Fives to jointly develop hydrogen liquefaction plants. The partnership aims to standardize turnkey liquefier plants for global markets.
Eastside Distilling's Craft Canning + Bottling has partnered with Canadian Canning Inc. to secure domestically made Crown can supply and offer end-to-end canning services to beverage producers.
Thailand's Boon Rawd Brewery has signed a deal with Shepherd Neame to brew Singha beer at its Faversham brewery in Kent, UK, for the first time, with production already underway.
Grupo Modelo, working with WestRock and Grupo Gondi, is switching from plastic ring carriers to CanCollar Eco paperboard multipack collars in Quintana Roo, Mexico, at an investment of about $4 million. The first phase is projected to eliminate more than 100 tons of plastic waste.
Industrial Flow Solutions of New Haven, Connecticut agreed to assume global commercial and execution rights for SIDE Industrie's direct in-line DIP Systeme pumping system, which is used in wastewater networks. The deal builds on a 2019 partnership between the two companies.
Mondi announced a three-year partnership with the World Food Programme worth US$1 million to improve WFP packaging quality standards while reducing environmental impact. The partnership was first announced in February 2022.
Aramco signed nine MoUs with Korean companies KEPCO, S-Oil, POSCO, Hyundai Oilbank, H2Korea and LOTTE Fine Chemical to explore hydrogen and ammonia supply, transport, utilization and back-cracking, as a first step toward a possible large-scale facility in Saudi Arabia.
Spectrum Enterprise is providing a Managed Network Edge camera solution to Jamestown Container Companies to enhance employee safety across its six facilities in Western New York and Cleveland, Ohio. The announcement was dated 18 January 2022.
Saudi Aramco and Larsen & Toubro signed a memorandum of understanding for L&T to build a new facility in Jubail Industrial City producing high-pressure modules and vessels, with production expected by Q3 2022.
Burckhardt Compression signed a global distribution and service partnership with KB Delta, under which it distributes KB Delta's compressor valves and components worldwide. The agreement was signed in late 2021 and took effect 1 January 2022.
Ampo Poyam Valves and Nigeria Machine Tools agreed to set up a local subsidiary to design and manufacture highly engineered valves for Nigeria's energy industry. The partnership aims to serve West African customers.
ABB Robotics agreed to collaborate with California-based Zume by integrating and installing more than 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.
ABB Robotics signed an agreement to collaborate with California-based Zume, supplying robotic cells to install over 1,000 molded fiber manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed. The deal was announced on November 19, 2021.
ABB Robotics will supply robotic molded fibre manufacturing cells to Zume, installing more than 1,000 cells and up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites worldwide over five years. The collaboration aims to produce compostable packaging as an alternative to single-use plastic.
Zume has signed a deal with ABB to supply robotic cells for its molded fiber packaging production worldwide. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots over five years. Financial details were not disclosed.
ABB Robotics signed a framework agreement with California-based Zume to supply robotic cells for molded fiber packaging production. ABB will install more than 1,000 manufacturing cells with up to 2,000 robots at Zume customer sites over five years. Financial terms were not disclosed.
ALPLA, Ecohelp SRL and United Polymer Trading form a joint venture to build a PET recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania, producing 15,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET per year for about €7.5 million, creating 15 jobs.
Starflex PCL and Thai Union Graphic signed an MOU for a joint venture with registered capital of THB 250 million, with Starflex holding 51% and Thai Union Graphic 49%, initially to build a factory producing flexible packaging mainly for food.
Italian metal packaging maker Tecnocap now uses BASF's biomass-balanced plasticizer Hexamoll DINCH BMB in the sealing gaskets of its metal closures for food packaging, announced in a joint release dated September 23, 2021.
Heinz rolled out a recyclable paperboard sleeve for its UK multipack cans, made with WestRock CarrierKote paperboard, as part of a three-year GBP 25 million investment at its Kitt Green factory near Wigan. The sleeve is available in major UK retailers from September 2021.
Golden West Packaging Group has partnered with software company Lumi to make its custom corrugated printing and folding carton products available on the Lumi Marketplace across North America.
Plastic Omnium and start-up Greenerwave formed an exclusive partnership to develop a 4D imaging radar for vehicles, expected in 2025, with prototypes in 2022.
Endress+Hauser and Hahn-Schickard created the joint venture Endress+Hauser BioSense in Freiburg, Germany, to develop rapid molecular analysis equipment for contamination detection in water and beverages.
Graphic Packaging installed its QuikFlex machine at Coca-Cola HBC's Lisburn plant in Northern Ireland to produce paperboard cartons for 10- to 24-can multipacks, replacing plastic shrink wrap.
Sonoco ThermoSafe and Korean Air announced a global partnership for leasing the Pegasus ULD temperature-controlled bulk container to pharmaceutical freight forwarders. Sonoco ThermoSafe will add ICN airport to its service network.
Johnson Controls and funds managed by Apollo Global Management announced a strategic partnership offering performance-based energy efficiency and smart building services with subscription-style fees to customers in the United States and Canada.
Eastman and Procter & Gamble signed an agreement under which P&G will use Eastman Renew materials, made by molecular recycling of waste plastic, in select products and packaging. The companies will also collaborate on plastic recycling infrastructure.
Swiss maintenance firms IASA Instandhaltungstechnik AG of Frauenfeld and Robert Hunziker AG of St. Gallen will cooperate closely, both led by owner Thomas Schnyder, offering combined pump, valve and electric motor services.
Liquibox and WestRock have launched a Ships in Own Container bag-in-box solution for liquid e-commerce packaging, combining Liquibox's recyclable Liquipure flexible packaging with WestRock's Meta box designs.
ValvTechnologies and Severn Glocon agreed a partnership to combine capabilities in severe-service valves, subject to U.S. regulatory approval. The partnership is backed by private equity firm Bluewater.
Italian packaging machinery makers OCME and Robopac, both family-led, have signed an agreement to pursue joint growth and internationalization, with OCME to be led by Carlotta Gatteschi, Valentina Aureli and Enrico Aureli. The article does not state the deal terms or value.
Mondi partnered with German label materials maker VPF to produce a release liner range made from recycled paper, with all components of VPF's label laminates now recycled. The article gives no specific location or value.