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Cost of starch and hot-melt and dispersion adhesives may rise

PTS publishes research report on recycled starch

05 September 2018

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Published in issue 36/2018

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~ 7 min

Germany’s corrugated board industry sells around 10 billion m2 of corrugated board annually, relying exclusively on starch glues. According to figures from the trade association of Germany’s starch industry, the country’s...

Italy’s corrugated board industry continues to increase production in 2017, reports GIFCO

15 August 2018

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Published in issue 33/2018

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~ 3 min

The Italian corrugated board industry regards 2017 as a productive year. After having already attained record figures in 2016, the Italian industry succeeded in further raising its output in the subsequent year. Gruppo Italiano...

European folding carton industry comments on 4th draft of the mineral oil ordinance

17 May 2017

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Published in issue 20/2017

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~ 4 min

After the German Federation for Food Law and Food Science (BLL) and the German Business Associations for Paper Processing (WPV), the Trade Association of the German Folding Carton Industry (FFI) has now presented an extensive...

Mineral oil migration: France becomes active, too

17 May 2017

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Published in issue 20/2017

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~ 2 min

The discussion on mineral oil from paper and board packaging contaminating food has meanwhile also reached France. The French public authority for food safety, Angers, published its first recommendations on handling this subject...

Coffee to go – focus on disposable cups, problems and possible alternatives

Kotka offers innovative coating, Model tests new recovery procedure

06 July 2016

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Published in issue 27/2016

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~ 5 min

For many years now the to-go, take-away or away-from-home market has been growing and, according to what EUWID’s respondents expect, will continue to do so. The world has gone mobile, people no longer prepare their sandwiches at...

British industry launches “Paper Cup Manifesto”

06 July 2016

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Published in issue 27/2016

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~ 1 min

More than 30 companies have joined an initiative launched by the British Foodservice Packaging Association (FPA) and Paper Cup Recovery and Recycling Group (PCRRG) to sign an industry-wide "paper cup manifesto". The stated goal of...

James Cropper and McDonald’s start trial to recycle paper cups

17 February 2016

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Published in issue 7/2016

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~ 2 min

British firm James Cropper PLC has started a trial partnership with McDonald’s UK to recycle paper coffee cups. The plastic-coated cups were previously considered as non-recyclable. The recently launched partnership will enable...

FFI: “Printing Inks Ordinance will not eliminate the migration problem”

17 November 2015

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Published in issue 1/2014

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~ 5 min

According to the trade association of the German folding carton industry (Fachverband Faltschachtel-Industrie e.V., FFI), the Printing Inks Ordinance fails to eliminate the proper causes of the migration problem. Instead,...

Italian corrugated board sector shows 2% growth in 2014, reports GIFCO

Slight decline in production in the first quarter of 2015

01 July 2015

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Published in issue 27/2015

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~ 3 min

Italy’s producers of corrugated board and corrugated board packaging that are represented by Gruppo Italiano Fabbricanti Cartone Ondulato (GIFCO) regard their past financial year as a good one. The sector recorded a 2% rise in...

Warsaw conference: Post-consumer waste separation in Poland still in its infancy

New waste management guidelines draw flak not only from the paper industry

13 April 2015

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Published in issue 28/2014

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~ 6 min

Barely a year after the introduction of Poland’s “waste management revolution”, experts see an urgent need to rework the system rather than the hoped for advances in packaging waste collection and recycling. At a conference on...

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