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• March 2024: Greif Inc. collaborated with CDF Corporation to launch an innovative redesign of its GCUBE intermediate bulk container (IBC) Flex. It is specially designed to transport highly sensitive and fluid products in a sterile environment. The launch aligns with the firm's overall innovation and investment approach, where sustainable solutions improve customer experience and protect product quality and safety.
• April 2023: Mauser Packaging Solutions unveiled the news of the expansion of its product range in Singapore through its recent investment in modern equipment for producing plastic drums. The investment also enhances the region’s access to the Infinity Series, which is part of a larger product range the company offers.

• November 2023 - SGD Pharma introduced the market's primary packaging glass of lightweight glass bottles. The primary packaging combines the functionality of glass with the look and feel of glass while also reducing the carbon footprint associated with weight reduction. According to the Deputy General Manager of Industrial Operations at SGD Pharma's Zhanjiang plant, these bottles are innovated from the company's Zhanjiang plant in China, representing the high-class performance needed coupled with aesthetics and functionality.
• October 2023 - The glass pioneer SCHOTT introduced next-generation type I Borosilicate glass tubing. This new product and its associated services will support three key trends in the pharma industry: the development of complex pharmaceuticals, sustainability, and digitalization. Pharmaceutical converters use the company's glass tubing to produce high-quality vials, ampoules, syringes, or cartridges to store simple and complex drugs. In particular, the company sees an increasing demand for biopharmaceutical products in the future, where packaging and materials will need to meet more stringent requirements and regulations.

• February 2024 - Berry has launched its Reusable tableware range to help meet the food service industry’s demand for more sustainable packaging solutions. This initiative is in response to mounting legislative and customer pressures throughout the sector to transform its packaging practices. For example, the Anti-Waste Law for Circular Economy law (AGEC) in France, mandates that restaurants and other establishments with seating for more than 20 guests must offer reusable tableware.
• September 2023 - Pactiv Evergreen and ExxonMobil Collaborate to Leverage Advanced Recycling for Foodservice Industry Packaging while Evergreen will soon be able to offer its customers certified-circular polypropylene (PP) packaging products leveraging ExxonMobil’s Exxtend™ technology for advanced recycling. These innovative products will meet all regulatory requirements and specifications for food contact applications.

• October 2023 - Saudi Arabia and PepsiCo penned an agreement to collect recyclable materials on board the country’s aircraft and divert them from landfills as part of an overall sustainability strategy. Saudi Arabia and PepsiCo, in collaboration with social enterprise Nadeera, offer cutting-edge, digital solid waste management solutions and will develop an unprecedented approach to collect, recycle, and divert from landfills recyclable waste on board Saudi Airlines flights, in collaboration with Saudi Airlines employees and partners.
• June 2023 - Coco, a London-based nonalcoholic restaurant, inaugurated their first international branch in Saudi Arabia. In July 2023, Rebel Foods introduced two cloud kitchens in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company aims to open 60 online restaurants across the city in the next few years and plans to expand to other cities such as Jeddah, Dammam, and Khobar. Such rising openings of food service restaurants and cloud kitchens nationwide are expected to directly impact the demand for disposable packaging options such as boxes, cartons, bags, cups, and wraps in the upcoming period.

• August 2023: Spanco Storage Systems, a key plastic pallet manufacturer, introduced the latest generation of plastic pallets. Spanco's new series of plastic pallets are highly durable and robust, ideal for heavy-duty applications. Spanco's plastic pallets are constructed from premium-grade HDPE and are engineered to withstand the harshest storage conditions. Spanco plastic pallets are designed for long service life. They resist impact, corrosion, and extreme temperatures, so businesses do not have to replace them often and reduce operating downtime.
• April 2023: Greystone Logistics Inc., a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based processor of recycled plastic that develops, manufactures, and sells 100 percent-recycled plastic pallets, announced the purchase of Paradigm Plastic Pallets Inc., plastic pallet manufacturing equipment, and the reinstatement of production capabilities at its plant in Indiana. According to Greystone, Indiana-based Paradigm's pallets are manufactured using a hollow profile extrusion process and include robotics to facilitate production. Greystone adds that recycled plastic will be used in the process, consistent with its green standards.

• February 2023: Milk & More, a UK-based online grocery and milk doorstep delivery service, collaborated with a reusable packaging start-up again to enable consumers to make more eco-friendly choices. The businesses intend to ensure the reuse of 3 million pieces of packaging that might be used only once otherwise. As part of Milk & More's effort to make sustainable packaging options simpler and more convenient, items will be collected from customers' homes.
• March 2022: PFF Group installed a GBP 2 million (USD 2.6 million) system at its Sedgefield site as part of its GBP 4 million (USD 5.2 million) investment program in new process technology. It will be used to manufacture PFF's fully recyclable, food-grade packaging concept, IMPAC-T, to meet the increased demand from food manufacturers for reduced plastic in packaging.

• June 2023: Coca-Cola India introduced a new bottle in Andhra Pradesh that is 100% recycled PET (rPET), with the assistance of ALPLA. It is an important milestone as the first time a 100% rPET bottle is used in India for food or beverages. ALPLA's initiatives are intended to promote Coca-Cola's global objective of using at least 50% recycled material in all packaging by 2030 by providing the rPET preforms. The new rPET bottle, now offered in 1 l bottles, was introduced for the packaged drinking water company Kinley.
• May 2022: Amcor Limited announced next-generation technology enabling bottles to be produced 30% lighter and with 100% recycled material. Furthermore, innovation will improve the consumer experience while addressing widespread commitments to reduce material use and lower greenhouse gas emissions.
• January 2022: Plastipak manufacturing and recycling plastic bottles and containers expanded its PET recycling capacity at its manufacturing site in Bascharage, Luxembourg. It converts washed rPET flakes from post-consumer bottles into food-grade recycled PET (rPET) pellets.

• October 2022: Fedrigoni, a prominent paper manufacturer, acquires Guarro Casas, enhancing its selection of specialty papers for high-end printing, packaging, and other creative uses. Guarro Casas specializes in producing fine papers for innovative and binding applications. It is a market player in high-added-value finishing for luxury packaging, fine book covering, and security applications. This acquisition strengthens Fedrigoni's proposal in the specialty papers business.
• August 2022: Delta Global, a supplier of luxury packaging, has received a Gold Award from EcoVadis, a company that rates the sustainability of businesses. The business's stance on the environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement are all taken into account by EcoVadis.
• January 2022: Wildcat Packaging was acquired by Groupe Caisserie Bordelaise, allowing them to join the luxury market. With the acquisition of Wildcat Packaging, Groupe Caisserie Bordelaise, a manufacturer of hardwood crates for wine and spirits, would enter the market for custom luxury packaging. With the purchase of Wildcat Packaging, a French company that makes luxury packaging, the group's portfolio would now include jewelry and cosmetics, among other things.

• August 2022: Constantia Flexibles acquired FFP Packaging Solutions to see it gain its first consumer plant in the United Kingdom that focuses on developing recyclable laminates for flow wraps, lidding films, and pre-made pouches. FFP Packaging Solutions reportedly represent over 80% of its sales in sustainable packaging in the United Kingdom, offering expertise in recyclable laminates for flow wraps, lidding films, and pre-made pouches.
• July 2022: Simmons Pet Food announced new initiatives as the firm invested USD 500 million in a strategic growth strategy that included the start-up of the second line of canned pet food at its Dubuque, Iowa, plant, a new pet food distribution facility in the area of Edgerton, Kansas, and a fourth high-speed canning line at its facility in Emporia, Kansas.

• April 2022 - Amcor launched a new platform of paper-based packaging products called AmFiberTM. The AmFiber platform demonstrates Amcor's consumer-centric and adaptable approach to innovation, as it aims to redefine the capabilities of traditional paper packaging, thus, providing a wider range of features and functional benefits to meet the changing needs of consumers.
• April 2022 - Sealed Air introduced Prismiq, a digital packaging brand with a portfolio of digital printing, design services, and smart packaging solutions. Digital printing technology is creating game-changing value for customers, enabling touchless automation in the company's facilities and customers' operations.
• March 2022 - Huhtamaki Oyj's site in Alf, Germany, announced that it was switching its focus from plastics to smooth molded fiber (SMF) products to meet the increasing demand for plastic-free alternatives to food packaging. According to the company, in 2022, the unit plans to replace more than 2,000 tons of plastic with fiber.