Packagings

Packagings are necessary in today's world: they protect the product, give informations about the product and attract attention of concumers. There are various packaging materials: plastics, paper, glass, metal or wood. Nowadays packagings became smart: they can indicate, whether packed food is fresh or protect against counterfeiting.

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Trelleborg presents FoodPro sealing materials at drinktec 2025

Trelleborg will exhibit its FoodPro range of globally compliant sealing materials for food and beverage processing equipment at drinktec 2025, hall B5, booth 552. The portfolio covers EPDM, NBR, FKM, PTFE and PEEK solutions and includes new FoodPro EPDM grades.

thyssenkrupp Uhde to deliver two PET plants for Köksan in Türkiye and Iraq

thyssenkrupp Uhde’s subsidiary Uhde Inventa-Fischer has signed a Letter of Intent with Köksan for the delivery of two PET production plants in Türkiye and Iraq, utilizing the Melt-To-Resin process to enhance efficiency and sustainability.

Aimplas develops new decontamination methods for recycled polyolefins

Aimplas is leading the Deconwaste project to develop advanced cleaning and decontamination methods for recycled polyolefins, aiming to enable their safe use in food contact applications and comply with European regulations.

Interpack 2026

Sidel - Interpack 2026

Thomas Dohse on Interpack 2026

Colines and No.El. on trends after Interpack 2026

Colines and No.El. summarized their participation in Interpack 2026. The companies indicate that efficiency, sustainability, coreless stretch film and solutions reducing material waste are becoming key topics for the packaging market.

Netstal to present an autoinjector housing line at FIP 2026

At FIP 2026 in Lyon, Netstal will present an integrated production solution for the serial production of autoinjector housings for GLP-1 drugs. The core of the system will be the new fully electric Elion MED injection molding machine with a clamping force of 1200 kN.

Erema wins award for Volex recycling technology

Erema received the Plastics Recycling Award Europe 2026 in the recycling machinery innovation category for its Volex technology. The solution is designed to improve degassing in mechanical plastics recycling and reduce the level of volatile organic compounds in recycled pellets.

Sidel to showcase smart manufacturing at ProPak Asia 2026

At ProPak Asia 2026, Sidel will present production line technologies, digital solutions and packaging production systems. The showcase will include EvoBLOW Laser, Aseptic Predis X4 and the Synergy low-pressure PET blowing kit.

Wine in PET bottles as a lighter alternative to glass

The growing importance of lightweight packaging is also affecting the wine segment. Alpla indicates that PET bottles can reduce packaging weight, facilitate logistics and lower the carbon footprint compared with glass.

Mondi developed bumper packaging with Ovoko

Mondi and Ovoko have implemented a corrugated packaging solution for transporting car bumpers sold in e-commerce. According to the companies, the new packaging improves product protection and reduces unit packaging costs by up to 42%.

interpack 2026 summed up by exhibitors

After interpack 2026, the organisers published an event summary together with comments from company and industry association representatives. The statements focused mainly on automation, materials, digitalisation, the PPWR and the raw materials situation.

Gentlebrand develops the SmartWeighting concept

Gentlebrand presented its SmartWeighting concept using the MINERA still water bottle as an example. The solution is intended to reduce material use while maintaining functional performance, packaging aesthetics and brand positioning.