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• April 2024: Orlandi, a leading packaging and sampling company, unveiled EcoPro Paper-Wrap as a response to the increased need for sustainable packaging. EcoPro stands out by eschewing plastic, film, or foil, resonating with the eco-minded consumer base. It is environmentally friendly. EcoPro is a heat-sealable, high-barrier paper wrap purposefully crafted for recyclability. This innovative solution marked a substantial leap from conventional plastic film, foil pouches, and select packets/sachets.
• July 2023: Ember Technologies Inc., a global brand in temperature control, unveiled the world's pioneering self-warming Baby Bottle System. Leveraging Ember's patented technology, this innovative system swiftly warms milk to ideal feeding temperatures in under five minutes. Prioritizing safety and user-friendliness, the system boasts triple redundancy safeguards and advanced temperature sensors, guaranteeing consistent warmth. Furthermore, the bottle's lightweight, ergonomic design and modular structure simplify cleaning, filling, and assembly.

• March 2024: SIG, a leading aseptic carton supplier, has established a strategic partnership with DPA Brasil, a prominent dairy company, to launch spouted pouch packaging for its Chamyto yoghurt brand. The innovative spouted pouch, featuring the SIG CloverCap 85RO closure and filled using SIG Prime 120 equipment, offers a lightweight yet durable design. This design significantly enhances ease of consumption, particularly for children.
• August 2023: Unither Pharmaceuticals recently purchased the Novartis facility in São Paulo as part of its strategic growth plan in the Brazilian market. As stated by its president, this acquisition allows Unither Pharmaceuticals to take advantage of aseptic operations in Latin America and expand its range of multidose ophthalmic containers.

• November 2023 - ProAmpac unveiled its ProActive PCR retort pouches, featuring post-consumer recycled (PCR) material. This addition bolsters ProAmpac's ProActive sustainability platform, offering brands tailored solutions to advance its circular economy goals.
• April 2023 - Huhtamaki introduced a new line of flexible packaging crafted from mono-materials such as paper, PE, and PP retort. These solutions boast a significantly higher mono-material composition than their counterparts while maintaining barrier protection, recyclability, and cost-effectiveness.

• June 2024: Myprotein, a significant online sports nutrition brand in India, strengthened its dedication to the Indian market. It announced a pioneering feature, the 'Authentication QR Code,' empowering consumers to validate their purchases swiftly. This QR code grants access to crucial details like authenticity, country of origin, expiration date, and batch number.
• October 2023: Appetite Creative, a digital technology studio, partnered with Tetra Pak, a packaging company, to introduce innovative interactive smart packaging for Rauch, a European fruit juice producer. This smart packaging was designed to complement Rauch's winter drink theme.

• May 2024 - Innovia Films, a significant material science pioneer and a major producer of BOPP films, launched a newly developed, uniquely engineered two-sided coated cavitated film for pressure-sensitive labeling (PSL) applications, which is marketed as Rayoface AQBHA. The polypropylene film offers significant printability with a backside coating specifically designed for hot melt pressure-sensitive label coating.
• March 2024- ReCrysta, a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film for shrink labels developed by Toyobo Co. Ltd, was recognized as meeting or exceeding the voluntary requirements for the APR Design for recyclability.
• January 2024 - Avery Dennison launched a new decorative linerless technology, AD LinrSave. With this technology, Avery Dennison aims to transform the market for linerless prime labels.

• July 2024: EMX, a logistics provider under 7X, announced the launch of “EMX International,” its new international solution for e-commerce parcel delivery in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. By partnering with a network of courier service providers across the GCC, EMX International would support the e-commerce business growth in the area and can fuel the demand for corrugated boxes for e-commerce packaging in the GCC during the forecast period.
• August 2023: Al Watania for Industries received a visit from the Head of the Purchasing Department at Arab Food Production Company, which established collaborations to enhance partnerships in various sectors, including the cardboard products sector, egg trays, and plastic and agricultural packaging products. 

• December 2023: IFFCO Group, a UAE-based multinational FMCG group, signed an MOU with Tetra Pak, a food processing and packaging solutions company. IFFCO Group planned to expand its operations in Saudi Arabia by constructing a factory. The company would emphasize local production of sustainable, high-quality products aligned with Saudi Arabia’s economic goals and environmental protocols. It will also prioritize reducing waste, emissions, and green industry standards.
• October 2023: The Khalifa Economic Zones Abu Dhabi (KEZAD) Group reached a land lease agreement with Gulf Printing & Packaging (GPP) to facilitate the expansion of GPP’s facilities in KEZAD Al Ma’mourah, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

• August 2024: ICELAND Foods announced plans to roll out vacuum packaging for its entire lineup of beef and pork mince products. This move aims to extend shelf life and tackle food waste. The retailer noted that the new airtight packaging, set to replace conventional plastic trays, could enhance the shelf life of beef mince by nearly 50%.
• May 2023: Amcor, a packaging solutions company, announced its definitive agreement to acquire Moda Systems. Based in New Zealand, Moda Systems specializes in designing, assembling, and supporting advanced modular vacuum packing solutions tailored for the meat, poultry, and dairy industries. The company is renowned for its automated protein packaging machines.

• April 2024 - Eastman and Sealed Air proudly introduced a compostable, lightweight tray. This tray, tailored as a direct substitute to conventional polystyrene foam trays in protein packaging, seamlessly integrates with existing industrial food packaging machinery.
• August 2023 - Tesco initiated a recycling program, converting its used plastic food trays into packaging. This aligns with its commitment to reducing single-use plastics. Collaborating with packaging manufacturer Faerch, Tesco retrieves plastic food trays from customers, recycles them, and transforms them into new food-grade plastic trays.

• April 2023: Egypt and India laid the foundation stone for a USD 110 million PET production factory in Ain Sokhna, Suez governorate. A monthly output capacity of 30,000 tonnes is anticipated for the project. Construction is expected to be completed in two stages, the first of which will begin in the first half of 2024 and the second in the middle of 2025.
• November 2022: Tempo Paper Pulp & Packaging Ltd's second BOPP film line was established in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria, representing a significant investment in the African plastic packaging market. This investment is in response to the increasing demand for high-quality packaging film on the African continent, particularly in Nigeria. Tempo Paper Pulp & Packaging Ltd made a significant commitment to satisfy Africa's growing packaging needs by establishing a new BOPP film line with a width of 8.7 meters and an annual production capacity of 42,000 tons. BOPP films are widely utilized in various applications, such as flexible packaging, labeling, and laminating, making them an indispensable component of the packaging industry.