Technipaq Partners With Du Pont Tyvek And Freepoint Eco Systems To Reduce And Recycle Medical Packaging Waste

Technipaq Inc, a manufacturer of flexible sterilizable packaging resolutions and Tyvek Authorized Converter, proudly announces a new partnership with DuPont Tyvek and recycling partner Freepoint Eco-Systems, designed to significantly build upon the company’s ongoing sustainability and recycling efforts.

Technipaq will be capable to effectively divert its mixed material plastic waste stream, containing Tyvek and other plastic waste, generated during healthcare packaging manufacturing at its Crystal Lake, IL facility, away from landfills and to Freepoint, where it is recycled for use in the production of new ‘virgin quality plastics and fuels.

“DuPont Tyvek has consistently taken a leadership role in forging interdisciplinary partnerships within the global healthcare packaging and manufacturing value chain, which is a frequently important topic for our industry as we collectively seek to achieve more sustainable solutions and create a circular economy,” said Brian Rosenburg, President and CEO, Technipaq. “We are excited and honored to play such a major role in helping make this a reality.”

“This represents yet another great multi-stakeholder partnership designed to build a waste-free, ‘closed loop’ healthcare packaging manufacturing environment,” said John Richard, Vice President, DuPont Safety.

“The healthcare industry requires a broad spectrum of plastics to manufacture packaging solutions for medical device, diagnostic and pharmaceutical products. Recyclability of healthcare packaging manufacturing waste is an increasingly important topic for the industry as it seeks to achieve sustainable solutions and a circular economy. Bringing a market leader such as Technipaq into this initiative marks a significant, positive step forward for our industry overall,” added Richard.

“Freepoint intends to recycle waste plastic that is usually very challenging to recycle and is typically headed for landfill or incineration,” said Kat Doerr, Vice President of Origination, Freepoint Eco-Systems. “By converting plastic waste into reusable products, less oil is required to be extracted from the ground. This results in a more sustainable economy and a healthier planet.”

Freepoint aspires to divert 170 million pounds of plastic waste from landfills at each of its facilities on an annual basis—the equivalent of reducing GHG emissions from up to 55,000 cars per facility.

Tyvek is mainly made of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) and is certified 100% recyclable, making it compatible with existing and emerging (advanced) recycling techniques. Due to its unique combination of properties, Tyvek allows for the facilitation of packaging solutions—such as mono-material structures—that meet the sustainable design guidelines established by industry leaders such as the Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council (HPRC), CEFLEX and RecyClass.

For more details: www.technipaq.com

A Supplier Of Sustainable Rigid Packaging Solutions For Consumer Goods Products, Announced That It Has Acquired Gateway Plastics

The Company is a leading worldwide supplier of dispensing and specialty closures for food, beverage, health care, garden, home, personal care, and beauty products. The Company is also a leading supplier of metal containers in North America and Europe for food and general line products. In addition, the Company is a leading supplier of custom-designed plastic containers for shelf-stable food and personal care products in North America.

Silgan Holdings Inc, a supplier of sustainable rigid packaging solutions for consumer goods products, announced that it has acquired Gateway Plastics. This business manufactures and sells dispensing closures and integrated dispensing packaging solutions, such as a combined container and closure or 100% recyclable dispensing beverage pods, to consumer goods product companies primarily for the food and beverage markets. It operates a large, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Mequon, Wisconsin, and is projected to generate approximately $150 million in sales and approximately $46 million in adjusted EBITDA for 2021.

“The acquisition of Gateway is the most recent example of Silgan deploying our disciplined capital allocation model to create shareholder value. We are excited to add the Gateway team and business to our global Dispensing and Specialty Closures franchise,” said Adam Greenlee, President, and CEO. “Gateway has existing capacity for growth as it is very well capitalized with state-of-the-art equipment and market-leading capabilities and, like Silgan, maintains a relentless focus on meeting the unique needs of its customers. This acquisition further expands our comprehensive product offering in Dispensing and Specialty Closures and provides further growth opportunities with many of our existing and shared customers. In addition, we believe Gateway’s advanced automation platform can be leveraged across much of Silgan’s manufacturing footprint,” concluded Mr. Greenlee.

The purchase price for this acquisition was $485 million, subject to customary adjustments including net debt and working capital. With this acquisition, Silgan expects to realize tax benefits having a net present value of approximately $90 million as a result of the step-up in tax basis of the assets from this acquisition. In addition, Silgan expects to realize annual synergies as an outcome of this acquisition of approximately $2 million within 12 months primarily through procurement savings. Silgan funded the purchase price for this acquisition with revolving loan borrowings under its senior secured credit facility.

This acquisition is expected to be slightly accretive to the Company’s earnings in 2021, excluding the impact of required purchase accounting adjustments, with additional accretion expected in 2022.

For more details: www.silganholdings.com

Knowde Brings Cutting-Edge Online Buying Experience To Plastic Packaging Materials

All your packaging needs at one place Knowde, various range of Specifiers, converters, compounders, and buyers can now search, filter, collaborate, and request samples, quotes, raw materials to compounded products.

For the packaging segment, Knowde’s plastics have a wide array of vinyl polymers, polyolefin, polyamides, styrenics, polyesters and copolyesters, pigments, and colorants from hundreds of the industry’s top producers, including DuPont, Mitsubishi Chemical, AdvanSix, Sasol, Invista, and Vynova.

“From protecting the food that we eat to creating tamper-proof safeguards for medical and pharmaceutical applications, plastic packaging materials play a vital role in the production of the bottles, bags, shrink wrap, stretch film, blister packs and clamshells that consumers use every day,” said Dan Haas, Chief Commercial Officer at Knowde. “Plastic packaging is often considered to be the most recyclable, sustainable alternative among packaging material options.”

Now users can unlock and explore materials by chemistry application, function, technical properties, and much more. Additionally, Knowde Concierge provides access to expert advice and insight on all manufacturer, brand, and product pages, and ensures prompt replies to inquiries. Signup is free for R&D and procurement professionals.

“From protecting the food that we eat to creating tamper-proof safeguards for medical and pharmaceutical applications, plastic packaging materials play a vital role in the production of the bottles, bags, shrink wrap, stretch film, blister packs and clamshells that consumers use every day. Plastic packaging is often considered to be the most recyclable, sustainable alternative among packaging material options.”Dan Haas, Chief Commercial Officer at Knowde.

For more details: www.knowde.com

The Biggest Revolution Has Come Into Light When Csir Has Developed A Biodegradable And Compostable Plastic

This product can ensure that when plastic end up in landfills, it can bio-degrade within 180days, if bio plastic product is combined with organic waste it can decompose within 90 days with no toxic remains.

Bio plastics are a comparatively new field within the South African plastics industry. As an outcome, landfills overflow with plastic bags and products from the household waste process. The development is a significant milestone for the Csir in working towards environmental sustainability and a green economy for South Africa.

“Our bioplastic technology is based on the use of biopolymers and agricultural waste by-products such as starch, cellulose and glycerol. Through smart use of additives, we have created unique formulations to modify the properties through a melt-processing technique. This has resulted in pellets which can be blown into films for carrier bags, kitchen waste bags, mulch films and packaging films, as well as rigid cutlery products,” says Csir senior researcher Dr Sudhakar Muniyasamy.

“Our technology has been validated at an industrial manufacturing facility, and the pilot scale-testing for the production of the pellets and industrial-scale conversion process has been done for a specific product line, “by Muniyasamy.

This can be a booster for the agricultural sector, medical and hospitality industries. Who have been waiting for green method of packaging, the market had been using petroleum based chemicals for 90%of its packaging, which is not a good produce for environment.

Csir is now working towards licensing the technology as part of the commercialization process.

For more details: www.csir.co.za

Alpla Takes Over Spanish Bottle Manufacturer Plastisax

With the purchase of the Spanish bottle manufacturer Plastisax S.L. based in the province of Alicante, Alpla is consolidating its market position in eastern Spain and expanding its production capacities mainly for packaging solutions made from plastic HDPE (high-density polyethylene). A smaller product area also includes bottles made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate). EBM (extrusion blow moulding) and SBM (stretch blow moulding) are used as production technologies. The company has 58 employees who will be taken over by Alpla.

Marc de Voogd, General Manager France & Iberia at Alpla, says: ‘With the integration of Plastisax into our group, we are expanding our customer base and improving our geographical footprint to serve our regionally based customers even better. With the new location near Alicante, we are now very well positioned along the Mediterranean coast in addition to the existing plants near Barcelona and Valencia.’

Alpla plans to increasingly manufacture products with a high proportion of post-consumer recycling material (PCR) in the new plant. ‘Plastisax already offers its customers sustainable packaging made from recycled HDPE and recycled PET as well as bio-based PE. Alpla has significant experience in these fields and can provide recycled material from its plants,’ de Voogd says of the resulting synergies. In autumn 2019, Alpla bought two HDPE recycling companies near Barcelona and Valladolid. They ensure the supply of the production facilities in the region with PCR and contribute to strengthening the local bottle-to-bottle circular economy cycle.

For more details: www.alpla.com/en

New Flavors Of Aroma-Can Drop-In By Airnov Healthcare Packaging

Airnov Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in controlled atmosphere packaging, has expanded its range of Aroma-Can products to incorporate a wider range of flavors and scents.

Strawberry and Mint flavors join core range alongside orange, lemon and vanilla

Aroma-Can improves the user experience in a variety of food/vitamin and nutraceutical products by masking or enhancing scents

New flavors become part of Airnov’s standard offering, with ability to create new flavors to meet customer demands

Aroma-Can with two new flavors strawberry and mint has been added to the lineup of products which are injection molded with a specially scented polymer compounded into the resin to release over time.

Many nutraceuticals, such as fish oil tablets and valerian root, have inherently off-putting odors that discourage customers from taking the product as prescribed or from re-purchasing. Designed to drop into packaging, Aroma-Can emit a pleasant aroma made to mask unwanted odors typically found in some herbal and nutraceutical products. They are also used to enhance the customer experience and brand appeal by adding an associated aroma to vitamins, probiotics, and other dietary supplements.

Nicolas Martinez, Global Product Manager at Airnov, commented: “What started as a niche product has exploded thanks to nutraceutical brand owners responding to consumers focusing more on their health and our ability to deliver new, tailored scents to the market in an easily automatable package?”

The new flavors join the existing core variety of orange, lemon, and vanilla, with Airnov also able to create new, custom scents to meet custom products.

For more details: www.airnov-healthcare.com/products/Aroma-Can