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Avantium, LVMH and Tereos form strategic alliance to scale releaf® production across Europe

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Avantium’s pilot plant in the Nerherlands

Avantium, a Dutch leader in renewable and circular polymer materials, signed Memoranda of Understanding with Tereos, a global leader in sugar, starch, alcohol and bioethanol production, and with LVMH GAÏA, the scientific and environmental R&D division of LVMH Moet Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, the world leader in luxury. Together, the parties will establish a strategic collaboration to accelerate the industrial-scale production of PEF (polyethylene furanoate), Avantium’s 100% renewable and circular performance polymer known under the brand name releaf®. Releaf® is made from plant-based feedstocks and can be applied across food & beverage packaging, cosmetic packaging, fashion and industrial fibers. This alliance unites Avantium as the inventor of releaf® with trailblazers Tereos and LVMH to scale bio-based plastics from plant-based resources, contributing to the transition away from fossil-based plastics.

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UPM and EvoPak partner to support Walkers Chocolates’ transition from a plastic wrapper to recyclable paper-based packaging

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UPM Specialty Papers has partnered with EvoPak to support Walkers Chocolates’ transition from a plastic wrapper to recyclable paper-based packaging. This will help Walkers Chocolates achieve its sustainable packaging ambition while reducing plastic usage across their site.

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Evonik to reduce carbon footprint and plastic use with new paper bags for MetAMINO®

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Evonik has introduced a more environmentally friendly 25-kilogram paper bag for MetAMINO® (DL-methionine) by eliminating the plastic film layer. This change not only benefits customers with easier disposal options but also aligns with the EU’s new ‘Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation’ (PPWR) aimed at enhancing recycling efforts.

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Stora Enso launches Performa Nova, a high-yield folding boxboard for consumer packaging

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Stora Enso paper mill in Hyltebruk (Sweden)

Stora Enso is expanding its core packaging material offering with the launch of Performa Nova, a next-generation folding boxboard (FBB, that combines high yield with exceptional performance. The new board is designed to meet the growing demand for renewable, recyclable, and efficient packaging solutionspa in segments such as dry, frozen, and chilled food, chocolate, and confectionery.

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Stora Enso teams up with Enkei for a bright sustainable future

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Stora Enso teams up with Swedish startup Enkei to find a smart and sustainable packaging solution to protect Enkei’s handcrafted designer table lamp Reminder (001) – without compromising on sustainability, safety or aesthetics. Packed and protected in a combination of corrugated board and the cushioning material Papira® by Stora Enso – both materials made by Stora Enso – the Reminder (001) can make its way to customers all over the world.

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Stora Enso signs EUR 435 million funding agreement with European Investment Bank

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Stora Enso Paper mill in Hyltebruk
Stora Enso paper mill in Hyltebruk (Sweden)

Stora Enso signed a new EUR 435 million bilateral loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the its growth in renewable, fiber-based consumer packaging board.

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Stora Enso takes a step forward in renewable bio-based packaging

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The future of packaging is circular and to be achieved with solutions that are net positive for both climate and biodiversity. This future is already taking shape in Oulu, a city in northern Finland, where the foundation stone for Stora Enso’s new board line was laid on 30 May. 

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Packaging: LUMENE, UPM and SABIC joined forces to replace fossil-based feedstocks with renewables ones

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Finnish beauty brand LUMENE is the first to launch a biobased packaging application with both the jar and label made with UPM’s innovative wood-based material, further processed by SABIC. LUMENE’s new jar and the self-adhesive label originate from renewable UPM BioVerno™ naphtha, produced by UPM in Finland. The naphtha is processed into certified renewable polypropylene by SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, and then converted both into commonly recyclable cosmetics containers and product labels printed on UPM Raflatac Forest Film label material.

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LanzaTech and Plastipak partner to produce world’s first PET Resin made from waste carbon

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Jennifer Holmgren, CEO LanzaTech, at IFIB 2019 in Naples

LanzaTech Global, Illinois-headquartered innovative carbon capture and transformation (“CCT”) company that converts waste carbon into materials, and Plastipak Packaging, a global leader in the design, manufacture, and recycling of plastic containers, have successfully produced PPKNatura, the world’s first polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin made from captured carbon emissions. The resin is suitable for food, personal care, and pharmaceutical packaging, as well as other non-packaging applications.

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An interview with Roberto Marangon, Senior Application Development Manager at Novamont

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“One of the great challenges is to use fewer resources by regenerating territories and taking care of biodiversity and soil health. Diversifying bio-based value chain is then a crucial point to meet the challenge of raw material shortages.” To say it – in this interview with Il Bioeconomista – is Roberto Marangon, Senior Application Development Manager at Novamont, the Italian company which is one of the leading players in the world bioplastics’ market. With him we talk about innovation in the bioplastics sector and the next steps of the company headquartered in Novara.

Interview by Mario Bonaccorso

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