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Constantia buys dairy lid maker
Constantia Flexibles has acquired TR Alucap, a leading Italian dairy lidding company. The transaction amount
was not revealed. TR Alucap is located near Trento – the area with the highest yoghurt production in Italy. Alucap was previously owned by two private equity companies, and has annual sales of around €20m. It employs more than 50
employees, and supplies aluminum die-cut lids and plastic films to local dairies and international food manufacturers. Constantia’s dairy
business unit has a European network of plants that make products including yoghurt lids, liquid pouches and stick pack laminates for yoghurts, plus wrap foils for butter and margarine, and cheese foil/ films and laminates. ❙
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US boosts plastic film recycling by 3% in 2015
Recycling of film packaging in the USA grew by around 3% in 2015.
The recycling of plastic
wraps, bags and other film packaging grew by 34m lbs (15,000 tonnes), to reach 1.2bn lbs (544,000 tonnes) for the year, according to the 2015 National Post-Consumer Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Reportfrom the American Chemistry Council (ACC). This is the 11th
consecutive
year that film recycling has increased according to ACC. ACC added that recycling levels are now at a record high – and are 84% higher than they were when the first report was published in 2005. “America’s plastic makers
are strong supporters of plastic film recycling – and we expect to see film recycling continue to rise,” said Steve Russell, vice president of ACC’s plastics division. Film processing is also on the increase, with an 11%
increase in 2015 for the US and Canada combined. At the same time, ACC has
tracked the recycling of rigid plastics packaging – not including bottles – and found a 4% dip in recycling rates. This equated to a fall of
around 45m lbs (20,000 tonnes), to 1.24bn lbs (562,000 tonnes) in 2015. According to ACC, a number
of factors contributed to the dip, including: challenging market conditions for com- modities; increased competi-
tion from virgin plastic materials; and weaker demand in Asia.
The rigid plastics category includes extruded and thermoformed food contain- ers, as well as lids, tubs, and cups – but also bulky items such as buckets, carts and lawn furniture. Both reports were based on an annual survey of reclaimers conducted by More Recycling (formerly Moore Recycling Associates). ❙
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Danimer to boost PHA production with Pepsi
Danimer Scientific is to expand production of its Nodax PHA biodegradable polymer – on the back of a collaboration agreement with PepsiCo. Pepsi will use the resin in
an expanding range of its flexible packaging products, having previously used it in a number of snack brands. The expanded collaboration
is expected to help speed up Pepsi’s move towards using
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only biodegradable packaging for its snack foods. “Our plan to scale Danimer Scientifics’ technology is a step towards achieving both our greenhouse gas emission reduction and our recoverable and recyclable packaging goals,” according to Mehmood Khan, PepsiCo chief scientific officer.
Nodax PHA is a naturally occurring biopolymer pro-
duced by microbial bacteria. Produced using renewable biomass, it is sustainably sourced and capable of replacing many petroleum- based plastics. “This partnership marks a
significant milestone as we continue to expand our biopolymer technology,” said Danimer Scientific’s CEO, Stephen Croskrey. ❙
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Film recycling rose for the 11th
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