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Stora Enso announces closure of two paper & pulp mills, production to fall by 35%

Paperboard specialist Stora Enso announced today that it will close down its loss-making Kvarnsveden and Veitsiluoto pulp and paper production mills in the third quarter of 2021. Paper sales will fall by €600m.The continued decline in...

Procos opens US office

German packaging manufacturer Procos has expanded into the US with the opening of a Procos Americas office in New York.Sébastien Williams has been appointment Sales Manager of Procos...

Eastman signs MoU with ELC for recycled plastics

The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has signed a global Memorandum of Understanding with chemicals company Eastman to boost its use of recycled and recyclable plastics in its packaging.ELC is to incorporate packaging solutions enabled by...

CTK Cosmetics launches digital innovation platform CTK CLIP

Convinced that full-service is the future, South Korean packaging and formulation specialist CTK Cosmetics is aiming to make it easier for companies to develop turnkey beauty products with the launch of CTK CLIP, its online innovation...

Stoelzle to debut US production with purchase of Anchor Hocking Glass site

With its acquisition of Anchor Hocking Glass Company’s glassworks in Pennsylvania, Austria’s Stoelzle Glass Group is expanding its global footprint into North America.On March 1st, Stoelzle Glass Group bought Anchor Hocking Glass...

FS Korea drives eco-design of applicator portfolio

Korean manufacturer of brushes and other packs and applicators, FS Korea is moving to focus its engineering on more eco-friendly products. Its research on materials, recyclability and reusability are leading to a string of new concepts.For...

Steklarna Hrastnik inaugurates new furnace, invests in decoration

Cementing its focus on the premium spirits and perfumery markets after shuttering its tableware business last year, this week Slovenian glassmaker Steklarna Hrastnik inaugurated its new furnace for extra white flint glass.Steklarna...

Advertorial

Salinas Packaging Group – A year of meeting challenges

The acquisition of Fabregas in February, creation of an international division in April, launch of its e-think tank makebox.design in November, and conversion to a 4.0 industrial model to meet CSR challenges… In 2020 the Spanish leader in...

Dossier

Taking stock in the glass industry: crisis, innovation & sustainability

In the world of luxury packaging, glass has long been king. In our monthly Dossier, we take an in-depth look at how the health crisis is impacting glassmakers, what could be put into place to boost the sector's profitability and what is in...

Interview

Behind Courbet's strategy to pioneer sustainable jewelry

Manuel Mallen believes that lab-grown diamonds are the future. A veteran of the high jewelry market, having managed Baume & Mercier and Piaget, the Founder and President of French maison Courbet talks about the brand’s ecological and...