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German supermarket chain Aldi will trial HDPE clear milk bottle caps. Lead-in: Aldi will partner with milk retailer Müller for the trial, which will be rolled out in some of its UK stores later this month. The retailer said the trial will initially apply to UK semi-skimmed standard milk products, which previously used green caps. [Packaging and Printing Industry Network Enterprise Focus] German food supermarket chain Aldi plans to, later this month

Zhejiang Postal Administration Advances Provincewide Green Transformation of Express Packaging Recently, the Zhejiang Provincial Postal Administration convened a provincewide meeting on energy conservation and environmental protection in the postal and express delivery industry and the green transformation of express packaging, in order to ensure the completion of the "9917" project and various tasks including plastic pollution control. The meeting reported on the overall situation in the first half of the year regarding the province's implementation of the "9917" project and plastic pollution control, commented on the distinctive highlights of some enterprises' ecological and environmental protection work, and interpreted the

Packaging paper downturn eases, cultural paper price hikes fail to land, demand still key to paper industry outlook The continuously declining packaging paper market appears to have seen a turnaround since August: not only has the general downward trend in paper prices begun to stabilize, but some paper mills have also issued price increase notices in recent days, though limited by factors such as weak market demand, they can only test the waters with modest increases. On the other hand, with August more than half over, the new round of price increases jointly launched by cultural paper enterprises in early August has ultimately been unable to overcome the weakness of market demand, and mills' order fulfillment has been blocked

In July 2022, newly commissioned capacity in China released about 650,000 tonnes of annual papermaking capacity In July, six pulp and paper enterprises in China started up a total of 7 new paper machine production lines, releasing approximately 650,000 tonnes per year of new base paper capacity. Of the 7 newly commissioned paper machine production lines, 3 are tissue paper production lines with a capacity of 70,000 tonnes/year; 2 are corrugated base paper production lines with a capacity of 170,000 tonnes; 1 is a grey board production line with a capacity of about 110,000 tonnes/year; and 1 high-grade coated white card board production line

A Few Packaging Paper Mills Issue Price-Increase Notices to Test the Market, with Hikes of 30-100 yuan/tonne. Entering August, the persistently declining packaging paper market has ushered in fresh ups and downs, with paper prices in some regions probing higher. It is understood that some paper mills issued price-increase notices a few days ago, with increases of 30-100 yuan/tonne. Since the weekend, the corrugated and containerboard market has remained broadly stable, with individual quotations raised. As some downstream packaging plants replenish inventory in appropriate amounts, and order volumes at some regional mills have increased compared with the earlier period, a few have tentatively

Packaging for daily fast-moving consumer goods has changed! International Packaging Information Network — Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and seven other departments issued the Implementation Plan for Synergizing Pollution Reduction and Carbon Reduction, advocating a simple, moderate, green, low-carbon, civilized and healthy lifestyle and reducing pollutants and carbon emissions at the source. Expand the supply and consumption of green and low-carbon products, accelerate the establishment of a unified green product certification and labeling system, and improve the mechanism for promoting green products. Promote green packaging, advance the reduction of packaging and printing, and reduce

Smart packaging is accelerating, and the business opportunities must be seized! International Packaging Information Network Amid repeated pandemic outbreaks, the once-booming "unattended retail" has once again come into people's view. A dazzling array of "unattended supermarkets" has sprung up on the market, and about half of the packaging solutions have added chips to sense and identify products. Retailers choose the technology because in the current process of product sales they encounter various problems such as anti-counterfeiting, traceability, online and offline marketing, and promotion methods

Packaging feels the heat too, as beverage bottles chase "label-free" packaging. International Information Packaging Network When we shop for drinks, at a glance the shelves are lined with all kinds of eye-catching packaging. Recently, however, the labels on some beverages have been "torn" off, leaving only bare bottles. In March this year, Master Kong launched a label-free bottle packaging that puts the low-carbon concept into practice, "tearing" the label off its Iced Black Tea — making it the first company in China to take the plunge.

International Information Packaging Network — According to statistics from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, about X hundred million tons of food intended for human consumption is discarded or wasted worldwide each year before it ever reaches the table, which is equivalent to X of total food production; X of the food is lost in transit, X is thrown away by restaurants, and X is discarded by retail stores. Dairy products, fruits and vegetables are the products that most need special care during transport and sale

Four Packaging Forces That Will Reshape the Future International Information Packaging Network Packaging is a very special kind of existence! We often say that packaging is functional, that packaging is marketing-oriented, that packaging is protective, and so on and so forth! Now we need to look at packaging anew: we say that packaging is a commodity, and even more, a competitive edge! Packaging-oriented marketing. Packaging is an important promotional tool in the circulation of goods, and the process by which consumer psychology changes is extremely closely tied to the process by which goods are sold. As