Noteworthy industry briefs

from Canadian Packaging September 2022

Packaging news round-up

Leading industrial adhesives manufacturer H.B. Fuller Company of St. Paul, Minn., has entered into a strategic partnership in North America with Enimac, a globally operating manufacturer of tape application equipment serving customers in over 30 countries worldwide. According to the companies, the agreement e ectively combines the respective market application expertise of both companies with advanced knowledge on pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes to support the growing e-commerce packaging industry. “As the e-commerce packaging market begins its next wave of exponential growth, the agreement with Enimac strengthens our presence in the market by leveraging our performing tape and their application technology expertise to provide quality solutions and technical support to a wide range of packaging makers,” says Tania Montesi, H.B. Fuller’s global e-commerce packaging business development manager.

Kingsey Falls, Que.-headquartered corrugated packaging group Cascades Inc., has announced the launch of the company’s northbox XTEND line of isothermal meal boxes said to be 20 per cent more e icient than the company’s current like of home delivery meal boxes. To be produced on a newly commissioned line at the company’s Cascades Enviropac plant in York, Pa., the new northbox XTEND features a special new moisture barrier that helps to keep the insulation rigid, while enabling the packaged food to stay fresh longer in transit and requiring less ice. “We’re pleased to innovate with our customers to o er them a variety of high-performance and adaptable isothermal packaging solutions,” says Luc Langevin, president and chief operating o icer of Cascades Specialty Products Group. “Since 2007, our recycled cardboard meal boxes have been perfected to meet operational and environmental challenges,” Langevin adds. “Our expansion plan in the market is rolling out as anticipated, reinforcing our role as a strategic partner that works in close proximity with customers.”

St. Louis, Mo.-headquartered rigid packaging plastics manufacturing group TricorBraun has been honored with two 2022 AmeriStar Packaging Awards from the Institute of Packaging Professionals (IoPP) in recognition of the company’s innovation and packaging excellence in the Food: Shelf Stable category. • Designed by the company’s

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Roasters package utilizes a pocket zipper to replace the traditional tin tie used on co ee bags for opening and

closing, with the bags themselves made from 60-percent compostable and renewable material. • The NERDS Twist & Mix pack, produced for Ferrara Candy

Company, features a custom polypropylene (PP) base, enabling consumers to twist the customclarified PP lid on one circularshaped, five-compartment package to mix and match their perfect combination of NERDS Candy flavors. “We are honored to receive these prestigious awards, recognizing packaging innovation in partnership with our customers,” says TricorBraun president and chief executive o icer Court Carruthers. “This recognition acknowledges our team’s dedication to serving our customers’ needs.”

Milwaukee, Wis.-headquartered Regal Rexnord Automation Solutions has completed a rebranding project to update its corporate name from the former Arrowhead Systems moniker. The rebranding reflects the company’s recent acquisition by Regal Rexnord, a leading global manufacturer of industrial powertrain solutions, power transmission components, electric motors, electronic controls, and

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specialty electrical components and systems. Under its new name, Regal Rexnord Automation Solutions will continue to provide industry-leading industrial process automation solutions—including conveyors, palletizers and depalletizers—to the food-and beverage, aluminum can, and consumer staples (household goods, hygiene products, etc.) industries.

Leading Swedish industrial packaging and logistics services group Nefab AB has been awarded the 2002 German Packaging Award in the Sustainability category for the company’s highly innovative fiber-based solution for Lib (lithium-ion) batteries. Developed as an alternative to the traditional hard-torecycle EPP (expanded polypropylene) materials, the EdgePak Straw system is a mono-fiber solution that is fully recyclable and can handle weight loads of up to 350 kilograms per box, with up to four-layer stackability during transport. Featuring UN certification for the transport of dangerous goods, the EdgePak Straw system provides an ideal recyclable solution for one-way Lib shipments, according to Nefab, and it can be applied to many other heavy products shipped through demanding supply chains. “We are extremely honored with this prize and happy that the German Packaging Award jury noticed the unique qualities of Nefab EdgePak Straw,” says Sebastian Wachauf-Tautermann, vice-president for sales and marketing at Europe Nefab Group. “We are also grateful to our LiB customers with whom we collaborated to develop this innovative solution that addresses two of the biggest challenges: the growing need for sustainability and cost reductions across the entire supply chain.”

Leading German flexible packaging materials manufacturer SÜDPACK has formed a long-term partnership with Clean Cycle Investments for commercializing the advanced (chemical) recycling CARBOLIQ technology developed by leading German recycling specialists Recenso GmbH. According to the partners, the promising technology can help make currently non-reusable packaging materials suitable for recycling and for the Circular Economy of the future. Tests at a joint disposal center in Ennigerloh have shown that numerous material fractions, as well as mixed and contaminated plastic wastes can be converted into a valuable resource. The process is claimed to achieve virgin-grade quality plastics by using with the recovered oil said to provide the same virgin-grade quality plastic films as those made from fossil fuels. So far, the partners have successfully applied the technology both for resource recovery from their own recyclable material flows as, well as for recycling packaging materials from processing and from end customers. “In a wide range of applications, for example in the food industry, highperformance multilayer films with e ective protective functions are the most e icient solutions for keeping all kinds of food fresh, and they’ll re-main the best choice in the future,” says Dirk Hardow, business unit manager at SÜDPACK. “However, the drawback is that they can’t be mechanically recycled. Now CARBOLIQ o ers a key system component for creating a Circular Economy in the food packaging industry, which can’t be achieved solely with mechanical recycling, and also due to existing legislations. So we see our investment in CARBOLIQ as an opportunity for SÜDPACK to expand the definition of plastic waste recycling beyond just mechanical recycling.”

Global digital cutting and finishing systems supplier Kongsberg Precision

Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS)

has appointed Global Imaging Inc. of Louisville, Co., as an authorized distributor of its digital finishing solutions for North America. “Global Imaging has developed the best network of distributorships available, and this new partnership enables our two companies to work together to significantly boost availability of our innovative digital cutting tables throughout the U.S. and Canada,” says Heather Roden, Kongsberg’s sales director for the Americas region.