Label adhesives remain a barrier to closed-loop recycling of PET bottles, so material suppliers like Henkel are working on dispersible hot-melt formulations designed to separate cleanly during recycling.

Tata Steel Nederland has opened a new Trivalent Chromium Coating Technology (TCCT) line in IJmuiden, which the company says will support compliance with upcoming European REACH legislation for packaging steel.

ExxonMobil Signature Polymers, Hosokawa Alpine and BW Converting have worked together to create a 25-micron mono-material PE bread bag designed for recyclability.

Renaissance BioScience and Biome Bioplastics are working together on a two-year Canada–UK project to develop renewable bioplastic building blocks aimed at packaging and consumer goods.

UPM Adhesive Materials – formerly UPM Raflatac – will return to Labelexpo Asia 2025 in Shanghai from 2–5 December with its latest adhesive technologies and label material innovations.

Flexible packaging film supplier Futamura is supplying NatureFlex films for glitter, which the company says meet marine, soil and wastewater biodegradability standards.

Compostable packaging specialist TIPA is expanding its sustainable packaging portfolio with the acquisition of Sealpap, a supplier of recyclable paper-based packaging.

Deliveries of aluminium, laminate and plastic tubes in Europe fell 3.9 per cent to about 5.8 billion units in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024, according to the European tube manufacturers association (etma).

Global deliveries of aluminium aerosol cans dropped by 1.7% in H1 2025, according to the International Organization of Aluminum Aerosol Container Manufacturers, reaching around 3.3 billion units.

Fresh-Lock has introduced two new slider systems for flexible packaging applications, with designs that reflects its focus on expanding sustainable closure solutions.

TIPA, together with its European subsidiary Bio4Pack, has introduced a certified home-compostable label for fresh produce, using BioTAK adhesive from Bio4Life.

Henkel Adhesive Technologies has formed a partnership with Ravenwood Packaging to develop hotmelt pressure-sensitive adhesives tailored for Ravenwood’s linerless labelling systems.

Packaging can be part of the solution to the climate crisis, says MYCO CEO David Šohaj Minařík, with proof that the company's mycelium-based packaging actively helps remove carbon from the atmosphere.

ElitePlus will host world’s largest speciality films and flexible packaging summit in Mumbai on 2-3 September, with the event set to bring together over 2200 delegates from more than 23 countries.

Mondi has introduced Ad/Vantage Smooth Brown Semi Extensible, a new high-performance kraft paper designed for coating applications in industrial and consumer packaging.

Henkel has developed a hot melt adhesive designed to improve PET bottle recycling by enabling cleaner separation of labels during processing.