FPE reports rising prices on European flexpack market in Q2
The price of flexible packaging materials across Europe continued the slow increase seen in Q1 as demand continued to rise for most substrates in the three months to end June 2024. Prices were also affected by supply side cost rises for both raw materials and logistics services. Leading the rises was 60gsm one-sided coated paper, […]
FPE publishes guidance for life cycle assessment of flexpack
A guidance to support the environmental assessment of flexible packaging solutions from a life cycle thinking perspective has just been provided by the European flexible packaging industry. It was elaborated by the environmental sustainability consultancy Quantis in collaboration with experts from six European flexible packaging converting companies and the association Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE) and […]
Integrals Power to accelerate LFP battery manufacturing industry
Integrals Power, a next-generation battery nano-material company, has started production of high-performance Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) and Lithium Manganese Iron Phosphate (LMFP) cathode active materials at its pioneering new UK pilot plant. This milestone for the UK battery industry is expected to help to accelerate the development of the domestic battery industry and achieve net […]
RK Print Coat – “Applying barriers to flexible”
Flexible packaging has been a key enabler in the establishment of modern supply chains for FMCG providers and retail ready organisations such as shopping clubs, warehouses and hypermarkets. Dynamic, influenced by consumer buying patterns and opinions, flexible packaging producers must continually innovate, re-invent, adjust, adapt and meet the challenges associated with sustainability and recyclability and […]
E&R specifies Vetaphone for its Innovation & Application Centre
E&R, formerly known as Emerson & Renwick, and one of the UK’s leading engineering companies in printing, coating, forming, and vacuum processing of webs, has installed Vetaphone corona treatment technology at its Innovation & Application Centre in Burnley, Lancashire. Founded in nearby Accrington in 1918, and renowned for its expertise in the design of sophisticated […]