All articles by Srivani Venna

European countries and companies commit to reduce plastic waste

Several European Union (EU) countries and companies representing different parts of the European plastics sector have committed to reduce plastic…
Chemicals found in food packaging an urgent health risk: report

Chemicals found in food packaging could be posing a risk to our health according to 33 scientists across the globe.…
WRAP launches new campaign to combat plastic packaging

Non-profit organisation and leaders of the UK Plastics Pact the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has launched a new…
Mary Kay joins SPICE to drive sustainable packaging innovation

American beauty company Mary Kay has joined the Sustainable Packaging Initiative for Cosmetics (SPICE) in an effort to drive packaging…
Crown Holdings starts construction on US can manufacturing facility

Crown Holdings subsidiary Crown Cork and Seal USA has started construction on a beverage-can manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky,…

Kuraray to establish MonoSol production facility in Poland

Japanese company Kuraray has announced plans to establish a new MonoSol production facility in Poland for manufacturing polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)…
Top ten consumer sector M&A financial and legal advisers for 2019 revealed

Goldman Sachs was the leading financial adviser globally for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2019 in the consumer sector, according…
India’s Uflex launches high-barrier polyester film

Indian flexible packaging company Uflex has unveiled FLEXPET F-PGB-12, a new polyester film that reduces oxygen transmission, as well as exhibits…
PBFY Flexible Packaging opens new manufacturing facility in US

US-based PBFY Flexible Packaging has opened a new 60,000ft² shipping facility in Portland, Tennessee.The move will allow the company to take…
Fortis acquires US pressure-sensitive labels provider Action Packaging Systems

Fortis Solutions Group has acquired US-based Action Packaging Systems, which provides pressure-sensitive prime, promotional and thermal labels to customers across…