Roundup: Packaging

Here is your roundup for the latest packaging news. Next week’s roundup will focus on processing.

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• Softbox, an award-winning temperature control packaging innovator, has created a new plastic-free 100% kerbside-recyclable cardboard insulated shipper, for the delivery of chilled food.
• Choosing serving size packages and smaller packages is smarter for the climate, according to a new study from CTF, Service Research Center at Karlstad University.
• SIG has announced that it will fund breakthrough research into more sustainable materials at EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland, as part of a joint initiative with Nestlé, Logitech and other industry partners to tackle environmental challenges associated with plastic waste.
• Syntegon Technology, formerly Bosch Packaging Technology, and the BillerudKorsnäs 3D formable FibreForm paper, have released a TPU paper form, fill and seal machine, a packaging system for shaped and right-sized packaging.
• Premium condiment maker, Stokes Sauces, has announced the launch of a squeezy sauce bottle which is made entirely from recycled plastic.