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Trivium Packaging, globally-operating manufacturer of metal packaging products, was a multiple winner a last month’s 2020 Can of the Year awards, picking up a gold meal for the cutting-edge tinplate end with the EasyPeel aluminum membrane designed and produced by Trivium. Produced in collaboration with Amcor and Kezzler for global dairy producer Royal Friesland Campina, the project involved implementation of an optimal process for applying the metallic foil with a unique QR code for each product onto an EasyPeel lid at the company’s state-of-the-art nutrition plant in Hoogeveen in the Netherlands. In addition, Trivium was also awarded: * Silver medal for the 250-ml impactextruded aluminum bottle made for the U.S.-based Ste Michelle Wine Estates. * Bronze medals for the seven-ounce impact-extruded aluminum cans for Formulated Solutions Cutter Foaming Hand Sanitizer, andt he 10-oz (296-ml) impact-extruded aluminum bottle for Hand in Hand soap, produced at Trivium’s plant in Youngstown, Ohio, as
part of a project to convert personal care products into sustainable aluminum packaging. “These awards represent our mission to deliver high quality, innovative, and sustainable packaging,” says Trivium’s chief growth officer Rob Huffman. “There is no greater accomplishment than working closely with our partners to deliver packaging solutions that exceed expectations in protecting and promoting their brand.”
The new vial table is part of Aphena’s new large-scale biologics packaging operation. Aphena Pharma Solutions has announced that it now offers cold chain storage and large-scale biologics packaging and distribution services at a new 500,000-square-foot facility in Cookeville, Tenn., that was specifically purpose-built for FDA-approved pharmaceutical and packaging operations. Built as part of the
company’s US$21-million capital upgrade project t at the company’s Solid Dose Division, the facility has dedicated 47,000 square feet to cold chain storage, accommodating 14,000 pallet spaces. According to Aphena, this space features 24-hour, state-ofthe-art security; redundant power supplies with a failover compressor; temperature mapping and monitoring; automatic alarm notification; and chilled storage and distribution with temperatures ranging from 2ºC to 8°C refrigerated and -10ºC to -18ºC frozen. “This addition of cold chain storage, turnkey biologics packaging and distribution services establishes Aphena’s position as a top contender in the pharmaceutical contract service space,” says Aphena’s executive vice-president of sales Eric Allen. Leading Austrian plastic packaging products manufacturer Greiner Packaging and German consumer products multinational Henkel have been honored the Green Packaging Award 2020 of the World Packaging Organisation (WPO) last month in recognition of the sustainability attributes of the combination cardboard-plastic packaging used by
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Henkel for its Persil 4in1 Discs laundry pods, boasting 50-percent r-PP (recycled polypropylene) content. “Greiner Packaging has been producing sustainable solutions for many years, and the new Persil 4in1 Discs packaging solutions are an example of the ongoing collaboration between our companies in this area,” says Greiner’s, chief executive officer Axel Kühner, citing 40-percent weight savings and 50-percent reduction in the use of virgin materials used to make the new package compared to the previous version. “We make the inside of the plastic container from white virgin material, which guarantees a high degree of color contrast with the colorful detergent discs,” explains Eduardo Celada, international packaging manager for laundry care at Henkel. “The packaging’s outer coating, meanwhile, contains recycled plastic obtained from end consumer households but this layer’s gray color does not impact the packaging’s look because it is wrapped in an attractively printed cardboard sleeve.”
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