CEFLEX News & Events

DuPont Teijin announces the launch of its new LuxCR™ depolymerisation process which upcycles post consumer waste into a variety of technically advanced BOPET films serving a wide range of applications and markets. To read more...Press ReleaseDTF rPET...

100% recyclable, 100% innovative - Ecological stand-up pouches by BBC Cellpack Packaging BBC Cellpack Packaging sets standards for convenience packaging with its new product CELLPouch, flexible stand-up pouches that are 100% recyclable. In addition to...

Until now CEFLEX has been working away relatively quietly, with an inward focus on refining its agenda and getting initial workstreams started. Two years into its existence, the collaborative initiative is ready to start communicating its direction of travel to the wider world. Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes was privileged to be the first journalist invited to attend a CEFLEX general meeting – and came away deeply impressed.

Total and several partners along the construction value chain
have decided to associate to form the Clean Site Circular Project which aims at recycling
natural shrink hoods* wastes from the construction sector in closed system without film
performances degradation.
It has already been demonstrated that a closed loop ‘shrink hood to shrink hood’ is
industrially feasible and technically equivalent to virgin solutions. The film recipe has been
developed by Total. It requires the use of Total Lumicene Supertough® 22ST05
To read more

As the world's largest supplier of "top seal" polyester lidding films, DuPont Teijin Films combines the unique heat seal properties of the Mylar® Harvest Fresh range of films with base film made from food contact approved rPET polymer. The Mylar®...

CEFLEX, has reached a new landmark with stakeholder numbers over one hundred. The journey started in January 2017 with just 26 stakeholders! The 100thto sign up was RPC–bpi group, one of the largest, most diverse international flexible packaging providers globally....

 Repsol and Saica Natur have signed a new collaboration agreement in order to maximize the use of low density polyethylene film (LDPE) waste and take a new step in the transition towards a circular economy.   With this project, Repsol and Saica Natur intend to combine...

CEFLEX, the consortium of companies, associations and organisations collaborating to enhance the performance of flexible packaging in the circular economy in Europe, has issued its endorsement of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF) Global Commitment for a New...

 Amcor has set out to transform the circular capability of flexible packaging with the launch of a new polyolefin barrier film – a platform technology for packaging a huge variety of products. The culmination of several years’ R&D and a major step toward achieving...

 The twice-monthly “Big Ideas” podcast series from Amcor will feature interviews with thought leaders from global consumer-goods companies, sustainability organisations and Amcor itself.  To listen to them, click here  Press Release

 FlexiClose(re) offers optimal product protection, consumer-friendly use, attractive optics and excellent recyclability. Used in combination with C-base PP bottom web, this state-of-the-art top film results in a fully recyclable reclosure solution with...

MOL Group and German recycling technology company APK bring plastic recycling to the East!
MOL Group and APK AG signed a strategic cooperation agreement. As a first step in the cooperation MOL will support the completion of APK’s Merseburg plant. The plant will serve as a pilot for the innovative solvent-based process, called Newcycling®, which enables the recovery of high-quality materials from complex multi-layer packaging.APK and MOL Group will also explore joint projects in CEE.

Düsseldorf/Merseburg, Germany – As part of its sustainability strategy, consumer goods company Henkel is working to further improve the recyclability of its product packaging and to increase its use of recycled materials. A joint development project between Henkel,...

BarrierPack Recyclable, Mondi’s fully recyclable plastic laminate for pre-made pouches and FFS roll stock, has just been honoured for technological innovation, but the company is not sitting on its laurels. The addition of an extra layer to the construction now...

Two remarkable solutions from one company, EREMA - a member of the EREMA Group, brought to market to help recycle more flexible packaging for more valuable end-market applications. EREMA (Austria) and CEDO (Netherlands) collaboration results in an optimization for the...

The APK AG is under the finalists for the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2018 in the category "Best Technology Innovation in Plastics Recycling". APK is nominated with its Newcycling® Technology that enables to generate pure, sorted granulates from mixed film...