Tag: Packaging industry
Novartis wants to spin off its generics division and take it public
Novartis The Swiss pharmaceutical company is likely to focus on high-margin new drugs in the future. (Photo: Reuters) Zurich The Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis wants to spin off its business…
Are they conquering the market for smart medical devices?
Doctors analyze health data Digitization in the healthcare system could make many hospital visits superfluous. Gerresheimer and Zollner now want to develop networked inhalers and medication pumps for this purpose.…
Are they conquering the market for smart medical devices?
Doctors analyze health data Digitization in the healthcare system could make many hospital visits superfluous. Gerresheimer and Zollner now want to develop networked inhalers and medication pumps for this purpose.…
Online exchange for garbage takes action against plastic
Cirplus co-founder Christian Schiller Up to four million tons of plastic end up in the sea every year. Christian Schiller wants to digitize the circular economy. Dusseldorf Christian Schiller saw…
How breweries are undermining their reusable system
Dusseldorf Georg Hagemeister greets every bottle of Flensburger Pils with a frown. The master brewer, with a green flat cap and a Henriquatre beard, stands in front of his sorting…
Amazon, Ebay and Co. face fines
Yellow bags with packaging waste Legislators make online marketplace operators responsible. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Waste separation and a one-way deposit were once intended to stop the misery, but the mountains…
KD Pharma puts IPO plans on hold
Pharmaceutical laboratory (icon image) With 500 employees at five locations, KD Pharma produces highly purified omega-3 fatty acids based on fish, (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The Saarland company KD Pharma is…
How Shavent wants to become a long-running hit
Munich An appearance in the start-up show “Die Höhle der Löwen” gives many companies a special boom. “We had a real demand explosion,” says Romy Lindenberg, co-founder of Shavent. After…
Consumer goods companies are at risk of missing their plastic targets
Dusseldorf The goals are ambitious: consumer goods giants such as Henkel, Beiersdorf and Unilever are planning to drastically reduce the amount of new plastic in their packaging for deodorants, creams…
Japan is fighting plastic waste with innovations
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Tokyo When Japan develops robots to solve a problem, the…
Alpacas want to become green gorillas
Alpacas Founder Antony Roczek, Tomy Eitner and Simon Chorzelski (from left) rely on a returnable deposit system for their new delivery service. Dusseldorf Delivery services for groceries are booming, and…
Cardboard is booming thanks to online and mail order business
Dusseldorf Online trade is booming – and needs more and more packaging material. The Bavarian Schumacher Packaging Group, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of packaging solutions made of corrugated and…
Henkel, Beiersdorf, L’Oréal and Co. have a plastic problem
Packaging from Henkel The Düsseldorf-based consumer goods manufacturer is also looking for ways to avoid and reduce plastic. When it comes to climate issues, we already know: it takes revenge…
A lack of plastic will act as a brake on the switch to the circular economy
PET recycling plant in Rostock (Photo: picture alliance / dpa) Dusseldorf The consumer goods companies have set themselves high goals for the new year: They want to drastically increase the…
Dispute over retail prices escalates
Shopping in the supermarket Dealers and manufacturers argue about conditions. In the new year there could be not only higher prices but also gaps on the supermarket shelves. (Photo: imago…
Why it is so difficult to get plastic out of packaging
Dusseldorf At first glance, the cardboard displays on which Procter & Gamble will be presenting Gillette razors at Lidl and Kaufland from this week look inconspicuous. But a year of…
Amazon wants to do without plastic packaging when shipping
Amazon in the Indian city of Bangalore In recent years, environmental organizations have accused Amazon of producing too much plastic waste with its packaging. (Photo: Reuters) Munich The online retailer…
Why Lidl and Aldi collect their packaging waste themselves
Plastic waste at Prezero The subsidiary of the Schwarz Group collects 10 million tons of recyclable materials this year. (Photo: PreZero) Dusseldorf Anyone who thinks that Lidl’s mother Schwarz Group…
Why Aldi and Lidl have to become waste disposal companies
Lidl sister Prezero collects packaging waste The retail sector has recognized that plastic waste is a valuable secondary raw material. (Photo: PreZero) At first glance, you might think that a…
Around 3760 tons of plastic on the surface of the Mediterranean
Plastic garbage on the beach Wind, waves and currents can drive plastic waste over long distances. (Photo: dpa) Athens Shopping bags, water bottles, styrofoam, microparticles – according to a recent…