Ceepackaging

BERICAP, a worldwide operating manufacturer of plastic closures, will, as in previous years, be exhibiting at the BRAU Beviale 2008.

The weekend prior to Drupa, Erwin Oberhänsli, a top manager at Swiss printer Feldegg in Zollikerberg, was presented with an Individual Award by the national Environmental Foundation. Oberhänsli won the award, which is conferred annually, for his longstanding commitment to sustainable print production.

Superfos has made several innovations in green packaging as a result of the company’s focus on sustainable solutions and a smaller carbon footprint

Be it hairspray bottles, paint cans or oil tanks – thanks to BASF’s new Ultraform® E3120 BM, hollow objects with demanding requirements can now be made of polyoxymethylene (POM) by means of extrusion blow molding. In comparison to containers made of polyethylene (PE), they display considerable better barrier properties against gases such as oxygen, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. Ultraform E3120 BM is resistant to many types of media such as alcohol, oil and hydrocarbons, and moreover, it can be sterilized with hot steam. This product is now available in commercial quantities.

Iggesund Paperboard is reducing its use of fossil fuel by three-quarters. The company will thereby cut its emissions of carbon dioxide from fossil sources by three-quarters at Iggesunds Bruk, where the company’s flagship product, Invercote, is made. The radical reduction is the result of a detailed energy assessment plus investments totalling about 10.5 million euro, and corresponds to the emissions from 20,000 cars each driven 15,000 kilometres a year.

World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick yesterday launched a groundbreaking financing mechanism to combat tropical deforestation and climate change at Bali climate meeting. The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) will reduce deforestation and forest degradation by compensating developing countries for carbon dioxide reductions realized by maintaining their forests.