Trends & design

E-commerce moves fast: Adaptations for sustainability and efficiency gains

Sustainability is one of today's main needs and consumers and companies are increasingly looking for eco-friendly solutions that adapt to the changing requirements of both the consumer and the distribution cycle.   ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: strategies BRAND: ITENE

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Trends & design

Ecodesign for decision-making on packaging systems

In accordance with the EU Directive 94/62/EC, every type of manufactured product aimed to content, protect, handling, distribution and deliver products from producers to users/consumer is considered as packaging. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: strategies BRAND: ITENE

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Markets & packaging

BIONANOPOLYS will develop a test-bed for the creation of new advanced biomaterials for multiple industries

The project, funded by the Horizon 2020 programme and coordinated by ITENE, brings together 27 partners who will work together to offer materials with improved performance for the packaging, textile, agriculture, cosmetics and hygiene, pharmaceutical and food sectors. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Materiales de envase BRAND: ITENE

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Markets & packaging

How to demonstrate if a packaging is reusable, recyclable or compostable

The year 2030 represents in many areas the horizon on which the objectives for building a more sustainable future are set ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Sustainability and environment BRAND: ITENE

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Markets & packaging

Packaging of healthy products

Trends in fresh fruit and vegetable packaging ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Materiales de envase BRAND: ITENE

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Industry equipment

Keys to ensuring safety in the transport of dangerous goods

Among the wide variety of goods that are traded and transported today, there are some very particular ones to which special attention should be paid: dangerous goods. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Logistics BRAND: ITENE

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Markets & packaging

ITENE obtains biopolymers from orange peel, romanesco and FORSU waste

In the BIOWASTE2PACK project, supported by IVACE, these alternative raw materials have been obtained, which have the same quality as the bioplastics currently available in the market. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Material innovations BRAND: ITENE

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Markets & packaging

ITENE develops chemical and enzymatic valorisation processes to obtain new compounds from plastic waste that is difficult to recycle.

In the RECICOM-PLASVALOR project, supported by IVACE, work has been carried out to obtain high added value compounds from decontaminated monomers, oligomers and polymers. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Materiales de envase BRAND: ITENE

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Industry equipment

Packaging for traditional and online distribution: novelties and protocols

Companies in the field of packaging are constantly innovating and adapting to new technologies, legislation in general - especially environmental legislation - and consumer preferences. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Packaging and containers BRAND: ITENE

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Industry equipment

Marking for recycling: new recycling technologies

The demand for plastics has grown intensively over the last decades due to the industrial applicability of their properties (lightness, versatility, and durability). Specifically, 51.2 million tonnes of plastic are consumed annually in the European Union, of which 17.8 million tonnes is the packaging. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Machinery and applications BRAND: ITENE

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