The number of online shoppers has been growing steadily in recent years, and according to Statista, an authoritative statistics portal, the global e-commerce market is expected to reach $4 trillion in 2023 and $6 trillion in 2027. It is also estimated that the number of people worldwide who frequently shop online will increase from 57% to nearly 70% of the world's population in the next four years. The food and personal care industry tops the list of fastest-growing e-commerce sectors.
US-based Aptar Closures provides dosing, dispensing and protective packaging technologies for the world's leading brands, delivering highly functional packaging solutions that help them achieve their sustainability goals.
A study by DS Smith, a well-known British manufacturer of sustainable packaging, reveals that every year more than 64 million m3 of air are delivered to Italian homes as part of oversize packaging, a volume equal to more than 25,000 Olympic-size swimming pools. Using too large packaging causes nearly 3.9 million unnecessary delivery trips, resulting in...
On the occasion of the E-Commerce Solutions Showcase web event, held from 15 to 17 March 2022, the Robatech Group, based in Muri, Switzerland, specializing in the industrial application of hotmelt and cold glue, unveiled Vivo 18, a new...
The path to becoming more sustainable is not simple for a company, especially if it is the size of Amazon.
The 2021 sustainability report of the US giant, published recently, shows that millions of packages were delivered adopting increasingly sustainable transport solutions. In particular, in Europe in 2021 more than...
DS Smith’s state-of-the-art production facility in Castelfranco Emilia (Modena) is a key investment that will strengthen the company’s leadership position in the field of sustainable paper and board packaging in Italy.
Production has begun at the new DS Smith factory in Castelfranco Emilia in the province of Modena, a cutting-edge facility...
HexcelPack, a British developer of eco-friendly, paper-based protective cushioning solutions to replace bubble packaging and other plastic or foam-based materials, has introduced Hexcel’ope, an innovative, 100% paper-based protective mailer. Developed as a cost-effective and sustainable alternative to the traditional...
