Year 2026
October 2026
30 Oct 2026
Dong Nai, Vietnam, 29 October 2026 – Japan’s OJI Group has broken ground on a US$110 million aseptic carton packaging plant in Dong Nai, Vietnam, establishing a new manufacturing base to serve beverage and liquid food producers in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia-Pacific region. The facility, which will operate under the Oji Liquid Pak (OLP) name, is being developed on a 57,000-square-metre site at Long Than....
26 Oct 2026
26 October 2026 – For consumer brands, packaging colour plays an important role in brand recognition, product differentiation and consumer perception. Maintaining consistent colour across packaging formats, materials and production runs is therefore essential. Yet, as manufacturers work with different substrates and production processes, achieving colour consistency becomes more challenging, with implications f....
20 Oct 2026
Plast Eurasia will take place at Tüyap Fair and Congress Center in Istanbul on 2–5 December 2026. Organised by Tüyap Fairs Production Inc. in cooperation with PAGEV and with the support of the Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Trade, the fair will bring plastics machinery, raw materials and production technologies together with manufacturers, technology providers, purchasing professionals and international industr....
11 Oct 2026
9 October – Taiwan-based flexible packaging producer Ruey Chang Printing & Packing Co., Ltd. has completed the installation of a new UTECO flexographic printing press and commissioned an automated CrystalCleanConnect (CCC4260) platemaking system from Asahi Photoproducts in December 2025. The CCC4260 replaces the company’s previous AWP™ 4835P plate processor, with the investment aimed at improving au....
05 Oct 2026
5 Oct 2026 – X-Rite Pantone has launched Spectura, a new portable sphere spectrophotometer platform designed to connect colour measurement with quality workflows from the laboratory to the production floor. The new platform combines advanced measurement capabilities, secure cloud connectivity and an expandable application framework, with the aim of helping manufacturers reduce colour errors, accelerate decision....
21 Sep 2026
21 Sep 2026 -Carbios and Wankai New Materials have postponed the expected commissioning of their planned PET biorecycling plant in Haining, Zhejiang Province, China, to the first half of 2028. The companies said the project is continuing to progress, with preparatory work for construction coordination underway and locally available PET waste streams being validated. However, Carbios said additional technical work is ....