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Fastmarkets event in Istanbul set to host international forest products community
Global experts and key industry players will soon meet at the Fastmarkets Forest Products Europe Conference 2024 in Istanbul. Influential figures and industry giants in pulp, paper and packaging will experience 2.5 days of insight and networking opportunities.
21 February 2024Read more
Joint Statement on Green Claims
ECMA and 11 other organisations have today released a joint statement outlining our broad support of the Green Claims Directive.
17 January 2024Read more
Announcement on the new CEO of Gietz AG
Hansjoerg Gietz, long-standing Managing Director of Gietz AG, will be handing over the management of the company to Marcel Gerber, who is currently Engineering Director of Gietz AG. From now on, Hansjoerg Gietz will concentrate on his role as Chairman of the Board of Directors and the management of the holding company. This change will take effect from 01.01.2024.
19 December 2023Read more
High-quality recycling loops are best for circular economy
Fibre-based packaging offers what is probably the best existing example of a high-quality recycling system, where recycling can take place from any type of packaging to another. Professional recyclers say the real challenge is not in these ‘material loops’ but in the separate collection of paper for recycling, which has yet to be streamlined across Europe.
28 August 2023Read more
ECMA Statement on Direct Food Contact Inks
ECMA and its members regularly receive questions about the conformity of printing inks on packaging which comes into direct contact with food and about the use of appropriate inks for such specific applications. Some legislation and the terminology used, can lead to confusion.
9 June 2023Read more
ECMA and Pro Carton announcement - Public Affairs support
ECMA and Pro Carton are delighted to announce that Maria Georgiadou will start to support our Public Affairs efforts in Brussels commencing 1st June 2023.
10 May 2023Read more
ECMA presents folding carton criteria to Tesco
In late 2022, ECMA Managing Director, Mike Turner was approached by Tesco asking if ECMA could develop criteria they could use for assessing folding carton packaging functionality.
9 May 2023Read more
New study on the impacts of EU packaging regulation shows a blanket approach on re-use may have unintended consequences: higher CO2 emissions & costs
ECMA are today releasing a study commissioned & financed by ECMA, CEPI, EPPA, FEFCO and Pro Carton and based around the findings of a McKinsey study, which has also been released today, which looks at the impact of reusable packaging targets proposed in the Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
6 April 2023Read more