Hall 11.0, Booth A34 – Messe Frankfurt, May 3–8, 2025 Frankfurt, [02/05/2025] – The Advanced Packaging Association (APA) is excited to announce its participation in IFFA 2025, the world’s leading trade fair for processing, packaging, and sales in the meat and protein sector. As packaging solutions continue to evolve, APA brings a clear and science-based […]

With the European Union’s new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), the role of polyamide (PA) in sustainable packaging has come into focus. Institut cyclos-HTP (CHI) offers valuable expertise on PA’s place within this regulatory framework and practical steps for industry players to ensure compliance. The Advanced Packaging Association (APA) actively supports the role of […]

Brussels, [27-01-2025] – The European Union’s Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) is set to reshape the packaging industry by focusing on minimizing waste and increasing recyclability across materials, including complex polyamide-based packaging. With its ambitious targets to reduce packaging waste, increase the use of recycled materials, and encourage recyclable design, the PPWR aims to […]

Brussels, [14-01-2025] – Polyamide, a versatile polymer celebrated for its superior mechanical properties, has often been mischaracterized as non-recyclable. However, recent advances in industry practice and scientific research are challenging this misconception. The joint analysis by Institut Cyclos-HTP GmbH (CHI) and the Advanced Packaging Association (APA) offers new perspectives on polyamide (PA) layers in packaging […]

Polyamide (PA) is increasingly valued in the packaging industry for its durability and high-performance properties, though questions remain about its acceptance in recycling streams. Dr. Roland Bothor from Institut cyclos-HTP GmbH (CHI), a neutral and independent leader in testing and certification of recyclability, provides insight into polyamide’s role in sustainable packaging and the necessary steps […]

Brussels, 10th June 2024 – BASF, UBE, ENVALIOR, DOMO Chemicals and GRUPA AZOTY ATT Polymers are proud to announce the formation of the Advanced Packaging Association (APA) AISBL as a non-profit organisation that will shape the future of the flexible packaging value chain through fact-based sustainability assessment. APA was first initiated in 2023 by key […]

Currently, when it comes to the recyclability, Design for Recycling guidelines are being devised per material per packaging. We believe that, in the case of PA, these must follow the concept of material neutrality and acknowledge scientifically-sound and proven state-of-the-art materials which are compatible with the recycling of alternative materials, and that improve the environmental […]

Polyethylene is one of the most widely used polymers in plenty of packaging applications, such as films, bottles, etc… However, in food packaging applications, which consists in 23% of the whole PE flexible film market, it is necessary to combine polyethylene with other materials to achieve the requirements of the product. What makes polyamide so […]

Testing Scheme at cyclos HTP Polyethylen/polyamide (PE/PA) film waste streams are already recycled since many years on larger scale. On the one side current waste sorting centers do not separate PE/PA from the PE waste streams and PE/PA is already nowadays recycled in the PE films waste stream, on the other side it is common […]