Eva Giner Asensi

FEICA 2025 is underway in San Sebastián, Spain, and H.B. Fuller is helping shape the conversation at Europe’s premier adhesives and sealants conference.   With more than 700 industry leaders gathered, this year’s theme, “Boosting a Competitive Industry: Innovation and Sustainability for a Stronger Europe,” reflects a shared commitment to advancing meaningful change across the value chain.   Dr. Annett Linemann, Chair of FEICA’s Mobility & Electronics Working Group, presented on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), offering strategies for repair, debonding, and recycling — all essential to circular product design.   H.B. Fuller experts also contributed insights during the session on Adhesives for Sustainable Packaging, demonstrating how our technologies support recyclability and reduce environmental impact.   A special congratulations to Stuart Jenkinson, newly elected FEICA President! As H.B. Fuller’s Global Vice President for Packaging Solutions, Stuart continues to lead with vision and purpose, driving industry-wide progress through collaboration and innovation.   FEICA remains a vital platform for cross-sector alignment, bringing together manufacturers, suppliers, and regulators to shape the future of adhesives and sealants.   #FUL #FEICA2025 #HBFuller #SustainablePackaging #Ecodesign #Innovation #Collaboration #Adhesives #PackagingSolutions

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𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗫 𝘅 𝗛𝗳𝗣𝗧 | 𝗘𝗽. #𝟮 – 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 🩹 Our webseries continues with its second episode! In this chapter, Pedro Magalhães, Head of Innovation, explains how TINTEX developed a coating on a biodegradable double-face fabric to create a wearable textile patch. The goal? An adhesive band that monitors muscle activity, helping to improve strength and enhance the range of motion. Project funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU (PRR) #Tintex #Textiles #NaturallyAdvanced #Sustainability #Innovation #Fabrics #Health #Partnership #HealthPortugal #PRR #NextGenerationEU #HealthfromPortugal #HfPT

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Albéa Group strengthens its foothold in Latin America The French group specializing in sustainable cosmetic packaging is entering a new phase of growth with the acquisition of Amfora Packaging, a company headquartered in Bogotá and active in both Colombia and Peru. Founded in 2015 by ACON Investments, L.L.C., Amfora was born from the merger of INTECPLAST S.A. (Colombia) and Pieriplast S.A.C (Peru). The company designs and manufactures plastic packaging for the cosmetics, fragrance, and pharmaceutical sectors. With this acquisition, Albéa expands its footprint in a region where demand for personal care and hygiene products continues to rise steadily. 🗣️ “Amfora Packaging’s strong customer intimacy will give us direct access to key players in the beauty industry,” says François Tassart, CEO of Albéa. 🗣️ Bertrand de La Tour d'Artaise, Head of Strategy and M&A, adds: “Our two companies share the same passion for customers, a constant commitment to innovation, and a responsible entrepreneurial culture.” Albéa already operates in Mexico and the United States. This latest move strengthens a fast-growing industrial network across the continent. Click here to read the full article 👉 https://lnkd.in/dn--i7f8 #packaging #strategy #beautyindustry

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𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓! This new edition delivers essential global and European data on plastics production. This year’s report highlights: 👉Key trends in the transition toward circularity 👉Growing challenges to the competitiveness of Europe’s plastics industry 👉Strategic insights to support informed decision-making across the value chain Explore the full report: https://lnkd.in/eKJRQsTh Read our press release: https://lnkd.in/ejxSj7fx #CircularEconomy #EUCompetitiveness #PlasticsIndustry #ChangingPlasticsForGood #EUStrategicAutonomy

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  We are pleased to share the OECD - OCDE Best Practice Guide on Chemical Data Sharing Between Companies 📘 Cefic, together with our partners at the INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHEMICAL ASSOCIATIONS (ICCA), is proud to have contributed to the development of this guide. As chemical regulations expand worldwide, transparent and fair data sharing is essential to protect health and the environment, avoid unnecessary duplication of studies, and support efficient compliance. This Guide offers practical recommendations to foster cooperation across borders and build trust among stakeholders. 🔗 Read more in the OECD Guide: https://lnkd.in/eN3aeyEP Berrak Eryasa | Nicholas Ball #DataSharing #ChemicalsManagement #ChemicalSafety  

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The environmental and energy analysis of all processes helps us identify current situations as well as possible areas of improvement, with the future goal to reduce our carbon footprint. Are you curious about our scientific approach on ghg inventory? Scroll through the carousel. If you want to learn more 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dQNg3FFr #MarcolinStories #BoundlessVision

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👉 The European plastics industry is facing a profound competitiveness crisis. European Plastics Converters | EuPC, alongside 27 other leading organisations across the European plastics value chain, has jointly addressed EU policymakers to underline the urgency of this situation. Without immediate and strategic intervention, the ongoing lack of structural competitiveness of industries risks further reducing plastics production and eventually converting in Europe, weakening demand, and leading to an increased number of plant closures. While the sector is committed to transforming into increasingly circular business models, the current closing down of recycling capacity compromises this green transition. In general, the pressure on raw materials makes the plastics industry more and more reliant on imports, questioning its long-term resilience. 📣 We therefore call upon EU institutions to urgently adopt measures that address the economic pressures undermining industrial competitiveness. Safeguarding Europe’s plastics value chain is not only essential for the sector’s survival, but also for securing jobs, innovation, and the EU’s long-term strategic autonomy. #EUIndustry #Competitiveness #PlasticsValueChain 

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Recycling flexible packaging in closed loop to new flexible packaging will be one of the biggest challenges to meet the PPWR recycled content targets (yes, also chemical recycling is more complicated for flexible packaging!). I am a believer in delamination and de-inking for this stream as feasible solution on the short/medium term. Yet, those that work on de-inking know that there are still quite some challenges. One particular challenge is the issue of staining (sometimes also called 'bleeding'). Meaning, after de-inking the pigment is released in the medium and re-adsorbs to the plastic. This phenomena is not that visible on the films themselves after de-inking, but becomes more apparent after extrusion when suddenly the polymer turns blue/yellow/red/... because of the residual (mainly organic) pigment. In this paper, published in Separation and Purification Technology, we study the cause and kinetics of staining during de-inking and propose some ways to mitigate it by better process design. We have some other tricks also for this, but these we cannot publish yet :-). The work was mainly done in frame of the CIRCULAR FoodPack project, in which we demonstrated amongst others that delamination and de-inking allows sufficient quality for film blowing with way less gels and black specks (and of course less color). Also work performed in the CORNET project DEBOND, funded by VLAIO - Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship. Well done, first author Tobias De Somer and team members Sibel Ügdüler, Dave Manhaeghe, Lies Harinck. Thanks also Kevin Van Geem This paper would not be possible also without the provision of samples and the help/knowledge of Siegwerk, particularly by Dr. Ralf Leineweber and Andreas Kulawig. CAPTURE https://lnkd.in/ePxYfD7S

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Lain Technologies, a Spanish scaleup, is driving innovation in the critical raw materials sector with sustainable electrochemical technologies. ⚡ Founder & CEO Eva Maria Lain shares how their work is focused on building strategic mineral processing plants in Southern Europe and, in the long term, becoming a leading R&D company solving complex industrial challenges with cleaner, more efficient solutions. Lain Tech was recognised in the SantanderX Global Challenge | Circular Economy Revolution, which drew over 500 startups and scaleups from 11 countries. The winners shared €120,000 in prizes, access to the Santander X 100 community, and support to scale globally. 🚀 Discover more about Lain Technologies' journey and the #SantanderX community: https://lnkd.in/dnzEbkqU

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📢 European Parliament adopts new EU rules to reduce #Textile and #FoodWaste Yesterday, the European Parliament gave its final green light to new measures to prevent and reduce waste from food and textiles across the EU. Notably, the updated legislation will introduce binding food waste reduction targets and require that producers that make textiles available in the EU will have to cover costs of collecting, sorting and recycling waste textiles. 🥕👕➡️ https://bit.ly/4nu1KzU

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