WorldStar Awards 2025: Celebrating excellence in packaging at IPACK-IMA

Following the announcement of winners in January, the WPO will host the WorldStar Awards ceremony on May 30.

Organic ingredients are important to consumers of personal care products

The global public health and safety organization, NSF shared survey results that indicate 74% of consumers in the US seek clean beauty products made with organic, toxin-free ingredients.

From data to scent: Generation is world’s first AI-powered fragrance house

Generation by Osmo blends AI-fragrance creation with perfumery and market intelligence

ICCS names newly elected Board Officers and Science Advisory Committee

The International Collaboration on Cosmetics Safety (ICCS) is a global initiative focused on advancing the adoption of animal-free safety assessment approaches for cosmetics, personal care products and their ingredients

eCustoms services: Enhancing efficiency and compliance in global trade

SGS's eCustoms services simplify customs procedures for companies engaged in logistics, industry, and trade.

Digital Extruder platform accelerates product innovation

PIPA unveils the Digital Extruder platform, a Generative AI and Multi-physics simulation suite that connects the dots from formulation to production for healthier, tastier food products

Mimicking meat texture and taste: Rockwell Automation enhances DST’s plant-based proteins production process

Using Rockwell Automation's Kinetix servo solution, Dutch Structuring Technologies (DST) can closely mimic the texture and taste of meat, while lowering energy costs and enhancing end-product flexibility

E-taste: Tasting food in virtual reality

Novel technology intends to redefine the virtual reality experience by expanding to incorporate a new sensory connection: taste.

Engineering stories: Inspiring journeys of women at PET Technologies

At PET Technologies, female engineers are also spearheading innovation and fostering a more equitable future.

BASF Aroma Ingredients launches two Isobionics® biotech flavor ingredients

Isobionics® Natural beta-Sinensal 20 is the first Sinensal single isomer on the market produced using cutting-edge fermentation technology, while Isobionics® Natural alpha-Humulene 90 is a fermentation-based pure woody flavor ingredient for beverages and essential oil applications.

NGR at CHINAPLAS: Innovative recycling machines

The maintenance-friendly recycling machines from NGR rely on the patented shredder-feeder-extruder combination, which allows material shredding, extrusion and pelletizing in one single step, saving space and energy.

Portfolio expansion with new recyclate-based PP and PE grades

Ultrapolymers Germany expands portfolio of post-consumer and post-industrial recyclates (PCR, PIR) with new grades from LyondellBasell