Ben Daniel, Messe Dusseldorf – drupa 2024, the world’s premier trade fair for printing technologies, has reached its midway point. Known for showcasing industry breakthroughs, drupa once again mesmerizes attendees with a dazzling array of innovations. This year’s spotlight shines on digital printing for packaging and advancements in flexible, carton, and corrugated packaging technologies. …
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XSYS has unveiled the nyloprint® WS PRO Digital, a newly developed water-washable, steel-based letterpress plate suitable for the printing of plastic tubes, cups, metal cans, and aerosols. This plate is designed to optimize LED inline exposure and brush washout, offering exceptional print quality regardless of the processing equipment used. Dr. Christian Pietsch, Product …
ALPLA Group, an internationally active packaging and recycling specialist, has demonstrated its commitment to the UK market through the acquisition of iTEC Packaging (Mansfield). The acquired plant specializes in producing closures primarily for the dairy industry, as well as the food and beverage sectors. With the addition of iTEC Packaging (Mansfield), ALPLA expands …
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BASF, a leader in the chemical industry, is expanding its ecovio® portfolio with a new certified home-compostable grade for extrusion coating on paper and board. The latest addition, ecovio® 70 PS14H6, has received food-contact approval and offers excellent barrier properties against liquids, fats, grease, and mineral oil. It demonstrates temperature stability at boiling water …
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Switzerland – Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, announced the expansion of its high-performance AFFINITY™ GA polyolefin elastomers (POE) with the launch of bio-based AFFINITY™ RE. This solution has enabled Dow customer Henkel’s Technomelt SUPRA ECO line to achieve another milestone in both companies’ sustainability goals. “Consumers expect more sustainability from the products they …
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A Bobst CO 5000 coating machine has been recently started-up to expand barrier coating technology manufacturing capability at SAES Coated Films (part of SAES Group), a leading manufacturer of highly functional and fully recyclable packaging. With substrate functionality and sustainability driving the industry, the trend to replace multi-layer packaging structures with mono-layer coated substrates that …
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The Italian inspection system, colour control and registration specialist is confident of its achievements Andrea Toschi of Grafikontrol tells Benjamin Daniel, that those years are a testimony of his company’s products’ quality and service Benjamin Daniel (BD): Can you tell us a little about Grafikontrol and its presence in the packaging space? Andrea …
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