Trial run: Siegwerk and APK AG’s test series Siegwerk, one of the world’s leading providers of printing inks for packaging applications and labels, and APK AG, a specialist in the production of high-quality plastic recyclate from packaging waste, have completed de-inking trials of twofold printed LDPE-films. ‘The goal of a quality-driven recycling process …
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Companies are acting more cautiously than ever, but even so, confidence remains high that demand for film can only increase, with sustainability concerns playing to the sector’s strengths The BOPP film industry is facing a number of challenges creating significant trading turbulence – resin price fluctuations, trade tariffs, trade barriers and currency shocks …
The Manel Xifra Boada Technology Center, Comexi CTec, has adapted its methodology of production support to implement and remotely monitor improvement and efficiency programmes. Through Comexi Cloud, production data is analysed to understand work systems and detect improvements. Furthermore, the use of Comexi Smart Glasses, a remote communication system that allows information …
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Innovia Films is launching a new family of highly functional recyclable BOPP films named Encore, manufactured from renewable non-food based raw materials, helping to reduce the use of fossil-based virgin raw materials. The Encore range will have the same properties as equivalent fossil-based BOPP film – high clarity and gloss, high stiffness, …
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With more than 100 years’ experience, Switzerland based Wipf AG has earned its place as one of Europe’s leading packaging manufacturers. The company, founded in 1914, develops and produces high-barrier packaging films and pouches for the food, pharma and non-food industries. It employs some 200 people, which Wipf Business Development Manager Stefano Di …
In line with its original plans for a new global launch at Drupa 2020, Kodak instead hosted a press conference to unveil its latest digital flexible packaging press. The Sapphire EVO W is the first digital packaging press to match the productivity of flexo and the quality of gravure. It uses Kodak’s high-resolution …
The flexible packaging market is expected to grow by $59.22billion during 2020-24, according to Technavic’s Global Flexible Packaging Market report. The report also predicts the market impact and new opportunities created by the Covid-19 pandemic. The impact can be expected to be significant in the first quarter but gradually lessen in subsequent quarters, with a …
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Retail display specialist Benchmark has teamed up with leading flexible and paper packaging company Coveris to develop a disposable, hygienic barrier visor to help protect against Covid-19. Benchmark Displays has pioneered its Rainbow Visor face shield alongside manufacturer Coveris and design partner OrsCol Creative. With capacity to produce up to 10 million …
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Lagos-based flexible packaging converter, Bhojraj Industries Ltd has invested in a BOBST NOVA RS 5003, adding to the already existing top of the range MASTER RS 6003 gravure press from BOBST. The investment is aimed to extend capacity and continue its successful expansion in high-quality printed packaging. As a full-service provider, Bhojraj Industries …
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Mondi and Austrian meat producer Hütthaler worked together to produce a fully recyclable thermoforming film made from a mono-material for the processor’s meat and sausage products. The film is made of a mono-material solution that can be fully recycled and provides a barrier to protect the food and extend its shelf life. The independent cyclos-HTP …
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