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 …
Kodak releases Sapphire EVO W, promising to bring the productivity of flexo together with the quality of gravure
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 …
Pandemic to have upside for flexible packaging
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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Coveris and Benchmark team up to supply protective face visors
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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Nigerian gravure printer leads the way with Bobst technology investments
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 Hütthaler produce fully recyclable plastic packaging
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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Dow tackles plastic waste in Nigeria through local partnerships
Dow has today announced Project ReflexNG, a pilot project aiming to collect and recycle plastic waste in Lagos, Nigeria. This project is aligned to Dow’s global STOP THE WASTE sustainability target, which will enable the collection, reuse or recycling of one million metric tons of plastic globally by 2030. The project in partnership with …
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Miyakoshi launches flexible packaging press
Japanese press builder Miyakoshi has developed its first inkjet digital press for flexible packaging, MJP30AXF. MJP30AXF is a 750mm-wide, water-based inkjet press that can run up to 50m/min. A resolution of 1200 x 1200dpi can be achieved, with digitally printed white enabling high-quality colour reproduction. Automatic registration control and missing nozzle compensation minimise printing errors. …
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Coveris reduces CO2 emissions of electricity at its Egyptian site to almost zero
In line with Coveris’ global strategy to be an industry sustainable leader, the company’s plants across Europe and Middle East are working continuously to reduce their environmental footprint. The latest example comes from Egypt where the plant is switching its electricity supply from diesel to hydropower eliminating CO2 emissions by more than 90% in 2020. …
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Huhtamaki launches recyclable laminate for shampoo
Huhtamaki Flexible Packaging has introduced a new recyclable, polyolefin-based barrier packaging solution for shampoo sachets. “Achieving a commercially feasible recyclable solution required a significant amount of research and development work”, says Ashwini Singh, Associate Vice President of Innovation and Product Development at Huhtamaki India. “Recyclable solutions must perform as well as traditional laminates on the …
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