Sweden : Flint Group Paper & Board has introduced HexaCode, a new range of water-based inks corrugated board, paper bags and sacks, paper shopping bags and gift wraps, which it claims is designed to reduce converters’ overall total cost to print. HexaCode’s pH and viscosity stability as well as optimised resolubility will allow printers reduce …
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Flexographic print is an established print process, but the rapidly changing global print marketplace is challenging the print suppliers to implement advances in flexographic technology to improve efficiency. A Packaging MEA report The main factors that cause the converters to print slower than their presses are supposedly capable of, and that prevent them from getting …
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Switzerland : Clariant has announced that it has launched of a new flat-profile molecular-sieve desiccant, ADP Plate, along with an expanded line of Dri-Card laminated-film desiccant cards at the recently concluded 2019 CPhI China trade show, held from 18-20 June 2019. Both products are FDA compliant. Flat-profile desiccant cards are needed for package moisture control …
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Italy : Omet has said that the digalised printing process of the Omet X6.0 has allowed its users to reduce waste of time and material usually needed to start a new job. “The line can get into perfect register in less than 10 meters when starting a new job. This result comes from a combination of …
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Italy: Sidel has introduced what it claims is the world’s lightest industrial bottle, X-LITE Still, a 500 ml PET packaging solution for non-pressurised still water. Weighing 6.5g and a height of 195mm, the bottles can be produced at a very high speed with a very light water neck finish. The bottle is perfectly complemented by …
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Packaging material is becoming a large source of waste and there’s an urgent need reduce the impact on the environment. Circular Economy is the way forward. A Packaging MEA report on how to go about adopting it To “Begin with the End in Mind” is what Circular Economy is all about. It involves planning and …
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Saudi Arabia: Almarai Company, Middle East’s leading food and beverage manufacturer and distributor, has been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management Systems. The certification has been obtained for all Almarai’s operations in Saudi Arabia through a series of multi-site certification audits across its various subsidiaries and facilities in the Kingdom. The Intertek ISO …
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Shahe Kavlakian, Executive Manager, NDigitec expounds the significance of flexo technology upgrades and skills developed by NDigitec to benefit brand owners and packaging printers Benjamin Daniel (BD): What is NDXC? Shahe Kavlakian (SK): NDXC is an internal developed platform that utilises the client’s request with the best available technologies to generate unprecedented and maximum results. …
Germany: Koenig & Bauer has followed up the customer event it hosted last year with one in May this year, where it invited print professionals from all over the world to an open house spotlighting the potential for digital transformation and data-driven services in packaging printing under the motto “Koenig & Bauer 4.0 – Packaging …
Italy: Ritrama has introduced Tamperproof, a new series of products specifically designed for the labelling of pharmaceutical products, which ensures compliance with the directive on counterfeit and falsified pharmaceuticals (2011/62/EU), and applies to prescribed medicines and over-the-counter high risk medicines. Directive 2011/62/EU clearly sets out two basic requirements for the correct packaging of pharmaceutical products: …
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