
3-piece-polypropylene-pack
At-home refill pack with minimized environmental footprint
Weener Plastics (WP) is taking its Reduce, Reuse, Recycle principles to a higher level by combining them to facilitate new product developments, and even completely rethinking packaging concepts. In response to latest market trends, WP has developed a small, handy refill pack for concentrated formulas. This can be used at ...

Replacing plastic films and laminates
Mondi’s FunctionalBarrier Paper wins Gold at DOW Packaging Innovation Awards
Mondi and French Les Crudettes - LSDH Group's Vegetable Division were recognised as Gold winner at this year´s Packaging Innovation Awards by DOW for using recyclable FunctionalBarrier Paper manufactured by Mondi to protect ready-to-eat salads. Mondi’s FunctionalBarrier Paper replaces plastic films and laminates traditionally used for FMCG and consumer products ...

A modern new building for 300 employees
Largest building project in the history of the Schubert company
Two and a half years ago, the state road between Crailsheim and Dinkelsbühl was relocated to make way for packaging machine manufacturer Schubert’s planned new building. Construction work is now beginning on the largest investment in the company’s history. Schubert is building a new final assembly hall with an office ...

"Changing the way label production is set up"
BOBST launches new All-in-One line up with DIGITAL MASTER 340 and DIGITAL MASTER 510
Leveraging proven flexo experience and recent innovative inkjet developments, BOBST is enhancing its All-in-One, All-Inline portfolio with the new DIGITAL MASTER series. The DIGITAL MASTER 340 and DIGITAL MASTER 510 will change the way label production is set up. They provide a fully digitalized and automated production line, from printing ...

High demand but also supply shortage
Krones increases prices for new machines and lines
Just two years after the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, the market continues to recover visibly – and Krones has reported a good order situation, insuring a solid starting position for 2022. Due to the continuing high level of market demand, the lead times for projects are currently becoming significantly ...

Introducing two new CCK papers
Sappi with high-quality label and silicone base papers at Labelexpo
Sappi will be introducing its range of facestock papers and silicone base papers as well as wet-glue label papers at the upcoming Labelexpo Europe in Brussels from 26 to 29 April 2022. Sappi’s Glassine and CCK silicone base papers offer siliconisation properties as well as easy and efficient processing. They ...

An interview with Michael Graf, Director Consulting at Schubert-Consulting
Understanding the customers' customers
Schubert-Consulting is a division of Schubert Packaging Systems which has its roots in Gerhard Schubert GmbH. Based on decades of expertise in the packaging sector, Michael Graf, Director Consulting, and his team advise customers on all processes relating to product packaging. The main focus of customer support is the comprehensive, ...

Technologies for the flexible packaging industry
BOBST completes acquisition of Cerutti
BOBST announces the completion on 11 November 2021 of the proceedings relating to Bobst Italia SpA’s successful final tender offer for the acquisition of the assets of Officine Meccaniche Giovanni Cerutti SpA and Cerutti Packaging Equipment SpA, including the service company 24/7 Cerutti Service S.r.l., (Cerutti). Based in San Giorgio ...

Lessebo Paper announces sales manager appointment
John Tucker new sales manager in the Americas, Asia and South Africa
Lessebo Paper, a leading producer of high quality environmentally friendly paper located in Sweden, is pleased to announce the appointment of John Tucker as the new Sales Manager in North and South America, Asia and South Africa. The company has been producing paper since 1693, making it one of the ...

CleanPrint technology out of the box
Asahi presents Water-washable FlatTop plate at Fachpack
Asahi Photoproducts reported it will be exhibiting at the upcoming Fachpack event. At the show Asahi will present the European debut of its new AWPTM CleanFlat FlatTop out-of-the-box water-washable flexo plate with CleanPrint technology, and display its full range of CleanPrint plates. The company looks forward to this opportunity to ...

increasing folding-gluing line productivity
New SPEEDPACK automatic packer from BOBST
BOBST announced the new automatic packer SPEEDPACK. The packer is suitable for the EXPERTFOLD 145/165, EXPERTFOLD 170-350 and MASTERFOLD 170-350 and can handle all types of boxes, whether corrugated or litho-laminated, from straight-line, 4&6 corners, to crash-lock bottom. Folded and glued boxes are automatically counted, stacked and banded perfectly, delivered ...

Dr. Paul Walach becomes Managing Director of Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating
Generation change at executive management level
Effective July 1, 2021 Dr. Paul Walach (37) becomes Managing Director of Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating together with Karsten Kratz. With this move, the Reifenhäuser Group business unit specializing in cast film, sheet and extrusion coating lines introduces a generation change at executive management level. Bernd Reifenhäuser, CEO of the ...

Smart paper with embedded RFID tags opens up new business opportunities
Sappi and ISBC bring together digital and paper sectors
Printed electronics are decidedly on the move. Radio-frequency identification (RFID) is no longer a niche technology. It is already being used to great effect in many areas of everyday life: in our passports, ID cards and travel cards, clothes, library books, and much more. The vast scale and intricacy of ...

Gerhard Schubert GmbH strengthens its pioneering role in packaging technology during the 2020 pandemic year
Cautious leadership management during the Corona crisis is paying off
Despite the extraordinary challenges the world faced during the 2020 financial year, packaging machine manufacturer Gerhard Schubert GmbH posted a positive business result that was significantly better than the Corona-related forecast adjustments at the beginning of the pandemic year suggested. The Schubert Group achieved an increase in turnover of 2.5 ...

CROWN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CRUZCAMPO/HEINEKEN
Launch of summer campaign „Con Mucho Acento“
To bring its summer campaign to life on its packaging, iconic beer brand Cruzcampo, a member of the Heineken Spain family, turned to Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East (Crown) to produce a series of 12 novel can designs. With a campaign theme of “Con Mucho Acento,” which translates to ...

New Parnership with French Collection Company
OneCircle Keg recycling further growing
OneCircle, producer of the KeyKeg® and the UniKeg®, announced their partnership with collection partner ELISE Alsace; experts in collecting and recycling all types of waste. ELISE Alsace will be collecting used KeyKegs® throughout the Alsace region, which will later be recycled to fulfil their circular design and re-used into new ...

Lightweight and stable
Cardboard Carriers Deliver for Oslo Brewery
The new WaveGrip Cardboard Carrier from Berry Global has been selected by Oslo-based Amundsen Brewery, the second largest craft brewery in Norway and one of the fastest growing in the country, to provide a ring carrier solution for its range of beer cans. Each carrier weighs just 7.95g for a ...

Drop on Demand heading standard
New inline coding solution for pharmaceutical blister packs
Despite having long set up times, having poor legibility and creating occasional rework, mechanical embossing remains the dominant technology for adding variable data on blister packs. In view of the adverse effect on both overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and patient safety, pharmaceutical companies are urgently looking for solutions. With its ...

New Dual Ovenable Paperseal® Cook Range
From plastics to fiber-based alternatives
Graphic Packaging International (‘Graphic Packaging’) has announced a third addition to its award-winning PaperSeal® tray range to include a new dual-ovenable version, PaperSeal Cook, which reduces the amount of plastic when compared to traditional trays – in this instance by up to 80 percent. Ricardo De Genova, Graphic Packaging’s SVP, ...

BOBST 2021 press conference
BOBST unveils latest solutions to support its vision for the packaging industry
One year ago, BOBST announced its vision to shape the future of the packaging world, offering a profound transformation of the packaging industry. In June 2021 BOST presented several new solutions to support that vision. “We developed an ambitious vision and one year on, we are rolling out new solutions ...