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 ...
Advanced Sustainability
Wastewater treatment in plastics recycling
Recycling lines for plastics are the circular economy’s lynchpins – and as such make a vital contribution towards protecting our natural environment and economising on valuable resources. On the other hand, they also consume resources, chief among them water. Which goes to show: A recycling technology’s sustainability must not be ...
Plastics Industry Association
Ulrich Reifenhäuser inducted into the “Plastics Hall of Fame”
Ten leading personalities from the international plastics industry were recently inducted into the "Plastics Hall of Fame" - one of them is Ulrich Reifenhäuser (64), CSO of the Reifenhäuser Group, Chairman of the Exhibitors' Advisory Board of the “K” plastics show and Chairman of the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association ...
Expansion of PVC-free solutions
ALTANA Acquires Closure Materials Business from Henkel
ALTANA has acquired Henkel's closure materials business. As a result, the specialty chemicals group is strengthening its range of PVC-free solutions for the packaging industry in particular. Within the ALTANA Group, the business will be integrated into the ACTEGA division and globally assigned to the Metal Packaging Solutions business line. ...
developing a high-speed production line for fiber-based bottles
Stora Enso and Pulpex partner to produce fiber-based bottles on industrial scale
Stora Enso and packaging technology company Pulpex join forces to industrialize the production of eco-friendly paper bottles and containers made from wood fiber pulp. The joint development agreement is formed exclusively between Stora Enso and Pulpex, a packaging technology company established by Diageo (makers of Johnnie Walker, Smirnoff and Guinness) ...
Low-shear handling of suspensions with an intermittent dispersing phase
Liquid Powder Processing
The classic manufacturing process for powders is called Powder Compaction: Dry powders are compacted with a pounder to form a solid unit (a disc or other form). Finished products are i.e. eye shadow or blush. But in some manufacturing processes powders are formulated in a liquid phase. This often results ...
versynta flexible filling platform
Syntegon presents innovations at ACHEMA Pulse
Ever smaller batches for individual therapeutic approaches, new cost-intensive biopharmaceuticals, and the Covid-19 pandemic are currently changing the pharmaceutical industry rapidly. Syntegon Technology showcases solutions to these challenges at the virtual ACHEMA Pulse from June 15 to 16, 2021. "Highly flexible filling technologies with maximum yield, fast product and packaging ...
BOBST DAYS 2021
BOBST opens its virtual doors for a packaging industry wide event
BOBST is set to deliver a large program of webinars and live discussions that will cover all aspects of label and packaging production, over four days in early June. With each day dedicated to one sector, industry experts will present what’s new and what’s important to optimize your production floor. ...
Inline digital printing is making further advances
Better individualization, brand protection, and personalization
Digital inline printing continues to address a growing number of challenges in combination with drop-on-demand (DoD) inkjet technology. This allows individualization of consumer goods packaging at a very late stage, especially for small batches, with the ability to add brand protection features addressing product piracy and gray market risk. When ...
Ensure quality, production efficiency and flexibility for customer requirements
Compounds for pearlized BoPP films
The pearlized and white-pearlized masterbatches of Tosaf's ZD family enable manufacturers of BoPP films to flexibly address specific requirements of their customers in the packaging and label industries. When added during processing they ensure uniform film properties as opacity, gloss, and thickness, across the entire width, even when producing films ...
safe and robust bottles in numerous designs, shapes and colors
BASF expanded its Ultrason® P portfolio
BASF has now expanded its Ultrason® P portfolio so that it can be used to manufacture high-quality bottles by all three processing methods that are standard in the industry. The two polyphenylsulphone (PPSU) grades Ultrason® P 2010 and P 3010 can be used in injection stretch blow molding, extrusion blow ...
Enhanced UX and new exhibitors in Zone 1
Printing Expo Announces the Opening of Zone 2
Following a surge in interest from both visitors and exhibitors, Printing Expo has announced the opening of Zone 2 of their online exhibition which includes the Xeikon Wall Decoration Showroom and the Trade Association Hub. They have also announced new exhibitors for Zone 1. With over 21,000 visitors to date ...
Flexo press cleaning
New biodegradable product range
Flint Group Image Transfer Technologies introduces Enviroflex, a complete suite of biodegradable products for superior cleaning of flexo presses, anilox rollers and rotogravure cylinders, flexo plates and flexographic printing facilities. The Enviroflex biodegradable product range has been developed to deliver not only a safe work environment whilst performing daily maintenance ...
Water-based gravure printing: working together for a sustainable future
Collaboration of BOBST and Siegwerk on Water-Based Ink Systems
High solvent use in gravure printing is perhaps the biggest hurdle to overcome in order for this sound technology to maintain its strong position longer term. With increased government regulation globally and public opinion favoring new greener technologies, the future opportunities for gravure are destined to be coupled with more ...