
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 ...

bio-based feedstock
Sustainable hot melt adhesives from Dow and Henkel
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business division of Dow, announces the expansion of its high-performance AFFINITY™ GA polyolefin elastomers (POE) with the launch of bio-based AFFINITY™ RE. This solution has enabled Dow customer Henkel’s Technomelt SUPRA ECO line to achieve another milestone in both companies’ sustainability goals. Climate change ...

Cooperation with Cubicc
Scallog expands to Brazil
After expanding from Europe to the US, Scallog now heads for Brasil. As an important pillar to its international development, Scallog, one of France’s foremost suppliers of logistics robots, has formed a commercial partnership with Brazilian company Cubicc, a leading integrator in picking and packing solutions. Cubicc will market the ...

Expanding packaging solutions for pharmaceutical applications
ProMach Acquires Serpa Packaging
ProMach, a worldwide leader in packaging machinery solutions, announced that it has acquired Serpa Packaging Solutions, a leading provider of cartoning and end of line packaging systems for the pharmaceutical, medical device, nutraceutical, food, cosmetics, and personal care markets. The addition of Serpa brings automated cartoning systems into ProMach’s portfolio ...

Demonstration Capabilities Expanded
BOBST opens a Digital Inkjet Demonstration Center in Barcelona
BOBST has expanded its demonstration capabilities with a dedicated demonstration center outside of Switzerland. The new Demonstration Center in Barcelona will provide a unique opportunity for converters and brand owners to come and see the Mouvent™ Cluster Technology for themselves, opening a new chapter in label production. BOBST did not ...

New Business Unit for Consolidation
SACMI RigidPackagingTechnologies B.U. established
In January 2021 the SACMI RigidPackagingTechnologies Business Unit brought all SACMI solutions concerning rigid packaging under one roof to enhance the company’s numerous market-leading technological plus-points and keep pace with the industry’s accelerating focus on sustainability, versatility and performance. “SACMI has always stood out” highlights the General Manager of the ...

Eleni Despotou to follow Angelika Christ
FEFCO welcomes new Secretary General
FEFCO announce the appointment of Eleni Despotou as the new Secretary General by the Board of Directors. Eleni will start her position on 1st February 2021. Angelika Christ, FEFCO Secretary General since 2007, will retire. Eleni has an in-depth knowledge of the European Union Institutions and Industry Associations with a ...

Brückner’s solutions for new and used equipment
BOPP and BOPE Inline Coating: Perfect barrier, improved recyclability
Driven by the discussions about recycling targets for plastic packaging, mono-material packaging structures are receiving more and more interest: for example, biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) or polyethylene (BOPE) films. Reasons for this are a better sortability of the packaging and an improved quality of recycling materials. With mono-material structures the ...