Siegwerk launches ink that also acts as oxygen barrier
Siegwerk has launched a new white printing ink that also provides an oxygen barrier – an innovation that aims to combine two layers into one.
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How ensuring accessibility improves packaging for everyone
In this article, Howard Wright, executive creative and strategic director UK, IE & Australia at Equator Design, explores how inclusive design can be used to create packaging that not only meets the expectations of disabled customers but can also lead to a better product overall.
Sealed Air’s first paper wrapping systems aspire for quick, safe, and efficient packaging process for product delivery
Sealed Air has launched its first ready-to-roll paper wrapping systems, aimed at streamlining packaging supply for low- and medium-volume e-commerce retailers and fulfilment companies.
Finalist Interview: UPLIFT recyclable plastics solution
The UPLIFT project, a finalist in our pre-commercialized Recyclable Packaging Sustainability Awards category, is a multi-stakeholder project developed by researchers at Aalborg University which focuses on the biological depolymerization of bio- and fossil-based plastic packaging waste.
New project aims to create active packaging based on biomass from shrubs
Longstanding AIPIA member AIMPLAS is working on developing bioplastics for active packaging for cosmetics and absorbent litter for the pet industry within the European BeonNAT Project.
Webinar: Solutions for adaptable PET packaging production in the evolving European market
To compete in today’s evolving European market producers must adopt manufacturing solutions that can meet the diverse regional needs of evolving consumer, economic and social demographics.
Veolia’s PlastiLoop offer pursues circularity by providing companies with ‘circular’ resins and supporting recycling processes
Veolia has launched its new PlastiLoop offer – said to provide customers across industrial sectors with circular resins and the means to utilise them, from waste collection to the production of new polymers.
Reifenhäuser unveils ‘precise, autonomous, mechatronic’ automation option for coextrusion adapters and dies
Reifenhäuser has presented its new Precise, Autonomous, Mechatronic (PAM) automation option for coextrusion adapters and slot dies in flat film and sheet production and extrusion coating, thought to improve the cost and efficiency of the processes.
TotalEnergies announces ‘low-carbon’ recycled polymer range intended to improve energy efficiency of plastics
TotalEnergies has launched RE:clic, a new range of low-carbon polymers aiming to reduce the carbon footprint of end-use applications by improving their energy efficiency.
Printpack launches flexible pouch with hologram-like features
AIPIA member, Printpack, a major manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging, has partnered with Fathom Optics to develop the first hologram-like 3D pouch on a wide web flexographic press.
Finalist Interview: Recyclable oxygen barrier packaging from NOVA Chemicals
The next of our pre-commercialized innovation Sustainability Awards finalists is NOVA Chemicals, with its mono-material oxygen barrier packaging material which has been shortlisted in the ‘Recyclable Packaging’ category.
Milliken and PureCycle release ‘fully sustainable’ PP resin concentrate to encourage lower-carbon production of plastic packaging
Milliken & Company has collaborated with PureCycle Technologies to create what is claimed to be the first fully sustainable concentrate for PP on the market, thought to have a 35% lower carbon footprint than virgin PP and enable customers to utilise higher amounts of recycled content.
HP produces new inkjet web press, enhances previous model, and works with global paper mills
HP Inc. has revealed a series of print-related innovations, including a new inkjet web press, an enhancement of its existing print technology, and partnerships with various international paper mills.