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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Siegwerk launches UV-curing deinking primers for labels and sleeves
Siegwerk says that its UV-based deinking primers for labels and sleeves offer a validated solution for the safe and economic deinking of energy-cured ink systems that have previously been considered non-deinkable.
Frugalpac sells first assembly machine for its paper-based bottles
Frugalpac, the creators of the paper-based Frugal Bottle for wine, spirits, and olive oil, has sold the first Frugal Bottle Assembly Machine to Canadian packaging firm KinsBrae Packaging.
A look at the driving forces of change in child-resistant packaging
What is driving change in the child-resistant packaging space, and how is industry balancing the need to boost child-resistance while supporting senior populations?
European recyclers report low availability of sorted plastic waste
According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, the availability of sorted plastic waste is currently low enough to be negatively impacting the operations of plastic recyclers across Europe, with the organisation warning that this presents a barrier to meeting the EU’s recycling targets.
VerifyMe and INX develop covert ink technology for continuous inkjet printers
VerifyMe, which joined AIPIA last year and provides brand owners with time-sensitive logistics, authentication, supply chain monitoring, and data-rich consumer engagement features using smartphone readable codes, has announced that it has successfully developed VerifyInk, a covert ink technology…
Packaging Europe’s Readers’ Award 2022 is open for submissions!
We’re excited to reveal that our coveted Readers’ Award will be returning this year as part of our Sustainability Awards 2022!
Digimarc and Sealed Air partner to scale product digitisation via smart packaging
Digimarc Corporation has announced that it will partner with Sealed Air with the aim of bringing product digitisation to markets including e-commerce fulfilment and consumer goods at scale through smart packaging.
Can advanced recycling support flexible packaging’s quest for circularity?
Sreeparna Das spoke to Bob Powell, CEO of Brightmark, to understand the role advanced recycling – also known as chemical recycling – can play in supporting the demands of the flexible packaging sector, the key growth areas, and the existing challenges to scaling up advanced recycling.
How are automated packaging machines driving sustainability?
Timo Kollmann, managing director at Hugo Beck, discusses the critical role that packaging machinery plays in helping companies develop and scale solutions to meet emerging sustainability and circularity goals.
V-Shapes unveils mono-polymer substrates for recyclable high-barrier applications
V-Shapes has developed single-dose polypropylene (PP) sachets that it says are fully recyclable thanks to its high-barrier, mono-polymer substrates that are designed to be detected, sorted, and recycled in the industrial waste stream.
How much should packaging cost?
Ruben Rausing, the founder of Tetra Pak, once said that “packaging should save more than it costs.” Valeriy Krivoshey, Ph.D., editor-in-chief of Packaging Magazine, tells us what companies – and consumers – should bear in mind when thinking about the cost of packaging.
Mondelez offers global first with QR pack codes to access sustainability and wellbeing initiatives
Mondelēz International is piloting a new, on pack QR code for its UK summer promotion with Merlin Entertainments across a range of Cadbury, Oreo and Barny packs.