On 5 June, the European Commission published a Commission Notice providing further clarity about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation in practice. We take a closer look at the document to understand its requirements in detail, including the current status of PFAS restrictions, the…
In this Innovation Spotlight, Dow outlines how its extrusion coating portfolio aims to support recyclability requirements and regulatory readiness, and how its collaboration with RDM Group demonstrates how lightweight polymer coatings can extend the use of fibre-based packaging into applications…
Avery Dennison has collaborated with The R Collective, supplying the fashion brand with QR code labels for garments that provide brand transparency information when scanned and digitally enabled garment bags that it claims are plastic-free.
OliTec’s smart labels can be applied to a temperature-sensitive product at the same time as it is packaged, offering a visual representation of freshness based on the temperature it is stored at over time and mimicking the product’s lifecycle. The company’s CEO Nicholas Richardson says the labels…
HP Inc. has announced the new HP PageWide Advantage 2200 series press, which it says offers enhanced productivity and media versatility across a range of high-coverage applications for commercial print service providers.
In the latest video in our Sustainability Perspectives series, Tim Sykes speaks to Mariya Nedelcheva, Marketing Manager for Film Solutions at Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials, about the relationship between labelling and packaging recyclability.
All4Labels Global Packaging Group has founded QR Marketing GmbH with the aim of enhancing brand protection and customer engagement with intelligent QR solutions for labelling and packaging applications.
CCL Label’s Hybrid ASD Technology, shortlisted in the ‘Machinery’ category of the Sustainability Awards 2022, enables printing embellishments to be produced with digital hybrid inkjet technology. We spoke to CCL Labels to find out more about the technology.
UFlex has introduced a range of new products and solutions in a bid to improve the recyclability, sustainability, usefulness, and visual attractiveness of product packaging. The innovations also aim toward product preservation, low production costs, easy manufacturing, and effective…
EyeC has introduced the Proofiler Version 4.2 with an update that offers Braille and code inspections for embossing and labels, as well as additional software modifications to enhance precision and user experience.
Tonejet’s Cyclone C4+, a direct digital can printing system that replaces labels and shrink sleeves, has been shortlisted in the ‘Machinery’ category of the Sustainability Awards 2022. We caught up with Tonejet to find out more about the solution, which helps to ensure that aluminium beverage cans…
Flint Group and CEFLEX have collaborated to test how incorporating rPP into flexible packaging impacts printing processes, as part of the latter’s Quality Recycling Project (QRP).
M&S has announced that ‘best before’ dates will be removed from the labelling of over 300 fruit and vegetable products, and replaced with a new code that staff can scan to check freshness and quality.
