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…
The limits of what is possible with digital printing are constantly growing. Victoria Hattersley spoke to Yair Gellis, head of HP Indigo global flexible packaging, about the industry’s continued move towards digitalization.
How far along the road of digital transformation has the printing industry come? Victoria Hattersley takes a look at the current digital printing landscape and gets some insights from Rob Day CEO of Tonejet.
Siegwerk, a global provider of printing inks and coatings for packaging and labels, is now offering a new generation of water-based inks for paper and board applications: UniNATURE.
Today, Avery Dennison announced the latest iterations of its award-winning CleanFlake filmic label material, which are now suitable for PET packaging in food, home and personal care, and other segments in addition to beverages.
The new SmartDate® Xtreme Plus printhead application allows manufacturers to print codes with high resin thermal transfer ribbons at up to 600 millimeters per second (2 feet per second).
Secondary packaging company TrakRap believes it has solved one of the biggest barriers to fully recyclable secondary packaging for the food and drink sector with the launch of TrakCoder, a low-carbon alternative to ITF labels.
3D printing solutions provider Stratasys Ltd. has introduced its Stratasys PolyJet™ printing technology, which the company says designers can now use to model complex, full-colour packaging.
Rob Brown, Senior Manager Business Development Industry Print, OKI Europe Ltd, explores the latest innovations that are finally making short run packaging printing both viable and profitable for print service providers
Supermarkets and food retailers should include transparent information on the environmental footprints of food products on their packaging, according to new research from the University of Sussex.
