The European Commission has published its new Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). It bans non-recyclable packaging from 2030, using design for recycling criteria to measure recyclability. It also provides minimum recycled content targets in plastic packaging, and a...
An article from Asahi Photoproducts explains how to improve flexographic platemaking from both a quality and sustainability point of view.
By Dieter Niederstadt, Technical Marketing Manager
“No Greenwashing” and “Environmental Sustainability” are the most echoed buzzwords reflecting brand owners’ key challenges...
Lohmann has received a silver medal from EcoVadis for sustainability. It was the first time the company had taken part in the certification process and met the requirements at the first attempt. The certificate applies to all Lohmann sites...
Last october, during K fair, Uteco Converting presented to customers, journalists and operators in the sector this new flexo machine that continues the long success story of Uteco’s onyx range and innovates it with cutting-edge technologies to guarantee excellent...
DuPont as a leading company is called upon to provide the market concrete answers on sustainability. This serious commitment that can no longer be postponed was the focus of discussion at last september company meeting where the latest trends...
Together with its partners, at K 2022 BOBST presented OneBarrier Primecycle, a family of solutions without Evoh and without TopCoat, in high barrier PE, which are ideal alternatives to metallized polyester materials, and OneBarrier Fibrecycle, a solution entirely in...
136 years of history for this Piedmontese company that has made sustainability the basis of its corporate policies by combining innovation and environmental protection: it produces self-adhesive labels, envelopes and paper products, convinced that the future must be built...
Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK), Institute for Printing, Processing and Packaging Leipzig
by Kilian Menzel, Natalie Früholz, Lucia Görbert, Lutz Engisch
Gravure printing offers great potential for the circular economy, its major ecological advantages are the re-usability of the printing...
With increased environmental consciousness and growing food prices, consumers are trying to reduce food waste as much as possible. Re- closable packaging is getting more and more popular as it is easy to use and helps to make food...
Asahi Photoproducts announced it has achieved Carbon Neutral Certification in partnership with the Carbon Trust for its AWP™-DEW CleanPrint water-washable flexographic plates in compliance with PAS 2060. This certification is renewed on a regular basis; with each renewal period,...
