By Fokke Verbeek, GSE Dispensing
Tracking and managing the high volume of orders presents a logistical challenge to package printers who process spot colours in-house with an ink dispenser. Order management software provides the key to an efficient, productive print workflow.
By Jason Rook GSE Dispensing
Calculating the amount of ink needed for a packaging and label printing job is a complex task – and one that the printer must get right, to protect profits.
What does it take to build a successful and thriving brand in a tough - and often unforgiving - retail market?
As part of London Packaging Week, Cassandra Stavrou, Founder of PROPER Snacks, shared insight into her journey as a challenger brand and the successes and failures along the way, resulting in one of the most successful and fast-growing businesses in the healthy snack category.
As the sixth largest producer of printing products in the world, the UK is in a prime position to enhance sustainability in the industry, and positive progress has already been made towards achieving Net Zero.
UK commercial printing now uses predominantly sustainable materials, with 90 per cent of paper sourced from European forests which are increasing at a staggering rate equivalent to 1,500 football pitches every day.
With Gulf Print & Pack officially announced for 2024 from the 9th – 11th of January, the response from visitors and exhibitors has been overwhelming. This continues to be the major exhibition for the print and package printing sector in the GCC region and is the first in-person printing exhibition in the Middle East for nearly four years.
There’s no better packaging than sustainable packaging: avoiding waste is the top priority when it comes to preserving nature and the environment. In addition, the usefulness of packaging for food protection and consumer information is undisputed. So how can packaging printing be more resource-efficient? What role does web offset play in the circular economy? How can the negative impact on nature and the environment be reduced in the printing process? manroland Goss' presence at various international events in the upcoming weeks will provide an opportunity for a personal exchange with experts on the future prospects of web offset in packaging printing.
The award features an enhanced biennial format as it seeks to con nue to champion innova on in packaging as a key enabler for sustainable human progress
• Nomina ons are open to packaging designs from all industries and geographies; entries can be submi ed here; deadline to submit is March 8, 2024.
• Winners will be selected by an independent jury composed of professionals from the global packaging industry and sustainability experts.
New IT-innovations in the packaging industry at Aicomp’s hybrid event
Open House with live demonstration of the DG-Vision
DG Press to Host Security & Pharma Print 2023 Event
How accessible packaging works for everyone
By James Montero MacColl, Senior Marketing Manager at Easyfairs
From boxes mummified with tape, to tightly locked blisterpacks, most people have had experience with difficult to open packaging. But to a significant proportion of the population, these designs can go from a minor annoyance to something that renders packaging completely inaccessible.
By Robert Seay, Vice President of Digital Print Strategy and Growth, Georgia-Pacific
Digital print has been promising broad transformation in corrugated for a long time. Significant progress has been made, but digital print today still only represents and addresses a small subset of corrugated print needs. New approaches are needed to broaden the reach and value of digitally printed corrugated packaging.
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