Knowledge base

Explained by Dr. Dieter Niederstadt, Technical Marketing Manager

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When you hear the term adhesive tape, the first thing most of you will probably think of is the traditional adhesive tape used in offices or packing tape used for sealing shipping cartons. This is no surprise. After all, these are the applications that we seem to come across the most in our everyday lives.

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Linerless labels have been a hot topic on our website over the past year. This blog has highlighted how the labels are put together, plus their applications and advantages.

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According to AWA Alexander Watson Associates’ latest researches, pressure-sensitive labeling continues to represent a 40% share of the global labeling technologies market, while the old-established glue applied technology claims second place, with a 35% market share, and the sleeve labeling technologies now represent a solid 19% share – and are still growing. AWA’s 2019 Labeling & Product Decoration Annual Review draws a detailed portrait of a market which, like all aspects of the packaging industry, is changing.

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By Federico D'Annunzio, Product Owner, Hybrid & Label Printing, BOBST

The label printing market continues to grow: the global market was valued at $36.98 billion in 2017 and is forecast to reach $45.22 billion by 2022.

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The Asian region is buckling down on major trends and issues to achieve a future “perfect” economic growth, which will have a ripple effect on the plastics industry. In the run-up to K 2019, The World´s No. 1 Trade Fair Plastics and Rubber, which will take place in Düsseldorf from 16 to 23 October 2019, we will first take a look at the Asian economy, broken down into various areas, in order to then identify the plastics industry, market growth and challenges in the region.

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‘A full program focused on the issues facing the sleeve label market value chain’ was how AWA President and CEO Corey Reardon introduced the 2019 AWA International Sleeve Label Conference and Exhibition. Alternating between USA and Europe, the event was held this year in Amsterdam, and brought together over 120 delegates for the two-day agenda, representing the value chain for sleeve labeling.

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A unique new “Look Book” printed on a high-speed manroland web offset press by Druckerei Kyburz of Dielsdorf, Switzerland will be on display at Print UV 2019, showcasing the vibrant color, ink density and quality enabled when using LED-UV technology from AMS Spectral UV – A Baldwin Technology Company in lieu of heat-set drying to produce commercial work.

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The global tube packaging market was 36.00 billion tubes in 2017 and is projected to exhibit a CAGR of 8.1% during the forecast period (2018–2026).

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The migration of components from packaging materials to foodstuff is certainly not a new consideration for packaging printers, brand owners and co-packers, but it continues to represent an area of global concern in terms of health and safety. As the broad base of packaging expands, and the printing processes for such packages also expand, it is becoming increasingly difficult to monitor and control the safety of food packaging print.

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