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AWA’s annual market update

The annual industry update on release liner for pressure-sensitive labels was given by AWA Alexander Watson Associates this year in Brussels, appropriately co-located with Labelexpo Europe. Over two extended afternoon sessions – which enabled participants to tour the show as well – presenters from leading companies across the supply chain provided, in the first session, a review of market trends and applications; and in the second session an evaluation of sustainability and recycling achievements and challenges.

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Guest post by Claire Virazels, Marketing Manager Production Color & Packaging Technology, Xerox Europe

Where to find growth will be a question under discussion at the Xerox Digital Packaging Live event on October 19. More than 75 commercial printers, converters, brand owners and design agencies come together from Europe and beyond in their search for opportunities to innovate within the growing digital packaging marketplace. They’ll catch up on the latest advancements in digital printing, new business opportunities and innovation.

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Printer manufacturers urge European consumers and public buyers to look for the WEEE logo when buying printer cartridges.

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Sun Chemical has launched the fifth edition of Designing Packaging with Certainty, its best practice guide to printing food and sensitive goods packaging with conventional offset and UV/EB curing inks and coatings.

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By Filip Weymans, VP Global Marketing, Fint Group
Not one label is the same - different applications require different digital technology. Wine & spirits, food, beverages, pharma, health & beauty or industrial chemicals: every label comes with its own aesthetic and functional requirements. Which is why we are diving deeper into the characteristics of each of these labels in a series of blogs.

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Digital print technology has brought considerable change to label converting, as it has to all other print arenas. The international label industry association, FINAT, which mentors the complex supply chain that a ‘label’ represents today, recently decided that the time had come to establish some real metrics. As a result, the way in which digital print has manifested itself in the European label industry has now been profiled through an in-depth study of current status, anticipated market sizing and growth to 2022, converter benchmark data, and production trends. The results are revealing.

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Megacity residents globally have a positive attitude towards packaging as a potential sustainability problem-solver, and Packaging Sustainability is well understood and valued. However expectations on cities management of recycling, littering, waste and support for sustainable behavior and education differ. This is evident from the new BillerudKorsnäs consumer panel on Packaging Sustainability.

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Production of physical touchpoints are delaying the delivery of true omnichannel experiences

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Color-Logic--the leader in metallic color communication and decorative effects--is discussed as a primary security technique in the Second Edition of Introduction to Security Printing,

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By Filip Weymans, VP Global Marketing, Xeikon

Not one label is the same – different applications require different digital technologies. Whether it is for pharma, wine & spirits, durables, health & beauty, industrial chemicals or beverages, every label comes with its own aesthetic and functional requirements. Which is why we are diving deeper into the characteristics of each of these labels in a series of blogs.

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