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BOBST collaborates with BPIF Cartons to deliver hands-on training

BOBST has collaborated with BPIF Cartons to deliver specialist, hands-on foundation level training sessions to the industry.

The Right Press for the Job: Harnessing Digital, Hybrid, and Flexo Technologies for Label Printing Success

Digital printing in the label market is coming of age. Today, a significant proportion of label converters are running digital or digital hybrid label printing presses alongside their established flexo equipment, with digital accounting for 21.6% of the market value of labels produced globally in 2024.

The Benefits of Pharmacy Automation

Pharmacy automation refers to the automated mechanization of pharmaceutical processes, including dispensing, sorting, packaging, labeling, storing, and retrieving medications.

A Deep Dive into Flexographic Printing

Flexographic printing technology uses plates made of flexible materials such as plastics, rubbers, and UV-sensitive polymers for printing. This technology is widely used for package printing due to various benefits, such as high-quality printed images and high production speed.

Bio-based coatings

Bio-based coatings are eco-friendly alternatives to petrochemical based coatings which are derived from renewables or agricultural biomass, such as oil seeds, lignin, lipids, proteins, starch, polysaccharides, polyesters, and cashew nutshell liquid.

Improving Transparency and Traceability within Supply Chain First Mile

By Lee Metters, Global Business Development Director, Domino Printing Sciences
Typically, when organisations speak of supply chain transparency, they focus on the last mile: the product journey from “production to fork”, with a view to reducing energy and waste while optimising efficiency and flexibility in final delivery. However, the first mile of the supply chain – from “farm to production” – is just as important.

Efficient, Connected, Transparent: Automated Warehousing in Modern Supply Chains

· Toby Odlin, Head of Group Logistics and Supply Chain Projects, Domino Printing Sciences

· Andreas Olsson, Global Sector Manager – Logistics and Distribution, Domino Printing Sciences
· Paul Stinson, Sales Director, Lake Image Systems
Today’s supply chain and warehouse managers are navigating numerous challenges that stem from a combination of global disruptions and shifting market demands.

Antalis Packaging publishes the first edition of ‘The Big Book of Packaging’

Antalis Packaging has published the first edition of ‘The Big Book of Packaging’, an essential resource showcasing the latest advancements in packaging materials, machinery, and sustainable solutions. Designed to support businesses across the UK and Ireland, this new publication highlights how Antalis continues to lead the way in all things packaging.

Weaving the physical and digital into connected packaging

Bridging the physical and digital worlds, industry leaders explore how connected packaging can drive accessibility, sustainability, and consumer trust in an AI-powered era.

Understanding the consumer: How luxury brands use psychology and packaging to entice consumers

Professor Ben Voyer explains how the luxury market is utilising packaging to tap into the consumer psychology and initiate purchasing decisions.

Managing ink waste: meeting GFSI standards for safe disposal

Continuing our series on navigating ink-related food safety standards

We’ve started a blog series that focuses on meeting the requirements of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI). In our first post, we introduced the three main food safety management schemes for packaging printers and summarized eleven food safety standards related to ink.