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Packaging is a masterpiece of product concept

Hand up how many have ever chosen a product in a store based on its packaging? I confess that I have! As you fly past the shelves, your choice from the dozens of similar options is strangely made easier if one product stands out from the crowd with its attractive packaging.

Unpackaged? Better packaged! More protection, less unnecessary waste

Unpackaged is not always better! Packaging not only protects your products, it can also help to reduce waste! We would like to take a closer look at this statement in the following and use an example to illustrate why packaging is particularly important for a product.

Challenges in understanding and measuring the environmental friendliness of packaging

Hery-Christian Henry is Wipak‘s Head of Strategic Marketing and Corporate Social Responsibility. His leadership role In Wipak has given him a strong perspective of the packaging world in Asia and the EU and a solid insight into the issues involved in understanding and measuring the environmental performance of packaging.

Packaging machinery: 2020 turnover drops to €7.6 billion (-5%)

The preliminary figures from the MECS-Ucima Research Department reveal a slowdown for the sector.
Small falls in both domestic sales (-6.8%) and exports (-4.5%)

FFI/PTS Investigation confirms: Folding Cartons recyclable in the waste paper stream

FIBRE CAN BE COMPLETELY RECYCLED
Folding cartons are recyclable as part of the paper stream collected from private households. This is confirmed by a recent, wide-ranging study commissioned by the Fachverband Faltschachtel-Industrie (German Folding Carton Association, FFI) from the Papiertechnische Stiftung (PTS).

BOBST reflects on a very special year and focuses on shaping the future of the packaging world for 2021 and beyond

2020 will be remembered as unexpected and transformational. As we reach the end of it, we take time to look back at some of the important milestones that were achieved and key decisions that were made, and we reveal our expectations and predictions for the year ahead.

Sun Chemical Adds Two More Printing Processes to Online Troubleshooting Guide

Sun Chemical has further enhanced its online troubleshooting guide by adding potential solutions to common pressroom challenges in coldset and metal package printing processes.

Digital label printing series – entering a new era (1)

In this first article in a new series, we ask if digital label printing can combine high speed and productivity with the highest quality printing.
Digital printing has transformed label production over the last decade, but at BOBST, we believe that we are at the tipping point of another new chapter.

Climate Neutral Chemical Site

Lubricant specialist Zeller + Gmelin with energy management and compensation for a climate-neutral CO2 balance

What cookies, pasta and plastics (now) have in common

For many of us it was our first childhood lesson in culinary circularity: Seeing how, when the cookie baking season was finally here again, scraps of leftover dough from cutting were re-rolled and added to fresh dough to make a new batch. Doing the same with homemade pasta is a bit more tricky, which is why smart Italian grandmothers invented maltagliati, but with a little water, olive oil and effort it is certainly possible.

Why does one third of the world’s food never make it to the table and how can packaging help?

It’s not unusual in the Western world to throw away leftovers and discard slightly damaged food without a second thought. Yet when we consider that 135 million people face acute food shortages, it is clear that food waste is an issue we can no longer afford to ignore.