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Evolution of Coating Industry

The coatings industry is progressively transitioning toward low volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and bio-based technologies due to stringent global environmental regulations. Paints and other coatings prepared using traditional methods are characterized by high VOC emissions, which harm the atmosphere and living beings. Hence, industries will likely shift toward powder coatings, bio coatings, and other green solutions. Such options provide environment-friendly features, improve performance measures, cut costs, and adhere to regulations, leading to good business returns and long-term successes.

Co-Packers: Driving Efficiency, Sustainability, and Growth in Modern Supply Chains

Co-packers are revolutionising supply chains by offering flexible, sustainable solutions. Emma Verkaik discusses how their expertise in digitalisation, scalability, and environmental responsibility empowers brands to thrive in competitive markets.

At the end of the line

You’ve got the product, you’ve got the pack and you’ve got the customers. What binds them together is fulfilment and logistics.

From container to colour: managing ink expiry for high-quality results

In the packaging industry, the expiry of inks plays a crucial role in maintaining product quality, reducing waste, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Whether it’s solvent-based, water-based or UV-curing inks, each type has its own shelf life, determined by factors like pigment stability and storage conditions.

How digitalization and automation are driving innovation in label production

By Patrick Graber, BOBST Marketing Director, Narrow-Mid Web Printing & Converting
Label converters face challenges from many different directions that directly threaten the profitability of their businesses. However, despite pressures on price and severe labor shortages, combined with the need to adapt quickly to new market trends while delivering high quality labels, there are still opportunities to grow for those ready to embrace the world of digitalization, automation and connectivity.

The Future of Packaging Design: Intelligent Trends and Creative Visions

In the dynamic world of consumer goods, packaging is far more than just a shell – it tells stories, creates connections, and drives sustainable innovations. Laetitia Durafour, Marketing Director at Eviosys, highlights how analyzing trends and combining sustainable materials with creative concepts can lead to intelligent design.

Small steps in material science can lead to great leaps for packaging

Innovation doesn’t always arrive in light bulb moments. Sometimes it’s the result of years of painstaking research and testing. But these harsh reality checks can produce the strongest possible results, argues Martin Settle, Senior Manager of Polymer Science in Sustainability and Packaging at Reckitt.

AI could prove a springboard to Industry 4.0 in the UK Packaging Industry, says Think B2B Marketing

The transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in packaging could bring about the next great era of integrated UK industry operations, according to Think B2B Marketing Managing Director Joanna Stephenson, following her keynote talk on the subject at the recent Esko Label & Packaging Forum.

Championing consumer clarity: The essential role of labels in enhancing recycling

As the UK shifts focus from mandatory to voluntary recycling labels, Jude Allan, Interim Managing Director of OPRL, emphasises the critical role these labels will play in guiding consumers toward sustainable choices.

LED packaging - everything you need to know

Increasing demand for smart lighting solutions is a key driver that contributes towards the growth of LED packaging market. Moreover, the growing developments towards advanced LED packaging technologies provide opportunities for the market players that offer packaged LEDs which thereby is expected to drive the growth of LED packaging market in the future.

Packaging from materials and printing to innovative technologies

The technical realisation of packaging involves numerous choices in the supply chain, from the materials that make up the packaging itself to the printing and finishing techniques used, responding to objectives strictly linked to the type of products to be marketed and the communication needs of their positioning, as well as production volumes. The "Pack Around 2024" study, promoted by StrategoGroup and Largo Consumo, has mapped the situation of technological investments based also on a cross-cutting framework of sustainability, an essential driver of innovation.