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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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The "Medical Packaging Films - Global Market Outlook (2017-2026)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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A recent market study published by Fact.MR provides a holistic analysis of various trends, drivers, and restraints of the reusable water bottles market. According to the Fact.MR study, the reusable water bottles market will envisage 3.1% y-o-y over 2017 to exceed US$ 8,347 million by the end of 2018. The Fact.MR study remains bullish on the continual rise in demand for reusable water bottles, as growing environmental concerns are driving consumers as well as end-use industrial sectors to switch to eco-friendly alternatives of single-use water bottles.

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According to the new research report "Anti-Counterfeit Packaging Market by Technology (Coding & Printing, RFID, Hologram, Security labels, Packaging Design), Usage Feature (Track & Trace, Tamper Evidence, Overt, Covert, Forensic Markers), End-Use Sector, and Region - Global Forecast to 2023", published by MarketsandMarkets™, the Anti-Counterfeit Packaging Market size is projected to grow from USD 5.3 billion in 2018 to reach USD 9.4 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 12.1%. The global anti-counterfeit packaging market is witnessing significant demand owing to the rise in manufacturing activities. The market is driven by factors such as strong growth in the demand from the food & beverage and pharmaceutical & healthcare sectors. The growing pharmaceutical & healthcare industry and an increasing number of counterfeit products in the market are the major drivers of the anti-counterfeit packaging market.

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The global gravure printing inks market depicts the presence of a highly fragmented vendor landscape, says Transparency Market Research on the basis of a recently published report. Such diversity is mainly present owing to innumerable small, mid, and large-scale players working in the market. The number of players is expected to increase in the near future in this sector. This is envisaged to further intensify the competition during the next few years.

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The two WRI global wood fiber prices indices fell slightly in the 2Q/18 after having increased for all of 2017 and early 2018. For most of the key pulp-producing regions, prices were down because of the strengthening US dollar, while prices in the domestic currencies generally have gone up the past year

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