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Labeling and product decoration are critical to the packaging industry, combining the essential information to identify a product with the sales enhancement properties of branding and on-shelf visibility.

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The report details the market landscape in Europe and the US, and how the use of rigid paper cans can reduce the amount of waste to landfill.

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LED curing set to take the spotlight for 2023, says Flint Group

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By Danny Mertens
Track & trace technology enables brand owners to track their products at all times, while also protecting units against counterfeiting. Due to its rising popularity with brand owners, it’s clear that this is a technology, capability label converters will have to invest in sooner or later. Fortunately, Xeikon digital printing technology already enables solutions that combine authentication, identification and track & trace capabilities. Every single product gets a unique identity that enables verification.

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Baked goods are popular, which lends them their enormous variety worldwide. Whether from the supermarket shelf or as frozen delivery – bread, bread rolls, croissants, pastries and cakes are sensitive foodstuffs that place high demands on production processes and packaging. Therefore, automation and digitalisation are also becoming increasingly important issues for the bakery industry. And the issue of sustainability has long since arrived in the sector.

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Taking a breather after Covid-19: during the pandemic, online retail virtually exploded – but now the development of e-commerce is slowing down again. Nonetheless, manufacturers and suppliers of shipping packaging can continue to expect growth, even if it is no longer as strong as in the previous record years of 2020 and 2021.

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By David Lee, Focus Label
Few industries have been unaffected by supply chain problems since the start of the pandemic, which have been exacerbated by the Ukraine War and other global factors, so in this article we’ll explore the main effects for businesses seeking high-volume label printing and how, at Focus Label, we can help.

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Packaging, labels and cartons - the range of applications for anilox rollers is vast and can be found in almost everyone's daily life. At Zecher, everything has been revolving around the anilox roller for 75 years now. An interview with Thomas Reinking, Head of Sales and Marketing, about 75 years of Zecher.

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Food packaging today is so much more than just protecting the individual product. It is true that the most important function, from the moment of packaging throughout transport, storage and retail, is to ensure that the contents arrive in private households in one piece. But design and material also have a large influence on buying decisions, because more and more people want food that comes in a more sustainable packaging.

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Sustainability has been a megatrend for years also for cosmetics packaging. Manufacturers are more often using monomaterial that can be recycled, paper and renewable resources, often from waste products from agriculture and forestry, or from the food industry, for their packaging. Refillable solutions are being favourably received by customers, too, as they help to reduce the amount of waste.

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