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DTM Print, international OEM and solution provider for specialty printing systems, today is proud to present Eddie – the world’s first-and-only NSF and GMP-certified edible ink desktop printer for printing onto cookies and other food items. Eddie is the latest product of US manufacturer Primera Technology, Inc.

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Advanced new ACTGreen Barrier Coatings from ACTEGA provide an effective, sustainable alternative to traditional plastic PE laminates used across the packaging industry.
The water-based products simplify both packaging production and end product recycling, whilst simultaneously offering a host of impressive features and – viewed over the entire process – delivering cost efficiencies to the customer.
The barrier coatings and aqueous TPE dispersions form part of the new dedicated ACTGreen® product line: a robust, triple-headed portfolio focused on making a decisive contribution to sustainability.

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UV LED systems for the electronics manufacturing adhesives curing
Phoseon Technology, the leader in UV LED curing solutions, today introduced the release of the FireJet™ FJ801 area curing solution, now with a touch controller. The intuitive user interface of the controller’s touchscreen allows for easy operation. With no knobs or buttons and other moving part on the front, the controller can be stored and transported more easily. The system targets electronics manufacturing, adhesives cure and lab material/substrate curing.

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To better align the services and solutions offered to its customers in the Indian subcontinent, Markem-Imaje is opening a new factory and head office in Bhiwadi, India. The modern production facility features state-of-the-art labs and sampling centers, as well as ink production and printer assembly.

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INX International Ink Co. has partnered with Silicon Valley-based Plug and Play, the world’s largest startup accelerator and innovation center, to collaborate and explore new opportunities. The decision to become a participating company in the New Materials and Packaging platform is the latest development of INX’s commitment to and support of sustainable practices by fostering and promoting an entrepreneurial mindset.

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Global pressure sensitive label manufacturer UPM Raflatac has worked hard to embrace the circular economy and sought a way to measure performance. The company tested the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Circulytics tool and received an overall score of B, indicating that UPM Raflatac has made great strides in enabling circularity, but still has work to do in measuring output as a supplier in the packaging value chain.

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The first LNG truck, powered solely by liquefied natural gas, left Kaneka Belgium in Westerlo-Oevel today on its way to Germany. The brand-new LNG trucks of transport company DE DECKER - VAN RIET will be used exclusively for the international transport of Kaneka MS Polymer™. This partnership enables both companies to combine their policy on innovation and sustainability to contribute towards a better climate and innovation and embed sustainability into their strategy more deeply.

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SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry today announced that Orkla, a diversified Nordic brand owner in business-to-consumer (B2C) commerce with foods, snacks, food care for sport and food ingredients, has launched its first chips packaging using certified renewable polypropylene (PP) polymer from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio. The sustainable material is derived from tall oil, a residual product from the Nordic forestry industry, and is converted into a Biaxially Oriented PolyPropylene (BOPP) by IRPLAST, a major Italian vertically integrated manufacturer of specialty S-BOPP films and converter of printed shrinkable BOPP roll-fed labels and PSA tapes. In Orkla’s chips bags, the material solution helps lower the carbon footprint of the three partners’ value chain in half compared to the use of traditional non-renewable plastics.

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To offer our customers a full portfolio of packaging papers, UPM Specialty Papers has launched UPM SolideTM, a family of kraft papers that feature a versatile combination of strength as well as converting properties. All grades in the portfolio offer excellent printability to maximise the shelf impact of packaging. All papers in the UPM SolideTM family are recyclable in regular paper recycling stream.

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The fourth sheeting line at the UPM Kymi paper mill started full production at the end of October, strengthening UPM’s position on the market for graphic fine paper sheets.

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