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PERPETUA: Constantia Flexibles’ recyclable packaging solution for pharmaceuticals

Constantia Flexibles’ new solution Perpetua is a more sustainable high-barrier packaging solution for pharma products. It is the company’s first recyclable polymeric mono-material, has a wide range of uses in pharma packaging applications and is now available worldwide. Perpetua offers excellent product protection from oxygen, water vapor and light.

One-stop shop for label printing and device service: Ricoh cooperates with Zebra Technologies

Ricoh has signed an agreement with Zebra Technologies to provide its Managed Print Services customers with a single point of contact for label printing in the future. In future, Ricoh will use its proven service capacities in the EMEA region and its extensive network of technicians to support Zebra Technologies' existing fleets.

Flint Group Introduces EkoCure ANCORA Dual Cure UV-Curable Ink Series for Food and Pharmaceutical Labels and Flexible Packaging

Fully compliant flexo ink series accelerates switch from mercury to LED UV-curing, boosting cost savings, safety and productivity

First Scodix Ultra Digital Enhancement Press installed in Paraguay at Germany S.A.C.I.A.G

Scodix PolySense 550 for food packaging was a key driver for the investment

Sun Chemical to Increase Prices on Inks, Coatings, and Adhesives in EMEA

Sun Chemical will increase prices across a broad portfolio of its packaging and commercial sheetfed inks, coatings, and adhesives in Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA), effective March 1, 2021.

Fujifilm’s ink expertise and support helps Skanem to reach new heights

Labelling expert Skanem has high praise for Fujifilm’s Sericol flexo inks, which have delivered consistency, quality, strength and vibrancy to the company’s narrow web production for almost three decades.

EcoStretchTM: CCL Label pioneers closed loop solution for stretch sleeves

- CCL Label has plans to invest in recycling technology to recycle post-consumer Stretch Sleeves in a closed loop
- Sleeve Products will be marketed under the brand name “EcoStretchTM – the Closed Loop Solution”
- This project is part of CCL Label’s strategy to make its labels and sleeves reusable or recyclable by 2025

Mondi expands release liner range with launch of two new paper-based sustainable EverLiner products

Mondi creates new range of sustainable paper-based release liners, EverLiner

New products help reduce carbon footprint while ensuring high performance on existing machines and applications
EverLiner range comprises liners created from recycled paper and light-weight solutions
EverLiner M R is the first release liner on the market using recycled base paper

Milliken Joins GO!PHA to Drive Adoption of Bio-based, Biodegradable PHA Polymers in Single-use Packaging Applications

Milliken & Company’s Chemical Division has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA) to help address the technical and market development challenges related to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable biopolymers. Milliken will bring to GO!PHA its expertise in polymer chemistry to help improve the processing, performance, aesthetics and other important attributes of PHA. The goal is to expand the application range of this family of materials into more packaging applications.

D.W. RENZMANN SpeedyFlexPlateCleaner

High-quality flexoplates are no use-and-throw products. They can and should be reused. In times of shorter runs and repeating print jobs, that makes a lot of sense. And it should go without saying that the plates must be washed after every job. We know how important time-saving and efficient cleaning is.

Energy-efficient cleaning and treatment systems in the printing industry

What printers need are modern cleaning methods and technologies that comply with increasingly strict environmental and industrial safety regulations and conform to the idea of sustainable environmental protection.