All Print and Labelling articles – Page 2
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ArticleAvery Dennison launches inlays and tags for identification and traceability of small medical items
Avery Dennison has announced the launch of its AD Minidose U9XM Ultra High Frequency (UHF) and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) high memory inlays and tags, designed for the identification of small pharmaceutical and healthcare items such as syringes, vials and various packaging formats.
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ArticleSappi introduces new barrier papers for food and non-food applications
Packaging paper manufacturer Sappi Europe has added three new products to its barrier paper portfolio for use in both food and non-food packaging applications and the confectionary market.
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ArticleEFI and Packsize create on-demand box system and water-based digital press
EFI and Packsize collaborated in May to produce ‘the world’s first’ on-demand box system that integrates full-colour printing on boxes using a single automated solution, and a water-based version of the Nozomi single-pass digital press for corrugated packaging.
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ArticleInternational environmental scoring standards in development for food and drink labels
Foundation Earth and EIT Food have formed the International Alliance for Food Impact Data, which intends to set international standards for the environmental scoring of food and drinks and display the information on a product’s front label.
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ArticleNew Domino printing lines replace bottle labels with on-cap QR codes
Domino Printing Sciences aims to support the transition into label-free beverage bottles with a range of Bottle Closure Printing Stations, designed to print variable data and machine-readable codes onto HDPE bottle caps and closures.
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ArticleSiegwerk and Masterpress partner to improve labelled packaging recyclability
Siegwerk has launched its first full UV flexo deinking system for the European market, CIRKIT CLEARPRIME UV E02, designed to be a ‘validated solution’ for safe and economic deinking of UV-printed self-adhesive labels (PSL) and improve a pack’s recyclability.
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Article‘World’s first’ certified biodegradable hot melt adhesive produced by Power Adhesives
Power Adhesives claims to have developed the ‘world’s first’ fully-certified biodegradable, shaped hot melt adhesive with the aim of boosting the environmental credentials of its product portfolio.
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ArticleHow is Google phasing plastic out of its electronics packaging?
Google has released a Plastic Free Packaging Design Guide, intended to help the consumer electronics sector phase out mixed-material packaging and transition into plastic-free alternatives – all while balancing product protection, accessibility, aesthetic appeal, responsible disposal, and costs. We take a deeper dive into its findings to learn more.
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ArticleMondi papers blend virgin and recycled fibres for functionality and recyclability
Two new containerboard paper grades from Mondi combine fresh and recycled fibres in a bid to balance environmental responsibility with strength, cost efficiency, and printability.
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Articledrupa 2024 – digitalization, automation and sustainability
After an eventful drupa 2024, we take a look back at the printing exhibition’s first week, explore some key trends and developments and shine a spotlight on just some of the product launches in the area of packaging printing, in particular in the machinery space.
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ArticleTesco etches product information onto avocado skin and trials cardboard trays
Tesco plans to save nearly a million stickers and up to 25 million plastic trays in its avocado product lines by laser etching product information directly onto the fruit and trialling a recyclable cardboard container.
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ArticleswissQprint unveils flexible automation option at drupa 2024
swissQprint presented an automation option at drupa 2024, designed to maintain high productivity in flatbed printing by relieving operators of unloading tasks.
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ArticleKoenig & Bauer unveils ‘first’ digital printing press in a production-line for metal decorating
Koenig & Bauer has launched a new digital printing press that it says is the first such solution that can be integrated into a production line for metal decorating.
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ArticleHeidelberg unites offset, digital, and automated printing in new sheetfed range
Heidelberg’s new Jetfire range for industrial digital commercial printing utilizes Canon’s inkjet technology and aims to combine offset and digital printing into a single end-to-end system, with the Prinect Touch Free software also offering automated print production.
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ArticleCoveris tackles flexo print market with €3 million investment in Comexi press
Coveris aims to improve flexo print efficiencies and energy consumption with its investment in the Comexi press, due to be on show at drupa 2024 in Düsseldorf, Germany.
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ArticleFiery, Esko, and GIS team up to streamline digital packaging production
Fiery, Esko, and Global Inkjet Systems (GIS) have announced a new partnership to provide inkjet press manufacturers with a comprehensive digital print solution for packaging.
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PodcastThe tipping point for digital print? HP’s Eli Mahal
On the eve of drupa 2024, HP’s Eli Mahal discusses the landscape around print for packaging and labels, why advances in speed and productivity means digital print is poised to go mainstream, how HP is addressing packaging’s sustainability demands, and what challenges will define the innovation agenda over the coming years.
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ArticleHP to spotlight vision for future of print industry at drupa 2024
At drupa 2024, HP will be spotlighting its latest print innovations – alongside a keynote on its vision for the future of the print industry as a whole.
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ArticleElitron to showcase updated digital cutting system at drupa
Elitron is set to unveil an updated digital cutting system, Kombo TAV, at drupa in Dusseldorf later this month.
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ArticlePaper label for rigid HDPE and PP ‘world’s first’ to receive RecyClass approval
UPM Raflatac has unveiled the ‘world’s first’ RecyClass-certified paper label material to be compatible with rigid HDPE and PP containers, intending to unlock whole-pack recyclability for soap bottles, washing detergent containers, and other solutions.