INFOPACK NEWS _ 26/03/2023

News - Circular Economy

New label stock for enhanced recycling: keeping boxes in the loop for longer

With its new adhesives, HERMA is thought to be the first company in the industry to offer label stock that is optimised to support the recycling of cardboard shipping boxes. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Circular Economy BRAND: Herma

News - Packaging materials

Aquapak: Extrusion Coating with PVOH

New whitepaper highlights Hydropol’s effectiveness as an extrusion coating barrier for paper-based packaging. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Packaging materials BRAND: Aquapak

Innovation - Printing and labeling

UPM Raflatac extends OptiCut Linerless label range

UPM Raflatac, a global supplier of innovative and sustainable labeling materials, recently expanded their Direct Thermal (DT) Opticut Linerless labels portfolio. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Printing and labeling BRAND: UPM Raflatac

Markets - Food

Food Waste: technological solutions to combat it

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), world hunger is increasing despite the fact that one third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Food BRAND: ITENE

Innovation - Flexible packaging

Hotpack Global Inks Pact with Comexi Technology for Consolidation in the Flexible Packaging Industry

The UAE’s global food packaging manufacturer acquires a Comexi F2 MB flexographic printing press and a Comexi SL2 Evolution laminator ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Flexible packaging BRAND: Comexi

E-commerce - general

10 keys for an optimized packaging for e-commerce

The emergence of COVID-19 has revolutionised the e-commerce market. After years of steady and sustained growth from 2013 to 2019, 2020 saw a break in this trend worldwide, from growing at a rate of 17% per year to 28% in 2020, in parallel to the decline in physical shop sales, reaching a value of 3,545,000 million euros globally. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: general BRAND: ITENE

Events - Awards

Pentawards 2022: Packaging design at its best

After two years, Pentawards, the world's largest and most prestigious packaging design competition, held its gala cereamonia at London's iconic Royal Opera House on September 23 ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Awards BRAND: Pentawards

News - Empresa

Oasis Flower Plant for Plastic Acquires a Comexi F2 MB Flexographic Press

The F2 MB will simultaneously help the Saudi Arabian company offer more sustainable printing and maintain very extremely high print quality. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Empresa BRAND: Comexi

Opinion - JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

How to get exemption from the new Spanish plastic tax?

By demonstrating reusability or incorporating recycled material. ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: JAVIER ZABALETA, managing director of itene

Markets - Perfumery and Cosmetics

A gentle, natural scent for children

Children’s clothing brand Petit Bateau launches a new fragrance for toddlers with a Quadpack cork cap ( Read more... )

CATEGORY: Perfumery and Cosmetics BRAND: Quadpack group