Roughly one third of the food produced worldwide gets lost or wasted. Researchers at the University of Canterbury’s Department of Chemical and Process Engineering are working on a method to turn food waste into bioplastics.
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Many processes in the printing industry are becoming increasingly digitalized – it is no coincidence that these developments will be the main topics at drupa 2024. But how far has digitalization come in label production in this respect?
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To meet the demands of today's world, the plant and mechanical engineering industry is gearing up their businesses for establishing a circular economy and higher levels of sustainability. But politics must also play its part to enable the industry to keep working on new solutions.
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With the bacteria-killing wings of insects like dragonflies or cicadas as foundation and inspiration, researchers have created an antibacterial texture to apply to food packaging to extend shelf life and reduce food waste. The ultimate goal is to use it in medicine, for example for implants, as well.
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Away from spare parts, towards end products: There is an ongoing revolution in the 3D printing industry. Vulkaza and its 3D print on-demand platform envision the bright future of 3D printing and manufacture in which the community spirit is also included. What’s more, the start-up Vulkaza makes the creators’ ideas come true, supports local product production and thereby has a share in ecological resilience. Odeta and Ap, co-founders of Vulkaza and 3D printing gurus, throw light on the evolution of 3D printing, analyze the current market and foresee the potentials of on-demand 3D printing exclusively in our interview.
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ACTEGA has been focusing on sustainability in many of their products and in the past month they have again demonstrated what sustainable printing options can look like. Introducing a new environment-friendly label decorating process for a clean ‘no label’ look and new silver coatings as an alternative to foil stamping and metalized board, has shown their seriousness towards renewable printing methods.
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The year 2019 is coming to an end … but not before we’re taking a look back on it and summarize our top 5 blog articles of the last twelve months for you.
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Here are our daily links with the most important news from the printing industry. Today they feature HP’s new business printers, flexible packaging and the need for increased food safety, origami-inspired 3D printed surgical tools, an EU initiative for bioplastics, Roland DG’s smartphone-operated printers, Dulpo’s plans for drupa 2016 and new on the drupa blog: Invisible inks to guard against counterfeits.
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Consumers increasingly demand sustainable packaging. Especially eco-conscious shoppers who buy brands with a green core want to see packaging that is recyclable, renewable or made from sustainable resources. The Body Shop is taking the concept one step further and plans to use methane and carbon dioxide, which would otherwise be released into the air as greenhouse gas, in its packaging.
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Here are our daily links with the most important news from the printing industry. Today they feature major packaging trends for 2016, Nano Dimension’s 3D printing patent, a 3D printed nuclear fuel element, Ziegler’s shut-down of its paper production, RR Donnelley’s new contract with Pearson, Sun Chemical’s metallic inks and Mimaki’s new inkjet for textile printing.
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