It can be said with confidence: Pigment manufacturers thrive on incorporating sustainable materials in their products as well as improving their manufacturing process. Ink World, the industry’s news and information provider, invited experts in the ink sector to share their sustainability goals as well as their knowledge revolving around pigments.
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The printing segment has always been coping with supply chain pressures. With energy prices now skyrocketing, the industry is facing a new challenge. The shortage of paper in Europe has caused mill shutdowns and curtailments and some businesses are even on the verge of closing. How is the sector grappling with the energy crisis and other industry challenges?
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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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To make take-out food packaging more sustainable, German company Vytal relies on artificial intelligence and algorithms. This is not only benefiting the restaurants, but also the customers and our environment.
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Im Rahmen der K 2022 rückten mehrere VDMA-Mitgliedsunternehmen das Thema „Circular Economy“ in den Fokus und stellten ihre Technologie-Highlights zur Kreislaufwirtschaft vor. LEONHARD KURZ zeigte auf, wie sich aus Produktionsresten der grafischen Industrie hochwertiges Post-Industrial-Rezyklat gewinnen und weiterverarbeiten lässt.
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tesa announces the launch of their newest product tesa® 60412: a packaging tape made of recycled PET bottles. Composed of recycled materials and bio-based raw materials, tesa‘s recycled PET packaging tape provides a more sustainable alternative to conventional packaging tape.
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Marabu presented CO2- and energy-saving UV-LED-curable screen printing inks and a new digital printing varnish at glasstec 2022. The manufacturer's portfolio was also expanded with inks suitable for screen, digital, and pad printing for the glass industry.
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The worldwide trend and shift towards alternative packaging materials signal how consumers are becoming more environment-conscious. How can material suppliers, machine manufacturers and packaging processors work together to ensure that we enter into a circular economy and where do we stand on the way to getting there from a global perspective?
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New ideas for sustainable materials are sprouting up like flowers in spring. One example of an alternative to conventional paper is pollen-based paper made from sunflowers, which can be reused several times thanks to a unique unprinting method.
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The combination of digital and physical marketing is still uncharted territory for many brands. However, the American manufacturer Clinique is setting new standards for the industry with the launch of their new packaging including a NFC seal. The technology enables customers to receive skin care tips from experts via an app and to exchange information about them with other people. But what does this technology promise for marketing?
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