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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In recent years, 3D printing is experiencing a boom. While helping to design and create products faster than ever before, this technology also known as additive manufacturing is revolutionizing every field it enters. The result is that it is becoming more affordable. So, it has great potential in many areas – even when it comes to environmental issues.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is looking forward to an exciting future. Although it is going to entail many advantages, some experts are concerned about its environmental impact. After all, it will comprise more than 200 billion connected devices by 2021 resulting in a huge amount of e-waste due to the batteries needed in order to power them. But Finnish researchers are already searching for a solution.
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Environmentally friendly inks have been attracting a lot of attention in recent years and a myriad of solutions have come up. While many of the claims are true, a closer look at the environmental impact of green inks reveal a different picture.
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Packaging is an essential part of the customer journey. It is the customer's first haptic contact with the product. At the point of purchase, it is even the first visual contact. At the POP, we decide in less than a second whether to buy the product or not. The packaging plays a bigger role here than the product itself.
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When we discuss the topic of sustainability, most people immediately conjure up images of green oases, rainforests, green meadows and flowing streams. However, the topic of sustainability does not exclusively concern the preservation of nature.
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Those who want to harmonise innovation, sustainability and packaging must pay attention to three important factors: Use of renewable raw materials, recyclability and reduction of material use.
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Focus on sustainability in the printing industry. If we talk about the topic of sustainability, we primarily look at the topic of paper production. Besides the production process, the focus is on the materials used. Because that is where our carbon footprint starts.
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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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Some printing industry sectors face greater challenges in saving resources than others. Software companies, for example, are part of this. In its Circular Competence series, the VDMA has shed light on how inspection systems can help in this endeavour and why that's important for customers, too.
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