The packaging industry must change its ways if it wants to become sustainable. For this to happen, products from the packaging industry must be developed with regard to reduction, reuse and recyclability. Siegwerk presents this insight in its report "Rethink packaging" and calls for a circular packaging industry. Here’s why the entire value chain has to cooperate.
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Up until now, you rarely heard companies talk about how sustainable or innovative they are when it comes to packaging. They've relied on customers to pick up on it and notice that something has changed. But the developments in the packaging industry in particular are too important not to tell people about them and rely on , i.e. customers, to pay attention. And yet there is still a great deal of potential in this field, because at the moment there are only a few topics more important than recycling or the circular economy.
Continue ReadingIn the face of increasing efforts to create a sustainable industry, the printing industry must change its ways. Siegwerk has published a report on reconfiguring the packaging system. Read more about what the company has in mind.
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Production runs with hundreds of thousands of units made from a single setup are well known to be cost-effective. Once the design and equipment for printing are set up, the production is more efficient in manufacturing a larger number of units at once. This field is continuously changing with new modern digital production methods. That is why it is worth to take a look at the potential this opens up for the packaging industry.
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Surface coating leader Touchguard and packaging supplier DS Smith developed an innovative safety packaging technology to minimise the risk of infections through certain bacterias and viruses and is 100 percent recyclable on top of that.
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With their highly innovative products KeelClip and PaperSeal, the USA-based packaging solutions leader Graphic Packaging International won again important awards for their work. The sustainable packings reduce the use of plastics and are made of renewable resources.
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A team of researchers from the ITMO ChemBio Cluster has developed a unique nanoparticle-based ink, to print invisible images. This technology could be the next important step in preventing counterfeiting.
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Packaging production is an important part of the print industry. It might not appear to be as sensational as 3D or functional printing, but packaging can be quite an interesting topic as well. So, let’s take a closer look at the challenges facing this cornerstone of our industry and what they mean for printers and converters.
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In our series #PrintingProfessions we present jobs and career paths in the printing industry. In this episode we look at the program of studies of the Packaging Engineering and explain what you need and what you have to do to become one.
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The trend topic of environmentally conscious packaging material is now becoming increasingly relevant even for large companies. Using paper as packaging material is the latest trend.
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