Print and Packaging

U. Günther GmbH sets ’gold standard’ for sustainable flexo printing with KODAK FLEXCEL NX Technology from Miraclon and proprietary screening process

Peter Tarnowski, Managing Director of U. Günther GmbH of Hamburg, Germany, is excited about his company’s recent Gold Award success in the Miraclon-sponsored Global Flexo Innovation Awards: “We wanted to see how something our customers love competes in the international arena,” said Tarnowski when asked what motivated him to enter.

Ultimate quality and productivity in hot foil stamping

How the NOVAFOIL 106 integrates seamlessly into the production process of Offsetdruckerei in Schwarzach, Austria

Epson Reinforces Commitment to Heat-Free Inkjet Technology and Invests Billions in Developing Sustainable Technologies

Will also end global sale of laser printers and add new inkjet products to augment business printer range

Epson Awarded Third Successive EcoVadis Platinum Rating

Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") has earned its third successive platinum rating for sustainability from EcoVadis, a leading provider of business sustainability ratings. This is in recognition of the company's global efforts to uphold the highest standards on the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement, and highlights Epson's commitment and actions on sustainability.

Avery Dennison partners with tosca to save up to 800 tons of CO2 emissions from its european supply chain annually

Avery Dennison Labels and Packaging Materials (LPM) is pleased to announce its partnership with Tosca, a global leader in reusable plastic packaging and pooling solutions for the supply chain. The partnership means Avery Dennison LPM is aiming to switch a substantial portion of its product distribution across the continent to plastic pallets with a goal to save over 800 tons of CO2 emissions[1] from its European supply chain annually.

Lecta is investing in a refuse-derived fuel (RDF) boiler for its Condat mill

The project financing agreement was signed with Kyotherm on November 11th

New Rippatape Halo set to spark packaging revolution in e-commerce

UPM Raflatac makes further progress towards the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastics Economy Global Commitment

UPM Raflatac has made further progress towards a more circular economy for plastics and a future beyond fossils during 2021. This is detailed in the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment 2022 Progress Report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). UPM Raflatac joined the Global Commitment as the first label materials company in October 2018.

Ecoveritas calls for focus to be on catalysing stalled DRS & EPR reforms

Leading packaging data services provider Ecoveritas has called on the cross-party environment, food, and rural affairs (EFRA) committee to prioritise domestic recycling, stating that proposed bans on all plastic waste exports are an unnecessary distraction.

Fully automatic Jeti Tauro H3300 LED streamlines print production at Creapack

About a year and a half ago, Creapack installed a Jeti Tauro H3300 LED large format printer with automatic loading and unloading to replace two existing printers. CEO Jessica Lefevere: “It was a bit of a leap in the dark to do that in the middle of the covid crisis, but in hindsight it was the only right decision, because with the Jeti Tauro we have acquired a reliable production machine, with which we can print three times the volume from before.”

Metsä Board wins the Finnish Circular Economy and Quality Award for the second year running

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has again won both the Finnish Circular Economy Award and the Finnish Quality Award in the Excellence Finland assessment. Both the Quality Award and the Circular Economy Award are based on an assessment using the international EFQM (European Foundation for Quality Management) model. Juha Ylä-Autio, CEO of Excellence Finland, stated in their recent press release that the Quality Award recognised the best organisation in Finland that had achieved verifiable excellence in implementing its strategy.