DREWSEN Spezialpapiere has been awarded a gold medal by EcoVadis in 2022, placing it among the top 5% of the 90,000 companies evaluated worldwide. This means that the previous year's performance, when we were awarded a silver medal, has improved once again. The result reflects our continued and on-going efforts in the areas of corporate social responsibility and sustainability.

Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series, which is one of the most well-known sustainable investment indexes in the world, for 19 consecutive years. Konica Minolta has also been named to all of the five responsible investment (RI) indexes adopted by Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF)*. These five indexes are the FTSE Blossom Japan Index, the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index, the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index and the S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index. This is the sixth consecutive year for Konica Minolta to be listed on all of these ESG indexes since the GPIF first adopted them.

BOBST has announced the launch of the first subscription plan of BOBST Connect, the user-centric platform which connects converters and brand owners to a digitalized and automated workflow, giving them clear visibility and control of the production process.

The year 2022 is a milestone for MCC in Bingen. The wine and spirits factory has recently moved to a new location, and even better, to a brand new and modern building. A common focus of the new location is sustainability. From renewable energy to recycling, numerous initiatives have been developed to serve both our factory and the region around Bingen.

At the upcoming K trade fair, Promix Solutions will be presenting solutions for mixing, foaming and cooling of polymer melts, saving raw material costs, reducing the carbon footprint and increasing production capacity. For manufacturers of light foams, such as XPS, XPP, XPE, XPET, Promix will show how P1 cooling mix technology can be used to achieve better mechanical properties and lower foam densities. Promix displays clever solutions for efficient cooling or tempering of viscous media and for inline viscosity measurement. At K 2022, Promix Solutions can be found in Hall 9, booth E18.

CCL Label, the world’s largest converter of pressure sensitive and extruded film materials for decorative, functional and information labels, has unveiled a new generation of their EcoStream® labels that support the recycling of PET bottles at a very high quality level. They are made from floating low-density polyolefin material that separates very easily from the heavier PET flakes in the sink/float process step at the sorter and recycler – which results in the yield of clean PET flakes that can be recycled back into new bottles, closing the loop.

Situated in the Shenandoah Valley between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains on the Roanoke River, Salem, Virginia possesses all the beauty and grandeur that nature can bestow. Salem is known as the “star of the south” - a fitting moniker for a city that features a giant 50-foot neon star atop its highest mountain. And for the past 25 years, it’s been home to Star Tag and Label.

Swanline have filed a patent application for a brand-new design to make returnable packaging more sustainable, by avoiding the need for tapes. The innovative, sustainable pack named EzeE-comm© is revolutionary for the e-commerce sector. It is 100% recyclable, requires no tape or glue, and can safely be returned whilst remaining tamper proof in both the outward and the return journeys.

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