Print and Packaging

Fast and effortless wallpaper offering by Xeikon and Ahlstrom collaboration

Wallpaper has been around for a few centuries. But during the past twenty years, it has undergone an exciting reinvention. Driven by the global hype of “everything can and will be customized”, so-called single-wall solutions have become an interior design must have. Putting up, and removing, wallpaper can be quite an effort prompting consumers to seek professional help. This, of course, increases the cost of the final product: a decorated wall.

UNITED CAPS to Highlight Bump Cap at interpack

Unique, award-winning cap helps reduce food waste by making it easy to determine whether food is still fresh

Flint Group launches its PRISM sustainability framework

Leading global developer of inks and coatings, Flint Group, has outlined its plans to reduce its environmental impact under its new sustainability framework.

Taking paper packaging forward: Henkel and UPM Specialty Papers present recyclable, grease-resistant paper solution

As brands seek more sustainable packaging options, new coating technologies for fibre-based packaging are unlocking the full potential of paper. At Interpack 2023, Henkel and UPM Specialty Papers presented two recyclable paper solutions created through a joint development between the two companies that push the performance of barrier papers to an unsurpassed level of grease resistance – offering a heat-sealable alternative to conventional plastic packaging.

Baldwin Technology to Demonstrate How to “Finish with Perfection” at ITMA 2023

Faster and More Sustainable Textile Finishing with Precision Spray TexCoat™ System

High-quality textile products sprout where fashion meets forest

The world’s largest international trade fair for textiles and garment technology will be held in Milan from 8 to 14 June 2023. As a leading global provider of sustainable woodfibre products, Sappi will be showcasing its solutions for the garment industry under the theme “Fashion meets Forest” in Hall H7, Stand D203 – with sublimation papers and its dissolving wood pulp, used for the production of garment fibres under the “Verve” brand name.

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ecotex - carbon neutral on request – what’s behind this?

"Sustainability is becoming more and more of an obligation and commiment and we are proud to be part of the movement! Heytex has listened to the wishes of our customers and made its ecotex® product line - the PVC-free textile outdoor alternative - climate neutral. From now on, our customers can purchase our eco-friendly products on request carbon neutral without having to worry about their carbon footprint. We are setting an example for the future and invite you to join us in making the world a little greener."

Brett Martin Launches Foamalux Light Bio: A new carbon-reduced PVC plastic sheet for fabrication and signage applications

Brett Martin, one of Europe’s leading plastic sheet manufacturers, is proud to introduce to the market, the latest in a long line of sustainable, plastic sheet products.

New report shows that investment in sustainable packaging material will increase over the next five years

Report launched at Rethinking Materials Summit in London, 16-17 May 2023

From side streams to soil improvement fibres and carbon storages – How fibre fractions from paperboard industry are utilised in agriculture

Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, is improving the soil of Finnish fields together with Soilfood by utilising the side stream fibre fractions created during paperboard production. What was once considered waste, is now effectively re-utilised into innovative soil improvement fibres. The result is a product that not only recycles the nutrients of wood fibre back into soil, but also stores the carbon of the wood into soil.