
DESIGNING BARRIER-FREE PACKAGING
Communicating with consumers is an important function of packaging. Packaging can hold a lot of information, but reading is not always barrier free.
Communicating with consumers is an important function of packaging. Packaging can hold a lot of information, but reading is not always barrier free.
Specialty label supplier CCL Label is bringing sustainable and digital label solutions and innovative printing technologies to interpack.
A good packaging should use as little material as possible and as much as is necessary to maintain the needed protection of the product and meet the expectations of customers. This makes sense not only from an economic point of view – less material usually also means less costs – but also from an ecological perspective. Because less packaging means less carbon emissions during production.
Berry is now the first manufacturer in Europe to supply Coca-Cola with tethered closures to comply with the EU Single-Use Plastics Directive.
When goods are transported from A to B, things do not always happen according to plan – accidents may occur, or the transport packaging may have to resist difficult conditions. Especially for easily flammable substances, this can become a problem. A new combination IBC by Schütz now offers filling goods double protection. The company also uses recyclates for their three-layer IBC containers.
Rieke presents a new tamper-evident closure that provides product and brand protection. The IMF-5 In-Mold Flexspout is a closure for plastic pails.
Recent sales figures show that Bobst has the largest share in the flexible packaging market for vacuum matallizing and coating technologies.
Many companies working with and transporting hazardous materials find labels for hazardous materials to be a challenge which also adds to a feeling of insecurity. On the one hand, there are strict regulations for labelling a product. On the other hand, companies face a great logistic effort when it comes to storing and disposing of labels.
The search for fibre-based packaging solutions that can replace those made of plastic is not diminishing. This was also evident at this year’s European Carton Excellence Award in Krakow. This year’s entries included a particularly large number of structural and conceptual innovations.
RecyClass has recognized the compatibility of Aptar’s SimpliCycle valve for PP, PET and HDPE recycling streams in Europe.
At the Labelexpo Americas, ACTEGA will show a new line of inks as well asinnovative inks and coatings for the food, pharma and cosmetics industries.e
Berry introduces a light weight food closure that minimises material use but still shows the same performance as before. The new closure is also adaptable for different neck finishes.