Metsä Board paperboards hold industrial compostability certifications

Metsä Board, a leading European producer of premium lightweight paperboards and part of Metsä Group, is glad to announce that its paperboards have now achieved DIN CERTCO certificates in industrial compostability complying with DIN EN 13432 and ASTM D6400 standards. In addition, Metsä Boards eco-barrier paperboard MetsäBoard Prime FBB EB also holds a home compostability certificate. As one of the leading companies, Metsä Board provides certification across its product line helping customers choose packaging materials that comply with their requirements.

SAKATA INX develops new environmentally friendly UV Inkjet Ink for Corrugated Packaging

SAKATA INX Corp. has introduced BSR-Bio, a new environmentally friendly UV inkjet ink for corrugated packaging applications. The new sustainable ink option is formulated with 20-30% plant-derived materials, allowing brand owners and printers to benefit from reduced regulatory risk and measurable, reportable CO2 savings.

FireJet ONE: The ONE Solution for All UV Curing Needs

Phoseon Technology introduces the industrys smallest, highest-powered member of their air-cooled product line, the FireJet ONE. These premium 20Wcm UV LED curing lamps are designed primarily for the inkjet, flexographic and screen printing markets where high power in a compact form factor, is a key requirement.

hubergroup bundles chemical expertise in a separate division

The international printing ink manufacturer hubergroup repositions itself. Effective immediately, the production and marketing of raw materials for printing inks and coatings will be handled by the Chemicals Division. The chemicals manufacturer is focusing on substances such as PU resins and UV oligomers, among others. With its extensive product portfolio, it is primarily aimed at the printing and packaging industry as well as the paint and coatings industry and chemical companies.

Launch of new products during Hahnemühle Photography Month

In August 2020 Hahnemühle will introduce two new products the Hahnemühle Portfolio Box 2020 in a limited edition and the Hahnemühle Signing Pen Duo. With these two products Hahnemühle is expanding its range of accessories for the protection and authentication of artworks. After all, it is essential for artists to protect their own photographs, both physically and by copyright.

New majority shareholder in Antalis

Antalis, Europes leading wholesale group for communication media in the print and packaging sectors, was informed on February 21, 2020 about the completion of the acquisition of all Antalis shares held by the previous majority shareholders Sequana and Bpifrance Participations by Kokusai Pulp & Paper Co, Ltd. (KPP).

A challenging mindset fires flexo innovation

Were not afraid to challenge our clients. For us, its a really important part of building and maintaining a relationship its how we discover new ways of working. The speaker is Chris Rigby, the business hes talking about is Pulse Media, and the Stockport, UK-based company has collected a Silver Award in the Global Flexo Innovation Awards by Miraclon last year, recognised for workflow efficiency and offset-to-flexo process conversion.