Over recent months the ink industry is facing numerous challenges in the area of raw material shortages, worsening supply chain conditions and raw material cost increases.
UPM Raflatac and UPM Biofuels have joined forces to innovate for a future beyond fossils. As a concrete result of this collaboration, UPM Raflatac brings two wood-based renewable labeling materials into the market: UPM Raflatac Forest Film and UPM Raflatac Fossil-Free Adhesive. These innovative labeling materials will answer brand owners needs to replace traditional fossil-based virgin materials with renewable ones. Their main raw material is UPM BioVerno naphtha, an ideal renewable component for replacing fossil based raw materials with sustainably sourced renewable feedstock.
Labelexpo Europe returns to Brussels, Belgium for a four-day run from September 24-27, bigger and better than ever. With so much to see and so much ground to cover, the INX International Ink Co. Stand (4C25) will display a full range of industry leading conventional and digital products including sustainable and dispensing solutions. INX will also introduce a new food packaging solution.
Flexographic printing presses are often equipped with an automatic cleaning system. For each printing press wash-up cycle, the cleaning system requires a certain amount of clean solvent. The need for cleaning solvents increases according to the number of color and printing job changes. The operator is then necessarily required to consider cost-effective and efficient means to supply these wash solvents.
The Fachverband Medienproduktion e.V. in cooperation with Messe Düsseldorf presented the Edelmeister Awards 2019 on 3 September as part of InspirationWork. Papier Union can also look forward to one of the coveted trophies.
Neschen Coating GmbH, part of the Blue Cap Group, a manufacturer of print media, functional and repair films, laminators and industrial coating solutions, and Spennare AB, developer and manufacturer of display systems, are from now on represented in Sweden and Norway.This is the first time that Neschen has expanded the sales network of the Filmolux subsidiaries to Scandinavia.
Brand owners are seeking faster time to market with higher quality packaging that stands out on the shelf. They want to achieve this at an ever-lower price point. And increasingly, they are looking for suppliers that can produce packaging with a reduced environmental footprint.
