BOBST unveils a new vision for the packaging industry and launches a new range of machines and solutions

The BOBST vision is shaping a new reality where connectivity, digitalization, automation and sustainability are the cornerstones of packaging production. BOBST continues to deliver best-in-class machines, and is now adding intelligence, software capabilities and cloud-based platforms, to make packaging production better than ever.

Entries now open for Label Industry Global Awards 2020

The search is now underway for the worlds leading innovators in the label and package printing industry, with a total of five awards available at this years Label Industry Global Awards. These awards recognize those organizations and individuals who have excelled in the label and package printing sector in 2019.

Mondi safely packages QIAGENs SARS-CoV-2 test cartridge

Mondis plant in Korneuburg, Austria ramps up production to supply packaging for the new to market SARS-CoV-2 test cartridge by QIAGEN. Mondi will produce a high-barrier triplex laminate which will provide protection for the test kits which require limited exposure to light and oxygen to remain effective

Wednesday 03. June 2020

Virtual showrooms: Customer dialogue rethought

Particularly in times when it is difficult for companies and customers to talk to each other personally, digital solutions that enable simple, location-independent, and direct exchange are more in demand than ever. With its new range of virtual showrooms, Minebea Intec is offering a digital consulting point for interested parties, thus demonstrating that the company not only has decades of expertise in weighing and inspection technology but also responds to the current crisis and the challenges it poses in the interests of the customer with innovative offers.

The worlds first virtual wine and spirits packaging value chain trade show

UPM Raflatac and YG Branding and Design Experts are proud to present the first global virtual expo for wine and spirits, focusing on the packaging value chain, on 9-10 June 2020. The fair is organized in collaboration with more than a dozen other partners from around in the world in the wine and spirits packaging value chain that cover industries such as label printing, foil stamping and glass bottle production, to mention a few.

Packaging specialist produces sustainable corona partitions

Schumacher Pack Solution GmbH, a company of the Schumacher Packaging Group (www.schumacher-packaging.com), has developed an innovative spit protection made of corrugated board with a viewing window. The EcoSafeBoard enables companies from a wide range of industries to welcome their customers in greater numbers, even during times of illness.

Dr. Reinhard Ulbrich, 1931 – 2020,

Dr. Reinhard Ulbrich, the former Business Director of DuPonts Cyrel flexo printing plates division in Europe has died. He was 89. Dr. Ulbrich was widely known throughout the printing and packaging industry around the world and played a major role in the development of flexo printing from being almost a cottage industry to the high precision printing technique it is today. Many still regard him as the King of European Flexo.