environment

In her recent post on the blokboek.net blog, which was the associated newsletter/blog during this year’s drupa exhibition, Laurel Brunner states that now that drupa 2016 is over, we can start hoping that in 2020 the environment will be in…

Economic and lifestyle changes and the focus on sustainable packaging will drive labelling market growth by 5.4 per cent annually during the period 2016-2021 to $44.8 billion, according to a new report by Smithers Pira. In ‘The Future of…

UPM Raflatac has received the prestigious 2015 GoldenBee Corporate Social Responsibility China Honour Roll Award - as the only company in the label industry - in recognition of its commitment to sustainability, and particularly its…

Tetra Pak has announced that a new version of its Tetra Top package, more than 80 per cent of which comes from plant-based materials, will make its global debut in the United States with JUST water. The new generation carton bottle now…

Air Motion Systems (AMS) has announced that it is to fit one of the world’s largest ever flexo LED UV curing systems to a new Uteco ONYX 8C–CI press due for delivery to flexible packaging print specialist, La Gerunda Merletti, near…

FINAT, the European association for the self-adhesive label industry, has announced the launch of the third annual FINAT Recycling Awards Competition. Within two award categories, self-adhesive label end-users and self-adhesive label…

PPS East was crowned champion at this year’s Dragon’s Den style Ecopack Challenge, which took place at Packaging Innovations at the end of February. The company beat off strong competition from Waddington Europe, Parkside and Scandolara…

London-based plastic specialist A. Warne & Co is providing a range of UK industries with a variety of environmentally considerate and eco-friendly options for plastic and packaging needs. Positioned as one of the UK's leading…

As world leaders return from Paris heralding an ambitious, lasting climate deal, their efforts are paralleled by GEW’s commitment to engineering that puts the emphasis on energy efficiency and reduction in overall electricity consumption.…

As a producer of speciality biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films for the food packaging and labelling industries, Jindal Films Europe knows that its technology can play an important role in delivering sustainable solutions…