Package Printing

drupa Review: Digital Printing’s Table is Ready, Packaging to Benefit

Advances in digital printing quality, speed, and economics have the tech poised to take package printing market share from traditional printing methods. Sharply ascending in-market adoption confirms that what was once a curiosity is becoming mainstream.

June 28, 2024

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Digital Transformation

50-Year Barcode ‘Scanniversary’ Heralds Next-Gen, 2D On-pack Barcode

A new GS1 US survey reveals that 77% of consumers seek detailed product information; emerging data-rich barcodes to aid shopper purchase decisions and scan at checkout. These are likely to replace the existing, 50-year-old barcodes currently on packaging.

June 26, 2024

Bagging & Pouching

Live at drupa: Recycle-ready Barrier Paper, Mono-OPE Flexible Packs Await Infrastructure

Recyclable, mono-material, high-barrier substrates result from supply chain partnerships, from raw materials suppliers to converters and packaging machinery OEMs to brands. But the real barrier to recycling is a lack of curbside recycling infrastructure.

June 14, 2024

Package Printing

Live at drupa: Software Gives Brands Control of Pack Asset Libraries, Printing Review & Approval

With these new web-based software platforms, brands are taking more control over their own packaging asset libraries, not to mention multi-stakeholder package review and approval processes, that once tended to be the domain of their converter suppliers.

June 13, 2024

Package Printing

PLPS Takes Top Honors at Gold Leaf Awards for Holographic Tanning Lotion Label

Premium Label & Packaging Solutions (PLPS)

Premium Label & Packaging Solutions' intricate cold foil technique lands them first place for "Best Use of Cold Foil" with a visually stunning design.

June 13, 2024

Package Printing

Celebrating the Printing Industry: Record Number of Deals Signed at drupa 2024

drupa 2024 exceeded all expectations, receiving top marks from visitors from all over the world, who left the trade fair with new ideas and clear prospects for the future.

June 7, 2024

Package Design

“3D Print” Embossing on Glass by Digitally Layering Viscous Inks

In a collaboration between printhead supplier Xaar, ink supplier Marabu, and digital printer OEM Kammann, glass bottles get a "3D-printed" embossing effect for tactile features and colors by layering viscous inks, via digital print heads, onto bottles.

June 5, 2024

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Harpak-ULMA Announces New Services for Tray Package Prototyping

Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC.

New 3D printing service for tray package prototyping enables merchandisers to easily customize tray prototypes, dramatically reducing cost and time to market.

April 10, 2024

Additives, coatings & inks

AkzoNobel Invests in a New Manufacturing Facility to Produce Bisphenol-Free Coatings

AkzoNobel

AkzoNobel is investing €32 million in a new plant at Vilafranca del Penedès in Spain to manufacture bisphenol-free coatings for the metal packaging industry in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

November 27, 2023

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New Solvent Ink Meets Regulatory Requirements

HP 2600 ink from HP Printing Specialty Solutions has been formulated to meet existing and future regulatory requirements.

September 25, 2023

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Pat's Picks Podcast: Day Two Observations at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PFAS-free oxygen absorber, pick-and-place robot with multi-system integration, all-electric linerless label print-and-apply system, new custom printing collaboration—this and more in Pat Reynolds' Day Two PACK EXPO Las Vegas podcast.

September 12, 2023

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Jo Anne Forman, CEO and Director of Product Development, Sealstrip Corporation

Sealstrip Corp.

Jo Anne Forman, a seasoned package and system designer, lead inventor, and advocate for women's participation in packaging, discusses the key factors that fueled her remarkable career and accomplishments.

July 25, 2023

Plastics/resins

Innovia Films Invests in a New Top-Coating Line for Graphic Arts Films

Innovia Films

The new coating line will give Innovia the capacity to support the growing need for PVC free films in the graphics sector and further develop the range of top coated films.

July 12, 2023