New recycling option for label matrix waste
27 March 2015
Avery Dennison and Belgian-based Seliplast have launched a recycling option for label matrix waste made of polypropylene and polyethylene. The programme is now available…
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Paper v plastic report highlighted
16 March 2015
Leading UK manufacturer of paper carrier bags and flexible packaging, AB Group Packaging has endorsed the findings of a recent life cycle assessment report…
Italian converter chooses electron beam technology
8 September 2014
Flexobeam EB curing technology from ESI Poligof SpA, a leader in the Italian converting industry, has installed a new Uteco Onyx 810 fitted with…
Sustainability-focused white paper issued by Kodak
8 May 2014
Kodak has issued a white paper specifically targeted at print companies looking to use technological innovation to implement significant environmental and financial efficiencies. The release…
Looking back: 1997
10 January 2014
As an industry, environmental concerns have always been a part of how we have grown over the last few decades, as we see in this…
Comexi leads the way in sustainable quality
9 January 2014
Comexi held a practical workshop during its Solventless Printing Technologies seminar The Comexi Group is pressing on with its strategy to lead the industry on making…
Zero to Landfill gains momentum
2 January 2014
The project designed by BPIF labels and PRISMM Environmental to reduce the amount of production waste going to landfill by diverting this waste to energy…
Label Life helps to show sustainable options
2 October 2013
To help printers make sustainable choices based on a comprehensive life cycle assessment, UPM Raflatac introduced Label Life at Labelexpo. The ‘Label Life’ concept is…
Recycling initiatives for release liner material
30 July 2012
One of the major issues for the label printing industry is the waste the process leaves behind, particularly the much maligned release liner. This problem…
DS Smith opens new service centre
15 June 2012
International supplier of high-performance recycled packaging for consumer goods, DS Smith is to create 100 jobs in Caerphilly, Wales, in a new shared service centre…
Herma FSC certified
12 June 2012
Herma managing director, Dr Thomas Baumgärtner Thanks to certification of the self-adhesive materials division’s compliance with the strict Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) regulations, Herma…
Printing green takes more than cyan and yellow, says Reflex
6 June 2012
Reflex Boston lies in the heartland of the labelling and packaging printing community of East Anglia In keeping with its slogan, ‘The sustainable packaging company’,…
Modular solutions: narrow web presses
6 June 2012
One of two Mark Andy P7 Performance Presses at Prakolar in Brazil The modular nature of today’s narrow web press offers printers a wide…
New UV LED inks
4 June 2012
In response to the increasing need for improved sustainable print solutions, Flint Group Narrow Web is introducing a series of ink technologies for UV LED…
Mark Andy cultivating next generation UV LED printing
28 May 2012
Recognising the fast growing development of UV LED curing and ink products in the narrow web flexo industry, the research and development team at Mark…