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Chlorophyll Water has transitioned to bottles made from 100% rPET with Clean Flake technology. These rPET bottles are manufactured from food-grade PET which is recycled as per the technologies approved by the US FDA and European Food Safety Authority (Efsa) for food-grade recycled material and repurposed into new PET bottles. “As
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Herma, a leader in self-adhesive label materials, has introduced the new wash-off adhesive 72Hpw. Thanks to a special formulation, the production costs of the new adhesive are almost on the same level as a conventional permanent standard adhesive, says the company. Nevertheless, it is claimed to make it possible to generate
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The first edition of Labelexpo Europe since 2019 has closed on a high note, with a total of 637 exhibitors taking part in the show, which took place between 11-14 September at Brussels Expo in Belgium. Spread across nine halls and covering 36,588 sqm of floor place, this year’s show featured over
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Herma launched a newly developed label adhesive 72Gpw. It is claimed to offers approximately double the initial adhesion of standard wash-off adhesives with an equally high final adhesion and above all equally good washability. The company presented this development during LabelExpo. The Cyclos-HTP Institute has certified the adhesive 72Gpw for use
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CCL Label, a leader in specialty label, security and packaging solutions, and Henkel announced that they have won the Awa (Alexander Watson Associates) Award for their Best in Class Sustainable Design for Henkel’s Vernel brand fabric softener bottle. Awa stated „The design was applauded for emphasising recyclability and adhering to EPBP
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The four companies Emsur, Karlville, Siegwerk and SK microworks are presenting their joint initiative Sleeveconnect at Labelexpo Europe. With this initiative, they intend to leverage synergies in the field of shrink film technology. Together, they have developed a packaging solution that is claimed to facilitate striking bottle designs and ensure environmental
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At Labelexpo Europe 2023, Avery Dennison will launch AD Linrsave and AD Linrconvert – the first generation of decorative linerless solutions enabled by patented micro-perforation technology. These are intended to greatly reduce label waste, decrease CO2 and water footprint whilst ensuring the functionality and shelf appeal of pressure-sensitive labels. Both products
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In the Fair-Inno-Pack 2023 competition for innovative and sustainable packaging concepts held by Swiss dairy products manufacturer Emmi, the packaging manufacturer Envases was one of the finalists with its idea for a label-free yogurt drink bottle. By avoiding the usual plastic sleeve and instead imprinting the brand name directly into the
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Sipa and Água Monchique flip the script Portuguese mineral water supplier Água Monchique has taken a lead in producing PET bottles that are easy to recycle: with the help of PET processing equipment specialist Sipa, it has developed label-free bottles. This means that the only part of the complete package not
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Enabling PET bottles to achieve circularity Changes in the food and beverage packaging sector never stop, with new materials, design updates, and sustainability demands creating challenges for manufacturers and suppliers alike. However, many believe the race to produce even thinner and low weight PET bottles might be reaching its limits with
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Latest generation of Opera and Kube labellers Sacmi Beverage says that the large, world-spanning industry is also multi-faceted and demands solutions that can be optimised for both high volumes and medium output rates, on which format changeover speed/adaptability are essential. Sacmi Beverage has sold over 2,500 labelling machines worldwide, including both
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