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Avery Dennison’s Label and Packaging Materials (LPM) division in EMENA region is making two new key appointments effective June 1, 2021. Burak Sahbaz, who is currently leading marketing, has been appointed VP Sales. He succeeds Noel Kasmi, who is now VP Marketing. “These appointments reflect our determination to leverage learnings and
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Multi-Color Corporation (MCC), a global leader in label solutions, and Digimarc Corporation (Nasdaq: DMRC), creator of the Digimarc Platform for digital identification and detection, announced this week a partnership to serialise product packaging and labels with Digimarc Barcode in support of food safety and traceability initiatives. MCC is a member of
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Agr helps beverage brand owners manufacturing PET containers In many beverage plants, the decision to self-manufacture PET bottles is a journey not just into the unknown, but the unknown unknown. Agr’s Process Performance Optimization Group (PPOG) consultants help processors navigate this unfamiliar terrain. The new millennium has seen tremendous advances in
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Sidel packaging team in Shanghai, China redesigned the package of Menton flavoured water. The straight-wall lightweight PET bottle, which weighs only 17.85g for the 500ml format, conveys the sense of modernity and is a statement of sustainable packaging. Targeting young consumers in China, this new design is intended to differentiate Menton
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CCL Label, a world leader in specialty label and packaging solutions, is planning to offer a closed loop recycling solution for stretch sleeves. Stretch sleeves are often used for returnable PET bottles that are then re-used, for example in the German mineral water market. The recycling facility will be located at
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Sidel’s art designers have created the NUUK bottle concept, drawing inspiration from the purity of ice and its formations. The NUUK brand takes its name from Greenland’s capital and the fjords that make it famous. The “Frozen, Authentic, Unique” slogan highlights the brand’s attributes, which are closely linked to water and
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Sidel delivered its 5,000th labeller for Ting Hsin International Group (Ting Hsin) in China. As the new addition to Ting Hsin’s labeller family, the EvoDeco Roll-Fed is equipped with additional functions not previously available, such as the automatic vacuum drum cleaning system and automatic label removal both enabling consistent uptime. Based
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Each year,the AWA International Sleeve Label Awards recognise the world’s most innovative sleeve products (heat-shrink labels). The award for environmental contribution was recently given to Sleever for its LDPET product, a full-body sleeve to enable enhanced recyclability of PET bottles. Developed exclusively by Sleever, LDPET has assisted brands with their ecological
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Avient Corporation, a provider of specialised and sustainable material solutions and services, announced that Avient ColorWorks has launched ColorForward 2022. This 16th edition of the annual colour forecasting guide for the plastics industry marks its debut within Avient, which was formed this year from legacy businesses PolyOne and Clariant Masterbatch. As
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This solution from Filtec ensures that only well-presented, correctly labeled bottles are shipped, helping promote sales and repeat business, while reducing customer complaints. The Vision Glue-On Label solution inspects paper, plastic and ceramic labels that cover the neck and body areas of each bottle following the labeler. Accurate registration alignment of
Read moreSpecialty label, security and packaging solutions company CCL Industries Inc. announces plans for a strategic new capacity investment at their Innovia Films extrusion site in Plock, Poland. A new six-metre multi-layer co-extrusion line will be installed to produce EcoFloat shrink sleeve material. This hybrid polyolefin film facilitates easy separation of labels
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