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Despite the extraordinary challenges the world faced during the 2020 financial year, packaging machine manufacturer Gerhard Schubert GmbH posted a positive business result that was significantly better than the Corona-related forecast adjustments at the beginning of the pandemic year suggested. The Schubert Group achieved an increase in turnover of 2.5 per
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Innoventures, Greiner’s innovation incubator, has the aim of seeing where the future is happening and with the taking of a strategic participation in the Viennese start-up temprify, has now brought off a stunning coup. Temprify has developed the idea of environment-friendly, transport coolers and has thus brought onto the market a
Read moreWorld demand for labels and shrink sleeve materials will be worth $41.59 billion in 2021, as the segment recovers from the unprecedented disruption of 2020. In a year blighted by Covid, world value fell by -0.6%. As a degree of economic stability returns Smithers forecasts this market is set to grow
Read moreAMI is delighted to announce the launch of a new event: the first ever edition of the Ocean Plastic virtual summit, taking place online on 25 – 26 January 2022. Valuable plastics escaping into the environment, our waterways and oceans is a challenge that an increasing number of organisations are tackling. Ocean and ocean bound
Read moreTurnover in the first half of 2021 fell by just 1.8% compared to the same period in the record year 2019. The growth with respect to the first half of 2020 was 21%. The sector held its ground in 2020 with turnover of almost 8 billion euros. The food and cosmetics
Read moreMadag AG was founded in 1965 for the manufacture of knitting, hot stamping and pad printing machines. Madag AG has been known under the name Madag Printing Systems AG since 2003 and has created a legacy as the leading global supplier of automatic hot stamping machines. Madag Printing Systems AG established
Read moreAvery 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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New legislation in the European Union requires that by July 2024, all plastic closures must remain “tethered” (attached) to single-use beverage containers after the container is opened. This will bring a big change for the beverage packaging industry. One of PackSys Global’s core competences focuses on the slitting and folding of
Read more2021 progresses with a new ‘green’ achievement for Amut. The company cares of the planet, by preventing post-consume PET bottles from being sent to landfill or dispersed into the environment, enabling their reuse and recycling, through various solutions ranging from sorting and washing to extrusion and thermoforming. During the height of
Read moreWPO (World Packaging Organisation) recently announced the creation of a ‘WPO Packaging Database’ that will contain global data such as regulations, safety, technology, sustainability, etc. all related to the packaging industry. “We have decided to take a step-by-step approach to collect important global packaging information. This is a project we have had in our agenda
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The individual companies have been on the market since 1969 and the drive for their entrepreneurial development was and is the passion for mechanical engineering. High-performance products and know-how have established the reputations of Combitool AG, Texa AG, Madag Printing Systems AG and PackSys Global AG. 2021 is a year of
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