Materials

  • Print effects

    Jul 26, 2023
    How important is sustainability? What are the finishings most requested by the market? What technological innovations are essential for continuing to be competitive? We have discussed these and other questions with a number of the companies present at Packaging Première, the Italian luxury packaging fair, in order to discover their new product developments and views on the market.
  • Gifasp: 42° National Conference

    Jul 24, 2023
    The customary annual meeting of the Gruppo Italiano Fabbricanti Astucci Pieghevoli (Association of Italian Folding Cases Producers) was held on 23 and 24 June 2023 in Torgiano (PG): around eighty participants coming from the associated companies for the event focusing on the ecological transition and on new packaging regulations.
  • Disposable plates in recycled aluminium

    Jul 18, 2023
    A new line is available for the professional market and consumers. A reference company in food packaging for more than thirty years, Contital is committed to reducing the impact on the environment of its business activity and its products.
  • A promising future for shrink wrap packaging

    Jul 13, 2023
    The adapa Group, one of the leading producers of flexible packaging solutions in Europe, has extended its production capacity of shrink bags, allocating substantial investments in its sites in England and Germany

  • Cold form blisters in mono-material aluminium

    Jul 04, 2023
    An innovative and technological solution for medicinal blister packaging from Laminazione Sottile’s R&D team. A clear example of circular economy, the new packaging not only responds to all the hygiene and safety criteria required by the pharmaceutical market, but is totally recyclable and therefore destined to set new sustainability standards.
  • Lots of new ideas from the Finnish forests

    Jul 04, 2023
    Metsä Board, the Finnish producer of virgin fibre cardboard, took part in interpack exhibiting all its most recent paper-based packaging solutions, underlining the sustainability of the entirely renewable virgin material used.
  • Narrow-Web Tag and Label Sustainability Portfolio

    Jun 30, 2023
    Sun Chemical has launched a comprehensive and innovative sustainability process - leading to the development of a series of inks and coatings specifically for the narrow-web tag, label and sleeve market, which has been recognized by TLMI’s Calvin Frost Sustainability Leadership Journey Award in the “suppliers” category, promoted by the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI).
  • HDPE resin for tethered caps

    Jun 15, 2023
    TotalEnergies has announced the commercial launch of a new high-density polypropylene (HDPE) resin for tethered cap applications, enabling reduced material usage, improved recovery and recycling.
  • Capsulit: in progress also on the web

    Jun 15, 2023
    Designed to make information useable in a clearer, more rapid and complete way for customers and partners, Capsulit’s website has been further renewed: more space to the product catalogue, quality services, certifications, investments for taking care of the environment.
  • Punto Pack: plastic sustainability

    Jun 12, 2023
    Operating in the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical sector, in which plastic for primary packaging is effectively irreplaceable, has been crucial in the evolutionary development of Punto Pack in the last few years.
  • Production of fibre-based pet food bags

    Jun 01, 2023
    Pet food can be a challenge to pack. It requires high levels of resistance to grease and moisture, the strength needed to carry weights of up to 20kg, and the capability to resist external weather conditions. Until now, plastic laminated paper has been usually used to provide the required level of strength and barrier qualities.
  • Over 40 years of reliability

    Apr 25, 2023
    Founded in 1980 by Crescenzo Raccioppoli, Nuova Erreplast has undergone a development and evolution over the years which has transformed a small family-run business into an industrial excellence in the South of Italy.
  • Processed cheese slices packed “in flight”

    Apr 24, 2023
    The adapa Group has mastered the art of individually wrapping processed cheese slices with its high-performance films: Leif Elenius, TQM e R&D Manager, describes the ProPeel-IWS (individually wrapped slices) films, which combine low material thickness with high puncture and tear resistance and allow for maximum speeds on vertical flow-pack lines.

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