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ArticleAvery Dennison announces new Bluetooth label range for advanced tracking
Avery Dennison has revealed its AD Visi product line, a new range of Active Bluetooth Low Energy labels designed to deliver advanced tracking for time critical and high-value shipments across global supply chains.
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ArticleSustainability Awards Finalist Interview: Polytag’s UV tag system for recycling data
Nominated in the Thinking Big category of this year’s Sustainability Awards, we asked finalist Polytag a few questions to find out more about its UV tag and detection system to trace and provide packaging recycling data.
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ArticleHusky launches tooling platform for lightweight beverage closures
Husky Technologies has announced the launch of its next-generation HyCAP 4.0 tooling platform, said to combine precision engineering, enhanced durability and production flexibility for beverage closure manufacturing.
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ArticleSidel targets flexibility and speed with new case packer
Sidel has announced its Cermex RoboSELEX bottle collating system for case packers, said to have a high-speed performance of up to 320 products per minute and offer ‘unlimited’ lightweight bottle shapes and batch configurations.
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ArticleCompact collaborative palletizer designed for heavy cases in limited space
FlexLink has launched RC20: a compact, standardized collaborative palletizing cell designed to handle heavier cases and high-throughput applications in food, pharmaceuticals, and more.
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ArticleSelf-cooling can chills drinks at the push of a button and remains recyclable
deltaH Innovation’s self-cooling beverage can is designed to chill drinks at the push of a button while remaining both cost-effective and recyclable.
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Sponsored ContentH.B. Fuller expands Gel-Tac™ microsphere technology production in Europe
In the latest edition of our ‘In Conversation With…’ series, we speak with H.B. Fuller’s Europe business manager Timo Gratilow and senior application specialist Jeff Burrington about the localization of Gel-Tac™ microsphere adhesive production at the company’s Pianezze facility, and their perspectives on the opportunities shaping the future of microsphere adhesive technology.
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ArticlePPWR compliance: are we stopping too early?
If PPWR forces us to rethink packaging anyway, why stop at compliance? Peter Stael, owner and partner at Across-Consult, explores the possibilities of going beyond the legal minimum and giving every pack its own traceable identity.
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ArticleEU-funded project recycles mixed plastic waste into ‘virgin-quality’ PLA
A pilot conducted by the EU-funded ReBioCycle project has reportedly proven that mixed plastic waste can be chemically recycled into ‘virgin-quality’ PLA under industrial conditions.
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ArticleStahl introduces haptic coatings range for tactile finishes
Speciality coatings provider Stahl has announced its expanded Sensora portfolio of high-performance haptic coatings, with tactile finishes including soft, rubbery and textured.
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ArticleArchroma Packaging Technologies to unveil new pressure-sensitive adhesive
Archroma Packaging Technologies is due to introduce its Ultra High Solids pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) Cartacol APS75 Ultra to the North American market at LOUPE Americas in Chicago, taking place from 15-17th September. The technology is said to help converters reduce energy use and carbon footprint without compromising adhesive performance.
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ArticleEU-funded project uses enzymes to recycle degraded plastic waste from the sea
AIMPLAS, the Institute of Marine Sciences, and the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia are participating in the OCEANZYME project, involving the enzyme-based recycling of plastic waste found in deep-sea environments.
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ArticleWiliot and CISC partner to increase testing of IoT Pixels for labels
Supply chain AI platform Wiliot and testing and measurement solutions company CISC have partnered to support high-volume functional testing of Wiliot’s battery-free Internet of Things (IoT) Pixels for labels.
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ArticleSealTrust publishes digital product passport ‘anyone can verify’
SealTrust has published a live demonstration of an item-level digital product passport that it claims ‘any reader can verify’ end-to-end in around 10 seconds, anchored on a public chain.
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ArticleMcKinsey reimagines Europe’s pulp and paper operations with digitalized mills
As Europe’s paper and pulp industry reckons with high costs, lower demand, and overseas competitiveness, McKinsey delves deeper into the potential for digitalized paper mills to help companies improve their operations, commercial management, and capital allocation.
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ArticleMarkem-Imaje launches new SaaS solutions for GS1 QR codes
Markem-Imaje has introduced its CoLOS 2D Activate and CoLOS 2D Engage Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) enterprise solutions, aiming to enable global CPG and FMCG brands to create, organize, activate and manage static and dynamic GS1 Digital Link QR codes.
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ArticleSyntegon reveals pilot-scale tablet coater for variable batch sizes
Syntegon has expanded its Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) processing range with the Sepion 75, a pilot-scale tablet coater designed to support manufacturers and CDMOs in handling growing product diversity, smaller and more variable batch sizes, and stricter containment requirements for highly potent active ingredients.
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ArticleX-Rite Pantone’s portable spectrophotometer to optimize colour print
X-Rite Pantone has revealed its new portable spectrophotometer, eXact 2 Basic – a device set to unlock consistent colour workflows, reduce waste, and improve efficiency alongside digital workflow solutions.
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ArticlePlastic Energy founder returns as CEO after company entered administration
After the company entered into administration earlier this year, Plastic Energy founder Carlos Monreal is returning as CEO as part of a new ownership structure.
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ArticleKyushu University researchers develop self-repairing film with freshness indicator
Researchers at Kyushu University have reportedly developed a flexible film embedded with a natural plant pigment that shifts colour as food spoils, giving consumers a visible signal without opening the package. The material can also repair its own cuts, keeping bacteria out during shipping and handling.