Pack Expo Las Vegas: Marchesini Group launches the new Dumek brand into the American cosmetic packaging market

The Marchesini Group will be taking part in Pack Expo Las Vegas from 25th to 27th September. The Group will be premiering the new continuous motion horizontal cartoner MA 400 and the vacuum turbo-emulsifiers TURBO-MEK 150 by Dumek (a new brand of the Marchesini Group and specialized manufacturer of processing machines, such as turbo emulsifiers …

KM Launches latest lidding film for demanding applications

One of the most effective solutions to food waste is good packaging: on average, packaging protects ten times more resources (in the food it encloses) than the resources used to create the packaging in the first place. International developer and supplier of innovative packaging solutions, KM Packaging Services Ltd, has launched a new lidding film created especially …

Navigating make-up’s new frontier

The make-up game has changed, says Sonia Cerato, Quadpack Make-Up Category Manager. The dynamic of ‘fast fashion’, where customers expect to see something new from their favourite brands on an almost weekly basis, has impacted the colour cosmetics industry. Even for large companies, the lead time from product development to launch has gone from two …

IML-T Spreads its wings

The quality and value benefits of RPC Bebo’s In-Mould Label Thermoforming (IML-T) have seen the technology being extended into the butter and margarine spreads sector with the introduction of a 500g tub for long-standing customer Kerry Foods.

Cheesy good looks

Advanced in-mould label thermoforming (IML-T) from RPC Bebo Plastik, combined with the company’s in-house Bebo Print lid printing technology, are helping to enhance the on-shelf presence of the Kremgo® range of cream cheeses from Tine SA, Norway’s largest producer, distributor and exporter of dairy products.

From Dusseldorf Interpack 17: Industry 4.0 – From Vision to Reality

The digital transformation towards networked production environments in terms of Industry 4.0 (I4.0) and/or the Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining momentum. Numerous applications from the areas of product and process monitoring, labelling technology, packaging, logistics as well as maintenance and repair show already today the optimisation potential that this transformation to the Internet of …

Beauty out of the tube, glass and jar

“Beauty is everywhere a very welcome guest,” wrote Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at the start of the 19th century. And already 3,000 years before this, a great deal of time and extensive care was devoted to external appearance. The Ancient Egyptians were famous for their highly developed beauty culture; serving as a reference and the epitome …

COMEXI at INTERPACK 2017: The latest printing and converting solutions in flexible packaging 

Comexi, specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging industry, will be presenting its wide range of printing and converting solutions at Interpack 2017 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany. On its stand located at Hall 13 Booth D67, the group will showcase its latest technologies developed that respond to converters market needs and trends in the …

New Bio-Flex Blends for home compostable films and packaging

Willich, February 2017 – The bioplastics specialist has developed new Bio-Flex blends for the production of low gauge films which will biodegrade completely in garden compost at low, variable temperatures. Vinçotte, based in Belgium, has already issued OK Compost HOME certificates for these grades. In addition, most of the new compounds meet the requirements of …