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The rising parallel market of counterfeit alcohol poses a threat to public health. Therefore, startups design printed electronics, particularly NFC-enabled anti-counterfeiting systems (NAS), for the luxury goods business, such as alcoholic drinks. They pursue the goal of protecting these products’ provenance and authenticity from counterfeits through product pedigree, transaction records, and supply chain integrity.

The research, published in JAMA Network Open, is the first major study into how packaging effects appeal of vaping to teenagers as well as adults, and suggests that regulating packaging could be an effective means of stopping young people from using vapes without lessening the appeal of vaping to adults who smoke.

Denis Maciuk, Senior Executive at Freppel Imprimeur, was interested in learning what technical developments may have occurred in flexographic plates that could help advance these goals. “We learned about Asahi AWP™ CleanPrint water-washable plates,” he says, “and decided to test them against plates from our existing supplier. The test results we got from the test were more satisfactory across the entire production process than the current production we have with our previous supplier, so we decided to change supplier.”

In addition to the standard machine features such as main servo drive, quick change-over parts and strong hygienic construction, the installed SL903 end load cartoner includes unique options for the Russian market. The standard carton magazine has been upgraded by a low-level extended motorised version permitting carton blanks to be loaded at a low working height of less than one meter. Carton blanks are then lifted via a motorised elevator and delivered at the required angle to the hopper gate.  

Thickness reduction - conservation of resources
Thanks to better raw materials, the desired packaging result can often be achieved with a thinner film. Your products will be packaged more ecologically without any loss of packaging quality.

Can film packaging be produced in an environmentally friendly way? absolutely.
Films made from renewable materials make a significant contribution to climate protection. We mainly rely on the use of sugar cane.

Founded by Gabi Jennings in response to the disposable nature of products in the kids’ bath sector, Love Ocean aims to become a part of every family’s bath-time routine. The structure of the Love Ocean bottle, developed by Pearlfisher, aims to act as a talking point during bath time for parents to entertain their children with storytelling about the wonders of the ocean.

Professor Pradip K Maji and his team at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, have developed a structural colour-based sensors by making structural colour from an unexpected natural resource–agro-waste sugarcane bagasse. It is a structural colour-based stimulus-responsive sensor from Nano-cellulose having implications in intelligent packaging. The colour of the laminated films comes from a ‘chiral nematic liquid crystal,' a specific molecular self-assembly that interacts selectively with specific colours of visible light.

In collaboration with digital start-up Qyos by Algramo, the machines will be available at two retailers in Indonesia during a 4-6 month trial period.

Qyos was founded in 2020 and is an Indonesian start-up that aims to provide households with alternatives to single-use plastic. It is supported by machines with interface systems from Chilean environmentally friendly refill technology company, Algramo.

SoPure® is an original solution because it is a capsule free of plasticizers such as phthalates—used to make PVC flexible—and made with Provalin®, a compound produced by Actega.

Migrational properties of Provalin® for SoPure®

Provalin® is a blend of thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) composed by more than 95% polymer and less than 5%  lubricants and stabilizers.