Loupe India 2026 is showcasing how digital printing and mid-web flexographic technologies are opening new growth opportunities for label converters in India’s flexible packaging market.
The event, formerly known as Labelexpo India, highlights the increasing adoption of narrow- and mid-web printing technologies for applications such as pouches, shrink sleeves, sachets, stick packs and form-fill-seal films.
LOUPE South China is a leading regional event for labels, flexible packaging and folding cartons, bringing the latest printing and converting technologies to Shenzhen, Guangdong, one of China’s key manufacturing hubs. Formerly known as Labelexpo South China, the exhibition has expanded its focus to reflect the convergence of packaging technologies, covering labels, flexible packaging—including shrink sleeves and pouches—and inline carton converting, while continuing to champion innovation across the label and package printing value chain.
LOUPE India is South Asia’s largest dedicated event for label, package printing and converting. Formerly known as Labelexpo India, the exhibition has expanded its scope to cover flexible packaging, including shrink sleeves and pouches, inline carton converting, and smart-label innovations, while continuing to serve as a key regional hub for advancements in label technology.
The owner of a Norwich-based gin business has launched a new range of ready-made cocktails - in a bag - in partnership with another popular drinks company.
Russell Evans, who founded Bullards, said work on the venture with Edmunds, a cocktail business which began in Suffolk, started earlier this year.
The collaboration, called the Bullards x Edmunds 1837 Cocktail Club, combines Bullards' spirits with Edmunds Cocktails' mixers to create three cocktails which can be enjoyed at home.
Durga Puja is often described as a festival of art, yet packaging has shaped it for generations. From parcels of imported foil that named a decorative style to today’s plastic-free pandal rules, Durga Puja packaging reveals how materials, trade and sustainability meet in one of India’s biggest celebrations.
India is strengthening its push toward a circular plastics economy by increasing the mandatory use of recycled plastic in rigid plastic packaging under its Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) framework.
CarbonQuota has announced the launch of Quanterra, a new AI powered environmental intelligence platform designed to help manufacturers, converters, brands and retailers create, manage and communicate environmental information across products, packaging and supply chains.
Built on CarbonQuota's proprietary environmental datasets, scientifically robust methodologies and advanced automation technologies, Quanterra transforms the way organisations generate environmental information, making it faster, simpler and more cost effective to produce trusted sustainability data.
Compact pharmaceutical shipping solution combines validated thermal protection, space efficiency and reusable components to support the growing demand for temperature-sensitive medicines.
Veritiv has introduced TempSafe® RxShield™, a compact cold-chain packaging solution designed to help specialty pharmacies streamline the shipment of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals as demand for GLP-1 therapies continues to grow.
New production facility in Rethem boosts capacity and quality.
Papair GmbH is commissioning a second production facility for its paper-based bubble wrap, PapairWrap, at its Rethem site in Lower Saxony. The plant has been in regular operation since the beginning of September. With a production width that has doubled, production capacity for paper-based bubble wrap is being expanded. The aim is to meet the rising demand for sustainable packaging solutions whilst optimising cost structures.
Greater automation through new plant technology
CJ Biomaterials, Inc., a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and a primary producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers, has partnered with Dongsung Chemical to introduce the first PHA-based hotmelt adhe