Food Packaging

Packaging waste innovator saveBOARD Australia has received a $1.74 million grant from the Federal and New South Wales Government towards setting up a $5 million facility that will see the company convert beverage packaging waste into high performance building materials.

Packaging waste innovator saveBOARD Australia has received a $1.74 million grant from the Federal and New South Wales Government towards setting up a $5 million facility that will see the company convert beverage packaging waste into high performance building materials.

Each range of edible inks offers high production reliability, making them ideal for industrial food decoration and smaller scale applications alike. With short set-up times and low set-up costs, digital printing makes short runs possible, allowing full flexibility in production without compromising on cost or performance.

Whether you’re looking to personalize cookies, fondant sheets, chips or even finished cakes, these compliant digital inks allow for the print-on-demand bespoke solutions that today’s consumers demand.

Making the plastics stream become more circular is critical to reduce the use of plastics. It has been particularly challenging to find ways to put post-consumer plastic waste to good use. Walki is introducing Lamibel®Recycled, a non-consumer material that uses up to 70 % post-consumer plastic waste. Typically, non-food packaging products only has between 30 and 50% recycled material, mainly from industrial processes.

Toyo Printing Inks, Inc., a member of the Japan-based Toyo Ink Group, recently brought to market the LP-9000 Toyo Life Premium Food LO/LM, a new series of sheetfed offset inks with low odor and low migration characteristics. 

Engineered and manufactured in accordance with EuPIA (European Printing Ink Association) guidelines and the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices), the LP-9000 LO/LM product is suitable for use in printed packages for food, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and other sensitive applications. 

The latest addition to the range is the new Cartaseal^® VWAF, which has been developed in line with the principles of “The Archroma Way to a sustainable world: safe, efficient, enhanced, it’s our nature”.

The innovative Cartaseal^® VWAF is designed to form a continuous and defect-free film-like coating on the paper surface. The resulting barrier offers class-leading performance against the penetration of oils, fats, water and vapor.