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Web Handling

Print Industry Leaders Give Back with The Web Handling Handbook

A new handbook from three experts documents the challenges and the evolution of web handling over the last four decades in the converting and printing industry.
Grant Gerke
July 15, 2021
We caught up with the authors to discuss current servo technology trends, today’s workforce challenges and new film properties as it relates to web handling.
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Recycling Investment

Eastman Chemical to Build a $250 Million Advanced Recycling Plant

Depolymerization technology will take polyethylene plastic waste and convert it to a 'polyester renewal technology.'
Grant Gerke
July 13, 2021
Advanced recycling, or chemical recycling, is receiving a lot of attention from investors across the world as more companies explore commercialization. In the 2019 Closed Loop Ventures report, “Accelerating Circular Supply Chains for Plastics,” the findings revealed that 40 startups or companies are currently running commercial-scale recycling facilities in the U.S. or Canada, or have plans to do so in the next two years.
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Podcast | Impacts of Label Tech on the Supply Chain

As label technology continues to advance, CPGs need to understand how that impacts the supply chain in order to ensure the end label meets their, and their customers’, needs.
Derrick Teal
July 11, 2021
A Freedonia Group forecast from May expects the demand for printed labels to rise 3.2% per year through 2025. The organization found that “printed labels will benefit from the increased utilization of labels for advanced product promotion, which will drive the use of more appealing, 360-degree coverage and more complex, high-quality graphics.”
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Editors Forum

The Missing Link

Consumers want a circular economy that the industry is trying to provide, but there’s something missing from the chain.
Derrick Teal
July 11, 2021
I wish I were a smarter person. That’s not a self-deprecating statement, either, because I wish I were smart enough to specifically do one thing: make being a recycler profitable.
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ACTEGA Launches Signite

July 8, 2021

Depending on the decoration design, the Signite technology can reportedly reduce label waste by over 50% compared to a similar footprint pressure sensitive label


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Siegwerk Unveils Sustainable Water-Based Inks

July 7, 2021

The new sustainable ink and coating range — UniNATURE —  contains biorenewable carbon and introduces a new generation of inks with renewable content, developing circular packaging solutions.


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