2018.03.28
Last year was full of innovations in the print and packaging industry. Many new technologies came up and had a big impact on brands and companies.
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2018.03.22
GJS has launched itse Marketing for Print Masterclass, a new course designed specifically to assist the print industry with marketing and digital communications education.
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2018.03.22
Over the past year, we’ve seen a rapid progress in 3D printing, especially in the medical sphere where bioprinting is a big thing. From printed blood vessels to whole working organsthe possibilities are huge. Just recently, a team of Singapore researchers from Nanyang Technological University came up with a method to add skin pigmentation to 3D-printed skin tissue.
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2018.01.12
Worldwide Dispensers North America, part of the DS Smith Plastics Division, has fully commercialized the Mustang front-push dispensing tap for bag-in-box and standup pouch applications. The dispensing tap has the lowest oxygen transmission rate (OTR) in the industry, making it the ideal solution for extending the shelf life of bag-in box wine and other oxygen-sensitive products.
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2018.01.11
Imagine walking through the supermarket. Suddenly, you see an eye-catching packaging that is up flashing. Like it wants to say “Hey there, I’m waiting for you.” What would you do? Probably you would stop there and take a closer look. In the future, this could be possible with clever packaging and labels and even more interactive.
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2018.01.09
Researchers at Cornell University must have trusted their guts when they included 3D printing into their technical repertoire. The outcome: an intestine bioreactor.
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2017.12.14
In the close future, more and more products will have packaging that includes printed electronics. Several do already and provide lots of benefits compared to conventional packaging. These being authenticity checks, tracking, or games.
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2017.12.12
Sydney firm Composite Images printed 14 larger than life models for the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, which have spent the last two months travelling with the competition.
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2017.12.08
SKU consolidation, especially with packaging components, is a popular topic as warehouse space is in high demand and streamlining supply chains is a constant goal. In fact, many CPG brands often ask the question, “How do we make our packaging components work harder for us?”
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2017.12.07
The new Italian paper and graphics umbrella organisation Federazione Carta e Grafica established in June 2017 and drupa, the No. 1 for printing technologies, agreed on an extensive cooperation in November. The primary goal is to recruit Italian exhibitors for participation in trade fairs in the global drupa portfolio, thereby paving the way for them to develop international markets. Forming part of this federation ACIMGA, the Italian manufacturers’ association of machinery for the graphic, converting and paper industry, plays a key role in this agreement: as a partner it will be actively involved in trade fair participations and will take care of their operative implementation.
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