At PlastIndia 2023 in Delhi’s Pragati Maidan, Bobst showcased some innovative samples and highlighted the suitability of these solutions for its customers’ businesses. The company said that it is ready to make sustainability in packaging a reality.
At the heart of Bobst presentation at PlastIndia was oneBARRIER – a family of new alternative and sustainable solutions that Bobst has developed with various partners. These solutions have the potential to transform the packaging industry.
oneBARRIER PrimeCycle, a polymer-based mono-material, is recycle-ready while retaining excellent barrier qualities, making it a potentially groundbreaking development for sustainable packaging. The special samples printed at their center in San Giorgio, Italy, were on display at the booth during PlastIndia. It is a fully reliable process to consistently produce top-quality polyolefin-based or paper-based recycle-ready ultra-high or high barrier packaging, with faster time-to-market from day one.
Along with the samples above, there were samples showcasing oneECG, which is Bobst’s Extended Color Gamut (ECG) technology deployed across analog and digital printing processes. It is a process to digitize color matching, thus making it stable, easy, repeatable, consistent and independent of human interpretation.
The company has developed successful water-based applications on its gravure and flexo presses. Water-based inks work greatly to reduce VOC emissions as these most often contain a maximum of 30% solvents in the formula. Not only does this reduction protect our planet from pollution, it also makes for a safer and healthier working environment for operators. Their flexo printing presses such as a Master CI, Vision CI or their rotogravure presses such as the RS 5003 or the RS 6003 are apt for this.
Along with the above, Bobst’s AlOx process is well-established in the market. It offers excellent coating uniformity, transparency and recyclability, making it ideal for converters looking to contribute to a circular economy.
Bobst had representation from each of its product lines – Luigi Provera for gravure & laminating (Bobst Italia); Bill Duckham for CI Flexo (Bobst Bielefeld); Chris Cheetham and Richard Sandbrook for metalizing (Bobst Manchester); Gianni Zanatta and Giovanni Caprioglio for coating (Bobst Italia).
Giovanni Caprioglio and Nilesh Pinto were also panelists at the CEO conclave held during the show. “Sustainable packaging is one of the great challenges of our age and we at Bobst are striving to innovate at every step and offer the best possible solutions to our customers,” said Nilesh Pinto, zone business director for flexible packaging. “This is what the future of sustainable packaging looks like.”
