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Packages have to perform numerous feats simultaneously: meet the needs of marketing and sales, comply with safety and hygiene regulations, and satisfy such consumer requirements as sustainability and easier handling while keeping the cost of production, transport and storage low. Thanks to the very latest machines with highly automated sensor- and microprocessor-controlled drive technology, coupled with innovative materials that can be produced and disposed of sustainably, the packaging industry has succeeded in converting a 6,000-year-old idea into a modern high-tech product.

Delhi-based Alok Masterbatches launched biodegradable additives at Plastivision India 2017. Speaking about the company, Aditya Bhadauria, director, Alok Masterbatches said, “Most of our volumes are going to the flexible films, and at present, we are witnessing a rising demand for biodegradable polymers. It was catering to this requirement that we developed an additive that allows the polymers to be easily decomposed and consumed by the sunlight and microbes. Plastic is a novel material and because of its excellent performance, easy processing and low prices, it has made  penetration into our daily lives. The main issue lies in the proper management of plastic waste rather than eliminating its use altogether. At Plastivision, we tried to lay emphasis on recyclability and used the platform to meet the clients and promote our new product. Our new solution ensures 99.95% degradation of polymers not only by oxidation but also through microbes. The trade show was planned very well, and we were able to generate a good number of inquiries.”

At the recently held K-Plastics & Rubber exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, Manugraph announced its plans to manufacture CI flexo presses in India. Manugraph will now be able to offer ‘made in India’ CI flexo machines to the Indian market in partnership with the world renowned Italian brand Carraro & Carint. Manugraph is in exclusive partnership with Carraro to manufacture flexo machines in India.

The Plastindia Foundation, which received India’s Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ananth Kumar and his wife Tejaswini Kumar at the K exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany as they arrived at the world’s largest exhibition on plastics, organizes the world’s third largest plastics exhibition known as Plastindia, which is next scheduled to take place in Ahmedabad in 2018. Almost simultaneously, the organization is planning the Plastindia International University, which is said to be the only plastics university in the world on an already allotted 37-acre plot of land near Vapi, Gujarat. The project was recently notified under the Gujarat Private Universities Act.

On 19 October, India’s Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ananth Kumar and his wife Tejaswini Kumar were warmly greeted by the organizers of K exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany as they arrived at the world’s largest exhibition on plastics. The minister was welcomed by Joachim Schafer, managing director of Messe Dusseldorf, and Thomas Schlitt, managing director of Messe Dusseldorf India as he inaugurated the formidable Indian presence at the show at the  joint pavilion of Indian exhibitors, organized by the Plastindia Foundation—the apex body of the plastics industry in the country.

The inaugural Packaging, Design, Information & Technology (PDIT) Conference will be held in Mumbai on 16 and 17 December 2016, alongside the PackTech India/FoodPex India Exhibition. Organized jointly by IPP Star, a printing and packaging advisory, research, training and consulting firm, and Messe Düsseldorf India, the first ever PDIT Conference aims to set in motion a vital narrative that will integrate the idea of Save Food in the fast-growing packaging industry in India. The Indian packaging industry is poised to scale the US$70 billion mark in the next 3–4 years (Business Standard), of which the processed food producers will account for a huge chunk.

At All4Pack 2016 to be held from 14 to 17 November at Paris-Nord Villepinte in France, KHS (Stand 6F029) will be presenting highlights in plastic and secondary packaging, along with the latest innovations for PET bottle applications, Nature MultiPack and Direct Print Powered by KHS and a wide range of additional packaging systems.

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based research and advocacy organization, organized a book release and discussion in Guwahati, where its latest publication titled, Not In My Backyard – was released by Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The book is a comprehensive analysis of the state of solid waste management in Indian cities, including cities in the north-east.