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As more Asian consumers live their lives on-the-go, spending more time in transit every day, they are increasingly consuming meals and snacks on the run. These ‘transumers’ value convenient food that is presented in pre-portioned and highly portable food packaging. But convenience is not the only thing driving the buying decisions of Asian transumers. They also want to lead sustainable lifestyles and this is putting brand owners under pressure to embrace sustainable practices and ensure their goods have minimum impact on the environment.

It is an accepted fact that in India there is a severe lack of awareness, both among the consumers and a majority of companies involved in food as well as food packing business, about safety standards and regulations. However, in recent years the situation has improved, especially after a controversy surfaced two years ago involving a major multinational FMCG firm and its highly popular brand of instant noodles. Nevertheless, a large section of our population continues to remain exposed to subpar food standards. Adhesives solutions provider Henkel Adhesives has been extremely active in educating stakeholders, especially in non-metro cities, about food safety issues such as migration and food regulation.

Koenig & Bauer (KBA) has pioneered the keyless inking technology for many decades. Waste-saving keyless inking units, which do away with cumbersome roller trains, were already used in anilox letterpress, flexo and anilox offset web presses in the 1980s and 1990s. In the field of waterless offset, they are today to be found in the sheetfed Genius 52 UV and in the quality-acclaimed compact newspaper press KBA Cortina.

Comexi, specialist in solutions for the flexible packaging industry, will be presenting its wide range of printing and converting solutions at interpack 2017. At Hall 13 Stand D67, the group will showcase its latest technologies developed that respond to converters market needs and trends in the flexible packaging industry.

From 2 to 6 May, the world's leading fair for metal packaging, METPACK, will be open at Messe Essen with over 300 exhibitors. In the sector, innovations and sales records are providing powerful thrust. A selection of the most important figures, data and facts relating to all aspects of metal packaging.

TRESU Group will participate at Sino Corrugated 2017 from 11-14 April 2017, which takes place in Shanghai, China. The company will showcase the recently developed carbon fiber doctor blade chamber and F10 iCon - ink supply system for flexo printing of corrugated cardboard. TRESU Group offers flexible, customized solutions for flexo printing machines and ancillary products for flexo, digital and offset presses. The company boasts of a wealth of experience and expertise in the development and production of engineered solutions for this industry and supplies to end-customers, OEMs and partners. With more than 98% of the production being exported, TRESU Group is a strong player in the global market.

The Italy based DPR will be showing two label and packaging finishing systems from their Zodiac product line at the upcoming Gulf Print & Pack show. This show will mark the first time that DPR has exhibited their label and packaging finishing systems in the UAE.