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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.

IppStar has been involved in three surveys including one with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) that looked at the leading Indian offset printer’s awareness and use of color management. A more recent survey by another organization vindicated IPPStar’s training activity and pointed out that amongst its respondents only 17% use color management. This means that there is a huge opportunity for improvement in quality, print optimization, standardization and cost saving for printers that want to have a combination of excellence while saving time and cost.

In a unique event organized by IPPStar, a leading packaging and print advisory services firm, stakeholders such as the Swedish paper packaging solutions provider Billerudkorsnas, the WWF (World Wildlife Fund), BNHS (Bombay Natural History Society), packaging designer and environmentalist Deepak Manchanda, Vatavaran, the National Council of Cement and Building Materials as well as brand owners and packaging converters deliberated on novel and sustainable packaging solutions in the Indian context. The main objective of the roundtable was to discuss the viability of unique and novel paper packaging solutions that minimize the use of plastics in and reduce littering as well as waste for landfills.

Europe finally is facing up to the same stark environmental and economic realities of producing goods in increasingly massive volumes that Japanese industry accepted more than two decades ago and has shaped Japan’s resource-aware approach to packaging production and design. Trailing behind but with Japan’s experiences to learn from, Europe now has an action plan and measures to nudge the Union’s 28 countries – or at least 27 of them – towards a manufacturing model based on a circular, rather than linear, model.

Universal Robots (UR) is a fairly new company founded in 2005 and has brought in a brand new technology called Collaborative robots or co-bots meaning a man and a robot working together and they are totally different from standard traditional robots. UR has been around for only about seven to eight years now and this is a growing industry worldwide.

Soma launched the new Optima 2 flexographic printing press at drupa 2016. More than 1,500 visitors saw demonstrations of the Optima press for mid web applications as well as those on the new Optima 2 for wide web production running the Arun plate mounting system developed in cooperation with the press maker, Allstein.

X-Rite, a global leader in color science and technology, and its subsidiary Pantone, will demonstrate its latest color management solutions at K 2016, the largest global gathering of the plastic and rubber industry to be held from 19 to 26 October in Düsseldorf, Germany. X-Rite Pantone located in Hall 8b Stand H65 will feature the theme ‘Color as You Imagined It’ and showcase four Inspiration Zones that address the specific color needs and requirements for design, development, formulation, production and quality control professionals.

Speaking about the demand for CI flexo presses in India, Ajay Tandon, president and CEO of Uflex engineering and new product development, says that CI flexo demand is picking up. Uflex recently shook hands with an Italian company to manufacture gear and gear-less CI flexo presses under a technology transfer agreement at Uflex’s engineering plant in Noida. Ajay Tandon says, “In Asia gravure printing is predominant, so the concentration of machines is gravure. In Europe it is 50% gravure and 50% CI flexo. In the US, it is 80% CI flexo and just about 20% gravure. In India, flexo is picking up quite fast since the last three to four years. Since flexo is picking up, we thought it to be the right time to get into flexo press manufacturing. Today, since the quality of CI flexo is very close to gravure, we see a very good potential for CI flexo machines.”

Moulded pulp protective packaging is already used for making egg boxes and trays, fruit trays, fast food packs, protective internal packaging for electronic equipment as well as different electrical and electro-mechanical products among others. Moulded pulp packaging products are manufactured from paper and cardboard waste and are pulped in a standard paper-making process before they are moulded as per requirement. The process of moulding involves a mixture of certified additives and pulp which is poured into a die to form the required mould.

The drupa 2016 exhibition was a success for Bobst, launching six new products. Bobst Group recorded a good first half-year 2016. Sales amounted to CHF 600.4 million for the first six months of 2016, compared to CHF 524.7 million in the previous year. The operating result (EBIT) increased by CHF 3.3 million to CHF 18.0 million. The net result reached CHF 9.7 million from CHF 14.8 million in the previous year, when the Group had a one-time CHF 8.1 million positive tax effect which did not occur in 2016. Bookings are stable and the backlog is slightly higher than in the previous year.