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According to a new 2015 study on the usage and recycling rates of PET beverage bottles in Germany, bottle deposits have ensured consistently high recycling rates for PET bottles in Germany. PET bottles are recycled at about 93.5%, while one-way deposit PET bottles have reached a whole 97.9%. The industry is also continuing on its aim of supplying more recycled PET into the materials cycle, with the average share of recycled PET in bottle production increasing compared to 2013 despite the adverse price development in recycled compared to virgin PET. The recycling process largely takes place in Germany.

manroland web systems is all geared up to set a new benchmark for webfed printing presses featuring the latest in automation and technology for the growing packaging and printing industry. Depending on applications ranging from board to foil printing, the company has an optimized arrangement of presses with offset, flexo and gravure printing units in hybrid configuration. The established PECOM-X drive, operation and workflow management system is the basis for combining various components from manroland web systems to form a one-system solution.

Advanced hot and cold foil fresnel lens packaging technology from China will be available for the first time to Western manufacturers and converters as part of a new move from leading supplier, Fresnel Inc.

As demand for local and specialty products continues to grow, Memjet single-pass inkjet solutions is helping product manufacturers by powering a range of packaging and labeling solutions. These next-generation printing solutions let small manufacturers integrate labeling and packing directly into their production process, creating a quality look-and-feel for the product while reducing waste, improving efficiency, and saving money.

The future of a sustainable plastics industry rests on bold plans that involve ditching cheap manufacturing and rethinking the design of products, processes and business models, so rather than fuel a throwaway society, they work together to increase the worth of resin materials by prolonging their usefulness in multiple cycles of reuse and re-manufacture.

According to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), currently Asia, the Middle East and Africa comprise 34% of global packaging consumption whereas Europe is 34%, North America 27% and Latin America 5%. Russia, India, Brazil and China are estimated to be the source of about 30% of future global demand, a proportion that will increase as their economies develop further. Other trends in buying behavior imply an even greater need for packaging material. The sourcing of fiber to meet this demand can have particularly adverse impacts on ecologically significant areas, not just domestically, but also across the South-East Asian region. This reflects a larger need for India’s packaging industry to ensure it uses only sustainably sourced material when meeting its long-term raw material requirements.