Tag: China

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.

The 6th All in Print China organized by the Printing Technology Association of China, China Academy of Printing Technology, and Messe Düsseldorf, Shanghai, will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Centre from 18 to 22 October 2016. In order to better understand the innovative highlights of the exhibition, the organizers held a pre-show press conference in Shanghai on 16 August which saw more than 100 representatives from printing and package associations, industrial media, printing enterprises and exhibitors from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and the Chinese mainland.

IndiaCorr Expo – SinoCorrugated 2016, being held from 8 to 10 September at Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India, is clubbed with the fourth edition of ICCMA Congress. IndiaCorr Expo is packed with more live machineries and international brands this time with the world’s leading solution providers showcasing their latest solutions at the event.

Goebel IMS will ‘touch the future’ of high performance slitting-rewinding at drupa (Stand 10E61). On exhibit will be their high speed T2 family of slitter-rewinders for slitting, perforating paper and board of any kind. The T2 Series features single shaft center winders, ideal for converting aseptic packaging, filter and specialty papers. The T2 family of slitting machines are equipped with an idle, lay-on roller and have numerous options available. Basic models have a working width of up to 2200 mm (86.6 inches) and a rewind diameter of up to 1,800 mm (70.9 inches), at a maximum speed of up to 1200 metres a minute (3,937 feet a minute). The T2 can also be configured for bi-directional inspection rewinding for repairing telescoped or damaged rolls.