Tag: Packaging

Tekni-Plex has opened a new closure liner manufacturing plant in India primarily to serve growing demand for high-quality solutions for regulated pharmaceuticals. The plant is located in Kundli, near Delhi, and will support one of the largest generic drug producing regions in the world with shorter lead times. It will operate as part of the company’s Tri-Seal liner manufacturing business unit. The liners will be used as a packaging component for a broad range of solid oral dose capsules and tablets.

Fujifilm exhibited reference models of a pigment ink for water-based inkjet, to be used in flexible packaging, at drupa 2016. Fujifilm also showed its webfed inkjet press running at its drupa stand but that press was based on the use of LED UV inks. Not many in the industry are aware that Fujifilm is in fact one of the largest ink ingredient, inks and chemical suppliers to the global print industry because many of its products are sold through other original equipment manufacturers or OEMs.

Sidel, the leading global provider of PET solutions for liquid packaging, is highlighting the importance of complete line solutions in delivering optimum performance for beverage producers, along with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). “As a result of the ever-changing market, beverage producers are generally now taking a more holistic approach to the installation of new bottling lines,” explains Clive Smith, executive vice president of sales and marketing at Sidel.

The first few days at drupa have been busy and well attended. Total occupied exhibition space has been reduced, to the delight of the software and paper vendors who finally got rid of the unpopular upper floors in Hall 7. The number of exhibitors remained relatively stable with 1,837, and we wouldn’t be surprised if visitor numbers will turn out to be on the rise. The industry’s multinational players appear to be upbeat, and there are many new developments to be discovered in all printing segments. From Asia, several new exhibitors are showcasing CtP systems, diecutters, cutting and milling plotters, curing systems and consumables.

The Hong Kong Print and Packaging Fair was held for the eleventh time in end-april at the Asia World Expo near the airport while the bigger and more well established Hong Kong Gifts and Premium Fair was held at the Convention and Exhibition Centre well within the city itself. While the Gift and Premium Fair attracted more than 50,000 visitors, the Print and Packaging Fair with its more than 400 exhibitors attracted more than 14,000 visitors including print and packaging buyers from various parts of Asia and the world.