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‘Effective sorting of waste is a barrier to wider recycling of packaging materials in Europe,’ agrees Silviu Popovici, CEO of PepsiCo Europe. ‘This industry-wide challenge can only be resolved by working together for a system-wide solution.’

The search begins 
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The global non-alcoholic beverage industry remains one of the fastest growing of all label segments, expected to grow from USD 378.38bn in 2020 to USD 410bn in 2021 at 8.4 percent CAGR. The Business Research Company estimates it will continue to grow by at least 7 percent CAGR to reach a value...

In the first issue of 2020, L&L reported on the continuous struggle of workforce development; in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is worth investigating what has changed and what has remained the same. Prior to the pandemic, the employment rate was low enough to warrant being called ‘the...

Why did you decide to present at the Label Academy virtual master class on brand protection?

Mike Brice (MB): We see it as a unique opportunity to expose the print community to a viable solution to brand protection.

Keith Goldstein (KG): ...

The new facility will enable the manufacturing of new innovative products, improved quality and faster service to customers, according to Pankaj Bhardwaj, vice president and general manager, Avery Dennison India. ‘We are delighted to announce a new manufacturing plant in Uttar Pradesh, a key...

Most applications for industrial labeling require long-term legibility in often challenging physical environments. They can carry a range of messages including warnings about dangers or compatibility, and the label carrying that messaging needs to last as long as the object to which it is...

Today Yulong Printing has 70 employees and a factory floorspace of 2,500 sqm. Annual output value in 2019 was up to 25m RMB (3.8m USD).

Labels now account for 35 percent of Yulong’s total business, with the proportion of paper to film labels at 60:40. The main end use markets for label...

‘The demand for pressure-sensitive labels has been growing rapidly since Covid,’ explains says Sandeep Juneja, owner at Pinnacle Traxim. ‘We saw it as a good time to tap the opportunity and grow with the market. Thus the decision to invest in a digital press. We have been closely following...

Founded in 2001, Hongyuanqing’s business is divided in two parts. One division focuses on developing anti-counterfeiting materials, the other on print production of anti-counterfeit labels, which now account for 80 percent of total business volume.

With support from Tsinghua University’s...

Since DIC India caters to both the packaging and publishing industries, one of the major challenges it faced was reinventing the raw material mix to continue seamless service to the market. Manish Bhatia, CEO and managing director at DIC India, says: ‘China started going through the Covid crisis...