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SUSTAINABILITY

Where’s secondary packaging going?

KM showcases packaging samples at pacprocess

Kalyar Replica orders Uflex Rotoflex Stanmas 20 for pharma packaging

Metpack opens parallel to interpack in 2020

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he war on packaging waste is fought on many fronts in the beverage industry – from the manufacturers of packaging materials to the bottler. KHS is helping to develop new standards in this field, from which beverage producers and consumers alike are set to profit. The way to produce ever more sustainable primary and secondary packaging involves two major lines of approach – recycle and reduce. The first requires that packaging materials are kept in constant circulation by them being reclaimed, processed and continuously reused. The second entails finding many different ways of using less and less packaging material in order to save on resources and avoid waste. Read the highly insightful story ‘Where’s secondary packaging going?’ in this issue.

Meanwhile, Constantia Flexibles, the world’s third-largest producer of flexible packaging headquartered in Vienna, Austria, has opened the world’s first plant designed to produce more sustainable and recyclable flexible packaging only in India. Production focus at the plant lies at the more environmentally friendly packaging family, EcoLam. The official opening of the site took place in November 2019, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The decision to open a plant in India was relatively straightforward.

Amongst others, the new ‘Plastic Waste Management Rules’ show that the Indian government can exert pressure on the recycling economy and that it supports initiatives and companies that advocate for less use of waste.

Visiting Siegwerk’s Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) plant on 11 December 2019 was quite an experience for us. We experienced firsthand the company’s commitment towards sustainability and recyalibility, and various other projects that the company is undertaking to keep the environment green. The company also recently celebrated its second anniversary of toluene-free operations in India.

Komori-Landa digital press is ready for drupa 2020! Komori Corporation has announced that it has reached an agreement with Shinwa Factory to conduct field testing of the 40-inch sheetfed nanographic printing system, Impremia NS40. Shinwa Factory is a manufacturing company with annual sales revenue of 3.2 billion yen that provides across-the-board services from designing of creative packaging, displays and sales promotion material to high volumes of printing, processing and delivery. The Impremia NS40, which was a technical exhibit at drupa 2016, is slated for a sales launch at drupa 2020. The 40-inch Sheetfed Nanographic Printing System uses Nanography technology licensed from Landa.

The interpack 2020 trade fair is totally booked out. By the time the official registration deadline for the most important international event for the packaging industry and related process industries had arrived, businesses had inquired about far more space than was available at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre – as had already been the case with the previous editions. The around 3,000 exhibitors expected from approximately 60 countries will therefore again be occupying all 18 of the available halls as well as large parts of the outdoor facilities when the fair takes place from 7 to 13 May 2020.

The year 2020 will have a grand start with the grand printing exhibition Pamex happening from 6-9 January at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai. The 2017 edition of the exhibition, which presented more than 350 companies, recorded numerous business deals and also witnessed an unprecedented 25,223 unique visitors. In 2020, Pamex is expected to bring in 400+ exhibitors from more than 25 countries. If you are going to the event, do visit us at our stand.

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CONTENTS Design and Marketing

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EDITORIAL

TECHNICAL ARTICLE

CODING AND MARKING

From the editor’s desk!--------------------------- 3

Migration analysis to design and manufacture safe inks---------------------------24

To err is human!-----------------------------------46

DESIGN AND MARKETING

Utilizing screens to improve whites and spot colors in high-volume printing-----------------34

METAL PACKAGING

Packaging for all the senses-------------------- 6 Carlsberg reveals new branding for Somersby-------------------------------------------- 8

PREPRESS AND SOFTWARE

FLEXIBLES Siegwerk India to keep its commitment high on food safety--------------------------------------26

Metpack opens parallel to interpack in 2020----------------------------------50 Tinplate Company of India at pacprocess 2019-----------------------51

Esko Software Platform 18.1 update – what’s new?----------------------------10

Constantia’s 100% sustainable flexible packaging production plant opens in India------------------------------28

MONOCARTON

Clariant agrees to sell its masterbatches business to PolyOne-----------------------------29

FOOD SAFETY

Komori-Landa digital press ready for drupa 2020-----------------------------12

Bobst launches Nova RS 5003 gravure press--------------------------------------30

Get your food tested through consumer organizations – FSSAI---------------------------54

Archroma highlights its latest innovations at Paperex 2019------------------14

Manjushree acquires dispenser and spray solutions provider National Plastics----------31

EVENTS

Konica Minolta showcases packaging samples at pacprocess--------------------------16

Kanodia Technoplast bags eleven awards at SIES SOP Star Awards ’19---------------------31

LABELS

Coca-Cola Sweden moves to 100% recycled material in PET bottles--------------------------33

Omet India starts its new journey-------------18 Xeikon opens innovation center in Shanghai-------------------------------20 Hyderabad-based Digiflex installs Esko Automation Engine-------------------------------21 ALPS and Avery Dennison organize waste management program in Delhi----------------22 Vinsak at Pamex 2020---------------------------23 Standard Printers Providers demonstrates Taiyo STF 340-------------------------------------23

SACMI to display compression technology at Plastivision 2020----------------------------------33

AUTOMATION Packaging trends to consider for 2020------36

PHARMA PACKAGING Pharma 4.0 and packaging at interpack 2020---------------------------------38 Using holography to fight pharmaceutical and healthcare brand piracy-------------------41 Kalyar Replica orders Uflex Rotoflex Stanmas 20 for pharma packaging-----------44

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pacprocess & food pex India 2019 receives good response-------------------------------------55 Pamex outreach program receives good response in Nepal--------------------------------55 interpack 2020 completely booked out------56

INDUSTRY NEWS Sandon Global scoops two awards at the UK Halton Chamber Business Awards-----------57 Konica Minolta India appoints Kuldeep Malhotra to its board of directors-------------57

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Packaging for all the senses

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arketing experts have long made use of insights from psychologists to draw conclusions about consumer purchasing habits. As the first point of contact between customer and product, packaging has a crucial part to play.

High-quality products come with highquality packaging – in simple terms, that is the expectation of many consumers. How this quality is conveyed, however, is a different matter entirely. After all, decisions are not always deliberate: the packaging and its shape can also convey feelings that we pick up subconsciously.

Marketing experts group these factors together under the heading of multisensory features.

These include optics, texture, and olfactory sensory impressions – smell and touch, in other words. Now, thanks to Augmented Reality and the opportunity it provides to convey additional features via mobile terminals, digitalization adds another way of appealing to the senses.

Incorporating all these points means it is not easy for manufacturers to choose the right packaging. Ultimately, there must be no impact on cost-effectiveness and functionality. And, of course, sustainability cannot be ignored.

These subjective and objective influences are what packaging designers try to steer in the direction they want through the use of color, shape and texture.

OBVIOUS AND YET SUBTLE – OPTICS COUNT Color is the most important feature among the many visual clues that consumers pick up.

It influences their buying habits and generates attention. This is where psychological insights regarding color perception come in, and they are put to deliberate use (red as a warning color, blue for freshness, etc.). This signaling function can differ between cultures, however, which must be considered in the case of products marketed globally.

Shape is another optical impression that

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Coffee is one example of how manufacturers manage to appeal to the sense of smell despite tight packaging

facilitates recognition, is an important design element, and often constitutes a unique selling point for particular products. Packaging shape is therefore part of a product’s visual language.

In other words, the shape is associated with a particular product category or brand.

The technical capabilities of the filling and packaging process often restrict the choice of shape: can the packaging facility produce the design efficiently? Automation and increasingly versatile robots are steadily redefining these limits, as machine manufacturers demonstrated once again at FachPack 2019. Here, too, it is optics that make new technological advances possible, including image recognition systems for robots, which can accurately pick up, put down and pack a range of product shapes, thus helping to automate the entire process.

packaging with an interesting and distinctive feel or finish can serve as an effective marketing tool. This may involve the use of coatings or embossing, for example. High gloss and smooth surfaces are often considered as quality features.

At the FachPack special show on ‘Premium Packaging’, exhibiting companies showed how shape plays a crucial part in establishing a successful brand presence.

But companies that value sustainable packaging materials can also turn the different feel of their packaging materials to their advantage: consumers often associate more sustainable products with rougher surfaces and paper.

Here, too, the thickness of the sheets or the relationship between the effort that has gone into the packaging and the content play an important role.

PERCEPTION VIA THE HANDS – TACTILE IMPRESSIONS

HEARING AND SMELLING – SUBCONSCIOUS, BUT ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT MESSAGES

Perception in the broader sense brings another packaging refinement option into play: product

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Design and Marketing experience, packaging designers are well advised to give some thought to sounds and smells. The sound the packaging makes when a product is taken down from the shelf or is opened creates a connection with a particular article and its quality for many consumers. Of course, a packet of crisps has to rustle, and a ‘pop’ shows that a drink bottle was still unopened, and even metal cans make distinctive sounds when they are opened. If not before, we will remember the

lasting impressions made when tearing open and unwrapping parcels when Christmas arrives. Christmas has another ‘secret tip’ to offer for marketing: smells. They can also influence our purchasing decisions.

Even so, it is not easy to convey smells via packaged products. One of the most important functions of packaging is to isolate the contents from the outside world. Fundamentally, negative smells should be banned from all packaging –

glue smells or plastic components that leach out leave behind a negative ‘aftertaste’ and must be avoided from the outset.

Coffee is one example of how manufacturers manage to appeal to the sense of smell despite tight packaging. The incorporation of ‘scent valves’ enables the smell to reach the outside without letting any air in. And ultimately, what applies in real life also goes for packaging: the first impression counts. z

z HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED TO RECYCLE AND REUSE

Carlsberg reveals new branding for Somersby

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reated with Elmwood Leeds, the refreshed positioning aims to establish a new brand experience platform for Somersby and provide a clear brand architecture and visual identity system that seeks to enhance the existing brand’s distinctiveness in each of Somersby’s key markets.

With the entry of new competitors, the company’s goal was to create a culture of optimism, connecting with consumers’ desire to seek moments of happiness with friends and family. At the same time, Carlsberg wanted to bring simplicity to its multi-tier brand architecture, as well as the flexibility to meet the needs of different market environments.

This new positioning is encapsulated throughout the refreshed look and feel, including a ‘distinctive, contemporary, and uplifting’ word marque that serves as a pedestal for the Somersby Living Tree, the company’s primary brand asset.

While the outline of the tree remains fixed, the tree’s canopy changes to capture unique illustrated tasting notes, creating an architecture for each drinking experience. This approach takes the tree away from the traditional apple tree image – now an established category code – and turns it into a ‘distinctive, yet dynamic’ brand asset. The many expressions of the living tree reportedly give consistency across the portfolio, including Somersby Apple, Blackberry, Pear, Elderflower & Lime, Watermelon, and Mango & Lime.

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Somersby’s refreshed brand will live globally across 50 markets, on and off-trade, predominantly in Europe and Asia

Pernille Arnt, global marketing director, Carlsberg Group said, “Our refreshed brand and scalable brand system now ensure that we can build the brand’s distinctiveness across different market environments and different life cycles of the brand without diluting the master brand. The refreshed Somersby positioning perfectly encapsulates its positivity and warmth, creating a truly stand-out brand that is refreshingly different.”

Rob Skelly, associate creative director at Elmwood Leeds, said, “As we embarked on this challenge, we wanted to ensure that every little nuance of the brand was considered to communicate an uplifting brightness and optimism.

Somersby is uniquely crafted, a Scandinavian

gem that only Carlsberg could come up with.

Working with talented partners, we wanted its distinctiveness to shine through and created a flexible, yet unique design system that future-proofs the Somersby brand and allows it to continuously refresh and evolve. The living tree works beautifully across all platforms and offers us endless opportunities to engage, excite and inspire our audience.”

Somersby’s refreshed brand will live globally across 50 markets, on and off-trade, predominantly in Europe and Asia. According to the company, its most vital markets of focus are Australia, Canada, Poland, Ukraine, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Bulgaria, and countries in Asia. z

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z INCREASED EFFICIENCY TO THE PACKAGING VALUE CHAIN

Esko Software Platform 18.1 update – what’s new?

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sko has unveiled a host of new updates for its integrated software platform, which it hopes will bring operational efficiency improvements to the packaging value chain. From 25 November, new functionality has become available to customers with the release of an 18.1 update of the Esko Software Platform, the suite of software solutions from Esko, a global supplier to the label, packaging and wide format sectors. These include: – ArtPro+ – updated with a patented new trapping concept, expanded support for Action Lists and brandnew Dynamic Marks – ArtiosCAD 18.1 – enhanced canvas layout, manufacturing tools, latest DWG and Spatial libraries, and new functionality in the innovative ArtiosCAD Preflight module now including automatic fixing – Automation Engine – new ‘Optimize File’ task to simplify user experience, new tasks exploiting the processing steps in native PDF – Device Manager in Automation Engine – new optimized merging algorithm to reduce flexo plate-making waste – Cape Pack – new online Truck Analysis giving greater functionality and savings potential – Share & Approve – new customized emails, forward approval function and reporting on approval KPIs

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New functionality has become available to customers with the release of an 18.1 update of the Esko Software Platform

“We are delighted to be making these updates available all at once, underlining our commitment to a fully integrated ecosystem of solutions and a commitment to our users, ensuring they enjoy continued support, benefits and updates when using Esko software” – Jan de Roeck

Jan de Roeck, Esko director of marketing, industry relations and strategy, said that the updates would drive increased efficiency by enhancing and improving the user experience and offering a greater range of functions for customers.

“We are delighted to be making these updates available all at once, underlining our commitment to a fully integrated ecosystem of solutions and a commitment to our users, ensuring they enjoy continued support, benefits

and updates when using Esko software,” said Jan. “For example, our next generation native PDF editor for packaging prepress, ArtPro+, now incorporates an innovative, object-based trapping feature which addresses one of the most time-consuming elements of packaging and label prepress work. This patent-pending concept pushes the ‘right first time’ ratio to 70% and enables individual changes and enhancements to be made in a sustainable way.” z

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Komori-Landa digital press ready for drupa 2020

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omori Corporation has announced that it has reached an agreement with Shinwa Factory to conduct field testing of the 40-inch sheetfed nanographic printing system, Impremia NS40.

Shinwa Factory is a manufacturing company with annual sales revenue of 3.2 billion yen that provides across-the-board services from designing of creative packaging, displays and sales promotion material to high volumes of printing, processing and delivery. It is recognized for superior planning, design, sales and production strength. Shinwa Factory exceeds customer expectations by offering a quality-controlled, integrated one-stop shop and a diverse product range.

The Impremia NS40, which was a technical exhibit at drupa 2016, is slated for a sales launch at drupa 2020. The 40-inch Sheetfed Nanographic Printing System uses Nanography technology licensed from Landa. The press was developed incorporating the know-how and technologies that Komori has cultivated over a long period of time through its offset printing business.

The press has a printing speed of 6,500 sheets per hour (sph), a true resolution of 1,200 dots per inch (dpi), can handle four to seven colors, with UV, LED or aqueous based in-line coating and Komori’s well-known quality. The press can handle paper sizes up to 750 x 1050 mm, a sheet thickness of 0.06 mm to 0.8 mm,

and can print on a wide range of offset paper without any special pre-processing.

Landa started beta testing the similarly specified 40-inch S10 digital press more than two years ago. With half a dozen installations in Israel, Europe, and North America, it recently sold an S10 to a Latin American packaging printer as well. The 35-ton S10 is built using a chassis and paper movement from Komori.

Representative director of Shinwa Factory, Yasunari Yamazaki, said, “I am extremely grateful that Komori chose us to conduct the field testing for the Impremia NS40. We had two specific requests and when Komori assured us that the press would meet these requirements, we decided to embrace the new Impremia

The Impremia NS40 was a technical exhibit at drupa 2016. Photo: Messe Düsseldorf, Constanze Tillmann

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Monocarton NS40. One of our requests was the support for small lot production of packages. About 40% of jobs of the total volume of packages that we manufacture are 2,000 sheets or less, and2019 there LABELEXPO EUROPE is a limit to one day’s production (in terms of setup and efficiency). We can expect that the production volume of the Impremia NS40, with a print speed of 6,500 sph and an extremely short changeover time, will far exceed our current offset printing capabilities. ith the newest release GMG “The other request was to reduceof manual ColorServer and GMG Opensteps and fail costs during the production of Color, presents connection signs andGMG displays, whicha direct is our main busibetween both solutions.

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Theofadjustment there is almost no blurring the proof andof paper tints, custom printing conditions mass production colors, so we can confidently or the change of printing parameters provide printed items that meet our customers’is now considerably more efficient expectations without manual checking.and automated.

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“There are many other advantages such as the press is easy to operate, thin paper also can be printed in-house and there are no variations in color even with additional surface treatments after printing.”

Yamazaki continued, “Moving forward with the Impremia NS40, we expect that new business opportunities will be created. While not out in the field selling, designers and planners, too, are looking forward to sharing its capabilities with customers. With its limitless possibilities, we are excited to get the Impremia NS40 up and running so we can start providing new solutions to our customers.”

President, representative director and CEO of Komori, Satoshi Mochida said, “I would like to thank representative director Yasunari Yamazaki for partnering with Komori. Shinwa Factory is an integrated manufacturer that performs every step in the creation process from the design to production and delivery of creative and high-quality packaging, displays and sales promotion packaging production substrates, including material.

It has built a one-stop system, ideal transparent or metallic film using the Epson for the intensive field testing of the Impremia SC-S80600. Driven by GMG ColorProof

ing press is powered by Landa Nanography in conjunction with Komori offset technology.

Not only does this 40-inch Sheetfed Nanographic Printing System achieve a level of quality and high productivity that was previously unheard of, it brings to life gloss and luster on applications, which is the feature of nano ink, as well as the texture that the printing paper possesses. The press can also print and GMG OpenColor this accurately. solution imminutely detailed expressions proves the color appearance mock-ups “We are convinced that theofImpremia and brings proofs to a closer look and feel of NS40 will greatly contribute to expanding real production samples.

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Archroma highlights its latest innovations at Paperex 2019 DEV KUMAR DUTTA

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t Paperex 2019, Archroma presented its latest innovations and solution systems aimed at helping packaging and paper manufacturers to optimize productivity and/or create value in their markets. The 14th edition of Paperex, the biennial international exhibition and conference for the pulp, paper and allied industries, was held at Pragati Maidan, Delhi from 3 to 6 December 2019.

At Paperex 2019, the company introduced its four new systems to the packaging customers. The products were specifically developed for packaging and paper applications along the principles of The Archroma Way: Safe, efficient, enhanced – Bright N’ Safe, a system that brings together high whiteness and brightness with food safety for FDA compliant packaging, with improved control and reduced slowdowns in production; Hold Tight, a system for improved fiber retention and bonding, to create paper that performs cycle after cycle – and to conserve our forests; Print It Brite, a system that makes our paper whiter and brighter, our prints sharper and more vibrant, and the production more efficient; and Smart White, a system to optimize production even at the highest whiteness level for high quality paper, and less resource usage.

Speaking about the India market, Wai Kit Cheong, regional head of sales, packaging and paper specialties, Asia region, said, “India is one of our focus markets in Asia. The packaging market in India is growing at a good rate. In 2018, the printing and writing paper saw 4-5% growth while coated paper registered a growth of about 3-4%. Moving forward, there will be more growth for kraft and packaging papers because of the new regulations laid by the government.

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So we are very excited and positive about the Indian market. We will put a lot of focus on the Indian market to provide sustainable solutions to our customers.”

A global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, Archroma provides expertise in the management of whiteness, coloration, special coatings and strength for all kinds of packaging and papers.

The company offers a focused product range, as well as application services from its paper experts around the globe to enhance both the optical and functional properties of packaging, paper and tissue. Archroma has 10 offices and 7 manufacturing plants across Asia. In India, the company has currently 160 employees and operates with a plant in Roha, Maharashtra.

Cheong added, “Our principle – Safe, Efficient, Enhanced – not only applies to the products that we provide to our customers but

also applies to our own manufacturing sites.

We are very selective about some of our raw materials to ensure that our products can be compliant to FDA, BfR, etc., whereas required.

In addition, we always focus on optimizing our whole production efficiency. For example, our products tend to be more concentrated compared to other similar products in the market.

This reduces water consumption which means if you are producing higher strength products, you use less water. Less water means you have less discharge. Water scarcity and product safety are becoming critical for consumers around the globe. Manufacturers of packaging and paper in India work with us because they know that we continuously bring innovations and solutions that not only help them to increase productivity and create value for their products, but also aim at reducing their impact on our planet and its inhabitants. Because it’s our nature!” z

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Konica Minolta showcases packaging samples at pacprocess MANASH DAS

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t pacprocess 2019, scheduled from 12-14 December 2019 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, Konica Minolta showcased print and packaging samples produced on its industrial production (IP) machines. “The main goal of our participation at the pacprocess exhibition is to help connect our IP customers with print buyers.

Samples produced on IP equipment by our customers as well as samples produced by us at at our demo center in Gurugram, are being showcased at our stand at this event. In this way, we are helping our IP customers in their business development activities,” said Vijay Kamat, national product manager – industrial print, Konica Minolta.

Kamat believes that the main challenge faced by packaging and new age printers in India today are that of business development in relation to short run digital production.

“Although they are very good in production and technical aspects of the thing, they need a little support and improvement in business development activities in relation to short run digital production. Hence, we try our best to help our IP customers to reach out to more packaging and print buyers,” he said.

IP APPLICATIONS DEMO DAY Konica Minolta India organized an Industrial Printing Applications Demo Day on 9 December 2019, where it invited print buyers to demonstrate its portfolio of digital printing presses and embellishment machines. Companies such as Nestle, Dabur, Samsung and Bacardi were invited to the Konica Minolta Demo Innova-

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tion Center in Gurugram, Haryana. Along with these companies, KM also invited some graphic designers from design agencies who influence the decisions of significant print buyers across the country.

KM demonstrated samples printed on its webfed AccurioLabel 230 digital label press, the MGI JetVarnish digital embellishment machine, and the AccurioJet KM1 – the B2 sized sheetfed inkjet press from Konica Minolta.

Apart from the printed, enhanced and diecut samples, it also showcased its presses – the KM AccurioLabel 230, and two variants of the MGI JetVarnish machine, a 14-inch variant and a 29-inch larger format variant meant for packaging embellishment. z

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n 28 November 2019, Omet celebrated the launch of its India subsidiary, Omet India, at an event in New Delhi which was well attended by Omet’s partners, suppliers, printers and brand owners. Harveer Sahni, chairman of Weldon

Celloplast welcomed the evening guests while remembering fondly Omet’s relationship with India which began in the late 90’s. Sahni shared how Angelo Bartesaghi, the founder of Omet, was the only ‘label guy’ in a business delegate from Italy that came to India some 22 years ago and how after the ‘initial connect’, Sahni had taken him to Prakash Labels for a plant visit.

Sahni further said, “The Omet brand in India has been nurtured with care, and now taking the legacy forward, we entrust the job to our next generation. I’m proud that Marco Calcagni’s son Andrea and my son Pawandeep are chosen to grow the Omet business and bring

value to the Weldon-Omet partnership.”

Marco Calcagni, sales and marketing director, Omet gave an overview of Omet. Calcagni said, “We have our machines running in more than 100 countries including America, Australia and India. I believe that for the future, we can create a great going together with you [customer, supplier and partner] – we must be keep connected together. Our machines can cover different sectors, and I believe we can share our experience not only about the machines but also about how to approach a particular market.”

Andrea Calcagni highlighted Omet India’s team comprises 13 persons, of which ten engineers stationed permanently in the country. He said, “We want to give a premium experience to our customers in India right from the inquiry to press installation and the smooth functioning of the press after that. We want to collaborate with the industry and its associations and cosuppliers to ensure the development of the whole industry. I would also like to cite an example from the US where have a press installed in

a university where students, customers, and our technicians are trained we work on new developments for our presses. We hope to do the same in India. Omet India needs to become the center of excellence for the Indian market and even further – ready to train and create a pool of engineers.”

Pawandeep Sahni of Omet India said, “Today is a very special day for me because I saw a vision of Omet India right from the day I went for my induction at Omet in Italy nearly eight/ nine years ago. But it is not actually about today: it is about tomorrow. With the fulfillment of my first dream of making Omet India happen, my next dream is about further scaling up the Indian label printers. In the coming days, I along with Andrea Calcagni will visit as many printers in India as we can to share ideas, discussions, and initiatives that the company aims to take to ensure Indian printers reach global customers.”

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z STRATEGY TO SUPPORT THE EXPANDING CHINESE MARKETS

Xeikon opens innovation center in Shanghai

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eikon, has opened a state-of-the-art innovation center in Shanghai. The Xeikon innovation center is located inside the Shanghai Printing and Publishing College. Designed to support the expanding Chinese markets, the facility will be a dedicated and welcome place of interaction where visitors and customers will have the ability to test a variety of applications and options for new revenue streams and business growth. Xeikon continues to develop new and innovative solutions for the label and packaging markets to meet the current challenges in today’s fast moving and evolving world of consumerism. The Shanghai Center will be equipped to house the latest Xeikon equipment and technologies, and Xeikon staff will be on hand to offer expertise, guidance, and demonstrate creative solutions and applications for a significant variety of markets and sectors.

Klaus Nielsen, general manager Xeikon Asia, says, “We are seeing unprecedented global growth in the desire for digital printing solutions for labels and packaging. We are very pleased to be able to open this important innovation center in Shanghai and bring our technology to this region. Xeikon’s high technology facility will play an important role in the development of our business in China and will support our Chinese customers in helping them to make considered decisions when investing in Xeikon’s digital technologies. We would like to thank our teams in Shanghai for conducting such a successful grand opening event.”

Jackie Chen, sales manager Greater China, conducted a demonstration of the Xeikon 3500 digital press driven by Xeikon’s powerful and intelligent front end – the X-800. The innovation center has been designed to bring the latest

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Xeikon digital technology to China. It has been planned as a technology hub for hands-on interaction and a ‘go-to’ demonstration center where personal care and attention will be given to customers looking for advice and expertise on new ideas to transform their business models.

Importantly, Xeikon’s Shanghai teams will help in finding the most appropriate equipment and solutions to take Chinese businesses to new levels.

TECHNOLOGY IN THE NEW INNOVATION CENTER The new center will be fully equipped with Xeikon’s front end workflow software – the X-800, as well as a Xeikon 3500, a digital label press for folding carton production using dry toner technology for food safety compliance.

Designed for versatility and fast delivery of

short runs and more complex jobs, the 3500 prints at 1200dpi with a max. of 516 mm x 1000 mm. This flagship press can address multiple applications in multiple segments.

“With over 30 years of experience pioneering digital label and packaging technologies, Xeikon has much to offer the Asian markets.

With the opening of this much awaited center, visitors will now be able to experience ‘real-life’ examples and test the latest solutions using Xeikon’s certified dry toner technology. They will be able to discover the true creative quality of the end-products and the opportunities in different sectors that this can offer them to differentiate and grow their business. The opening of this Innovation and Technology Center in Shanghai is going to help develop business both for Xeikon and its Chinese customers,” concludes Nielsen. z

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z AUTOMATING PREPRESS PRODUCTION

Hyderabad-based Digiflex installs Esko Automation Engine

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igiflex, a leading suppliers of flexographic plates in India, has installed Esko Automation Engine at its Hyderabad facility as part of its drive to improve efficiency. Established in 2015, the prepress trade shop has a state-of-the-art operation supplying plates to a number of major label converters, flexible and corrugated packaging printers across the country, while also serving customers as far afield as Africa and South East Asia.

“We are focused on creating the highest level of satisfaction for our customers,” said Muralidhar Nalli, managing partner of Digiflex.

“We constantly aim to fulfill both their current and future needs and our stated mission is to continuously improve all our business processes and productivity. As our reputation continues to grow, earning plaudits for our commitment to providing the highest quality products and services, the number of jobs the business is handling has been steadily increasing. Automating our workflow to ensure we maximized our efficiency and productivity became an obvious necessity.”

The Digiflex operation has two flexo plate imaging lines, including a new Esko CDI Crystal 5080 with the latest imaging software, installed in early 2019. “This is the only imager of this size in the South Indian market and will help us to target large format flexible printers and supply full size plates for the corrugated market. We will soon be adding even more equipment for digital flexo plate processing and so looked to automate our workflow as it is vital that we continue delivering a service of the highest quality and accuracy to our customers,” said Nalli.

The scalable workflow server from Esko not only automates print production tasks but also integrates business systems to speed up the

Muralidhar Nalli (center) of Digiflex with team members from Esko

whole process. More importantly, it reduces the error rate and the need for operator intervention, ensuring both maximum accuracy and efficiency of plate-making, according to Esko.

“With the installation of the new Esko Automation Engine, we can now offer our customers the same or even better standard of service on which we have built our business, while maximizing our efficiency and productivity. It will also help us to effectively avoid errors that happen in the process of handling files, thereby achieving cost reductions through minimizing waste,” said Nalli.

John Fredrick, Esko sales manager for South India, said he was glad that Digiflex was

continuing its partnership with Esko by integrating Automation Engine into its workflow.

“As a comparatively young business, Digiflex is making a real name for itself with its cutting edge equipment and commitment to unparalleled customer service,” Fredrick said. “The fact that Mr. Nalli has seen it fit to use Esko solutions to automate his entire prepress process is testament to the tremendous success Digiflex has enjoyed with our CDI Crystal 5080 plate imager.

We are delighted to extend our relationship in this way and look forward to working ever more closely with Digiflex as the company continues on its path to growing success.” z – Manash Das THE PACKMAN | JAN-FEB 2020

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z RECYCLING LABEL WASTE

ALPS and Avery Dennison organize waste management program in Delhi

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ith sustainability getting higher on the agendas of companies and the government, Association of Label Printers and Suppliers (ALPS) has partnered with Avery Dennison to provide a sustainable solution to recycle and repurpose used label materials and reduce landfill waste. To increase industry awareness and engagement, a waste management program was held in New Delhi on 9 November 2019. The launch program was attended by about 100 delegates. Shakti Plastic Industries, a leading recycler in India was also present at the event. As a part of the program, Shakti Plastics will haul and process the used materials from different converters.

Under the newly launched waste management program, two different models of waste management are available for participating members – one is, ‘No Cost Model – Cash from Trash’ (NCM), which is achievable by recycling the segregated label waste i.e., by sorting of film matrix. The other model is ‘Cost Model – Energy from Trash’, where waste segregation is not required and will attract logistic cost for converters. The label waste will be reprocessed into alternate plastic

articles like jug, board, chair etc.

Gururaj Ballarwad, president ALPS said, “Land filling is not only harmful to the environment; it’s also rapidly becoming less feasible.

Also, with stringent government regulations being enacted around the world, communities are innovating to find alternatives and more sustainable ways of recycling. We are proud to be collaborating with Avery Dennison and is able to reach the right audience with a solution that’s good for our industry, environment and communities. The launch program is the result of one year dedicated effort by ALPS to provide green and eco- friendly solution to treat label wastes.”

Pankaj Bhardwaj, senior director and general manager label and graphic material, Avery Dennison – South Asia. He said, “The program which is organized today is very unique and first of its kind event not only in India but possibly in South East Asia as well. The industry we are part of generates a million tonne of waste ever year, and through Avery Dennison’s recycling program, we are making an active contribution to address today’s sustainability issues to make a better future. Avery Dennison has globally 8 sustainability objectives or goals which we are

Gururaj Ballarwad, president ALPS; and Pankaj Bhardwaj of Avery Dennison.

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planning to fulfill by 2025 and one of the goal is to eliminate 70% of waste being generated in the value chain.”

Parag Bagade, head of sustainability, product compliance and advantage services, South Asia Pacific & Sub Saharan Africa, Avery Dennison talked about the cost implications attached to the two models and the certificate to be issued by the recycler, Shakti Plastic Industries to ALPS members and others who will participate in the program. z — Manash Das

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insak is all set to unleash its full potential at the upcoming edition of Pamex in Mumbai, 6 to 9 January 2020. At the show, the company will

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showcase live demos of Vinsak USAR 430 (modular slitter re-winder) including thermal inkjet system for variable data printing.

According to the company, Vinsak USAR is

an excellent solution for buyers looking for affordable but efficient slitter and re-winder with upgradable options of diecutting, VDP and 100% inspection system. With all major

Labels components driven by servo motors, the equipment can run maximum up to 300 meters per minute. It is backed by powerful software and features a HMI display for easy job set-up and single window operation.

The company will also display Vinsak Roll Lifter (VRL Series) which is a portable roll lifter equipped with a safety brake for loading, unloading and transporting the rolls safely. The main focus of this equipment is to reduce and even eliminate fatigue and occupational injuries.

It improves the manual handling operation, helps to reduce workplace injuries and any material damage. Vinsak VRL series is equipped with safety locks on the rear wheels, which are to be used to hold the cart in place, in desired position and as a safety feature to keep the cart from rolling while in the stationary position. To operate, simply press brake lock and snap into place to activate brake, and lift to de-activate brake. The roll lifter can be rotated over 360º for precise alignment. z

At Pamex 2020, Vinsak will showcase live demos of Vinsak USAR 430 including thermal inkjet system for variable data printing

z LABELEXPO ASIA 2019 IN SHANGHAI

Standard Printers Providers demonstrates Taiyo STF 340

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t Labelexpo Asia 2019 in Shanghai, Mumbai-based Standard Printers Providers presented live demos of its state-of-the-art Taiyo STF 340 flexo label press. The press is suitable for printing on a wide range of substrates. The company’s principal Taiyo Kikai was also present at the event.

Gaurav Sachdev of Standard Printers Providers said, “The USP of the machine is that it runs cold foiling at the speed of 150 mpm.” The Taiyo STF340 press can also be equipped with optional features like rotary silk screen printing, hot wind dryer, intermittent die-cut, in-mould label device, and sheet cut unit among others.

Speaking about Labelexpo Asia 2019, Sachdev said, “There were many visitors from India who praised the quality of the Taiyo press and shown keen interest. They were looking for automation and full servo-driven presses with high quality register, speed and higher number

Gaurav Sachdev of Standard Printers Providers at Labelexpo Asia 2019 in Shanghai

of colors.We have received a good number of inquiries to work on.”

Standard Printers Providers has already installed a couple of STF series flexo label

presses in India. “India is a very potential market and many Indian convertors are now showing interest in the Taiyo technology,” concluded Sachdev. z THE PACKMAN | JAN-FEB 2020

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z GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE

Migration analysis to design and manufacture safe inks DEV KUMAR DUTTA

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ackaging is a critical component which plays a crucial role in food safety process by safeguarding the products from external contaminants, tampering during transportation or any other means as much as possible. But, one should not forget that packaging itself consists of lot of harmful chemicals which are involved in the manufacturing process. And, these chemicals end ups into our food products through the packaging substrates.

“Product safety is the fundamental aim of Yansefu. To serve the purpose of providing safe inks, it is necessary to formulate compliant products following good manufacturing

The state-of-the-art analytical laboratory at Yansefu. Photo: The Packman

Analytical facilities at Yansefu India

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he identification of non-intentionally added substances are performed using GC-MS by comparison of obtained component mass spectra to either ‘in-house’ user generated libraries or commercially available libraries. The state-of-the-art analytical lab at Yansefu has all the necessary analytical instruments and equipment to accomplish analysis and research work.

Neelakamal Mohapatra, vice president – R&D and innovation, Yansefu, India provided some insights of their analytical facilities and its utilization in the ink industry:

Pyrolyzer – GC-MS, for performing sophisticated analytical technique known as pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.

It is an analytical method to identify the compounds which involves the thermal decomposition of sample into smaller molecules at high temperature (about 300-700°C). These molecules are separated by GC followed by identification via mass spectrometry. This technique is very useful to identify the components of different substances like

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resins, additives, photo-initiator, pigments are name to few.

Gas Chromatograph (GC) instrument which is used to detect the distinctive kind of solvents present in an ink mixture.

Gel Permeation Chromatograph (GPC), in which a sample is separated into its constituent parts based on their molecular sizes. It is used to find out the number average molecular weight and weight average molecular weight of the polymers constituted in polyols and polyurethanes.

Fourier-transform Infrared Spectrometer (FTIR) which is used to identify the functional groups of organic and inorganic compounds, and to identify raw materials like pigments, resins and so on.

Centrifuge which works on the principle of sedimentation. It helps to separate the components of ink like pigments, resins immersed solvents basis on their densities. Further, resin system can be identified using either FTIR or GC-MS. These techniques are quite helpful to analyses the composition of unknown ink solution. z

Technical Article practices. But these efforts are not sufficient enough to ensure product safety of the end user products. We are ardently focussing to utilize our analytical facilities to the maximum with or passionate and determined R&D team to execute high end research and synthesis work, in order to design safe, compliant and innovative products,” said JK Sharma, CEO-Yansefu, India.

Substances like phthalates, widely known as plasticizers since they are used to soften vinyl varnish and make it flexible, are used in printing inks. Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is the most commonly used plasticizers in inks, have tendency to migrate into food through substrate, if no effective barrier is present. “That’s why, Yansefu not only analyses their raw materials before using in any formulation using complex analytical techniques, but also analyses the migration potential of their printing inks prior launching in the market,” added Sharma.

According to Sharma, Yansefu performs migration analysis including theoretical methods and analytical techniques, for every products following appropriate European standards such as Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011, EN1186 and EN13130. In the industry, many software and

mathematical tools have been significantly developed to evaluate the maximum extent of migration of a chemical substance into food products. However, Yansefu has developed its own mathematical tool based on European standards, to calculate the migration extent of the chemical in final end-user application during worst foreseeable conditions of use.

The worst case calculation depends on the following parameters including maximum content of a migrant in foodstuff in the worst case, in [µg/kg] i.e. [ppb], mass of liquid ink or coating applied to packaging in [g/m2], content of migrant in ink or coating in [ppm] i.e. [µg/g] and specific surface area of foodstuff in [dm2/ kg], is 6 dm2/kg for the cube.

To demonstrate that a packaging ink is likely to meet industry requirements, the ink should be applied to the relevant substrate, the printing and drying process resemble the real industrial conditions as much as possible in such a way the printed and/or laminated articles should reflect the final packaging application as closely as possible.

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etc. follow European standards. For instance, Ethanol 95 % ( v/v) serves as a universal simulant for plastics, since it represents the worst case for most of the practical cases listed in the regulation 10/2011. For paper and cardboard Poly(2,6-diphenyl-p-phenylenoxide) or Tenax is the appropriate simulant, these substrates are mostly used for dry and/or fatty filling goods.

Storage conditions of the samples also selected from different testing regimes specifies in Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 such as 10 days at 40°C, 10 days at 50°C and 10 days at 60°C. The chemical analysis should be done using various analytical techniques like Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, Gel permeation chromatography (GPC).The determine the quality and quantity of specific migrants, the analytical methods for targeted analysis are chosen as described in the CEN Standards EN 13130, Parts 2-28.

However, the analysis for NIAS is complex, as the precise identity of the material may be difficult to confirm and reference standards may not be available for calibration. Analysis of raw materials can be helpful in the identification of NIAS for further migration testing. z

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z CELEBRATES 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF TOLUENE-FREE OPERATIONS IN INDIA

Siegwerk India to keep its commitment high on food safety MAHAN HAZARIKA

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iegwerk India recently celebrated its second anniversary of toluene-free operations in India. The Germanyheadquartered Siegwerk was already toluenefree across all other packaging ink factories in the world, having adopted this policy much earlier.

Toluene has earned disrepute globally for its dangerous toxicological profile. The manifold adverse effects make it an issue related to consumer safety, occupational safety and environmental safety. Due to its developmental toxicity, toluene is officially classified as CMR category 2 (suspected of damaging the unborn child) in the EU. Furthermore, when printing with toluene-based inks, there is an imminent risk of residual toluene in packaging being transferred to the packed food and beverages which impacts the organoleptic properties of the product thus can lead to food quality and safety as well as legal compliance issues. The unfavorable toxicological properties of toluene are the reason why global brand owners like Nestle etc. have restricted or even completely banned the usage of toluene in ink formulations intended for food packaging material of their products.

For Siegwerk India, the crossover to toluene-free operations has not been easy though.

“In 2017, when we decided to go toluene-free, we had to let go off some of our businesses since at that time some part of our business was toluene-based. It was a conscious call to take the business hit in a way, and that was one of the most difficult decisions. However, we had to take this decision in the best interest of our employees, employees of our customers and for

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The formula ‘Ink, Heart & Soul’ describes Siegwerk’s everyday work

the market. We have more than recovered our losses because now the market has understood the reason why we did it and brand owners and our customers are supporting us,” said Ashish Pradhan, president, Siegwerk India and Greater China. He shared that Siegwerk India had done quite well in 2018 and 2019, witnessing a healthy double digit growth, despite the painful 2017.

A big challenge with toluene-free ink is to make the ink run on the press since it altogether becomes a different technology with different solvent chemistry. “Toluene is a very good solvent which works very well on the press. If you remove toluene, the other solvent doesn’t run that well. So you need some expertise to run the ink. That is the expertise which an ink manufacturer can bring and we do exactly the

same,” explained Pradhan. “In addition, we have a large team of print engineers who work closely with our customers to make the ink run on their press. And that is the biggest service and support that we provide to our customers. And that is why, the move has been so successful so far.”

MIGRATION-OPTIMIZED INKS – THE FUTURE According to Pradhan, being toluene-free is just a part of the journey. When we talk about safe food ink, the other chemicals that go into ink manufacturing need to be taken care of as well. Each printing ink consists of four general components – binder/resin, solvent, additives and pigment/colorant. By excluding a solvent like toluene, ketone, mineral oils etc., one cannot

Flexibles assume and be assured that the inks are safe.

Safe inks (or migration-optimized inks) are inks with careful selection of raw materials in all four categories so that none of the components of the printing ink formulations impact consumer safety.

“The chemical contaminants from the packaging inks can get transferred to the foodstuff by a process called migration. So, we have to make our ink ‘migration-optimized’. We have to make sure that all the ingredients that we use in the ink are safe, and even at the maximum level of migration – from ink to the package, and from the package to the foodstuff – is well under the stipulated norms. We have already launched our migration-optimized ink. It is a continuous process, and we will continue to work on food safety,” explained Pradhan.

Pradhan said that it is the responsibility of the brand owner to update the entire supply chain on the brand owner requirements as well as legal requirements. The converter has the responsibility of how he processes the ink, laminate or the package as that has a big role to play in migration. “As an ink manufacturer, we can only ensure that we use the right ingredients which is set by our raw material introduction process and how we process it. We have an in-house team of experts who are responsible solely for the choice of suitable raw materials for our printing inks. Every new source material is checked using extensive and closely knit processes. These are based equally on up-todate knowledge and decades of experience,” said Pradhan.

Siegwerk ensures that all the ingredients that it uses in the ink are safe, and even at the maximum level of migration, is well under the stipulated norms

SUSTAINABILITY BEYOND PRODUCTS Visiting Siegwerk’s Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) plant on 11 December 2019 was quite an experience for us. We could experience firsthand the company’s commitment towards sustainability and recyalibility, and various other projects that the company is undertaking to keep the environ-

For our team, visiting Siegwerk’s Bhiwadi (Rajasthan) plant was quite an experience

ment green. “We are focusing a lot on recyalibility and circular economy, and how we can partner with the whole packaging value chain and make packaging which is more recyclable,” said Pradhan.

The company has set up a small but highly sophisticated solvent recovery plant which can recover and put 98% of the cleaning solvent back into the system for reuse. “The solvent recovery plant can recover up to 30 kl solvent a month,” said Pradhan. “Presently we are recovering 10 kl per month based on our current waste generation.” The company is also utilizing this plant to recover solvents from unused inks which sometimes due to some reasons are not delivered to the customers.

Another green initiative taken by the company is wastewater treatment. “Whatever wastewater we generate comes to our ETP plant for re-treatment by using evaporation and drying methods, and other auxiliary techniques. The retreated water is then sent back to our plant for reuse, where it is basically used in cooling towers. The ETP plant retreats 50 kl per day (KLD),” he said. In the last five years, the company has also worked a lot towards energy saving by using solar power. z

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z AUSTRIA-BASED COMPANY’S 9TH PLANT IN INDIA

Constantia’s 100% sustainable flexible packaging production plant opens in India

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onstantia Flexibles, the world’s third-largest producer of flexible packaging headquartered in Vienna, Austria, has opened the world’s first plant designed to produce more sustainable and recyclable flexible packaging only in India. Production focus at the plant lies at the more environmentally friendly packaging family, EcoLam. The official opening of the site took place on 20 November 2019, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

The reduction of waste in general and plastic waste, in particular, is an important issue for the food processing and home and personal care industry in India. The Indian government is responding to the problem and thus adopted ‘Plastic Waste Management Rules’ as early as in 2016. Among other things, the rules prescribe to scrap single-use plastics for flexible packaging such as pouches, by the year 2022. Another part of the new regulations is the phasing out of multi-layered plastic, which is non-recyclable.

Alexander Baumgartner, chief executive officer of Constantia Flexibles, said, “We know about our responsibilities towards the industry, the end consumers and – first and foremost – towards the environment. Thus, we are not only focusing on developing more environmentally friendly packaging, but we also designed the first plant in the world dedicated to producing sustainable packaging only. The plant named Constantia Ecoflex Ahmedabad is located in Gujarat in India, which is the perfect market to implement such a forward-looking project.”

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there. It was more focused on its India operations, which was growing at 14-15% CAGR since its entry in the country almost five years ago.

The growth was higher than that in any other country. Last year the Indian turnover of the Vienna-based company was Rs 950 crore. Constantia Flexibles has a total of 38 plants now in 16 countries, including India, where it has nine plants including two in Gujarat.

SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING ONLY AT THE NEW PLANT IN AHMEDABAD The decision to open a plant in India was relatively straightforward. Amongst others, the

The Constantia Ecoflex Ahmedabad plant is equipped with state-of-theart technology such as this blown film extruder from Hosokawa Alpine (Augsburg, Germany)

new ‘Plastic Waste Management Rules’ show that the Indian government can exert pressure on the recycling economy and that it supports initiatives and companies that advocate for less use of waste. The solutions produced at the new plant all belong to the innovative product family, EcoLam, which is part of Constantia Flexibles’ innovative product line Ecolutions.

EcoLam is a lightweight Mono-PE laminate suitable for a great variety of packaging applications. Due to its mono-material structure, it is fully recyclable, and its carbon footprint is approximately 32% lower than that of comparable products. The EcoLam family comes in different barrier grades (EcoLam, EcoLamPlus, EcoLamHighPlus) to deliver the barrier needs for a diverse range of products.

After a construction time of more than two years, Constantia Ecoflex Ahmedabad started test runs in September 2019. The plant is built on an area of 24,500 square meters.

Currently, 50 people are working at the plant; the number is expected to triple by the second quarter of 2020. z – Manash Das

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z SEPARATE DEAL FOR CLARIANT CHEMICALS INDIA

Clariant agrees to sell its masterbatches business to PolyOne The sale of Clariant’s masterbatches business in India has been approved by Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited’s Board of Directors and is valued at Rs 426 cr (approximately US$ 60 million), representing c. 17.3 times the last twelve months reported EBITDA (ending September 2019).

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lariant has agreed to sell its entire masterbatches business to PolyOne. The transaction values the Masterbatches business at USD 1,560 million, representing c. 12.2 times the last twelve months reported EBITDA (ending September 2019) on a cash and debt-free basis. This amount is payable at closing, which is expected by Q3 2020.

“This announcement is a significant milestone on our path to focusing on businesses with above-market growth, higher profitability and stronger cash generation. After the successful divestment of healthcare packaging in October 2019, the agreement to sell masterbatches is an important step in delivering on our strategy defined in 2015 to concentrate on our three core business areas Care Chemicals, Catalysis and Natural Resources,” said Hariolf Kottmann, executive chairman of Clariant.

The deal with PolyOne comprises two separate transactions. The global masterbatches business is sold in a deal valued at US$ 1,500 million, representing c. 12.1 times the last twelve months reported EBITDA (ending September 2019).

Separately, the sale of Clariant’s masterbatches business in India has been approved by Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited’s Board of Directors and is valued at Rs426cr or approx.

USD 60 million, representing c. 17.3 times the last twelve months reported EBITDA (ending September 2019).

Clariant Chemicals (India) Limited is listed

on the stock exchanges in India with Clariant AG holding a 51% controlling stake. The closing of both transactions is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

“As announced, we are confident that we will execute the remaining divestment of our Pigments business in 2020 to build the new, more focused and stronger Clariant by 2021,” Kottmann added.

As previously communicated, the proceeds from the intended divestment of Clariant’s non-core businesses will be used to invest in innovations and technological applications within the core business areas, to strengthen Clariant’s balance sheet and to return capital to shareholders.

As a consequence of the divestment of the Masterbatches business, as well as the

anticipated divestment of the Pigments business by the end of 2020, Clariant’s Board of Directors is proposing an extraordinary cash distribution of CHF 3.00 per share to the Clariant Annual General Meeting to be held on March 30, 2020. Subject to a positive vote of Clariant’s shareholders, the extraordinary distribution of approx. CHF 1 billion will be paid outpost the closing of the divestment of the Masterbatches business.

Clariant’s masterbatches business offers color and additive concentrate and performance solutions for plastics. Clariant’s masterbatches help to enhance the market appeal or end-use performance of plastic products, packaging or fibres. In the financial year 2018, the total masterbatches business generated sales of around CHF 1.181 billion. z THE PACKMAN | JAN-FEB 2020

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z FEATURES BEST-IN-CLASS AUTOMATION

Bobst launches Nova RS 5003 gravure press

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obst has announced the launch of the Bobst Nova RS 5003 gravure press engineered to deliver superior performance with water- or solvent-based ink printing on a wide variety of flexible packaging materials, including the new eco-friendly substrates. The press launch took place at the Bobst facility in the Jiangsu province of China, dedicated to the production of web-fed equipment for the flexible packaging industry.

The event was attended by brand owners, converting companies, industry suppliers and members of the trade press from countries in South-East Asia and Pacific.

“The region is buzzing with interest since news of the launch of the Nova RS 5003 that takes over from the very successful RS 5002 press with new powerful features and automation,” explained Sebastien Geffrault, zone business director SEAP, Business Unit Web-fed at Bobst. “Our gravure solutions bring together all the advantages of Bobst leading-edge technology with the flexibility of configuring them with market-related technical solutions. For example, the choice of inking systems that can handle a broad variety of ink types, including the marketspecific varieties that are used in the Indian and Asian flexible packaging industry, always with the highest graphic quality.”

The Nova RS 5003 features best-in-class automation, including the possibility to add TAPS, a fully automatic pre-register setting at the touch of a button. As per Bobst, the job make-ready and changeovers are very fast: the new doctor blade system is easy and quick to set, and the Twin Trolley solution, unique to Bobst, enables to change the printing cylinder without changing the ink, minimizing job changeovers and color matching time.

The twin flow dryers are also an exclusive technology, Bobst said. The ventilation system minimizes residual solvent on substrate, maximizes energy savings and ensures low noise level in the pressroom. It is also the perfect platform

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Bobst Nova RS 5003 gravure press

“Our gravure solutions bring together all the advantages of Bobst leading-edge technology with the flexibility of configuring them with market-related technical solutions. For example, the choice of inking systems that can handle a broad variety of ink types, including the market-specific varieties that are used in the Indian and Asian flexible packaging industry, always with the highest graphic quality” – Sebastien Geffrault for water-based inks, where drying capacity is one of the main concerns.

“The Nova RS 5003’s advanced press design delivers many advantages and is ready to take on board the market evolving requirements, including the possibility of further expand the automation architecture of the press,” said

Davide Garavaglia, head of product line gravure at Bobst. “Looking ahead at market trends and focus on sustainability, the press is fully compatible with water-based ink printing, and can handle very efficiently the widest range of materials, including the new eco-friendly substrates.” z

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z DISPENSER MARKET IN INDIA TO DOUBLE TO US$ 100 MILLION BY 2023

Manjushree acquires dispenser and spray solutions provider National Plastics

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ndia’s rigid plastics packaging solutions company Manjushree Technopack has acquired National Plastics, one of the leading players in spraying and dispensing systems and solutions in India (slump sale, on a going concern basis). This is the first acquisition by Manjushree since Advent International bought majority stake in the company last year.

Through this deal Manjushree will expand its offerings to clients, by adding adjacent categories like dispensers and sprayers to its existing product portfolio – containers and preforms.

The merger will also help Manjushree acquire new clients in this segment across various regions in India. The acquisition is expected to contribute 4-5% of the overall revenue for Manjushree over the next 5 years. In 2016, Manjushree had acquired Delhi-based rigid packaging firm Varahi Polymers.

According to Manjushree’s estimates, the value of the dispenser market in India is ex-

Sanjay Kapote, chief executive officer, Manjushree Technopack

pected to double from US$ 50 million in FY19 to US$ 100 million by 2023.

Announcing the acquisition, Sanjay Kapote, CEO, Manjushree said, “We see significant opportunities in the spraying and dispenser market. National Plastics’ market leadership in the dispenser and spray systems will help Manjushree expand its product offerings to existing customers as well as enter new mar-

kets in South Asia. We will invest in R&D and new business development to bolster National Plastics’ growth.”

Based in Punjab, National Plastics was founded in 1988 by Manish Saggar. The company manufactures lotion pumps, liquid dispensers, trigger sprayers, fine mist sprayers, cosmetic/serum pumps, perfume spray packs for leading brands in India and South Asia.

Some of National Plastics’ clients include Reckitt Benckiser, HRI, ITC, Godrej Consumer, Marico, Patanjali Ayurved, SC Johnson, 3M, and Sun Pharma among others.

According to Manish Saggar, founder, National Plastics, “The acquisition by MTL will help National Plastics expand its capabilities, product range and client base. With the bigger Manjushree team and bandwidth, and increased research and development activities, new, innovative products can be brought in and enhanced customer satisfaction can be provided.” z — Dev Kumar Dutta

z RECOGNITION FOR INNOVATIONS AND NEW PACKAGING CONCEPTS

Kanodia Technoplast bags eleven awards at SIES SOP Star Awards ’19

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anodia Technoplast (KTL) has been honored with eleven awards at SIES SOP Star awards 2019 for innovations, creativity and new concepts in packaging. KTL has bagged in all the awards in the flexible packaging category

for its graphics, aesthetics and innovative, and consumer friendly packaging solutions.

The award winning products include: Kari Kari – transparent high-barrier stand-up pouch; Non-Stop Crunchy Bytes – kraft paper finish pouch; PVR4700 BC Popcorn with

Paytm cash back; Daawat Royal Sharbati Atta with anti-skid nano-dots; Daawat Devaaya RiceQuad-seal pinch-bottom pouch with reinforcement for D-cut; Dabur Fem Hand Wash with innovative spout and others.

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noplast, said, “A lot goes into the whole process of envisioning a new idea, conceptualizing it into a product, convincing a customer about its uniqueness and value and finally materializing it into commercial production. It is a team-work and the credit goes to each and every member of the Kanodia family for their consistent hard work.”

Kari-Kari is a premium stand-up pouch

incorporated with a clear see through window. A transparent high-barrier film and CPP film with excellent clarity is developed for it.

Its excellent design and combination of matt and gloss, makes the appearance of this pouch astonishing on shelf.

Nonstop Crunchy Bytes is a unique laminate with paper feel which gives a reminiscence of starting era of packaging, when paper was

“A lot goes into the whole process of envisioning a new idea, conceptualizing it into a product, convincing a customer about its uniqueness and value and finally materializing it into commercial production. It is a team-work and the credit goes to each and every member of the Kanodia family for their consistent hard work” – Dhruv Kanodia

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used for packaging. This paper appearance provides an excellent aesthetics to the pack and imparts a sense of belonging to consumers.

For PVR 4700 BC Popcorn and Daawat Devaaya Atta, Kanodia has used its patented technology to create a laminate with unique Paytm codes printed on inner layer which can only be seen after opening of the pouch. This unique coding is for Paytm cashback and can be used further for coupon codes, discount codes, product tracking, shopping offers and so many other marketing and consumer-engagement activities.

In Daawat Royal Sharbati atta laminate, anti-skid property is developed with nano dots without any additional high COF film. Anti-skid nano-dots prevent the bag from slippage and fall during stacking. These raised dots also add a unique appearance to the pouch.

Daawat Deevaya Rice pouch is a quad-seal pinch-bottom pouch, with reinforcement for bulk packaging where D cut handle is provided to lift the pouch. It has an excellent shelf appearance because of its body and flat bottom stand-up feature. No secondary packaging is required for these as its brick shape makes the pouch easy to stand with uniform weight distribution.

Dabur Fem Hand Wash is a refill pouch of liquid hand wash with a very innovative spout on it. In this special pouch, cap is fixed with spout and hence prevents cap loss. It also has a tamper-evident lock system in it which provides anti theft feature. It’s a perfect blend of convenience and tamper-proof functionality.

Future Consumer’s Kosh Muesli pouch is a stand-up pouch with Kanlock zipper to maintain its freshness even after its opening.

The Kanlock – registered trademark of Kanodia Technoplast, is a sensory zipper system which provides an assurance of opening and closing of pack by producing a sound during opening and closing. Kanlock zipper prolongs freshness more than regular zippers, because of its multiple tracks. Multiple tracks in zipper ensure good locking mechanism to improve freshness.

It helps the consumer to store the muesli easily, when not in use. It maintains the crispiness of the cereals throughout its shelf life, which can eliminate air tight jars used for storage of cereals, after opening of pack. Arc seal stand-up pouch improves its shelf appearance when compared to normal pillow pouches. z

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z CIRCULAR ECONOMY WITHIN THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY Coca-Cola Sweden moves to 100% recycled material in PET bottles

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oca-Cola Sweden has announced that, from 2020, it will make all its plastic bottles from 100% recycled material – becoming the first country in the world to do so. The transition will begin in the first quarter of 2020 and includes all plastic (PET) packaging made at Coca-Cola’s bottling plant in Jordbro.

By switching to 100% recycled material in its bottles, Coca-Cola seeks to eliminate the use of 3,500 tons of virgin plastic each year in Sweden. This will also reportedly result in an annual reduction in CO2 emissions of 25% over pre-transition levels when the portfolio comprised approximately 40% recovered PET. The move to 100% recycled plastics for PET bottles includes the brands Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite as well as Bonaqua, comprising 40 different variants.“Plastic is an effective and valuable packaging material and we need to treat it as such, ensuring that nothing goes to waste. Coca-Cola Sweden wants to lead the

development of a circular economy where all packages are collected so that they can be used again,” says Sofie Eliasson Morsink, general manager for Coca-Cola European Partners Sverige. “Coca-Cola has set out global goals to work towards a world without packaging waste, which includes the goal to recover a bottle or can for everyone that they sell by 2030, and local markets are encouraged to go further and faster wherever they can. In collaboration with

local and national partners, as well as through its brand communications, Coca-Cola Sweden wants to encourage all consumers to return all packaging so none of them end up as litter in nature by mistake.”

“Sweden is at the forefront in several areas associated with packaging and sustainability.

Our deposit and return system, Returpack, is among the best in the world, which is instrumental to our making this transition now. As a large industry player, we have a responsibility to contribute to a circular economy within the beverage industry,” continues Morsink.

Barbara Tönz, general manager for CocaCola AB in Sweden adds, “As a large industry player in Sweden, we have a clear responsibility and opportunity to contribute to a circular economy – our actions make a big difference.

Coca-Cola Sweden is setting a great example for the beverage industry.” z

z MUMBAI EXHIBITION CENTER: 16-20 JANUARY 2020 SACMI to display compression technology at Plastivision 2020

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t the 28th edition of Plastivision, taking place in Mumbai between 16-20 January 2020, SACMI Engineering will display its well-known CCM 48SD, a solution specially configured for the Indian market, capable of producing up to 2,000 plastic capsules per minute with only 48 molds and a cycle time of up to 1.44 seconds, thus representing the most competitive solution on the market for the production of one-piece capsules for flat water, CSD, hot filling and cold aseptic filling.

The CCM 48SD presented at the fair will be equipped with a COLL PLUS mold suitable for the production of AB1881CSD13 single-piece capsules. Like the other machines in the SACMI CCM range, the solution guarantees the lowest

operating costs on the market also thanks to the self-regulation system of the hydraulic pressures by inverter, together with reduced cycle times, high management flexibility, quality and total repeatability of the process and an even faster format change thanks to the new mold design.

The company will also display a machine PVS-2 (preform vision system), with which SACMI has innovated the way of understanding the quality control thanks to the development of automated and patented systems (including the inspection with polarized light and Artificial Intelligence ) to identify each type of defect efficiently and univocally. Thanks to the latest generation SACMI vision systems – equipped with unique software and remotely interface-

able on any device connected to the company network – it is also possible to generate precise reports that facilitate the operator in identifying the origin of the defect immediately, to make the appropriate corrections on the machines without negative effects on production. z THE PACKMAN | JAN-FEB 2020

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Utilizing screens to improve whites and spot colors in high-volume printing SHYAMAL DESAI AND JEFF HANSEN

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he importance of good white ink laydown in flexible packaging cannot be understated. A good white ink underlayer forms the foundation for most color graphics and provides the single biggest opportunity to improve their ‘pop.’

Without a good white underlayer, the image looks flat and lacks chroma. White represents 40% to 50% of the total cost of ink used, so optimizing its laydown results in brighter graphics and significant ink savings.

ENCAPSULATE ALL COLORS Color measurement started off as a unidimensional measurement until DuPont scientist Charles Reilly completed the foundational work that led to the multi-dimensional L*a*b* system, which accounted for colors as well as the amount of light associated with them.

This evolution was necessary because color measurement needed to better mimic how the human brain, in conjunction with the eye, perceives color. The reason is cones in the eye see the color stimuli in terms of red, green and blue, but it is the brain that processes these stimuli along with the printed surface’s light characteristics to form a ‘perception’ of color.

A similar multi-dimensional challenge now exists with measuring the brightness of white.

OPACITY ISN’T ENOUGH For years, only opacity was used as the standard to evaluate white ink laydown in flexible packag-

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Image 1: Two samples, register the exact same opacity reading, 52%, but the sample on the left offers a much smoother laydown, free of the pinholing and graininess evident in the sample on the right. Photo: DuPont Advanced Printing

ing, but this method is incomplete. A substrate may have more ink and higher opacity, but if the ink does not lay down uniformly and shows pinholing or graininess, it still doesn’t provide a good white underlayer.

Image 1 shows a photograph of two samples that register the same opacity reading. However, the top sample has a much smoother laydown and doesn’t have the pinholing or graininess the sample on the bottom has. To adequately describe the quality of the white ink laydown, we need to combine the measure for opacity, along with a numerical measurement for the uniformity of the ink laydown.

ISO 13660 standards for uniformity describe two measures that better relate the pinholing and graininess into numerical terms.

They are mottle and graininess: ­– Mottle can be defined by macro imperfections – Graininess, on the other hand, is

defined as micro imperfections, the small pinholes that can be seen when you look through a print sample Consider these when the viewing area is broken down into squares and the standard deviation of the whiteness is measured. The mottle measurement breaks down the image into larger squares, so the resulting value represents variation in a larger square and can be viewed as a macro imperfection. On the other hand, the graininess measure breaks down the same image into smaller squares, so the resulting value represents variations in a smaller square and represents micro imperfections.

BRITE INDEX As seen in Image 1, a print sample can have a high opacity, but if coupled with high graininess and high mottle, the visual impact can be inferior. Therefore, to evaluate the true ‘bright-

Technical Article ness’ of white, you need to integrate the opacity value, along with a measure of imperfection.

DuPont has created the Easy Brite Index that combines the opacity along with the uniformity measures (mottle, graininess). This single measure takes a 3-dimensional concept and translates that into one number. The higher the index rating/measurement, the better the quality of the white.

HOW CAN PRINTERS GET A HIGHER INDEX RATING/MEASUREMENT? When ink is deposited onto a substrate, it does not always load well or disperse uniformly.

Depending on various interactions of surface energy between the ink, the substrate and the printing plates used, you may get poor ink laydown that appears mottled. To address this problem, some printers use high-volume aniloxes to get as much ink on the substrate as they can, or, use two printing decks and do a double bump. Others use substrates that are already impregnated with a first coat of white ink. Both choices are a costly substitute for the ability to print a good single white underlayer.

To achieve the best white, screens have been designed to optimize ink laydown to get the best combination of opacity, low mottle and low graininess for solids. This is typically seen in high-volume printing, when printing either a white undercoat, or in solid areas using spot colors. Using solid screening technology delivers not only high opacity, but lower mottle and graininess.

If better white coverage is achieved through more effective ink distribution, via screening, lower line count aniloxes can be used and less ink consumed. White ink accounts for most of the ink used for flexible packaging, both in terms of the cost of the ink and the amount of ink used.

ROLLER EFFECT A simple analogy would be to imagine using a very thick nap roller to paint a dark room a lighter color in your home. The roller’s thick nap will apply a lot of paint, but because it isn’t distributed well, the appearance will have an orange peel effect with lots of dark voids and light hills. Using a shorter nap or foam roller will deliver less paint, but because it is better

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distributed across the wall, it provides better coverage. This ‘roller effect’ is similar to what solid screening can do for flexographic ink distribution onto substrates.

Solid screening allows printers to use smaller-volume anilox rolls for greater ink savings and offers the following benefits: – Better overall consistency on large solid areas – Improved opacity, reduced graininess and reduced mottle – Higher print quality – Elimination of trail edge void – Faster print speeds – Uniform ink layer – Improved appearance of final print Flexibility of said screening is to be appreciated.

It affords printers an opportunity to go to higher quality levels using their existing setup. More predictable, consistent output, under the same operating conditions, day-in and day-out, carries huge dividends – content customers and repeat orders. z

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z AUTOMATION IN PACKAGING

Packaging trends to consider for 2020 POOJA PATIL

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irst impression is the last impression!

Knowing this fact, manufacturers create beautiful product packaging to attract customers and build their brand in the market. Every day we come across many packed products, right from edibles to electronics. Packaging plays a vital role in terms of protection, storage and hygienic handling of a product. Conventional way of packaging, i.e. manual packaging is time consuming, costly, unhygienic and prone to human errors. Human errors are frequently cited as a primary cause of quality issues in pharmaceutical and packaging industry, leading to batch recalls.

Over the past few years, with automation, packaging has improved not only in terms of product protection but also production accuracy, material consumption, ease of operation, flexibility etc. Automated packaging machine solutions also helps manufacturers to achieve the highest hygiene standards, prevention of bacterial contamination, and enables to meet ever increasing regulatory requirements in Pharmaceutical and FMCG sector. Growing urbanization in India is fueling the growth of packaging industry and adopting advanced packaging solutions and technologies is the only way to keep pace with global competition and provide sophisticated products.

DEVELOP NEW CAPABILITIES WITH ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING Customers demand for unique products over standard off-the-shelf products is increasing.

Consumers have specific requirements in terms of aesthetics, specifications, and functionalities.

It is essential to cater to customer demands but at the same time, becomes expensive. Mass production for achieving economies of scale and maintaining its stock is not possible for any industry. ‘Batch of one’ manufacturing is the only

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New transport system boosts overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)

solution to overcome the situation in the market.

Next generation industrial transport technology delivers key advantages for factories looking at embracing advanced manufacturing concepts.

B&R’s versatile industrial transport systems is a revolution in adaptive manufacturing that extends the economy of mass production down to batches of one. Based on long-stator linear motors, SuperTrak and ACOPOStrak, makes production lines more flexible, reliable and faster. Its unique design enables machine builders to provide higher availability, flexibility, and a higher RoI. If we take an example of a beverage making plant, transport technology helps in perfect filling and packaging of small beverage batches, which can be individualized in either contents or labeling or packaging. This makes manufacturing of different variety of beverages or different volumes on the same manufacturing line. This reduces the capital cost for factories and adds immense flexibility. This technology makes it possible to fill, label and pack any flavored or colored beverages on a single line. The individual shuttles can be configured independently mak-

ing it possible for activating the filling and capping mechanisms only when a shuttle carrying a bottle is present under it. There is a possibility to use track diverters, allowing operator to group products into custom sets – such as a six-pack of different beverages – in real time and with no changeover. It could also be used for segregating good and bad products. Overall, the production process can be accelerated by up to 50% for a significant boost in productivity.

This new technology from B&R features independent shuttles moved by permanent magnets along a long-stator linear motor track. As the shuttles, carrying product can be configured individually for position, speed and acceleration.

It is also possible to group batches and ungroup them on the fly. The dramatic increase in processing speed makes the line more productive.

It is a generational leap in intelligent, flexible transport systems. Its absolutely unique design delivers decisive technological advantages for adaptive and connected manufacturing. It helps machine builders produce small batches efficiently and benefit from higher margins of personalized products. This industrial transport

Automation system boosts the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), multiplies the return on investment (ROI) and accelerates time to market (TTM).

HIGHER QUALITY YIELD, LESSER COST OF QUALITY Unplanned downtime is a major threat to any manufacturing plant. It includes line stoppages with wastage of time, raw material, products and ultimately hamper products quality. To avoid such unplanned downtime B&R provides condition monitoring solution, which helps manufacturing units with predictive maintenance.

Condition monitoring increases availability of machines and plants and reduces maintenance costs. Thus, parts in machines can be used to the maximum duration and then replaced when actually required. This condition based information helps maintenance teams schedule their maintenance schedules without hampering production. Similarly, the energy monitoring solution can be used to acquire all relevant energy data and generate comprehensive reports for its evaluation and interpretation enabling reduction in energy consumption. Condition and energy monitoring can be integrated in any machine on the shop floor in any B&R controller or in B&R APROL the factory automation solution.

Today, to fulfill the growing packaging demands, factories are operating 24/7. Factory operators also focus on monitoring the overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), as increased OEE results in increased profitability. To have seamless connectivity to the shop floor, the biggest hurdle is the IT department from the factories. The IT teams focus on security, confidentiality and integrity whereas the production teams focus on productivity and availability of machines. For any machine builder to stay connected with their machines, accessibility of machines via the office network is crucial.

It is essential to balance these needs of IT and production. With Secure Remote Maintenance (SRM) B&R offers, seamless secure connectivity right down to sensors and controller variables.

Machine builders can access their machines without interfering with the IT network of the factory. The IT configures and provides access rights and only authorized personnel can access the network. This offers a perfect mix of security and data integrity.

The X20AP energy measurement module from B&R contributes to better energy efficiency and easier condition monitoring

INTEGRATE SAFETY WITH EASE With these connected machines and factories, manufacturers can quickly respond to the needs of their customers and partners.

However, connected factories requires safe data exchange not only within a machine but also between machines in a line. B&R has therefore expanded the possibilities for openSAFETY to transfer data via various transport media used in industrial automation. openSAFETY, the only open-source TÜV certified SIL 3 safety protocol in the industrial automation market, capable of transferring safe data via any fieldbus system.

This technology makes it easier to implement safety solutions in compliance with current 2006/42/EC machine guidelines as well as other applicable standards. With openSAFETY, B&R provides complete transparency of all safe and

standard I/O channels in one system and the same network.

ACHIEVING NEW LEVELS WITH B&R Even with high level of dynamics and new technology introductions, packaging industry is steady and driven by innovation. Digitization is a key to greater productivity, enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and quality. These new technologies are game changers and leading to higher profitability. B&R’s dedicated, advanced and impressive packaging solutions cover the full breadth and depth of industry requirements.

B&R is blazing a trail of innovation in the pursuit of such advanced solutions that perfectly solve customers’ requirements – setting new standards in productivity, energy efficiency, flexibility and maintenance. z B&R’s X20 module for condition monitoring is a snap to integrate into an overall automation solution – no expertise in vibration mechanics required!

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Pharma 4.0 and packaging at interpack 2020

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More and more Uhlmann solutions are made of bits and bytes instead of steel and safety glass.

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hronic diseases are more widespread than ever before. In industrial nations and, increasingly, in developing countries as well, they are among the most common and economically relevant health problems. The health sector’s global economic factor is accordingly high, and simultaneously acts as leverage for the pharmaceutical industry, which invests a comparably high share of its revenue in research and development (R&D).

In light of global demographic changes, the industry’s development opportunities are excellent. People are living longer and more health-conscious lives – which further increases the high-tech sector’s growth outlook. Growing drug development requirements result in a parallel increase in systems and machine technology demands in the field of packaging and bottling medicines. “Today, pharmaceutical companies need integrated solutions. Machines provide the foundation for these. An extensive service offer and digital solutions in particular are gaining in importance,” explains Norbert Gruber, chairman of the executive board at Uhlmann, which provides systems for packaging pharmaceuticals in blister packs, bottles and boxes. The German family business, which has more than 2,300 employees around the world, has accordingly positioned itself as an innovative and digitalized company at interpack 2020, the world’s leading trade fair for the packaging and associated process industries.

From 7 to 13 May 2020, the trade fair presents further cutting-edge solutions that the industry has to offer. As a focal point for pharmaceutical packaging, Halls 15 to 17 offer visitors the opportunity to find out more about

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innovative packaging and process developments for this specific industry. The other halls also showcase corresponding solutions: The approximately 1,000 companies with exhibits on Industry 4.0, digitalization, automation, personalization, track and trace and many other interesting topics from the field of pharmaceuticals represent a significant share of the around 3,000 exhibitors at interpack.

PHARMACEUTICAL MARKET FORECAST According to figures released by market research company IQVIA, global expenditures for pharmaceuticals are expected to increase

to US$ 1,43 trillion by 2022. In comparison: In 2006, expenditures amounted to US$ 658 billion. The highest amount is spent on cancer medication and biopharmaceuticals.

The reasons for this increase in market growth are quite apparent: Demographic change with a rise in older patients and increasing urbanization with a growing middle class are the determining market factors for the pharmaceutical sector and the associated process and packaging industries.

THE FUTURE OF BIOPHARMACEUTICALS Whilst in pharmerging countries, more and

Pharma Packaging Medical packaging has to protect highly sensitive products from external influences. Photo: Marchesini Group

more people are gaining access to traditional medicines such as painkillers and antibiotics, industrial nations are increasingly employing new, complex active ingredients and innovative treatments.

In the pharmaceutical sector, biotechnology is considered a key technology in the global fight against severe diseases such as cancer and autoimmune diseases. Their share in the medical market has almost doubled in the past ten years and has thus become a decisive factor for the process and packaging industry.

SOPHISTICATED PROCESSING Highly effective medicine is accompanied by considerable demands on packaging and processing technologies, particularly with regard to bottling and packaging solutions. When manufacturing biotech medicines, avoiding contamination is essential. Special containment solutions aim to prevent said contamination.

Isolators are one such example. Liquid medicines can be processed under sterile conditions in vials. Pre-filled syringes also contribute to an increase in safety. They help prevent dosage errors and also eliminate contamination when changing needles. In the hectic daily life of practices and clinics, pre-filled syringes and pens also save precious time. Authenticity checks performed on complex purification processes using combined sensor technology and mathematical models ensure that quality controls can be performed much more quickly with increased process accuracy.

manufacturers and processors. Time limits on patent protection require fast and flexible solutions that have to guarantee scale-ups from small laboratory amounts to high volumes in larger plants.

Optima is a single-source provider of packaging machines and bottling and production systems. To ensure that newly developed products can be launched as quickly as possible, Optima uses the CSPE method, which will be one of the company’s central topics at interpack 2020. This method reduces delivery times and significantly accelerates the commissioning of pharmaceutical systems. “In light of increased development periods and costs on the one hand and increasingly tough international competition on the other, the time between concluding the approval phase and launching the product has to be kept as short as possible,” explains Gerhard Breu, chairman of Optima’s pharma division.

At the same time, companies require reliable packaging machines and bottling systems

that are easy to use and clean, and that can be retrofit without great effort. Pharmaceutical service provider Harro Höflinger provides support in the early stages. Its clean rooms and laboratories can depict extensive processes in a controlled environment, whilst test setups allow clients to check critical steps in advance.

“Our clients increasingly ask to test their own substances and critical conditioning products on machines designed by Harro Höflinger. Our clean rooms and laboratories are the perfect place to implement these tests. They allow us to recognize and minimize risks at an early stage – the basis for quick and safe scale-ups to commercial manufacture,” explains Stefan Mayer, senior director process services.

PROTECTION AGAINST COUNTERFEITING In the pharmaceutical field in particular, strict legal provisions and guidelines apply that are of extreme importance for all parties involved in the process and that at the same time mean tremendous investments for the affected companies. Since February 2019, prescription medicine in the EU has to be equipped with tamperproof seals that ensure that the packaging has not been opened.

Serialization on the packaging is now also a legal requirement. All affected packaging has to be equipped with a two-dimensional datamatrix code that uniquely identifies the medicine and confirms its authenticity. This code contains information on the batch number, the expiration date, the serial number and the national reimbursement number.

These new regulations have far-reaching

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Pharma Packaging consequences. In individual cases, production facilities have to be expanded, constructed or modified to accommodate new serialization units. The expansion of the IT infrastructure in particular is a true feat of strength for many companies and is associated with high costs.

Körber Medipak Systems offers extensive solutions that protect patients against counterfeit medicine. Pre-serialized folding boxes with tamper-evident seals and targeted system solutions put a stop to counterfeit medicines in the legal value chain, as packages now visibly and unambiguously show whether they have been opened or not.

Tests in stateof-the-art clean rooms and laboratories help recognise risks at an early stage and thus accelerate the approval of medicines.

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THE SILVER GENERATION By 2050, global population will reach 9.7 billion people; a mere 50 years later, this number is expected to increase to 10.9 billion, according to the most recent UN global population forecasts released in June 2019. In 2050, every sixth person in the world will be over 65, with a total of 426 million people over the age of 80.

This equates to triple the 2019 numbers, with 143 million people over 80.

These demographic changes also mean a rise in diseases that increasingly occur with age.

These include diabetes, rheumatism, multiple sclerosis as well as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The affected patients require particular administration methods, depending on the type of complaint and symptoms. Pre-filled syringes and auto injectors help people with limited mobility regularly administer their medicine themselves.

The packaging industry offers smart packaging for patients whose sight and hearing are dwindling or who are losing their finger strength and motor skills. One of these innovations was created by pharmaceutical technology provider Romaco Siebler. In cooperation with foil experts Huhtamaki, Romaco Siebler developed Push Packs, which are equipped with special, accessible features and allow patients to easily push tablets out of the foil. “Push Packs are an affordable alternative to cold-formed aluminum-aluminum blister packs (AI/AI blister packs). As the packaging foils are a lot thinner, they require less material. This reduces packaging costs in direct comparison by up to 60%,” calculates Jörg Pieper, CEO at Romaco Holding.

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TAILOR-MADE MEDICINE Personalized medicine will change the global health system considerably in the years to come.

Studies have shown that more than 70% of all pharmaceuticals currently in development have been customized to meet the needs of specific patient groups. In cancer therapy, individual medicine is already common and is to supplement standard therapies in future. Scale-out solutions for machines and equipment enable the production of smaller batch sizes. Here, existing equipment is copied exactly for other locations. This requires clearly defined processes and machine technology with a high degree of automation.

More and more pharmaceutical manufacturers require flexible bottling and packaging systems that allow them to work on small batches with maximum efficiency. Bausch+Ströbel has a compact solution in their portfolio: the modular VarioSys production system is also

Child-proof, suitable for senior citizens and sustainable. Patients can easily push tablets out of the Push Packs by RomacoSiebler and Huhtamaki. Photo: RomacoSiebler

suitable for application in laboratories with small batch sizes. “Flexibility is the first priority in all our designs. We achieve this by quick and easy module changes on the one hand and short cycle times when sterilizing the isolator on the other,” explains Heiko Schwarz, who is responsible for the development of VarioSys in product management at Bausch+Ströbel.

PRINT YOUR OWN TABLETS Tamper-evident seals keep patients safe and secure. Photo: Rondo AG, a Körber Medipak Systems company

Tablets fresh off the 3D printer are no longer a dream of the future. Spritam, a printed epilepsy treatment, was the first medicine to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2015. 3D printing processes allow manu-

Pharma Packaging Bausch+Ströbel believe in flexible system solutions with fast module changes, short sterilisation cycle times and expandability. Photo: Bausch+Ströbel

the necessary medicine together, tablets may be blister-packed ready for use.

Blister pack machines in chemists and blister packaging centers pack the patient’s individual tablet mix in an airtight and hygienic strip of sacs and simultaneously ensure that the individual doses are labeled and delivered in the right order. This prevents wrong dosages and ensures that patients do not take the wrong tablets by mistake.

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facturers to adapt products exactly to patient needs whilst reducing time and cost factors in production, as machine components no longer need retrofitting.

Compared to conventional tablet presses, printed pills can also be equipped with a more porous surface, which helps them dissolve more quickly and without additional liquid intake.

They can also be equipped with more active ingredients. This particularly benefits patients who have difficulty swallowing and who depend on various tablets. However, experts say it will be

quite some time before patients can print their own prescription medicine, with an individual formula put together by their doctor, in the comfort of their own home. The current fields of application are limited exclusively to highly specialized, individual medicine.

CONVENIENCE AND SAFETY Personalized medicine is a field that particularly affects the hospital and care sector. To ensure that patients receive the right drug cocktails whilst relieving carers of the task of putting

Despite all the positive market developments in the pharmaceutical sector, we must not forget that even though the industry is growing, the health care systems in several countries are subjected to tremendous cost pressure. Mandatory discounts, price limits and reimbursement models often force manufactures to lower their costs per package. Machine and systems manufacturers have to work on improving overall equipment efficiency. In Industry 4.0’s future, this means using integrated systems with reliable availability and a continually high product quality. This is the only way to ensure that providers can keep up with a dynamic market in the long run. z

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Using holography to fight pharmaceutical and healthcare brand piracy

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ew trends in pharma packaging follow developments in emerging markets, demographic changes and new technologies – and that includes holography, says Dr Paul Dunn, chairman of the International Hologram Manufacturers Association.

With predictions that the global market for anti-counterfeiting packaging is set to reach almost US$ 250 billion by 2026, growth in pharmaceutical packaging authentication and anti-tamper devices appears to have a healthy future. This comes on the back of a rise in global

healthcare concerns, higher adoption rates of anti-counterfeit technologies and greater awareness of the benefits of new track and track technologies and system integration.

Packaging featuring security devices can ensure quality and check the distribution and smuggling of illicit products, while items not displaying security devices like holograms can be quickly seized and destroyed. Today, many advances are being made in application, film coating and manufacturing technology, which is rolling back the boundaries for the use of a new generation of advanced holograms, facilitating

fresh levels of visual effects, brand enhancement, regulatory compliance and anti-counterfeiting.

Since Glaxo first applied them to seal packs of Zantac in 1989, holograms have been taken up in a big way by the healthcare and pharmaceutical sectors. The ability of the hologram to provide effective protection lies in its continuous innovation and integration with other technologies to the point where continuous evolution in techniques has succeeded in creating increasingly complex hologram-based devices that are easily recognized yet difficult to copy accurately.

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Pharma Packaging feiting hologram technology is ‘only visible to informed experts,’ the company claims. Developed to enable manufacturers, suppliers and patients to improve their packaging security, the seal displays an irreversible holographic effect when opened for tamper evidence and anti-counterfeiting protection.

Elsewhere, holographic foils can be used to great effect to differentiate product at the point-of-sale: something Colgate Palmolive recognized when it launched its new ‘Total and Whitening’ range of branded toothpaste into an already crowded market place. Aimed at the premium end of the market, Colgate Palmolive needed its high-quality brand to stand out from the volume market.

EVOLVING ROLE The consumer giant uses holographic foil to strengthen the high-quality values of the ‘Total and Whitening’ brand while ensuring the packaging catches the eye of consumers scanning supermarket shelves. The distinguishing visual effects holography brings were identified as a powerful tool in building a strong and powerful message and reflect a premium value. The visual value the foil adds to brand messaging is difficult to pin down but certainly helps to contribute to the brand’s position as a sector leader, instantly recognizable on retailers’ shelves the world over.

The evolving role of the hologram has also been accompanied by the increased use of the security device in combination with other authentication technologies. Track and trace solutions identify the origins of a pharmaceutical industry product and verify its authenticity, thus fighting against counterfeit pharmaceuticals.

Optical security technology has advanced to such a position that when it is integrated with track and trace, it can provide manufacturers with the tools to be fully compliant with the forthcoming legislation – incorporating beneficial features that can help users generate unique sequential, encrypted or random serial numbers, or identify and mark products overtly or covertly either via special self-adhesive labels or directly onto pharmaceutical products using a variety of print technologies.

The technology’s capacity to incorporate other data forms and product tracking information continues to be paramount as technology pushes forward and the nature of anti-counterfeiting changes with the times. This enables holograms to be used for an expansive range

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Holographic foils can be used to great effect to differentiate product at the point-of-sale

of pharmaceutical authentication and brand protection roles, linking on-pack product identification with supply chain management, market enforcement and forensic support services.

In this way, the identity and distribution of goods can be controlled through a total system solution involving security authentication features, tracking mechanisms and investigative services.

Of notable value to the brand owner (and a strong financial incentive to make the investment in such systems) is the fact that the information generated at the labeling stage can be linked to the company’s ERP system; enabling business functions such as manufacturing, supply chain management, finance, projects, HR and customer relationship management to be captured and better managed.

One example of an interesting development in the area of track and trace holography comes from US-based Holoptica. The embossed hologram producer’s secure document verification and authentication product called DocVAULT uses a new holographic feature called COMPASS. The combination of holography with a holoQR and compass is opening up new potential as an anti-counterfeit system for pharmaceutical and OTC products, among others. One application is for smart labels, specifically an Internet of Things label that combines anti-counterfeit holographic and

other technologies with mobile authentication within a single product.

INTEGRATION Continuing moves towards outsourcing the production of pharmaceutical and healthcare products might be beneficial in terms of reducing manufacturing costs, but it can also impact upon the control of brand security and visibility.

Here, holography can be integrated into the supply chain security process to allow companies to maintain control of their products – from the sourcing of labels or proprietary components to the manufacturing and shipment of finished goods.

The technology can also be integrated with secure web interfaces to help eliminate rogue ordering of products while authorized distributors can pick, pack and ship items in carefully measured quantities to customers, with the product’s movements throughout the supply chain, fully tracked and documented. And it is important to encourage the brand owners to take the necessary steps to create awareness about holograms – and their multifarious applications and benefits – to fully unleash their potential. z – Dr Paul Dunn Article issued on behalf of the IHMA by Mitchell Halton Watson Ltd.

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z ROTOGRAVURE PRESS FOR PRINTING ON ALUMINUM FOIL

Kalyar Replica orders Uflex Rotoflex Stanmas 20 for pharma packaging

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angladesh-based Kalyar Replica, a concern of Acme Group, has ordered a special purpose 4-color rotogravure printing press, Rotoflex Stanmas 20, from Uflex. Kalyar has purchased the press to print on foil for applications in blister packaging. Mohammad Yasin, general manager of Kalyar Replica, said that the new press will help increase Kalyar’s productivity by 40 to 80 tonnes a month. The company currently prints and supplies close to 500 tonnes of flexible packaging in a month. This is the first rotogravure press that Kalyar has purchased for printing on foil and has been customized to suit its pharma requirements.

We met Yasin at an Open House conducted

by Uflex on 6 December 2019 at its engineering division in Noida. Rotoflex Stanmas 20 was shown live at the Open House which witnessed interested customers from Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan, Armenia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Bangladesh. Uflex has developed the machine with technical inputs from MRG Grafomac of Italy and in-house design team.

Speaking about the Bangladesh market, Yasin said, “Packaging in Bangladesh is growing at 20%, thanks to the growth in the FMCG sector. Of all the packaging segments, flexible packaging has shown the highest growth. There are nearly seven major pharma companies in Bangladesh that supply packaging to the entire country.”

During the Open House, Sanjay Malik Sabharwal, executive vice president, Engineering Business, Uflex said, “Rotoflex Stanmas 20 is a highly sophisticated machine by Uflex making us the pioneer in manufacturing of this special purpose gravure machine for aluminum foil printing, which is otherwise a difficult task.

This machine addresses the issue of aluminum foil brittleness, by special adjustments to ensure

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Kartik Rai of Uflex; Md. Lutfor Rahman and Mohammad Yasin of Kalyar Replica; and Sanjay Sabharwal of Uflex. Photo: The Packman

that the press is better equipped to handle the foil so as to ensure no breakage while moving from one station to another.”

Keeping in mind the need to reduce use of nylon in blister packaging for obvious reasons, this machine will cater to the high growth pharmaceutical market, especially blister packaging and also open new avenues in lidding for Uflex.

With best- in-class technology at our disposal and some of the sharpest brains at our side, we are confident of taking this printing packaging machine to the global platform,” continued Sabharwal.

Suitable for narrow web application, Rotoflex Stanmas 20 is a mechanical line shaft that specializes in printing on aluminum foil of varying thickness. While the trial printing for the Open House was conducted on 8 microns of aluminum, the machine has the capability to print aluminum foil of wide range of thick-

ness, depending on the requirement. Likewise the color configuration of Rotoflex Stanmas 20 can stretch to 8 colors.

Rotoflex Stanmas 20 further strengthens the portfolio of rotogravure printing machine that Uflex already offers with eight variants in it. A single machine that can be used for printing multiple substrates, the latest variant of the press can print on aluminum foil as well as other substrates spread over Polymer family and Paper. The ideal printing speed on the machine is 150 meters/minute for aluminum foil, while other substrates can run up to 200 meters/minute. The press that prints with solvent-based inks, also comes affixed with the unique feature of an electrical heating system unlike the usually seen heating system of hot air generator or thermal oil, thereby helps in quick start up of operation. z – Dev Kumar Dutta

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z INDUSTRY 4.0 – COLLABORATION AND INTEGRATION

To err is human!

Adem Kulauzovic, director of coding automation, Domino, explains how integrated, and automated coding and marking reduces costly product recalls.

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wo years ago, almost half of all product recalls in the US food industry were caused by undeclared allergens or labeling errors that typically manifest themselves in inaccurate coding. Today, despite major advances in coding automation, the dial has barely shifted; in the first five months of 2019, more than a quarter (27%) of US recalls were due to inaccurate labeling or allergen declaration. The issue is not limited to North America. In the UK, sub-optimal coding has contributed to a 40% rise in food recalls, with three major brands recalling products due to labeling errors in the first few days of June 2019 alone. Similarly, the 2017 EU Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) reported a 28% increase in original notifications of risks identified in food, feed or food contact materials compared to 2016.The challenge also extends beyond food and beverages; manufacturers in many other industries – not least drugs and medical devices – continue to suffer costly product recalls due to deficiencies in their coding and labeling capabilities. In the Industry 4.0 era, these flaws are not only avoidable, they can be eradicated quickly and cost-effectively – in the process,unlocking productivity and efficiency gains that can seriously improve the bottom line. The message is simple: automated coding and marking equipment can help companies mitigate the risk of avoidable human error. It’s time it was integrated into supply chain operations.

DECODING THE MYTH Integrating coding automation into existing production lines and industrial networks has

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long been considered complex and expensive.

As such,despite widespread use of Internet of Things (IoT) across most other aspects of the supply chain, many companies have continued to rely on manual processes and human intervention to ensure the right codes are printed on the right products, boxes and pallets. It’s a tremendous risk. With consumers increasingly requesting more nuanced products – like organic, artisan, lactose-free or gluten-free – manufacturers are now sending a wider variety of products down a single production line, ramping up the pressure on already-streamlined resources and placing the responsibility for code validation squarely on operators’ shoulders. The challenge is particularly intense at ‘changeover’, when – as part of a diverse range of primary tasks – operators must quickly determine the right code for incoming (and often similar-looking) products without slowing or stopping the production line. It’s a huge ask that’s understandably prone to human error.

The idea that coding automation cannot be integrated into industrial networks is a

myth. The fundamental principles of Industry 4.0 – collaboration and integration – are just as achievable with coding as they are with everything else. Historically, companies have typically deployed automated coding equipment as standalone solutions, separate from their other business systems. This has meant that many organizations have missed out on the opportunity for operational efficiencies and inadvertently increased the risk of coding error. It need not be the case. The emergence of new coding technologies and compatible software solutions has transformed supply chain operations. Now, with the simple application of IoT methodology, it’s possible to integrate automated coding solutions into an existing network. Through a single connection – and without needing to know the industry protocols or characteristics of a printer – coding software can leverage data that exists within an ERP, SCADA or other automated system to populate a label and push it to the printer without any manual intervention.

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TRANSFORMATION THROUGH AUTOMATION The benefits are substantial. In progressive organizations that have successfully brought their coding capabilities into the Industry 4.0 era, labeling errors – and expensive product recalls – have been eliminated and changeover processes have become much more efficient. For example, one well-known food manufacturer – who fully automated coding through their SAP – has not only eliminated coding errors, they have significantly increased productivity by minimizing reworking and removing associated downtime that typically accounted for as much as two hours each day. Similarly, a major beverage company – where gaps in coding processes had led to a $40,000 recall – has completely removed human intervention failures with the introduction of integrated automation, mitigating production risk and increasing efficiency by 100%.

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business systems is allowing a full, seamless communication stream and data sharing that’s fueling more efficient operations. Moreover, busy operators are being freed to focus on their main priorities – getting high quality products out the door, first time, every time.

THE KNOCK-ON EFFECT Despite the advantages of coding automation, some companies still rely on traditional manual processes. The common misconception is that coding software isn’t sophisticated enough to integrate with other systems or comply with industry protocols and is an unnecessary barrier to progress. Similarly, companies often focus their attention (and investment) on large capital equipment, overlooking inefficiencies in secondary or tertiary systems. However, with businesses under significant pressure to increase Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), there are huge efficiency gains to be made by stitching coding automation into the fabric of wider sup-

ply chain operations. Moreover, the knock-on effect of better compliance, greater productivity and fewer recalls naturally leads to a healthier bottom line performance.

So how can organizations realize these benefits? Fundamentally, success depends on adopting a Triple-A approach; Audit, Act and Automate. Primarily, plant managers should evaluate their existing set-up to identify major pain points. What and where are the current causes of inefficiency and downtime? Which solutions operate outside your normal automation systems and why? It’s only by fully auditing your coding creation and development processes – which, by the way, need only take a couple of hours - that you can identify the fundamental drivers of errors and the associated impact they have on productivity and efficiency.

Secondly, be prepared to act on what you find. Often, companies build automation into their larger business systems but don’t consider the holistic benefits of bringing other solutions into the bigger picture. Sometimes, limitations with existing technologies prevent integration, stifling the advantages of interoperability. It’s important to make an honest assessment of current capabilities and respond accordingly.

Finally, in the Industry 4.0 era, if you’re not using automation everywhere you can, you’re likely missing a trick. There’s a school of thought that ‘automation is the future’ – but it’s a slogan that’s fast-becoming out of date. Automation isn’t the future, it’s very much the present. As artificial intelligence technologies become mainstream, fully automating a production line is no longer ambitious, complex or expensive – it’s practical, sensible and, crucially, affordable.

Ultimately, coding automation allows companies to reduce risk, save money and realize significant efficiencies within the production environment. To progress, companies must move beyond a reliance on traditional methodologies, and partner with a technology provider that – through integrated coding automation – can help them mitigate the risk associated with human error. z

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z JOB FAIR, SPECIAL HISTORICAL EXHIBITIONS AND THE METPACK CONFERENCE

Metpack opens parallel to interpack in 2020

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he global metal packaging industry will be convening at the Essen exhibition center between 5-9 May 2020. Metpack will be bringing together highranking, international industry professionals from along the entire value-added chain in the Ruhr metropolis of Essen. On three out of five days, the world’s leading fair for metal packaging will once again take place parallel to the interpack packaging fair in Düsseldorf which is scheduled for 7 to 13 May 2020.

Every three years, Metpack puts on display the full range of the state-of-the-art metal packaging technology currently available – from production to finishing. During the last Metpack exhibition in 2017, more than 70% of trade visitors had traveled to Essen, in Germany’s Ruhr region, from other countries, in particular from Europe and Asia. This puts the international character of visitors on a similarly high level to 2014. The greatest proportion of visitors came from the food industry, followed by the beverages industry and the chemical industry. Around 86% of visitors were decisionmakers with responsibility for purchasing and procurement.

There is a consistently high level of bookings for this world-leading trade fair. All of the market leaders will be participating in the event. In addition to giving visitors and exhibitors an overview of the latest metal packaging trends and technical innovations, the trade fair will offer them added value with the new job fair.

At this point in time, there is a consistently high level of reservations for stands. The approximately 300 exhibitors include wellknown big names in the industry, such as Mall + Herlan, Koenig & Bauer, Soudronic, CanMan, Gebr. Leonhardt, Thyssen Krupp Rasselstein, Lanico, Metlac and Scami Imola. Moreover, the world-leading trade fair will be welcoming new exhibitors, such as Cepeda Cerlei & Mictool from Spain and ASC Machine Tools from the USA. Can Ends FZE from the United Arab

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Every three years, Metpack puts on display the full range of the state-of-the-art metal packaging technology – from production to finishing

Emirates will be present as a main exhibitor with its own stand for the first time.

The Metpack 2020 trade fair will take place in halls 1, 2 and 3 of the exhibition center; the south entrance located at hall 1 and the west entrance at hall 3 will be open. These entrances ensure that the layout planning will have an optimal circular path and that visitor traffic will be continual and consistent.

TRADE FAIR PROGRAM WITH ADDED VALUE Current findings from science and research are the focus of the Metpack Conference. On 6 May 2020 experts will inform attendees about the latest findings and discuss how they can be

used in practice. The call for papers is already underway. One focus of the conference will be on digitalization.

An exhibition of historical packaging machines in hall 2 will demonstrate just how quickly production technology has developed in the metal packaging industry. In a poster show in hall 1, exhibitors will also be presenting the development of their companies with a comparison of their companies back then to today.

The shortage of skilled workers is also noticeable in the metal packaging industry. For this reason, organizers have added a new job fair to Metpack 2020, which will be held in hall 3. Both job advertisements and situations wanted will have their place there. z

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he Tinplate Company of India, a part of the Tata Group, participated at the recently concluded pacprocess 2019 event in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Samadarshi Sarkar, assistant manager, services and solutions, Tinplate Packaging India said, “Of the overall packaging industry in India, only 10% belongs to metal packaging – of this half is tinplate packaging and the remaining is metal packaging (including aluminum) per se.” The Tinplate Company of India has close to 40% share in tinplate packaging.

Tinplate packaging is generally an 8-layer sandwich. There is a steel substrate base and then comes two layers of tin, alloy tin and free tin followed by a chromic acid coating that is oiled on to the surface so that its scratch-proof.

The Tinplate Company is growing at a healthy rate of 5% to 6% every year. “Looking at the macro-economic factors, it seems that India is a promising market to progress in this field.

With the ban on single-use plastics as a form of packaging, it seems likely that the consumption pattern of packaging goes back to the basics and we start using metal again,” explains Sarkar.

Tinplate packaging is almost 100% recyclable. A recycled tinplate packaging cannot be recycled back to its original form but can be processed into steel. Currently, the company works with close to 350 customers spread across the country. These customers are either fabricators or fillers having an in-house fabrication facility.

Unlike pressurized cans which are usually aluminum, non-pressurized metal cans, which require more strength, come under tinplate packaging. The tinplate packaging market is primarily driven by increasing urbanization, rise in packaged food sales, increasing demand for aerosol products, rising demand for metal packaging in alcohol industry, and increasing consumption of canned vegetables and foods.

Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industry is propelling the growth of the tinplate packaging market.

Samadarshi Sarkar, Umesh Kumar Gupta and Anirban Dasgupta of The Tin Plate Company of India. Photo: The Packman

Looking at the macro-economic factors, it seems that India is a promising market to progress in this field. With the ban on single-use plastics as a form of packaging, it seems likely that the consumption pattern of packaging goes back to the basics and we start using metal again” – Samadarshi Sarkar

Global tinplate packaging market is highly fragmented and is segmented based on product, application and region. On the basis of product, the tinplate market is classified into primary, secondary and other grade tinplate.

Metal that was once a primary form of packaging has now turned into a luxury item.

“It is a perception that has come in because plastics are much cheaper to process. That gives packaging companies the perception that one can kill on the packaging costs with plastics.

But if one takes the environmental impact of packaging into account and the cost of recycling

it, it becomes much costlier than the metal alternatives. Tinplate looks like a costly alternative upfront. But, the EPR initiative that various brand owners have been mandated to take up is going to raise the cost of plastic as a packaging material drastically,” shares Sarkar.

“Metal packaging has its advantages and the biggest of all is its the property of being pilfer-proof. However bad one drops a can, it’s very rare that it would leak. On the other hand, a plastic jar dropped from the same height may rupture,” concluded Sarkar. z – Anwesh Koley THE PACKMAN | JAN-FEB 2020

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he war on packaging waste is fought on many fronts in the beverage industry – from the manufacturers of packaging materials to the bottler. KHS is helping to develop new standards in this field, from which beverage producers and consumers alike are set to profit.

The way to produce ever more sustainable primary and secondary packaging involves two major lines of approach – recycle and reduce.

The first requires that packaging materials are kept in constant circulation by them being reclaimed, processed and continuously reused.

The second entails finding many different ways of using less and less packaging material in order to save on resources and avoid waste.

“The greatest challenge for us is the processability of the packaging materials,” says KarlHeinz Klumpe, packaging product manager for KHS in Kleve. He explains what he means in the following example. “Shrink film made of recycled plastic demonstrates very different shrinking properties versus film made of new material. As an engineering company we can’t provide all the answers ourselves but instead have to coordinate closely with the film manufacturers.”

To this end KHS is staging a number of workshops this year. These aim to find out how the percentage of recyclate in film – as stipulated by the new German Packaging Law, for example – can be increased. “You make a few changes to the chemicals or recipe of your film and we adjust the air flow or temperature accordingly,” is how Klumpe loosely summarizes the topics up for discussion. “Providing that there’s a standard of quality which is accepted by the big bottlers’ marketing departments, of course. With film made of 100% recyclate the shrink results aren’t yet satisfactory. Together we still have to work out how to close the gap here between recycling requirements on the one hand and the demand for packs of ever increasing quality on the other.”

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In switching over to the Nature MultiPack packaging system, the Carlsberg Group can save up to 76% in packaging – that’s more than 1,200 metric tonnes a year

Another avenue film manufacturers are exploring is to reduce the thickness of their film.

“The material’s getting thinner and thinner,” says Klumpe. “To provide the same stability the materials have to be more and more complex.

This has its limitations when used for beverage packaging – below a thickness of 35 microns it’s possible that the price per kilogram for film then again rises. When it comes down to it, neither bottlers nor their customers want to pay for this.”

SPOTLIGHT ON ECONOMY Klumpe well realizes that the striving for greater sustainability is often rooted in aspects of economy rather than ecology. “Everything we do to reduce the amount of material used primarily has a financial motive and aims to cut costs for bottlers. Or – if we’re talking about recycling – film manufacturers of course have to continue to develop and adapt so that their business model can be further maintained even in the face of stricter legal requirements.”

What applies to plastics also applies to cardboard – chiefly when it comes to reducing the

amount of material used. Paper factories are experimenting with thinner cover layers and lower ridges in the manufacture of corrugated cardboard. “The stability and durability are OK,” assures Klumpe. “However, we have to answer the question of how suitable these materials are for use with machinery. What happens when the cardboard absorbs moisture? If the cardboard is thicker on the outside than the inside, it bends rather like a bimetal and can only be processed on machines with certain restrictions or not at all. What can we do to counteract this?”

In terms of recycling less attention is paid to cardboard than to plastic. Yet here, too, the reuse of this material is an issue, for example in how far print can affect the recyclability of the paper.

KHS is itself also experimenting with new packaging materials. For instance, a manufacturer from Sweden recently approached the company with a newly developed, awardwinning cardboard looking for partners for a market launch. “Our top requirement is that we can be sure that we can process the cardboard

Sustainability without any problems,” Klumpe stresses.

CONSTANT PROCESS The packaging experts in Kleve are also in constant dialog with the manufacturers of adhesives and adhesive application systems. “Here, we explore how we can avoid having to heat the glue so intensely or how we can reduce our consumption of adhesive,” says Klumpe. “We’re now applying smaller and smaller dots of adhesive as opposed to the diamond shapes we used to use.” All told, sustainable product innovation is a constant process which KHS is undergoing with both proven and new partners. The focus is always on the question of which approach can be adopted to save on materials, time and energy on the machines.

One example of how energy can be saved is the shrink tunnel with porous gas burners.

To heat the air, KHS has decided not to use electricity as the energy transfer medium but to work directly with gas to prevent energy being lost during transport from the producer to the consumer. This saves up to 50% in energy costs and CO2 emissions are cut by as much as 60%.

In the last few years KHS has also set standards in many other areas with its resource-saving

packaging machines. Both Fully-Enclosed FilmPacks and nested and shifted packs have done away with the need for stabilizing cardboard pads or trays. “We don’t need any more cardboard at all here,” says Klumpe. “The taut film gives us a good shrink pattern and a sturdy pack.” In a countermove the DisplayPacker has also been developed where large packs are placed directly onto cardboard trays without the need for an extra wrapping of stabilizing film.

However, one of the most outstanding examples of how material can be reduced is the Nature MultiPack. In 2018 it was launched to market as a six pack of cans by the Carlsberg Group under the name of Snap Pack. A few dots of adhesive developed specifically for this pack which hold the cans together and a stabilizing carrying handle make any further packaging material redundant. Once the new pack format has been fully rolled out, by completely eliminating the use of shrink film for cans Carlsberg is set to make a plastics saving of up to 76% – that’s more than 1,200 metric tons a year. Danone Waters first made successful use of the Nature MultiPack to launch its prestige PET bottle for Evian in 2016.

“In the development of sustainable pack-

The DisplayPacker places big packs directly onto cardboard trays without these having to be further stabilized by a wrapping of shrink film

aging, we see ourselves acting as an interface between all those involved and the beverage industry,” Klumpe sums up. “We’re helping to develop new standards which marry ecological demands and legal provisions with bottlers’ economic interests.” A challenge which is sometimes tantamount to the squaring of a circle. z

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Food Safety

z NETWORK OF CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS FOR FOOD AND NUTRITION CREATED

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o earn consumer trust, the country’s food regulator has decided to get food testing done through consumer organizations. Food safety law provides for reimbursement of testing fees if a consumer sample fails.

This provision has however never been used due to some practical difficulties. To address these difficulties, FSSAI has now decided to authorize credible voluntary consumer organizations (VCOs) to assist consumers in getting such tests done. Reimbursement of testing fees in such cases will be done even if the consumer sample does not fail.

This decision was taken by the FSSAI in a workshop at New Delhi with representatives of over eighty voluntary consumer organizations (VCOs). The VCOs decided to create a nationwide network of consumer organizations for food safety and nutrition (NetCOFaN) with the support of FSSAI. This network will initially work in three specific areas, such as awareness and training, mobilization of small and petty food businesses for various schemes, and food testing and surveillance.

FSSAI has a large volume of high-quality content on food safety and nutrition. The VCOs with their ground-level connect will use this content for awareness and training programs by translating and adapting it to the local conditions. The on-ground presence of VCOs will help reach the messages to local areas across the country. Support of VCOs will also be taken to mobilize small and petty food businesses to participate in hygiene rating, cluster certification, and food safety training and certification (FoSTaC) programs. VCOs will be provided ‘Food Safety Magic Box’ that has over 100 simple do-it-yourself tests for common adulterants and kit for testing in midday meal scheme.

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an important role in food testing and surveillance activities. To kick-start this, FSSAI has partnered with Delhi-based Consumer Voice for the conduct of surveillance for the safety and quality of milk products in the Delhi NCR area. For which samples of paneer, khoya, and desi ghee and other milk products were picked up recently from the Delhi NCR area by volunteers of Consumer Voice with the support of state food safety authorities.

These samples were coded by Consumer Voice and tested in FSSAI’s National Food Laboratory at Ghaziabad. The results of this surveillance would be compiled soon and shared with all concerned.

According to the press statement, preventive and corrective action would then be initiated jointly by Consumer Voice and the State food authorities. The evidence-based point system has been put in place to monitor the work of VCOs and they would be provided token funding based on activities to ensure sustainability and continuity.

FSSAI has earlier asked top-200 food com-

panies to appoint nodal persons for consumer grievances. These persons were trained for effective consumer grievance redressal. FSSAI would now explore ways of using services of VCOs in effective redressal of consumer grievances.

Expressing gratitude for the enthusiastic response of VCOs from across the country and their decision to form NetCOFaN, Pawan Agarwal, chief executive officer of FSSAI said, “The VCOs are a key part of the system to build an atmosphere of trust, transparency, and accountability in the area of food safety and nutrition. He hoped that VCOs will themselves take up this work with full responsibility and accountability and provide last-mile connectivity to the consumers.”

Pushpa Girimaji, an expert on consumer issues, who was present at the workshop, said, “Consumer organizations can play a vital role in ensuring food safety in the country. She added that the creation of the network would help to build synergies among them and is a very innovative way of FSSAI in reaching out to the consumers across the country.” z

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he pacprocess & food pex India 2019 exhibition by Messe Düsseldorf India witnessed a good response from the industry with participation from over 200 exhibitors and representation from over 10 countries, spread across 11,400 square meter area. According to the organizer, the event was attended by around 9,925 trade visitors, over 35 speakers and more than 125 delegates. The three-day expo was held at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.

The event was co-located with drink technology India which caters to beverages, dairy and liquid food industry, and was organized

by Messe Muenchen India. In future, Messe Düsseldorf and its Indian subsidiary will be responsible for the strategy, conceptual planning and implementation of the trade fairs as well as for national and international marketing of the event. “pacprocess & food pex India endeavors to analyze trends, forecast future developments, come up with viable solutions and of course, help businesses thrive. It showcases the true potential of processing & packaging industry for India and other countries, all under one roof. pacprocess & food pex India has always

been a unique exhibition for us because of its aspirational nature,” said Thomas Schlitt, managing director, Messe Düsseldorf India.

He added, “It has emerged as the subcontinent’s largest, foremost processing and packaging show that both the exhibitors and buyers from across the world participate to showcase as well as shop for the diverse global processing and packaging products, and services in this part of the world. Be it the overwhelming response from exhibitors, or the discussions at

our conference pertaining to trending subjects like responsible packaging, smart packaging, challenges for brand managers emerging role of modern packaging for competitiveness, plastic waste management, role of active packaging to name a few, is a wholesome experience that no packaging and processing professional can afford to miss. Every year, we put in our best efforts to make the show more promising than the last one serving the industry and we look forward to another prolific year.” z

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s a part of its International Outreach Program, team Pamex recently visited Nepal on a 8-day tour to promote the Pamex 2020 event taking place in Mumbai, 6 to 9 January 2020. The outreach program was headed by Kamal Chopra, chairman of Pamex. The objective of the program was to understand the issues being faced by printers across the country as well as

the promotion of Pamex 2020.

The issues that came up for discussions were same at almost all the stops undertaken in the Odyssey. Most of the printers faced issues with availability of trained technical professionals to operate their units. As the industry in Nepal is highly depended on India, the printers also faced issues regarding acquiring of raw materials and spare parts

for their machines. The ever-present issue of falling print prices was also recurring theme at these printings.

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Events petitive. He informed the printers about the MoU signed between All India Federation of Master Printers (AIFMP) and Federation of Nepal Printers Association (FNPA) wherein the printers could send professionals to India

to undergo training.

“The issues faced by the printers in Nepal are similar to the issues faced by us in India.

The industry is changing. We need to change with the times. The need of the customers is also

changing. We need to identify this need and cater to it. For that, we need to join hands and produce at a larger rate to bring down the costs.

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z DÜSSELDORF – 7 TO 13 MAY 2020 interpack 2020 completely booked out

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esse Düsseldorf, the organizers of interpack 2020 – leading trade fair for the processing and packaging industry, arranged media and industry interaction in Delhi on 12 December 2019. On the panel were Bernd Jablonowski, global portfolio director – processing & packaging, Messe Düsseldorf; Arvind Goenka, vice chairman, The Plastics Export Promotion Council; and Thomas Schlitt – managing director, Messe Düsseldorf India, who interacted and updated the industry on the latest developments at interpack 2020, market trends and industry insights.

The interpack 2020 trade fair is totally booked out. By the time the official registration deadline for the most important international event for the packaging industry and related process industries had arrived, businesses had inquired about far more space than was available at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre – as had already been the case with the previous editions. The around 3,000 exhibitors expected from approximately 60 countries will therefore again be occupying all 18 of the available halls as well as large parts of the outdoor facilities when the fair takes place from 7 to 13 May 2020. ‘components – special trade fair by interpack’ with offerings from the industry that supplies packaging technologies, is in its third edition and will again be staged entirely concurrently with interpack in the temporary Hall 18, is also totally booked out. One ticket entitles holders to admission to both fairs.

‘COMPONENTS’ TO RUN ENTIRELY CONCURRENTLY WITH INTERPACK The concept of ‘components – special trade fair by interpack’ is to be continued in its tried-and-

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L to R: Arvind Goenka, Bernd Jablonowski and Thomas Schlitt. Photo: The Packman

tested iteration following the success it enjoyed at the last interpack. Visitors will once again find the supplier trade fair in the temporary lightweight Hall 18, which is centrally located within the Düsseldorf exhibition center and offers around 5,000 square meters of space.

This hall is located between Halls 10 and 16 and will be complementing interpack’s portfolio for the entire duration of the trade fair with presentations from the areas of drive, control and sensor technologies, products for industrial image processing, handling technologies and other (machine) components. All visitors and exhibitors at interpack are entitled to free admission to components.

NEW IMPETUS FOR SAVE FOOD During interpack, the topic of Save Food is going to be brought to the city of Düsseldorf for the first time in with several different campaigns

to reduce food losses and waste and will accordingly get the public directly involved. The programme details are currently still being developed in consultation with the official bodies.

‘LIFE WITHOUT PACKAGING?’ CONFERENCE Sustainability has been a subject that has been shaping the industry for years and that has recently become a hotly debated issue as a result of the discussion about plastic packaging in particular. The new ‘Life without Packaging?’ conference will be examining the contentious issue of packaging, sustainability and the environment from various aspects to enable both critics and advocates to have their say and explore what is essential and what is avoidable.

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Industry News

Sandon Global scoops two awards at the UK Halton Chamber Business Awards

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nternational Anilox supplier Sandon Global is based in Runcorn, North West of England and is a key employer of 70 skilled workers in the Borough of Halton. In November 2019, at the prestigious business awards organized by the UK’s Halton Chambers of Commerce, Sandon Global achieved two business awards. ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ was awarded for demonstrating how their continuous improvement programme has directly benefited their customers, and how their approach to new product development and innovation, allows them to diversify into new markets.

Secondly the ‘Business of the Year’ award which was judged to be the overall winner across all 15 award categories. Halton Chamber, CEO Rachel Owen, said, “Sandon Global is a shining example of the strength and depth of technical skills and talent within Halton Borough. I understand that Sandon’s new bespoke facility is expected to create up to 10 apprenticeships each year plus 30 skilled jobs over the next five years. Reinforcing the decision made by our panel of judges to select Sandon Global for the ‘Business of the Year’ title this year.”

Sandon Global CEO John Millington added, “We are currently preparing for a significant step change in our business. Regardless of the political landscape and uncertainty we have spent time researching and challenging our strategies to the point where we have the conviction and skills to build on our ongoing success.

Being recognized by Halton Chamber is very humbling but also reassuring that we are on the right path. The next chapter in the history of our business is one that excites, motivates and drives our business and its people.

This news follows the recent announcement of a brand new site for the advanced manufacturing business. The new UK Headquarters is reported to provide extra manufacturing capacity and contain a state-of-the art research and development function located only a short distance from its current site on Manor Park.

This coupled with the addition of a brand new and dedicated engineering operation located in a facility directly opposite the new HQ,

Representatives from the Sandon Global management, operations and customers services teams receiving the ‘Business Of The Year’ award

signifies a clear intention for growth. Commenting on this new enterprise, Millington said, “Sandon Global Engineering provides total quality assurance to our customers and strategic partners; ultimately delivering a complete anilox solution. In short, our sleeves and rolls are manufactured from start to finish to our

stringent quality standards. This delivers on our core brand values of expertise, precision, continuous improvement and service. The new facility will also provide us with the ideal platform to fast track our exciting R&D projects.”

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onica Minolta India has strengthened its leadership ranks by appointing Kuldeep Malhotra to its Board of Directors, effective 1 December 2019. Malhotra is now responsible for major corporate strategic decision-making, business performance and organization-wide digital transformation. He will also ensure compliance with all applicable laws, corporate ethics and internal corporate rules at Konica Minolta India, in addition to his current role as the head of sales and office product marketing divisions.

Daisuke Mori, managing director of Konica Minolta India said, “The pace and scale of disruption unfolding in the Indian print and printing industry have made it essential for OEMs to digitally transform their operations to remain competitive. This imminent transformation presents the most opportune time to induct an Indian board member who has the knowledge and expertise to lead it. The appointment of Kuldeep Malhotra to the board of directors at Konica Minolta India is aligned with our

Kuldeep Malhotra, vice president – sales and office product marketing, Konica Minolta India. Photo The Packman

commitment to stay ahead of the industry’s evolutionary curve.”

Kuldeep Malhotra, vice president – sales and office product marketing, added, “It is a moment of great pride for me to be appointed as the first Indian member to Konica Minolta India’s board of directors. I am delighted by the faith that the organization has shown in me and look forward to driving the Konica Minolta brand into the next phase of its digital growth.” z THE PACKMAN | JAN-FEB 2020

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DATES

EVENT NAME

PLACE

11 to 13 July 2019

Compack Chennai

Chennai, India

25 to 28 July 2019

LMAI Conference

Kochi, Kerala, India

22 to 23 August 2019

8th Speciality Films & Flexible Packaging Global Summit

Mumbai, India

28 to 31 August 2019

PackPlus Delhi 2019

Delhi, India

28 to 31 August 2019

India Packaging Show

Delhi, India

28 to 31 August 2019

PackSol

Delhi, India

5 to 7 September 2019

IndiaCorr Expo

Greater Noida, India

13 to15 September 2019

PackEx India

Delhi, India

26 to 28 September 2019

Intelpack

Mumbai, India

16 to 23 October 2019

K Show

Düsseldorf, Germany

21 to 23 October 2019

ProPak India 2019

Mumbai, India

25 to 28 November 2019

Shanghai World of Packaging

Shanghai, China

26 to 28 November 2019

CPhI India (P’Mec)

Greater Noida, India

3 to 6 December 2019

Paperex

Delhi, India

6 to 8 December 2019

Print & Packtech

Bangalore, India

12 to 14 December 2019

Pacprocess Food Pex

Delhi, India

6 to 9 January 2020

Pamex 2020

Mumbai, India

16 to 20 January 2020

Plastivision 2020

Mumbai, India

28 Feb to 1 March 2020

PacProTech

Kathmandu

19 to 21 March 2020

Asia Packaging & Printing Industry Expo

Shenzhen, China

21 to 23 April 2020

Label & Flexible Packaging & Film Expo 2020

Shanghai, China

5 to 9 May 2020

Metpack 2020

Messe Essen, Germany

7 to 13 May 2020

interpack 2020

Dusseldorf, Germany

16 to 26 June 2020

drupa 2020

Dusseldorf, Germany

19 to 22 June 2020

Plastasia 2020

Bangalore, India

28 to 31 October 2020

Labelexpo India 2020

Greater Noida, India

3 to 8 February 2021

Printpack India 2021

Greater Noida, India

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