Labeling, Coding & Marking
Europe: Sumitomo Demag Plastics Machinery showcases IML application at Emballage 2014
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery (France) SAS will demonstrate an in-mold labeling (IML) application at Emballage in Paris, France from November 17 to 21,...
Europe: Label Academy created to equip students for the labeling industry
Label industry guru Mike Fairley and Labelexpo have developed a global training and certification program, the Label Academy, to provide a set of e-learning...
Americas: Bluestar Silicones launches products for labels at US exhibition
Bluestar Silicones introduced a premium release additive and a crosslinking agent for solvent-borne silicone systems for a
range of label applications at Labelexpo Americas 2014...
Europe: Coca‑Cola Great Britain adopts government nutrition labeling scheme
Coca‑Cola Great Britain says it is adopting the UK Government’s voluntary front-of-pack nutrition labeling scheme, which combines nutrient amounts and percentage Reference Intakes with...
Americas: NewPage introduces high gloss cast coated alternative label paper for spirits, wine packaging
NewPage Corporation introduces Reflections, a 89 gsm high gloss cast coated alternative label paper designed for high-end wet glue and pressure sensitive applications that...
Europe: UK survey finds most older consumers prefer ‘natural’ to “healthy” product claims
Consumers aged 55 and older associate ‘natural’ products with a healthy, yet tasty, lifestyle and diet, according to a July 2014 survey of 2,000...
Americas: eSeal RFID-enabled packaging solution receives US patent
eAgile Inc., a global provider of radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies, has received a patent from the US Patent Office for its eSeal RFID-enabled...
Americas: Mettler Toledo tells FNI on the impact of COOL ruling on meat packagers
On July 29, 2014, the US Court of Appeals upheld the mandatory country-of-origin labeling (COOL) ruling for meat and meat products currently in place.
The...
Europe: Flint Group Flexographic Products presents new plate for flexible packaging, label printing
Flint Group Flexographic Products presents with nyloflex NEF Digital a new durometer plate that is designed for the nyloflex NExT exposure technology to print...
Europe: KHS unveils flexible systems for labeling PET bottles
KHS’ Innoket 360 and compact Innoket 360 S (with an output of up to 50,000 polyethylene terephthlate bottles per hour) have now been...