Afera, the European Adhesive Tape Association, has released a new guidance document on “Sustainable use of Adhesive Tapes” as part of the work undertaken by the Advocacy Workstream of Afera’s Flagship Sustainability Project (AFSP). The purpose of this guidance document is to provide information to end users about the various types of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes […]
Read more »From 11 – 13 March 2025, the international converting industry will meet in Munich for the 14th edition of ICE Europe, the world’s leading marketplace to source bespoke converting solutions for flexible and web-based materials. For an initial preview of the event, we sat down for an interview with Patrick Herman, Event Director for Converting, […]
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European Bioplastics presented its 2024 edition of the market development update during the EBC24 Conference taking place in Berlin, Germany. The report confirms the continuous growth of the global production capacities of bioplastics. Overall global plastics production continues to rise steadily. This development is driven by rising demand combined with the emergence of ever more […]
Flexible robot systems, innovative technologies and the typically warm KOCH flair – that was the KOCH Demonstration Day on 3 December 2024. Customers had the opportunity to gain a deep insight into the world of automation at KOCH. The event, which takes place regularly, was a great success once again. Under the motto ‘Automation in […]
Afera, the European Adhesive Tape Association, recently welcomed over 150 commodity and specialty tape professionals from 15 countries across Europe, Asia and the U.S. for critical networking and deep diving into the hottest tape business issues at its successful 67th Annual Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece. This set a record for attendance of the premier yearly […]
The European aluminium foil industry experienced a robust growth of 4.6% during the first nine months of 2024. According to the latest figures from the European Aluminium Foil Association (EAFA), total deliveries rose to nearly 666,200 tonnes (2023: 636,200 tonnes) compared to the same period last year. Notably, the third quarter saw an increase of […]
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, in collaboration with Aalto University and Finnish industrial partners, has developed a new technology for shaping cardboard in a unique continuous process to create reel-to-reel origami-inspired structures for fibre-based packaging materials. The origami folds have the capacity to yield entirely new properties from cardboard. The structures’ light weight and […]