Packaging Technology

VIENNA, Austria, June 16, 2020 (Press Release) -In line with the increased focus on the medical market segment, Coveris is taking a gigantic leap forward to modernize their medical packaging production facilities. With an extensive EUR 10M investment program, Coveris strives to become best in class when it comes to process transparency, cleanliness and quality.

After a two-year long phase of market research and careful planning with industry experts, Coveris has recently started the implementation phase of modernizing its production facilities for sterile grade medical packaging at the Halle site, Germany.

The modernization is planned in all technology steps extrusion, printing, laminating and converting and is supposed to achieve industry 4.0 standards. Next to an upgrading of production equipment, it is planned to operate this machinery with industry leading safety-and cleanliness standards. To reduce the risk of any contamination to a minimum, Coveris will realize the printing and lamination in a white room environment. Core of the second phase in Q3 and Q4 this year it is planned to modernize the entire converting department of Halle under ISO Class 8 cleanroom conditions.

The new cleanroom offers not only significantly upgraded cleanliness levels during production but also while packing and preparation for customer shipment. The full transition from the old to the new equipment is expected to be completed in Q1 2021.

“Our high reputation in medical packaging is the result of a many decades long dedication to this market. This huge investment program is a serious commitment to support our customers to achieve the highest levels of quality and cleanliness also in the future”, closes Jakob A. Mosser, CEO of Coveris, his statement.

REHOVOT, Israel , July 6, 2020 (Press Release) -Installation of the Landa Nanographic Printing Press is under way at the K-1 site

The Landa S10 will fulfill high-end packaging needs of K-1’s leading consumer brand clients

Landa Digital Printing today announces that K-1 Packaging Group, a provider of custom packaging solutions for consumer products, has taken delivery of a new Landa S10 Nanographic Printing Press. The Landa S10 is currently being installed at the company’s California headquarters in City of Industry, outside of Los Angeles. The S10 will produce short to medium run static and variable jobs that consume too much time and material when run on conventional equipment. As a result, K-1 will be able to keep costs down, improve profitability, and give considerably greater flexibility to clients.

Work to be printed on the Landa S10 consists primarily of 5,000 sheets-and-under jobs that make up much of K-1’s production schedule. The work includes folding cartons, countertop displays, labels, and litholam corrugated boxes.

It was the Landa press’ speed producing back-to-back, short to medium run jobs that made comparison to conventional equipment production times – including makeready – the most important factor in K-1 President Mike Tsai’s assessment of the press. With a Landa S10 running at its rated speed of 6,500 large format (B1 / 41 in.) sheets per hour, Landa showed Tsai and his team what would be eight makereadies on a conventional press, but achieved in only an hour and ten minutes on the Landa S10. This makes the Nanographic Printing Press three times faster than any digital solution, and six times faster than a digital press closest to the 41 inch format.

“The 40 inch press is Landa’s domain,” Tsai says. “No one is able to run static or variable jobs as quickly. In a manufacturing environment, this means that we will be more productive, and able to give our customers greater flexibility on run quantity and SKU count – an important competitive edge. What’s more, the S10’s scalability and upward compatibility gives us confidence that we will meet customer demands well into the future.”

The Landa press’ ease in supporting increasingly sophisticated jobs, Tsai says, will permit K-1 to bring its holistic, integrated approach to bear in being a full partner with its clients. One such K-1 job involves processing and printing a client’s 1-to-1 variable product codes supporting traceability and other supply chain requirements. “This is part of the future that Landa is helping K-1, and our client, to exist in today,” Tsai says.

“We are elated that K-1, one of world’s most progressive companies, has made Nanographycentral to its production strategy,” says Nachum Korman, Vice President and General Manager for Landa Digital Printing in the Americas. “K-1’s production team is well known for their work in optimizing every device, tool and process they use; so we will also be fascinated to see how they leverage the S10’s capabilities and explore its full potential.

“We look forward to a long and mutually rewarding relationship with K-1 - we will be with them every step of the way, supporting their every endeavor. We know it will be a thrilling journey.”

About Landa

Headed by Indigo founder, Benny Landa, the Landa Group is comprised of four units: Landa Digital Printing, Landa Labs, Landa Ventures and Lusix. Landa Digital Printing produces Nanographic Printing presses, which bridge the industry's “Profitability Gap”, cost-effectively combining the versatility of digital with the high quality and speed of offset to transform the Commercial Printing, Packaging and Publishing markets. Landa Digital Printing is owned by its majority shareholder, Benny Landa, and ALTANA and SKion, both wholly owned by German entrepreneur Susanne Klatten.

DENTON, TX, June 30, 2020 (Press Release) -With some recycling programs across the country having to scale back services or halt collection completely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, recyclers are in a challenging situation trying to find the feedstock needed to keep up with an increase in demand for certain paper products.

On the other hand, these paper products, like toilet paper, tissues, and paper towels, have been flying off the shelves, and many manufacturers are struggling to keep up. Food and beverage cartons, made mainly of paper, are an example of a recyclable material that provides the needed feedstock for paper mills to create new products. In response, the Carton Council has launched a new campaign alerting consumers of the valuable role cartons play in funneling a steady stream of recycled paper to recyclers and manufacturers in this time of need.

“First and foremost, we are thankful to all in the industry who are working hard to help keep the recycling supply chain operating during these challenging times,” said Jason Pelz, Vice President of Recycling Projects for the Carton Council of North America. “We’ve heard from numerous people about the increase in demand for feedstock, especially fiber, and want to encourage mills to consider materials like food and beverage cartons that can be recycled to make many of these paper products.”

“Recycled food and beverage cartons continue to be a very important source of paper fiber for our mills,” said Michele Bartolini, Senior Marketing Director for Sustana. “People are consuming a larger quantity of paper products in their homes right now, like toilet paper, tissues, and paper towels, as well as food and beverage products. It is important for consumers to recycle their food and beverage cartons because the fibers in cartons are clean and of excellent quality to be used to produce the pulp needed to manufacture those essential items. Cartons miss the opportunity at a second life if they are sent to landfill. Recycling your cartons is a small act that can have a big impact!”

“Recycling programs are extremely important for our facility. We use 100% recycled raw material to the tune of over 2,100 tons per month, with over half of that being directly from post-consumer recycling operations across the U.S. and Canada,” said Tori Beckett, Vice President at Great Lakes Tissue. “With all the toilet paper shortages across the country, our operations are still at maximum-capacity production and need all of the cartons we can get our hands on. We only keep a couple of weeks’ supply on hand and if the collections stop, we do fear we will not be able to keep a sustainable operation running.”

Despite the widespread shortages and attention they received, new research from the Carton Council reveals that most consumers fail to make the connection between their recycling of paper at home and its value in providing feedstock to help make new paper products. When asked how much impact recycling at home has on helping with paper shortages, 33% of consumers reported they thought recycling might have some impact on helping with the shortages, but they weren’t sure how much it really helped. While 18% felt recycling had no impact at all on alleviating shortages, 13% were unsure and had not thought about the connection.

The Carton Council campaign will reach consumers and sustainability professionals with a steady stream of information across digital platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube, to encourage them to #RecycleYourCartons and explain how cartons make the transformation into in demand paper products like toilet paper.

“Our world is in an unprecedented situation, yet we are seeing that recycling is more important than ever,” said Pelz. “We hope that everyone, consumers and businesses alike, continues to see that recycling helps ensure the recycling supply chain keeps functioning, benefiting the environment and the economy all at once,” said Pelz.

Please contact Angela Peterson at Angela.Peterson@tetrapak.com if you’d like to contribute to this campaign and share this timely message with your consumers.

Jason Pelz serves as both the Vice President of Recycling Projects for the Carton Council of North America as well as the Vice President of Sustainability – Americas for Tetra Pak.

ABOUT THE CARTON COUNCIL

The Carton Council is composed of four leading carton manufacturers, Elopak, Evergreen Packaging, SIG Combibloc, and Tetra Pak. Formed in 2009, the Carton Council works to deliver long-term collaborative solutions in order to divert valuable cartons from the landfill. Through a united effort, the Carton Council is committed to building a sustainable infrastructure for carton recycling nationwide and works toward their continual goal of adding access to carton recycling throughout the U.S.