The first signs of recovery on the world self-adhesive label industry probably began late last spring but, as with the start of all ‘green shoots’, only the merest tip of growth was showing. It is going to be some while until we begin to gather a harvest comparable in size to the ‘good old days’ of selfadhesive
Full-body shrink film labels manufactured from Eastman’s Embrace LV copolyester are now available in Europe.
A combination of CAM System & label integration from a magazine allows customers to cut down on cycle times & costs.
There are small signs that growth is remaining in some parts of Europe’s self-adhesive label industry –principally Central, South and Eastern Europe – but it is much reduced from the heady years of 2006 and 2007.
There is a discernable change in some quarters in the choice consumers are making in the shape and form of containers they prefer -and that is opening up new opportunities for self-adhesive labels.
Logopak, the company which launched on the market a new Logomatic 920 DK pallet labelling system received few days ago a Gold Medal of Taropak - the biggest event for packaging industry in Poland.
Multi award-winning Welsh artisan organic flour producer, Bacheldre Watermill, has chosen Innovia Film`s biodegradable and compostable material, NatureFlex, to add the finishing touch to its stylish flour packaging.
M-real Consumer Packaging has launched two durable, wet strength label papers which have been designed to withstand the damp conditions of chiller cabinets and refrigerators.
As a worldwide innovation Gerresheimer offers a new technique for labelling glass products for pharmaceutics. One square millimetre ensures that the type and origin of glass primary packaging is traceable at any time.
The value of the global RFID market will reach $4.93m (?2.5bn) in 2008, up 7% on 2007, according to a report by consultancy firm IDTechEx. The report, RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2008-2018, attributed the increased use of RFID to large national schemes for national ID and transport. It found that the tagging of pallets and cases, as demanded by retailers, would use around 325 million RFID labels in 2008.
Eastman Chemical B.V. announced today the European availability of films made with Embrace LV, a new halogen-free copolyester resin for shrink film labels for packaged consumer goods. With better balanced shrinkage and physical characteristics previously unavailable in copolyester product offerings, Embrace LV is a single resin solution for shrink labels for the food, beverage and personal care markets.
In 2007, the manufacturers of flexible aluminium, plastic and laminate tubes who are organised in the european tube manufacturers association (etma) broke through the 10 billion barrier of tubes produced for the first time. With a total of 10.1 billion tubes, the industry recorded growth of approximately 2 per cent. The volume of the total European market is estimated to be roughly 13 billion tubes.
