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Lafayette, the French department store chain, distributes eight million paper bags to its customers each year. In late March of this year, the bags were labelled with the official EU Eco-label, as they are manufactured of UPM’s eco-labelled paper. In order to receive the EU Eco-label, a product must satisfy a large number of strict environmental criteria in various areas. Lafayette’s bags are the first paper bags in the world to wear the label.

Innovia Films has introduced the latest addition to its Propaream™ portfolio: an Easy Open packaging film, Propaream™ T710EO, designed to address the need for increased consumer convenience in the fast moving cut-size paper market.

Innovation for packaging paper hygiene products: The Optima Group Nonwovens exhibits a high-performance system for Femcare products with market-leading output, a variant for sanitary pads with medium output, a stacker system, as well as a converting unit for gusseted bags. Medicon from the Optima Group is represented with a new four-edged sealed bag module for Wound Care and other products.

It was an unusual assignment for project manager Patrick Peronace and CAD designer Roger Nützi of the packaging company Amcor Rentsch. Do something that no-one else has done before – something that is so difficult, it can only be done with Invercote.

Seduced by Invercote is the theme of Iggesund Paperboard’s participation in this year’s LuxePack, and it is a seduction with several dimensions. Primarily the theme refers to Invercote’s abilities to convey a message in a powerful and convincing way.

If you want to accumulate less waste packaging, the single most important step is to shop less at supermarkets. Though the big retailers are making commendable efforts to cut down on packaging, there’s still too much of it. An 80g pack of organic Portobello mushrooms bought recently (not by me!) at a national chain came in a clingfilmed plastic tray weighing 20g – one quarter the weight of the contents.

A. Frey Verpackungsentwickungen und Vertriebs GmbH, Mindelheim has developed an extremely efficient packaging system in the form of "Zipp + Knack". The solution can be seen in the combination of all requirements made by partners involved in the packaging procedure and has resulted in a stable, economical, 1-part packaging with a reliable and precise opening system.

Which packing machine is best suited for the customer’s product? How can a satisfactory bag filling speed be reached? How does one attain the optimum interaction between packing machine, packaging and product? These are questions the experts at the Haver & Boecker Research & Development Center work on every day. An extensive study of the product to be filled and its properties, as well as the bag type to be used, are the basics you need for making the right machine selection to assure customer satisfaction.

Ciba has launched an innovative laser-marking solution that allows paper and packaging to be printed with a low-power CO2 laser. Applied to the substrate in coatable or ink form by the paper manufacturer or converter, Ciba® PERGAMARK™ is the first non-pigmented solution on the market, enabling transparent coating of substrates. When marked by a laser at point of printing, it yields a more stable, higher-contrast black image than alternative methods such as inkjet or thermal printing, even on curved and other complex surfaces. Variable data such as “best before” dates, serial numbers and addresses can be printed on demand – and at high speed – in the final stage of the packaging process. Environmental and process benefits include all non-toxic additives, no ink or grime at point of printing and no need for solvents in the packaging line. All components of PERGAMARK are in line with food contact regulations.

API Laminates, Europe’s leading laminator and a division of API Group Plc, has become the first provider of laminated boards and papers in Europe to be accredited with the Forestry Stewardship Council Chain of Custody certification.

International Paper and Green Mountain Coffee Roasters have been awarded a 2007 Sustainability Award from the Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA), the world's largest coffee trade association. The Sustainability Awards are given annually to those in the specialty coffee industry that have created innovative projects to expand and promote sustainability.

The packaging for the new scent Flower by Kenzo, made from cardboard from the Arctic Paper Munken range has been awarded the top Golden Trophy Award in the Best Packaging category. The prize was awarded at the annual French graphic design fair Intergraphic Paris. This was the 27th consecutive annual fair for professionals in the printing and graphic design industries.