September 2015

the legislation does not state that fruit must be laseretched&mdashrather, it states that a ban on coating fruit in certain chemicals is now null and void. for three years, a spanish company called laser food has been lobbying the eu to lift the ban. why selfinterest. laser food figures their laser etching technology would be a nobrainer for fruit, replacing the ink, adhesives and paper required to create a fruit sticker, but they discovered that laser burns don&39t show up very well on fruit skins.

taghleef industries group produces in the italian plant in san giorgio di nogaro ud the nativia&trade polylactic acid pla based films. pla is a bioplastic it comes from plant based renewable resources and is compostable according to en13432 standard, the one used for shoppers made of thermoplastic starch.nativia&trade high gloss transparent films can be used in vertical or horizontal flow packaging of fresh fruits and vegetables.

schreiner medipharm, a germanybased global provider of specialty pharmaceutical labeling solutions developed special void effects integrated into the label for anticounterfeiting purposes. it prevent relabeling of product packs as well as alteration of variable product data. when the label is detached from the surface, an irreversible, previously hidden message or pattern appears, making the label unfit for reuse and therefore immune to tampering. void effects reliably indicate fraudulent reuse of previously used containers or alterations of variable data.

chill buddy is superior, highperformance, highlyeffective, ultralightweight, innovative concept for transit.this flowpackaging coolchain extending solution for the foodpharmaceutical distribution world is certified 98 reflective coating of chill buddy pod .it enables temperature control to be maintained without using mechanical apparatus.it is manufactured from bonded layers of barrierairsealedbubbles laminated to metallised opp or pet film.it replaces heavy, cumbersome and difficulttodeploy wovenmaterial thermal blankets in the coolchain & render polystyrene eps redundant in many areas

made from impulsedried wood fibers, the &ldquogreen fiber bottle&rdquo is a groundbreaking innovation and currently under development in a partnership between carlsberg group and partners ecoxpac, technical university of denmark and innovation fund denmark. the project commenced in january 2015 and it is expected to take three years to develop the final product. when asked&39whether the green fiber bottle would be better for the environment than e.g.