April 2016

Tembec launch of FSC-certified Kallima Coated Cover C2S 16 pt – the latest extension of its line of bleached paperboard products. The new 16 pt caliper coated two-side substrate offers commercial printers yet another Kallima Coated Cover solution with superior printability, runnability and market renowned cost savings. Printers can benefit from savings of up to 20% over competing products due to Kallima’s basis weight advantage achieved through its unique high-bulk, low-density construction.

Unger, a Austrian designer partnered with Julia Kaisinger and Utrecht University to develop a system prototype known as Fungi Mutariu. Fungi Mutarium is so intriguing that it not only uses nature to process synthetic waste to break down plastic and grow edible, fluffy biomass. The idea came from a 2012 study by researchers at Yale University, who found a rare mushroom in the Amazon called Pestalotiopsis microspora that was capable of breaking down polyurethane - the main ingredient used in plastics.

The all-polyester Exponent 2™ can be used for the most sensitive applications providing cost savings and recycling opportunities when compared to traditional foil structures. Rollprint Packaging Products, Inc. has develop a peelable Barex® replacement structure targeting pharmaceutical and combination drug single dose applications. Peelable Exponent combines science with the consumer’s desire for easy opening by combining ultra-high barrier ClearFoil® with a chemically-inert sealant.

Bomilla has a rich history of delicious sweets and high quality chocolates since 1926. They wanted their high quality sweets to have a packaging that achieved the same level of outstanding quality.

Challenge: Increase packaging automation and quality
The current design needed expensive manual gluing because the format was not stable enough to be automated. The resulting quality didn’t meet Bomilla’s expectations and it made the entire production process unnecessarily long, expensive and with inconsistent quality.