Label Awards Shortlist Revealed The companies and individuals nominated for this year’s Global La- bel Awards have been announced in the categories for Rising Star, Environmental Sustainability and Innovation.
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T he long-term affects of the Covid pandemic on the pack- aging industry are certain to be felt for years. A new re- port from Smithers suggests that the track-and-trace pack- aging industry is set to reach a total value of $2.5 billion by 2027, much of the growth in demand and market value attributed to the rise of e-commerce and counterfeiting con- cerns associated with the pandemic.
The winners of each category will be announced at the Global La- bel Reunion Party on the evening of day one at Labelexpo Americas 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Rising Stars Nominees for the Rising Star Award are Stijn Billiet, Virginia (Ginnie) Gandy, and Tom Schouten. The criteria for this award were that the individual has worked a maximum of five years in the label industry with a record that reflects ongoing, exceptional and growing contributions to the industry as well as increased levels of leader-
In The Future of Track and Trace in Packaging to 2027, Smithers states that the total value of taggants, RFID antennas, and coding print in packaging applications has grown by 76 percent since 2017 and will be worth $1.6 billion in 2022.
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boost security and efficiencies. Smithers predicts a rapid adoption of trace-and-trace technologies into multiple other consumer segments that ship perish- able or valuable goods, including food, drinks, and cosmetics. These industries will benefit from the fall in pric- ing for individual tagging components as these technologies are refined and commercialized. Com- panies including Walmart are now widely adopting RFID for retail settings, for example. Unique Identifiers Industrial and transit packaging will remain the most lucrative element of the trace-and-trace mar- ket as large unit packaging apparently justifies the cost of bespoke solutions such as active RFID tag- ging, according to the report. With the supply chain disruptions wrought by COVID-19 continuing to be felt across industries, smart packaging solutions that allow for resilience and flexibility in supply chains will continue to expand. In the short term, the packaging track-and-trace market will continue to rely principally on coding print, such as unique alphanumeric identifiers, 1D barcodes, and 2D barcodes. A wider interest in on- pack RFID and NFC frequency antennas to provide more dynamic monitoring in more expensive appli-
The upward trajectory is forecast to continue, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +9.5 percent through to 2027 for the track-and- trace packaging industry. By 2027, the track-and- trace packaging market will reportedly yield a total value of $2.5 billion. As challenges continue to linger, supply chain se- curity has emerged as a business priority during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has pushed up demand for smart packaging solutions, Smithers claims. A recent report from Europol and the Eu- ropean Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic presented new challenges in terms of preventing counterfeit- ing, with the shift to e-commerce and the global roll-out of the vaccination program requiring both tested and novel solutions to protect consumers. Traceability features, including item-level tracking, are already mandated in many high-risk segments, such as pharmaceuticals and medical devices. Smithers says that healthcare will remain the big- gest end-use market for track-and-trace solutions, with its value reportedly set to double between 2021 and 2027. Concepts and technologies already established in industries like pharmaceuticals are increasingly being applied to other supply chains in a bid to
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ship and responsibility. The successful candidate’s track record should reflect a strong potential for appointment at the highest levels of the profession. The nominees for the Environmental Sustainabil- ity category are Avery Dennison, Flint Group and S-OneLP. The judges were looking for a company that has in- troduced a specific product or process or demonstrat- ed sustainable and environmentally acceptable work- ing practices in their purchasing and manufacturing operations and could demonstrate key materials, pro- duction and performance or consumer benefits. The nominees for the Innovation Award for com- panies with under 300 employees are Packlock and S-OneLP. In the Innovation for companies with more than 300 employees category there were 16 entries, with Actega Signite and Actega Ecoleaf be- ing shortlisted. For this award, the judging panel looked at the degree of innovation, the practical impact on the innovator and their clients, the economic aspects (cost, time, process), environmental aspects and the overall concept. MPS Asia To Host Open House In Kuala Lumpur MPS Systems Asia is opening its doors to greet customers on September 6, 2022, at its office and showroom in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The open house will include presentations covering the latest industry trends and feature a live demonstration of the MPS EF-530 seventh-generation flexo press with eight-color flexo units and one EXLp packaging sta- tion. Focus of the open house will be on shrink sleeves and flexible packaging, as well as the ben- efits of connectivity and performance optimization. Also taking place on September 7, 2022 is a table top exhibition at MPS Systems Asia where custom- ers will have the opportunity to interact and ask questions directly with industry partners. Launched earlier this year, the latest MPS EF ful- ly automated multi-substrate flexo machine is re- portedly equipped with the slide-out ink drawer as standard, E-Sleeves, improved Job Memory func- tionality and two automation levels to ensure the highest quality printing with the fastest changeover time between jobs, and connectivity and perfor- mance improvements with MPSConnect. The EF next generation press to be featured in the MPS Asia showroom during the open house was purchased by a customer in Malaysia who special- izes in shrink sleeve label production.
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ciated with COVID-19, including the rise of e-com- merce shipments, alongside the longer-term trend of pharmaceuticals adopting early trace-and-trace solutions. There will also be strong demand for tracking components that can operate with oth- er common formats, including metal, rigid plastic, flexible plastic, and paper substrates. AICC Launches New Streaming Sites AICC, The Independent Packaging Association, has launched two new sites, AICC NOW and Pack- aging University, to bring online information and education to its members. AICC NOW brings all of AICC’s videos and online content to one location. The platform will enable AICC members to search AICC’s vast media offer- ings, including AICC Packaging University content, webinars, podcasts, Ask the Expert resources, white- papers, training videos, interviews, and more, past and present, for the information they need to grow. AICC NOW will have content available to educate employees and promote the industry to the public. AICC has also moved its 100 free online courses to a new platform, Packaging University.
cations is expected. A cited example is Identiv, pro- vider of digital security solutions, which worked with OTACA Tequila to provide an embedded NFC tag that allows consumers to authenticate and re-or- der the product. With concerns of counterfeiting increasing, covert taggants are likely to be a popular option for brand owners. Earlier this year, Avery Dennison acquired TexTrace with the aim of expanding the use of tex- tile RFID labels that remain on garments for their entire lifetime, either as a sewn-on label or built into a product’s seam, which provides embedded protection against product loss. The greatest potential will come from software systems that process product identities, with blockchain apparently emerging as an affordable, scalable platform that can offer security, trans- parency, and intelligent inventory management. Software companies are creating dedicated ser- vice lines to capitalize on this opportunity, and thus actively engaging with packaging and logis- tics company partners. Additionally, paperboard is likely to account for the largest share of the track-and-trace packaging market going forward, led in part by trends asso-
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Fedrigoni Becomes Jointly Owned By Investment Firms Investment firms Bain Capital Private Equity and BC Partners have entered into a joint ownership agreement for Fedrigoni, a producer of self-adhe- sive labels and fiber-based packaging products. Bain Capital acquired Fedrigoni in 2017. Under Bain Capital’s ownership, Fedrigoni has more than doubled Adjusted Sales and nearly tripled Adjusted EBITDA through a combination of organic growth acceleration and M&A execution. This new partnership will support Fedrigoni’s management team as it looks to build on its suc- cessful track-record of M&A. BC Partners’ portfolio companies have executed more than 400 add-on transactions over the last decade. Together with Bain Capital, the Fedrigoni Group has carried out a transformation that rested on five pillars: a distinctive and premium offering; superi- or customer intimacy and experience; operational excellence; attraction of the best talent and devel- opment of its 4,500 people, while creating an inclu- sive and safe environment; acceleration in acquisi- tions aimed at geographical expansion and product portfolio diversification. Fedrigoni has also embedded sustainability into its business strategy, including ongoing efforts to re- duce its environmental impact and to support cus- tomers in tackling their transition toward ecological practices and an increasingly circular business. This includes research on increasingly sustainable mate- rials to the development of products to help brands in their plastic-to-paper transition, as well as the re- use of waste from customers’ production processes and the development of mono-material solutions. Through its 2030 sustainability roadmap, Fedrigo- ni committed to reduce by 30 percent its carbon emissions by 2030, and to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 in line with the Science-Based Targets Ini- tiative, with 95 percent recovered water and 100 percent industrial waste recovery across its opera- tions. This year it has received a Platinum EcoVadis sustainability rating. AF&PA Releases Packaging Paper Report The American Forest & Paper Association (AF&- PA), has released its June 2022 printing-writing and packaging papers monthly reports, which indicate shipments for both grades decreased compared with June 2021.
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DuPont Commits To GHG Emissions Reduction DuPont has committed to setting science-based targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), a partnership between CDP, the UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). As part of its commitment, DuPont plans to work closely with SBTi to determine GHG emissions re- duction targets for Scope 1 and 2 emissions aligned with the Paris agreement which sets the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C. In addition, Du- Pont will also work with SBTi to develop its Scope 3 GHG emissions target. SBTi defines and promotes best practice in set- ting science-based emission reductions targets and brings together a team of experts to provide inde- pendent assessment and validation of targets. In 2019, DuPont announced its Acting on Climate goal as part of its sustainability strategy. The com- pany has been making progress against its goal to reduce Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 30 percent compared to the 2019 baseline and source 60 per- cent of its electricity from renewable energy sources and credits by 2030, and to deliver carbon neutral operations by 2050. As reported in DuPont’s 2022 Sustainability Report, the company has reduced Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 16 percent since 2019. DuPont is a member of RE100, a global environ- mental initiative led by the Climate Group in part- nership with CDP, which brings together companies committed to shifting the source of electricity used globally in their operations to renewable energy. In 2021, the company also signed a virtual pow- er purchase agreement (VPPA) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC. The VPPA project is scheduled to commence operations in 2023 and is expected to deliver approximately 528,000 mega- watt hours (MWh) of wind-generated renewable electricity annually to the local grid. This is equiva- lent to approximately 25 percent of the company’s total electricity needs today. Public Tender Offer Made For Bobst Group Shares JBF Finance SA, Buchillon, Switzerland (“JBF”) has announced a public tender offer for all pub- licly held shares of Bobst Group SA. JBF is Bobst Group’s largest shareholder and already holds ap- proximately 53 percent of the shares and voting (Cont’d on Page 11)
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Panel To Discuss Future Of Print Business Americas Print Show (APS22) has announced that Girls Who Print, the largest independent organiza- tion of women working in the global print industry, is presenting a panel discussion, and hosting a lun- cheon at the event on Tuesday, August 18 from 12 to 1:30 PM in meeting room B-130. The event will start with open networking and segue into a discussion titled “Planting the Seeds for the Future; Print Business in the ‘New Now’ - and strategies for profit and growth with panelists Tara Halpin, CEO and President of Steinhauser; Catherine Lahlouh, Marketing & Business Develop- ment Specialist at Lahlouh, Inc; Alli Redinger, Ac- count Management and Sales at Robin Enterprises; Kelly Mallozzi, Principal and Success in Print and moderated by Deborah Corn, Intergalactic Ambas- sador at Print Media Center. Print IQ Lunch and soft drinks will be provided for the first 50 guests thanks to the support of Print IQ, a cloud-based print MIS, intelligently designed to support your future growth ambitions, and these 11 Affiliate Organizations: PIA (Printing Industries Alliance), GMA (Graphic Media Alliance), PIA Mi- dAmerica, PIA Georgia, PINE (Printing Industries of New England), PIASC (Printing Industries As- sociation of Southern California), PICA (Printing Industries of the Carolinas), VMA (Visual Media Alliance), PGAMA, PIA Midwest and GAA (Graphic Arts Association). Bay Cities Awarded Silver, Bronze OMA Awards Bay Cities, Pico Rivera, California, a packaging and design company, was awarded two silver and one bronze award at the recent 2022 Outstanding Merchandising Achievement (OMA) Awards. Stiff Competition Bay Cities entries competed in various categories including Entertainment, Games, and Toys, as well as Snack Products. The Mint Mobile Target Endcap and Magic Mixies Full Pallet both took second place (Silver). The Walmart Paw Patrol Movie Pallet Train (a collaboration with Saatchi x Saatchi) took third place (Bronze). For more than 60 years, Bay Cities has been a cre- ative packaging and display partner to brand mar- keters, retailers, and e-commerce companies.
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Mondi Expands Sustainable Pet Food Packaging Mondi is investing nearly 65 million Euro in three Consumer Flexibles packaging plants in Europe in order to meet growing customer demand for sus- tainable pet food packaging solutions. The Europe- an pet food market has grown significantly in recent years, driven by a consistent rise in pet ownership. This trend increased during the COVID-19 pandem- ic and is expected to continue for many years to come, according to a report from Mackenzie 2020. This project is part of Mondi’s previously an- nounced 1 billion Euro expansionary capital invest- ment program to accelerate growth in sustainable packaging. Work has already started at Mondi Korneuburg (Austria) and includes investments in new machin- ery and equipment as well as an expanded pro- duction area. These changes will lead to a capacity increase for pre-made retort stand-up pouches for wet pet food. New Investment The group is also investing in new machinery at Mondi Halle and Mondi Steinfeld in Germany, to in- crease production capacity of sustainable pre-made bag solutions for pet food, as well as home and personal care. This will enable future growth and support cus- tomers to switch from multi-layer, non-recyclable packaging to more sustainable alternatives such as mono-material recyclable stand-up pouches and pa- per-based pre-made bags. This investment also supports our Mondi Action Plan 2030 (MAP2030) sustainability framework which is focused on circular driven solutions, creat- ed by empowered people, taking action on climate. With these projects, we’re increasing operational ef- ficiency and reducing our own energy consumption while also connecting our production network.” Print & Pack Named Apex Supplier For Australasia Packaging solutions firm Print & Pack has been appointed as the official supplier of Apex Interna- tional within the Australasia region. Originated in 1980, Print & Pack has grown into an industrial service provider with an international distribution network. The partnership will provide the local market with Anilox innovations and solu- tions, including the Apex patented technology: GTT engraved Anilox rolls.
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The marketing team at Great Lakes Brewing Com- pany in Cleveland, Ohio, recently received their tro- phy for winning the third annual Colored by INX Can Design Contest. An independent panel of judg- es determined the company’s TropiCoastal Tropical IPA craft beer entry featured the best design of this year’s entrants, allowing them to claim back-to-back titles after winning in 2021. All submitted entries required designers to use the INX Metal Color Catalog to produce a commer- cial can design before December 31, 2021. Jameson Campbell, Creative Manager for Great Lakes Brewing Company, said the catalog inspires his team to find the right combination of colors to deliver each beer’s unique story, create shelf appeal and build strong brands. “Our goal was to expand our IPA portfolio with a year-round offering that delivers big, ripe tropical fruit aromas,” he remarked. “So how do you achieve that feeling visually, especially when your beer is primarily sold in regions where a plane ticket is required to capture those vacation vibes? With im- mersive, enveloping splashes of color.” The year 2022 marks 25 years since The Phoenix Challenge Foundation (PCF) was launched, an or- ganization that solely focuses on building tomor- row’s workforce for flexo and package printing. For a quarter century, thousands of students — high- school, vocational and college level — have benefit- ed the Phoenix Challenge competitions and schol- arship opportunities. The organization has guided more than 5,000 stu- dents through programs competitions and scholar- ships, and many of those same students have found employment and solid career paths in packaging and label printing. To continue its mission and to celebrate its 25 year anniversary, the PCF has announced the An- nual Phoenix Challenge Golf Outing & Fundraiser will take place at Stonebridge Golf Club in Monroe, North Carolina, on Wednesday, September 21, 2022. Sponsorships and foursome teams are available: Platinum, Gold and Silver levels, single hole spon- sorships and several other categories are available. 100% of all proceeds go directly to supporting flex- ography throughout college, vocational and high school scholarship competitions and programs. Phoenix Challenge Prepares Fundraiser
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rights in the company. JBF has announced that it will pay CHF 78.- in cash per Bobst Group share, which represents a premium of 22 percent com- pared to the average price of the last five weeks. The offer is not subject to substantial conditions. Following completion of the offer, JBF expects to be able to take Bobst Group private through a delisting of its shares from SIX Swiss Exchange to allow the company to focus on long-term and sus- tainable growth. This offer will give the company the appropriate conditions to deploy a long-term strategy, to exe- cute its digital transformation, and to maintain its strong Swiss industrial activities. Transaction highlights, according to those in- volved, include: • Bobst Group continues to be managed by in- dependent board members and family board mem- bers, as it is today; • Bobst Group will enjoy the best possible con- ditions to transform the business into a digitized, connected and sustainable packaging supply chain; • JBF is committed to the long-term legacy of the 5th generation of families and to sustaining the in- dustrial base of Switzerland; • Shareholders have the opportunity to realize their investment at an attractive price. The Board of Directors of Bobst Group, repre- sented by the Committee of Independent Directors, has reviewed the Offer, is convinced of the business rationale of the transaction and welcomes the pos- sibility for shareholders to tender their shares. Expected Timeline: • September 5, 2022: Publication of offer prospec- tus, including the report of the Board of Directors. • September 20 to October 3, 2022: Main offer period. • October 10 to 21 October 21, 2022: Additional acceptance period. • Beginning of November 2022: Offer settlement. Kodak Signs Graphco As Reseller Graphco, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, has been named as a new reseller for Kodak. Graphco will distribute Kodak’s complete portfo- lio of prepress, CTP, digital and inkjet printing and software solutions as well as printing plates. Established in 1976, Graphco covers 19 states from the north through the Midwest to the south- eastern United States.
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Nazdar Shuyang ‘Shaun’ Pan has been appointed Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) for Nazdar.
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According to the printing-writing paper report, shipments decreased 2 percent in June compared with June 2021 while total inventory levels de- creased 2 percent compared with May 2022. Rise In Purchases The AF&PA also reports U.S. purchases of total printing-writing papers increased 3 percent in June compared with last year. The organization also reports: • U.S. purchases of uncoated free sheet (UFS) pa- pers in June increased 2 percent compared with June 2021 while the inventory level decreased 2 percent compared with May 2022. UFS imports in- creased 18 percent while exports decreased 20 per- cent in May. • Coated free sheet (CFS) shipments increased 2 percent compared with June 2021 as inventory lev- el decreased 1 percent compared with May levels. CFS imports increased 10 percent while exports de- creased 1 percent in May. • U.S. purchases of coated mechanical (CM) in June decreased 16 percent compared with last June, while inventory levels decreased 8 percent com- pared with May 2022. CM imports and exports both decreased compared with May 2021, down 16 per- cent and 19 percent respectively. • Uncoated mechanical (UM) paper shipments in- creased 28 percent compared with June 2021 while inventory levels decreased 4 percent compared with May 2022. UM imports increased 8 percent and exports decreased 30 percent in May. • The AF&PA says packaging and specialty pack- aging shipments in June decreased 4 percent com- pared with June 2021 and essentially were flat com- pared with the same six months of 202. • The operating rate was 86.4 percent, down 4.7 points from June 2021 and essentially flat (+0.2 points) year to date. • Mill inventories at the end of June remained essentially flat (-182 short tons) from the previous month and were up 9,000 short tons compared with June 2021. Registration Opens For TLMI Annual Meeting TLMI has opened registration for the association’s upcoming Annual Meeting, being held October 16- 18 at the Arizona Grand Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona.The agenda features presentations by indus- try leaders and expert speakers, executive panel dis- cussions, a supplier showcase and award receptions.
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