Dow Recognizes Packaging Innovation Award Winners BY GREG KISHBAUGH The winners of the 35th Packaging Innovation Awards (PIA) have been announced by Dow. The winners were unveiled during an awards cer- emony held in conjunction with Tokyo Pack 2024. Prior to the awards ceremony, an international jury of 18 experts from across the packaging value chain convened in Bangkok this June
Mirmar Orders Second Digital Series HD
Spanish label converter Mirmar SA has con- firmed its intention to add a second Mark Andy Digital Series HD inkjet/flexo hybrid fol- lowing a highly productive year with the first machine installed at its Valencia headquarters in 2023. The new machine will be one of the new 17-inch DSHD HighSpeed 1200 hybrids
launched recently at Labelexpo Americas. Established in 1989 and still owned and managed by the Mir family, Mirmar began life producing labels for the food industry. Mirmar began with 10-inch water-based 4120 and Jaime Mir Pastor, CEO, believes hybrids are the perfect solution to declining run lengths, more SKUs and variable data.
Diamond Award Winner: Panasonic Energy Co.
to evaluate every nomination. From there, a shortlist of 28 winners were identified, selected for their ability to demonstrate excellence across up to three critical criteria including technological advance- ment, sustainability, and enhanced user experience. The following 28 finalists have won the Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Special Award categories. Diamond Award Winner : • Paper-based Bag for Dry Batteries by Panasonic Energy Co., Ltd with TOPPAN INFOMEDIA CO., LTD Platinum Award Winners : • Graphene-enhanced Packaging – Gerdau Graphene’s Sustainable Innovation by Gerdau Graphene • Hetbahn with Bio-Circular Packaging by CJ CheilJedang Corp
4150 presses before moving to 13-inch web widths and now to 17 inch. Today it has six of the Performance Series P5 and P7 flexo lines ranging from 6 to 10 colors. The 17-inch Mark Andy Digital Series HD that processed 3.4m linear meters in its first year in production will soon be joined by the latest High- Speed 1200 model.
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