Summary

Petr Breburda: I bet on Flexibility and Sp eed 6 Company Igepa is one of the leading players in supply of paper and other materials for printing and advertising media in Europe. Ing. Petr Breburda MBA has been the general director of Igepa Czech Republic since this year.

ImmaculatePackaging –Myth or Reality? 10 Quality is one of the decisive criteria in the p ackaging industry as well. In case packaging fails to pass the quality test it can endanger the entire delivery of the goods and along with that also customer relations. In some sectors, such as pharmaceutical, packaging defects can have very serious consequences.

Koenig & Bauer Durst –Beta Tests of Var iJET 106 12 Company Koenig & Bauer Durst announces that it w ill launch the VariJET 106 machine at the beginning of the next year. Th e machine will be offi cially introduced at the drupa trade fair in Düsseldorf which was moved to the term from 20 th till 30 th April 2021.

BOBST introduces new Vision for the Pack aging Industry 14 BOBST’s new industrial vision shapes the fut ure of the packaging world. Th e company continues to provide the best-in-class machines and is now adding intelligence, soft ware features and cloud-based platforms to make packaging production even better.

Decorating hollow Objects 16 Decorative printing of packagingsuch as cans or gla ss and plastic containers is gaining great popularity worldwide. Digital printing technology is successfully used in addition to traditional fl exographic printing, screen printing and off set printing as well.

Fixation as Product Protection and Packa ging Optimization Tool Protection of the product is the basic fun ction of the packaging however the price of the overall solution also plays an important role. It is therefore necessary to fi nd an appropriate level between the eff ective securing of the product and oversized packaging. 20

Eff ective Assistants in Production of Fi xations 22 Fixation forms a signifi ca nt part of the packaging solution. Number of suppliers of standard fi xing elements supplies also simple types of technologies on which various types of fi xings can be produced. Th e main advantages include not only reasonable price of the technology but small demands on location and easiness of operation as well.

Online Shop 24/7 24 Web-to-print, Web2Print, remote publishing or e-c ommerce using websites are just a few terms for the same. In the printing industry these concern applications that enable direct order placing, direct dialogue and monitoring of information regarding progress in their processing. Static Charge Control and Contamination of Packaging Lines 27 Company Meech pioneered the industrial use of pulse DC technology for static control and now has thousands of systems installed in the plastic, manufacturing, printing and packaging industries.

Do we know the Price of our Printing? 30 Pricing in the printing industry is con siderably complicated because most print jobs are originals. Th is means that diff erent consumptions of materials and diff erent outputs are used for their production and all this requires individual valuation.

Compact, fl exible , economical 32 In October, Austrian company ENGEL wil l present a construction line of new generation fully electric injection moulding machines e-mac for demanding production of pipette tips. e-mac machines are compact and adaptable to individual customer wishes.

Coronavirus and PET Consumption 34 Th e coronavirus pandemic has led to a ch ange in consumer purchasing and consumption behaviour due to limited supply and access to retail shops. In addition, the usual purchases of goods for travelling disappeared which was refl ected in the consumption of beverages as well.

How to move Th in gs forward or else: Five Ways to convince the Client not to be afraid of trying something new. 36 Th is article is intended for anyone who pu rchased a new printing technology however does not have customers queueing in front of his printing offi ce in order to try it out fi rst.Th ey need to be convinced to try it.

Modern Technology Schola Ludus 38 We hear it almost daily in various forms and var iations “Success belongs to the prepared!”. Of course, we cannot be experts in allfi elds but we cannot do without basic orientation to know what we really want.

Results of the traditional Competition Packa ging of the Year 40

Company Nuremberg Messe 46 Economic results oft he ye ar 2019 were the most successful in the company’s history. Turnover 285.7 million euros and profi t 2.3 million euros. Th is year, however, the results will be worsedue to coronavirus.

BrauBeviale 2020 trade fair will introduce itse lf in a special edition in Nuremberg 47 Th e concept of the fair was reworked according to current conditions. In cooperation with the competent authorities, safety and hygiene measures have been developed to ensure smooth participation in the fair for all participants.

HANNOVER MESSE Digital Days 48 Th e coronavirus pandemic is accelerating di gitization of the trade fair industry as well. Organizers of the Hannover trade fair which was to take place this year tried out the new business model for the fi rst time. However, its realization was postponed from this year to April next year.

Koenig & Bauer LIVE 50 Printing press manufacturer presented produc t innovations, digital applications and new service solutions for the printing industry through a series of online events from 16th to 25th Juneunder the title “Koenig & Bauer LIVE”.

Xeikon’s News Broadcast 52 Inthe time of coronavirus many companies make themselves known via internet and online world. Xerox live shows have moved to internet.

Packaging Day in the Year of Coronavirus 54 Th is year’s German Packaging Day, as well as many other activities, was signifi cantly aff ected by the restrictions set in the connection with Covid-19. Th is year’s campaign was even more intensive to promote awareness of possibilities and approaches to packaging on the internet.

Straight-out Interview with Jan Činčera 56 Th e campaign called “Unwrapped” has tr avelledor is travelling right now around the world. What is it all about? Th e intention of the “Zero Waste” concept is to remove packaging from the goods we buy thus enabling the customer to purchase the required product without packaging or packed in the container brought by the customer.

Will Electronics relieve us of unnecessary Paper work? And is it so ecological? 58 Many service providers, such as banks, tele communications and authorities, encourage us to move from paper to electronic communication. Th ey claim that electronic communication is “greener”, “saves trees” or “protects the planet”. Is that really so?

Bananas, Apples, Pumpkins – these are t he new raw Materials for Packaging Materials 60

Linde Material Handling cleverly solves safe Distances between Workers 61 It considersthe Linde Secure Distance Vest and t he fl exibly usable detector Linde Distance Beeper. Both devices provide audible, visual and vibratory alerts in case employees get too close to each other.

Effi cient Ways of Pallet Loading 62 Va rious SW applications which help to simulate the most advantageous solution contribute to loading optimization as well. However, SW applications are also used for automated loading or for checking of the loading correctness where they help to prevent from a number of possible complications.

Lithium Batteries are dangerous! 64 In the last less than 10 years waste with lithium batteries has certainly tripled. Waste collection and sorting companies report more oft en hazardous situations when waste lithium batteries are included in the waste. Th eir proper packaging matters as well.