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The year 2023 is coming to an end. However, here's a little treat! The time left until the start of the festive season is the time for the interpack Advent calendar. Find a little surprise behind each click and be surprised by a fact you have not heard before. It still works for all the days of December. Have fun with it!
We wish you a peaceful holiday season and all the best for you, your families and friends in the coming year 2024.
Your interpack team
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Food
Cartons for Good project wins SAVE FOOD competition
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1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost or wasted globally every year. With their project Cartons for Good, the SIG Foundation is using the SIG know-how to reduce theses losses. With a specially developed bottling station, the team supports communities in poorer countries to preserve food locally – and was able to win in the project competition by the SAVE FOOD Initiative.
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Non Food
Women in Packaging: “Impressed by the power of innovation”
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The German Packaging Institute brings all the different players in the packaging industry together – whether for an expert or political discussion or to celebrate innovations, for example at the German Packaging Award. Kim Cheng, a lawyer and since 2016 managing director of the dvi, combines legal competence with commitment to the needs of the packaging industry and its players.
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Food
The resilient rise of the Egyptian packaging sector in challenging times
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As an established sector, the Egyptian printing and packaging sector is faced with similar challenges to many industries in the local economy. However, the growing local consumer base, competitive business atmosphere, and solid international cooperation relations are strong indicators of a thriving sector capable of further development and innovation.
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Bakery
Ultrasonic welding of uncoated paper
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Welding uncoated paper using ultrasound is something new. The innovative joining procedure is friendly to the environment, making it possible to save large amounts of energy and resources. Syntegon, who own the patent, have recently licensed the process to Herrmann Ultraschall. The company is supposed to bring the process to market.
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Beverages
E-labels for wine conform to new EU requirements
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© Marzek Etiketten+Packaging
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The EU Nutrition Declaration now also requires labels on bottles of wine. However, labels usually do not provide enough space for the list of ingredients and nutritional values. One solution are printed QR codes leading directly to a relevant website hosting all information that is required by law. One supplier of labels is offering a simple solution for this.
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Food
VTT pilots cellulose as alternative to rigid polypropylene packaging
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© Juha Hakulinen, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
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Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed formable, cellulose-based webs that they say offer a sustainable alternative to plastic in rigid polypropylene in food packaging applications.
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