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PACKAGING NEWS

Vegums opts for compostable Public voting
opens
flexible packaging the public voting phase for
Pro Carton has launched

three prestigious carton-
board packaging awards,
Vegan nutrition brand ingly prioritizing their inviting consumers and
Vegums has opted for a new health – but they’re also industry professionals to
compostable flexible pouch concerned about the health select winners from short-
from Parkside for its multi- of the planet. Our high-per- listed entries across design
vitamin gummies. formance compostable innovation and sustainabil-
The new packaging uses packaging delivers a true ity categories.
film supplied by Futamura cradle-to-cradle solution The European Carton
and is TÜV certified as that doesn’t compromise Excellence Award, Pro
home compostable, mean- performance for sensitive Carton Young Designers
ing it breaks down within nutrition applications. Award and Pro Carton
26 weeks in a domestic ‘It has been a great expe- Student Video Award pub-
compost heap and within 12 lic vote opened in July
weeks in an industrial com- Packaging uses film supplied by Futamura and is TÜV certified rience working with 2025, with voting closing at
posting facility. The new Reducing weight by elim- water-based barrier coating Vegums, as the team there midnight on Friday, August
pouch has enabled Vegums inating the rigid tube was a to ensure the products are has a clear vision of their 23.
to significantly reduce the huge benefit for Vegums, protected, preserving fresh- identity as a provider of The awards are hosted by
amount of packaging mate- which runs a successful ness and providing the best clean-label, responsibly- Pro Carton, the European
rial it uses, replacing its pre- subscription service along- possible consumer experi- produced, plant-based Association of Carton and
vious packaging that side traditional e-com- ence. products. We want to thank Cartonboard manufactur-
consisted of a flow wrap merce and retail channels. Staci Bye, sales account them for trusting us to ers, and the European
pack inside a cartonboard The compostable paper manager at Parkside, said: deliver a solution that fur- Carton Makers Association
tube. pouch utilizes an innovative ‘Consumers are increas- thers that important vision.’ (ECMA).
Global Graphics joins Ghent FFTA announces 2025

Workgroup as vendor member scholarships

Global Graphics Software The Foundation of
has joined the Ghent Flexographic Technical
Workgroup as a vendor Association (FFTA) has
member and has achieved announced the recipients of
certification for its Mako the 2025 FFTA Scholarship
Core SDK through the Ghent and Gary Hilliard FQC It recognizes two students
Output Suite v5 compliance
testing, with both Jaws and Scholarship, recognizing two contribute to bridging the
the new Apex renderer pass- outstanding students whose gap between design and flex-
ing the rigorous standards for academic excellence, leader- ographic production by
PDF/X-4 handling. The certi- ship and passion for flexogra- allowing me to focus more on
fication confirms that Global Print technology specialist gets certification for PDF rendering tech phy position them to shape creating resources that
Graphics’ technology pro- patches for overprint han- hensive, passing it is not easy, the future of the industry.
vides reliable PDF processing dling, transparency, fonts, and we’re thrilled to be able Andrew Kidd, a Graphic empower designers and ele-
capabilities for demanding image compression, you to accredit Global Graphics Communication student at vate print quality and effi-
print applications. The name it,’ said David van California Polytechnic State ciency,’ said Kidd.
Ghent Output Suite was Driessche, chair of the Software’s Mako SDK.’ University-San Luis Obispo, The scholarship programs
developed to ensure proper Compliancy Subcommittee Apex marks the first fully has received the 2025 FFTA continue to support students
handling of all features and executive director of the GPU-native Page Description Scholarship. The full-time pursuing careers in flexogra-
within the ISO PDF/X-4 Ghent Workgroup. ‘The Language renderer to handle phy and graphic communica-
standard testing protocols. patches are created to show the complete rendering student, parent and accom- tions. Recipients must
‘We created the Ghent obvious cross marks if a RIP workload on the GPU, which plished wine label designer
Output Suite as a collection or output device doesn’t han- frees up the CPU used by brings a unique blend of demonstrate academic excel-
of small PDF pages. Each dle correctly something in Mako’s Jaws renderer for industry experience and cre- lence, commitment to the
page typically tests one the PDF file. Because the other tasks such as imposi- ative vision to his studies. field and potential to
aspect of PDF/X-4; we have Output Suite is so compre- tion. ‘With this scholarship, I can advance.
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