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NEWS PACKAGING

UPM develops paper- IN BRIEF

Catapult Print has expanded
its offe ri ng wit h t he
based food packaging Linerless+ technology, giv-
ing customers the choice of
either traditional continu-
ous glue lines or ClearCut
glue gap technology while
UPM Specialty Papers and providing the same delivery
Eastman have co-created a times and quality assurance
novel biopolymer-coated for both options. The new
paper packaging designed for capability increases the choice available to Catapult’s
customers, allowing them to choose the format that best
food applications requiring suits their needs. Mark Cook, founder and chairman of
grease and oxygen barriers. Catapult, said: ‘We’re on a mission to help our customers
The new product integrates speed up production, increase productivity, maximize
Eastman’s biobased and com- budgets, reduce waste and meet their environmental
goals with Linerless+, whether they prefer traditional lin-
postable Solus performance New food packaging with compostable biobased coating erless print or want to explore our ClearCut capabilities.
additives with BioPBS poly- We’re constantly investing in technology that problem
mer to form a thin coating based packaging. This new performance unattainable by solves for our customers, and our new Linerless+ service
onto UPM’s compostable and biopolymer coated solution, the individual components means we can offer an agile and adaptable linerless label
solution for any need.' Designed to help food producers
recyclable barrier-base for example, provides a new alone. It offers exceptional and processors keep their operations running smoothly
papers. Thanks to the coating option for difficult-to-pack heat sealability while main- and ensure their products look appealing on shelves,
layer's thinness, it is designed foods ranging from confec- taining barrier protection both of Catapult’s linerless services aim to help customers
for recycling within existing tionary end-uses to meat pies when folded, making it suita- manage the costs of their warehouse, inventory and
labor, supporting them in optimizing productivity and
fiber recycling streams, found in chilled-food aisles,’ ble for flexible packaging. profit.
empowering brands to adopt said Esa Saukkonen, man- Furthermore, this technol-
sustainable packaging. ager of packaging portfolio ogy is compatible with con- Maxcess has established a
manufacturing facility in
‘We are excited to intro- development at UPM R&D. India to produce its Fife guid-
duce the result of our devel- This unique product ventional LDPE (low-density ing product line, starting with
opment work with Eastman. amplifies the barrier-boost- polyethylene) extrusion coat- the Fife-500 Max Web
Together with our partners, ing effect of UPM Solide ing equipment, requiring no Guiding System, in January
2025. This development high-
we are constantly pushing Lucent and UPM Prego bar- additional capital invest- lights the company’s com-
the performance of fiber- rier base papers, achieving ment. mitment to improving its
operations in India and
Loftware partners with Signant meeting the industry's increasing demands. Establishing a
local manufacturing facility is a significant step forward for
Maxcess India. As the market for automated web handling
Health to develop a platform solutions expands, local manufacturing will bolster the
company’s ability to meet the increasing demand and sig-
nificantly reduce customer lead times. ‘This initiative to
manufacture the Fife Guiding products in India is incredibly
Loftware has partnered meaningful for us,’ said Niraj Muni, general manager of
with Signant Health, one of Maxcess India. ‘Being closer to our customers means we can
the leaders in evidence gen- respond more quickly to their needs.'
eration for modern clinical
trials, to develop an inte- Konica Minolta Business
grated product connecting Solutions (UK) has helped to
r ais e 6 , 1 5 0 GBP f or
the Loftware Cloud Clinical Candlelighters by competing
Trials platform with Signant in a Ready Steady Cook com-
Health’s GxP Inventory petition organized by the
Clinical Supplies charity at Leeds City College.
Management application. Partnership to develop Loftware Cloud Clinical Trials platform The money raised will be
The new integration sup- GxP Inventory application, pharmaceutical companies used by the Yorkshire charity to support families dealing
ports automation in three key with children's cancer. The college opened its training
areas. Firstly, it allows clini- thereby improving efficiency must scale their clinical sup- kitchens at the Printworks Campus in the city’s Southbank
cal trial master data held in and usability. Finally, print plies management capabili- area for the culinary challenge. In total, 12 teams took
GxP Inventory to be trans- status updates are then sent ties to address global clinical part in the challenge to cook a main course and dessert,
using only surplus ingredients donated by The Company
ferred into the Loftware back from Loftware Cloud trials’ growing volume and Shop Group, under the watchful eye of the college's
Cloud Clinical Trials plat- Clinical Trials to GxP complexity. Reliance on leg- tutors. The Konica Minolta team of channel partner mar-
form, removing the risk of Inventory automatically, acy systems or manual pro- keting manager Marie Woodhead and executive coordi-
errors from manual entry ensuring that forward pro- cesses introduces the risk of nator Caroline Marson helped raise 6,150 GBP for the
processes. Secondly, print cesses in manufacturing can delays, errors, and potential charity. In the run-up to Christmas, the Konica Minolta
requests can be created and be initiated promptly. non-compliance with regula- team across the UK will once again collect and donate
approved directly within the According to Loftware, tory standards. toys for children affected by cancer.
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