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NEWS PACKAGING

Elopak to add third Pro-Tech
Service Award
production line at US plant Solutions US has
Konica Minolta Business

announced its 2025 Pro-
Tech Service Award recipi-
Global packaging com- was investing in a second ents certified through
pany Elopak has added a production line ahead of September, recognizing
third production line at its schedule to compensate for dealers for service excel-
Little Rock, Arkansas, plant higher-than-expected lence.
in response to demand for demand. Production on this The Pro-Tech program
its sustainable Pure-Pak car- requires dealers to com-
tons. Announcing the news line is predicted to start in plete assigned technical
at Elopak’s quarterly results 2026. training and meet strict ser-
presentation, CEO Thomas Elopak’s first-ever US vice response criteria to
Körmendi said: ‘This is a sig- production plant employs ensure optimal customer
nificant achievement. Just The new line will will produce a mix of smaller Pure-Pak cartons around 100 people and pro- and product support for
four months after officially duces Pure-Pak cartons for Konica Minolta devices.
opening in Little Rock, we Americas team for their needs of Elopak’s customers dairy, juice, plant-based Pro-Tech-certified dealers
are already adding two new hard work, dedication and and grow with them. drinks and liquid eggs. must also permit random
production lines. This is a incredible levels of effort, In April 2025, Elopak Expanding the company’s inspections of their Konica
testament to the quality of which are clearly paying off.’ opened its Arkansas plant footprint in North America Minolta products at cus-
our low-carbon, sustainable The new line will cost 30 with production capacity tomer locations to verify
Pure-Pak cartons, which are million USD to bring online is a significant part of proper maintenance and
resonating with brands and and will produce a mix of selling out before a single Elopak’s ‘Repackaging customer satisfaction. The
consumers alike. I’d like to smaller Pure-Pak cartons, carton had left the factory tomorrow’ strategy, which program identifies dealers
thank all our colleagues at including school milk car- floor. In September 2025, seeks to double revenue to 2 demonstrating exceptional
Little Rock and our tons, to better serve the the company announced it billion EUR by 2030. dedication.
RFID Asahi hosts AWP Days Siegwerk enters

technology 2025 in Japan pharma packaging

Walmart and Avery
Dennison have intro- Asahi Photoproducts has Siegwerk has entered the
duced RFID technology hosted AWP Days 2025 in pharmaceutical packaging
for fresh categories, Japan, bringing together segment in India with a range
including meat, bakery executives from leading of mineral-oil-free inks
and deli, to improve designed to address growing
inventory accuracy and printing and packaging com- Showcasing Revo Ecosystem consumer safety concerns. Siegwerk enters new segment
reduce food waste panies to experience the gent-free, water-based The company announced the
through a first-of-its-kind AWP-Revo Ecosystem and platemaking process. strategic move on October 30, substances are increasingly
sensor innovation. strengthen relationships Visitors observed the com- under global regulatory scru-
The collaboration within the global flexog- 2025, positioning it to address tiny for their tendency to
addresses a longstanding plete system, including the rising global concerns about migrate into packaged prod-
industry challenge of raphic community. AWP-Revo plate, AWP- substances that can migrate
using RFID technology in The event, held at Asahi Re vo -2 530 AA P la te into packaged products and ucts and printed food, and for
high-moisture, cold envi- Kasei’s Fuji Plant and Tokyo Processor and AWP-Loop significantly impact human their potential to form aro-
ronments such as meat health. matic hydrocarbons which
cases. Walmart partnered headquarters, provided an Petite water recycling unit. have been linked to carcino-
with Avery Dennison to exclusive platform for par- Print samples produced The company aims to rede-
develop and test sensor ticipants to exchange mar- with AWP-Revo plates dem- fine packaging safety stand- genic effects. While some
technology that enables ket insights and witness the ards with the launch of a countries are drafting legal
RFID-enabled labels in onstrated registration accu- dedicated range of mineral bans, some global brands have
the meat department, company’s latest advance- racy, high solid densities and oil-free inks for India’s grow- already restricted or banned
allowing associates to ments in sustainable flexog- reduced downtime through ing pharmaceutical sector. their use in packaging. The
track inventory faster and raphic printing. Asahi’s CleanPrint technol-
more accurately. The col- According to Siegwerk, company sees significant
laboration supports The live demonstration of ogy. The agenda featured conventional offset printing long-term potential in the
Walmart’s sustainability the AWP-Revo Ecosystem informal networking experi- inks often contain mineral oil pharmaceutical segment in
goals. highlighted Asahi’s deter- ences. hydrocarbons (MOHs). These India.
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