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NEWS PACKAGING

Siegwerk announces new Cosmo Films’

new CEO
sustainable business agenda Cosmo Films has promoted
Pankaj Poddar as the group
CEO to head the newly
launched and ‘fast growing’
With seven measurable tar- carbon neutral scope 1 and 2 consumer business Zigly
gets to be achieved by 2025, emissions globally; Ensure alongside trade verticals
Siegwerk’s ambitious sustain- 100% of Siegwerk suppliers including Films, Labelling
ability agenda touches all are committed to UN Global and Packaging, Specialty
aspects of the business, build- Compact Corporate Social Chemicals, Ferrites,
ing on the company’s Responsibility (CSR) Masterbatches and Textile
Circular Economy achieve- requirements; Establish Chemicals. The development
ments to date. product environmental foot- came into effect immediately
Siegwerk announces its print data for 100% of and in recognition of the
new sustainable business Siegwerk products; Be the growth the company wit-
str ategy entitled trendsetter for the safest inks nessed under Poddar’s lead-
HorizonNOW. The forward- by proactively improving ership as CEO of the
looking strategy combines Siegwerk’s products and set- business.
the term “Horizon”, in refer- The seven sustainable business targets to ensure the success ting new industry standards With a career spanning
ence to the company’s New in consumer and environ- over 26 years Poddar has held
Horizons 2025+ business Wiedmann, CEO, Siegwerk. tive impact on society. mental safety; Manage our key leadership positions in
strategy and “NOW”, because “As the sponsor of the Seven sustainable business portfolio so that 75% of all the company across business
the challenges of sustainable HorizonNOW initiative, targets: To ensure the success products or services sold ena- units and verticals. As the
development require imme- Siegwerk’s ambition is to of HorizonNOW, the initia- ble reusable, renewable or chief financial officer at
diate action. conduct business with the tive focuses on seven measur- recyclable packaging; Cosmo Films in 2011, Poddar
“The packaging industry is next generation in mind able targets based on the Achieve a minimum gender was responsible for manag-
under increasing pressure to while driving the latest inno- United Nations (UN) representation at the execu- ing the financial operations
provide more environmen- vations in safe, circular and Sustainable Development tive level of 15%; Ensure a in India as well as overseas.
tally sustainable options for digital packaging solutions.” Goals – to be realized by Total Incident Rate (TIR) of Since his appointment com-
the future,” said Nicolas The end goal is for a net posi- 2025. These include: Achieve less than 1.0. pany witnessed growth.

Avery Dennison and Ambercycle Fujitsu’s new thermal

launch digital care label printer mechanism

Avery Dennison announced Fujitsu Components
its partnership with America today introduced a
Ambercycle, a Los Angeles- 3-inch, high-speed, thermal
based, post-consumer gar- printer mechanism with
ment recycler. The user-selectable printing
collaboration demonstrates parameters, including
Avery Dennison’s complete speed, paper width, paper
digital care label solution. thickness and three black
This sees intelligent care mark sensor locations. This
labels being attached to flexibility allows customers
Ambercycle’s garments. The to easily adapt their print- The series comes in two models
labels feature a QR code that ing solution to meet the
links to an app offering a This partnership is the first in a series of Avery commitment demands of various receipt, 63GMCL483 (203dpi resolu-
digital experience that ticketing and labelling/tag- tion, print speed up to
details how that specific gar- resellers as it allows them to exciting development, as ging applications using a 350mm/sec) and the FTP-
ment was produced and how easily identify what the gar- consumers can discover single printer. 83GMCL483 (300dpi resolu-
it should be looked after. The ment is made of after the their garment’s story, see Capable of print speeds tion, print speed up to
app is powered by Avery original owner has disposed how it was made, and under- up to 350mm/sec., Fujitsu’s 200mm/sec). Both feature
Dennison’s powerful data of it. stand the environmental 24V, FTP-x3GMCL483 the same modular design that
platform. Avery Dennison’s new benefits from their choice. printer series is one of the lets users utilize papers rang-
Legally, all garments sold digital care label solution is a When the consumer no fastest on the market. It also ing from 58mm to 86mm
must have a physical care significant innovation as it longer needs the item, they has a compact 123.7 x 40 x wide and 60um and 150um
and content label to commu- allows for traceability and can scan the QR code to see 61mm footprint, including thick to accommodate a vari-
nicate product information, transparency across the sup- what needs to happen to the auto cutter, making it ety of receipt, label and ticket
such as washing instructions ply chain. properly dispose of the gar- up to 50 percent smaller stock, depending on the
and material composition. Sarah Swenson, global ment. In this case, if they than printers with similar application. The availability
This information is not just senior sustainability man- send the garment back to features. of 300dpi resolution allows
helpful for consumers, it is ager, Avery Dennison RBIS, Ambercycle it will be recy- The series comes in two customers to reduce their
also vital for recyclers and shared, “These labels are an cled back into a new textile.” m o d e l s : t h e F T P- print size.
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