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PACKAGING NEWS

Parkside’s compostable Sustainable food
stickers
packaging for Smug crisps now offers a compostable
UPM Specialty Papers

solution for paper-based
food stickers. UPM
Parkside has collaborated is playing an increasing role LabelCoat and UPM
with upstart food and drink in the purchasing decisions LabelCoat Prime label face
brand Smug to develop a of today’s consumers, and papers are certified as com-
100 percent compostable so home compostable pack- postable, both industrially
crisp packet made from a aging is ideal for fresh new and at home, helping cus-
certified home compostable brands looking to disrupt a tomers and brand owners
laminate. The pack, which highly competitive cate- meet EU’s packaging and
uses Parkside’s gory.’ packaging waste regulation
Park2Nature material, can The pack sees Parkside’s proposal (PPWR) require-
be disposed of in regular plant-based laminate applied ments. PPWR aims to
ensure that all packaging in
domestic compost heaps, in a duplex format, which the EU must be reusable or
where it will break down The packet is made from a certified home compostable laminate recyclable by 2030. It also
into water, carbon dioxide, offers an oxygen transmis- sets out the requirements
and biomass in under 26 Pepe, with two further fla- Mark Shaw, sales account sion rate (OTR) of below 1.0. that sticky labels attached
weeks. It can also be sent vors planned for 2024. The manager at Parkside, said: This ensures the hand- to fruits and vegetables
for industrial composting, brand is a new venture from ‘Cutting-edge brands need cooked crisps will retain their need to be compostable in
where it will decompose Shoreditch-based food and cutting-edge sustainable satisfying crunch and unique industrially controlled con-
within 12 weeks. drink marketing agency packaging to match. We’re flavor as they move through ditions. UPM LabelCoat
Smug is launching its Merry Galelli, with the cre- delighted to work with the supply chain. The crisps and UPM LabelCoat Prime
hand-fried potato crisps in atively minimalist design of Merry Galelli on the launch are available to purchase now can be used for a variety of
the UK with a debut flavor the pack reflecting its of its innovative Smug through independent food other pressure-sensitive
of Italian classic Cacio e trendy, independent spirit. brand crisps. Sustainability brand retail app Delli. labelling applications.
Avery Dennison launches plastic- Screen Europe gets

free AD pure RFID inlays and tags new president

Avery Dennison has Osamu Yamagata has been
announced its new AD pure appointed president of
range, a portfolio of inlays Screen Europe. Effective
and tags which are entirely from 1 October, he will take
PET plastic-free.The AD pure over from Akihiro Fujii, who
line launches with AD belt will return to Japan to join
U9 pure, inlays and tags the board of Screen Graphic
which are ideally suited for Solutions in Kyoto.
global apparel, retail, indus- In his new role, Osamu
try and supply-chain applica- Yamagata will be responsible Osamu Yamagata, president
tions. They are compact in for managing and further (CtP) business.
size and offer excellent per- A portfolio of inlays and tags which are entirely PET plastic-free growing the Japanese high- Prior to his appointment as
formance on difficult-to-tag format by up to 44%, mean- ther reduce plastic across our tech company’s graphic arts president, Osamu Yamagata
or low-detuning materials ing less raw materials and fiber-based inlays. The business portfolio in Europe, was vice president and global
such as cardboard and plas- waste. Extensive third party advanced manufacturing Middle East and Africa sales manager, having joined
tic. Through innovative testing based on the PTS-RH process ensures that not only (EMEA). Screen in 2018 as sales man-
antenna manufacturing, the 021:97/2012 method shows are fewer materials used to His responsibilities ager for label printers.
AD pure range has a 70-90% that AD Pure inlays and tags make the range, but any include Screen’s range of Yamagata has extensive
lower carbon footprint com- are recyclable within the excess can be recycled so that inkjet digital printing tech- international experience,
pared to inlays and tags using paper and cardboard items. very little goes to waste. Our nologies: Truepress JET for having worked abroad for
traditional etched antennas Mathieu De Backer, VP innovative inlay technology commercial printing, more than 16 years in
Truepress Label for labels
(based on third party life Innovation & Sustainability, gives companies the assur- and the newly developed Argentina, Brazil and Hong
cycle analysis, type III EPD - Avery Dennison Smartrac, ance that the production of Truepress PAC range for Kong. In addition to his
ISO 14020). says: “The new AD pure RFID matches their ambi- Flexible Packaging, as well as native Japanese, he speaks
Removing plastic can product line is an important tions to become more sus- Screen’s already well-estab- English, Portuguese and
reduce the weight of a label step towards our goal to fur- tainable.” lished Computer-to-Plate Spanish.
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