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In a recent FDA ruling, plant-based and alternative milks can officially be called milk, regardless of its origin.  In 1973, the FDA defined milk by saying it had to come from a lactating animal. In recent years, there has been a rise in vegan and plant-based diets and a major pivot toward plant-based alternatives that has slowly turned dairy aisles into everything but. Oat, soy, rice, coconut, cashew, hazelnut and hemp are just a few alternatives that were labeled as 'milk’.  

‘Joining FTA Europe will allow us to exchange knowledge and experience, improve the level of flexographic knowledge through conferences, seminars, and trainings, influence printing school education, and network with similar organizations abroad,’ said Krzysztof Skrobot, director of the Polish Chamber of Flexographers.

Learning from mutually referring but spatially separated text and picture (i.e., split-attention materials) is cognitively demanding. We investigated whether mouse pointing could support learning from split-attention materials in which the related elements between the text and picture were indicated by visual labels or not. One hundred thirty-two university students studied a text and picture about the human nervous system in one cell of a 2 (Mouse Pointing: yes vs. no) × 2 (Labeling: yes vs. n...

Sustainable flexible packaging solutions specialist Parkside has launched mono-polymer laminated film that can be placed into existing UK recycling streams.  Manufactured from Polypropylene substrates, the new laminate aims to replace non-recyclable aluminum foil and PET structures and can be utilized in a wide range of packaging formats, including flow wraps, bags, sachets, stick packs, pillow packs and pouches.  

Global print consumables manufacturer, Flint Group has achieved a seven-point increase over 2022 to its EcoVadis business sustainability rating. 

Finat, the European association for the label industry, has revealed the program for its European Label Forum 2023, to be held from Wednesday May 31 till Friday June 2 at the Hilton Park Vienna (A) and to invite all label industry players to the event. 

Innovia Films broke ground for a significant expansion at its Innovia business unit near Leipzig in Germany at the Dow ValuePark Schkopau.   A new 8.8 meters wide multi-layer co-extrusion line will produce thin gauge label films to support the growing, sustainability driven demand for lower resin content materials. The new technology is unique for label films, with 36,000 tons of annual capacity designed for energy efficiency. Production will commence in the second half of 2024.  

Argraf Group, a Spanish label manufacturer for the food and wine industry, has installed LemuGroup’s new  LI 220 RFID machine at its Oyón factory.

SheetLabels.com, a full-service label and packaging converter, has purchased a Durst Tau RSC E for its newly acquired site in Pflugerville, Texas.

MPS, a Dutch-based developer and supplier of printing technologies for labels and flexible packaging has unveiled, VirtualCoach, a real-time operating tool, available on all new MPS presses.