Packaging

4 Effective utilization of limited resources: reducing food packaging material

waste in production through inkjet technology

KONICA MINOLTA

Printing

9 Energy-saving measures and success stories at gravure printing plants: FPCO

Gravure case study

Thermal Engineering & Development

14 FOREARTH: Kyocera’s sustainable inkjet innovation for textile printing

Mimaki Engineering

Kyocera Document Solutions

17 Environmental benefits of inkjet digital printers for packaging market

SCREEN Graphic Solutions

Carbon Recycle

23 A completely new concrete that realizes long-term CO2 fixation, made from

seawater and CO2

Waseda University

The Next Challenge

28 Japan’s leading rubber roller manufacturer develops ‘metal-surface rubber

roller’

Kinyosha

Sensing

30 High-sensitivity sensor that transforms various material surfaces into touch

panels

Japan Display

Bioeconomy

32 Highly durable, tough sheets made from bagworm silk

Kowa Company

PV

34 ‘SOLAFIL’ solar films: 30cm-wide and 1m modules to hit the market in 2025

Sekisui Chemical, Sekisui Solar Film

Sustainability

36 Window film made from 100% recycled PET has the same shatterproof effect

as previous film

Lintec

TechView

38 New material that senses body temperature and adapts to the human body

Mitsui Fine Chemicals

40 Fully automated T-die lip adjustment

Nordson

42 Porous ceramic vacuum chuck for non-contact floating transport

NanoTEM

Trade Show Report

44 Pioneering Innovations in Printed Electronics

LOPEC