K2025 Report

4 ‘The Power of Plastics!’ brings together 170,000 attendees from 160 countries

Flex-Converting Alliance, POLYVANTIS, EREMA, Windmöller & Hölscher

Coating

6 Direct coating of circular and irregular shapes with slit-die coaters for semiconductors

and rechargeable batteries

CHUGAI RO

Packaging

11 Printing company produces packaging materials utilizing waste from the manufacturing

process

Kitashikoku Gravure Printing

Thermal Management

14 Mass production of thermal paste materials for automotive power semiconductors

to begin in January next years

Taiyo Ink Mfg.

Plastics

17 The world’s first pipe organ made from bioplastic to appear at EXPO2025

OSAKA WEST JAPAN PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION

20 High-durability barrier film accelerating growth of perovskite solar cells

KONICA MINOLTA

LiB

23 Japan-developed inorganic binder boosts battery capacity tenfold when applied

to silicon anodes

ATTACCATO

Tech View

28 MXene thin films transferred onto contact lenses demonstrate high transparency

and electromagnetic shielding

Professor Takeo MIYAKE, Waseda University

Smart Matter

33 Self-healing material regenerates even when cut, making progress toward additive

and film applications

YUSHIRO

Sustainability

36 World’s first ink manufacturer to implement HACCP-compliant equipment in

its plant

DIC

Contribution

38 Proposal of YUPO In-Mold Label for direct antenna printing and IC mounting

- 2nd Report -

IKARASHI Takuya, TAKAHASHI Tomotsugu / YUPO CORPORATION

AIKAWA Mari, YAMAGA Erika / Nippon Chemical Industrial

LABEL

44 ‘Slip Cut’ for long-length cutting at will

SOLTEC INDUSTRIES