Printing

4 Water-based inkjet printer FXIJ 2026 model for flexible packaging unveiled:

adoption by domestic converters and shipments to China confirmed

THINK LABORATORY

K2025 Report

10 Japanese Precision, European Innovation Converging Converting Technologies

and Sustainable Trends

14 Recyclable mono-material retort packaging reaches practical performance

levels

Brückner Maschinenbau (Germany), BOBST (Switzerland), Mitsui Chemicals (Japan)

17 Transforming Composite Plastic Waste into High-Performance Materials in 9

Minutes

REPLACE (France)

18 An AI-driven MI platform optimizes formulations and process conditions to

accelerate materials R&D

Polymerize (Singapore)

20 Focusing on seaweed with low carbon footprint and no competition with food

crops

Eranova (France)

22 Germany’s packaging waste recycling system: promoting sorting and purchasing

through

Der Grüne Punkt (Germany)

24 Low-migration packaging inks balancing performance and EU compliance

Marabu (Germany)

26 Where Packaging 4.0 Stands Today

The Reality of Smart Manufacturing Connected by Film Extrusion (VAREX II /

MDO), Printing (ALPHAFLEX), and Digital Solutions (RUBY)

Windmöller & Hölscher

30 Interview with Vice President Ravi Menon: POLYVANTIS’ MATERIAL STRATEGY

POLYVANTIS (USA)

34 Experience high-quality film recycling processes with a two-story, full-scale

machine that maximizes space utilization

HydroDyn Recycling (Germany)

36 Next-generation biodegradable biopolymers derived from waste

Paques Biomaterials (Netherlands)

Smart Factory

37 Over 400 people visited fully automated flexible packaging factory by China’s

TIDE

10-color gravure printer, jointly developed by Japan and Chinese companies,

also debuted

TIDE∙TAiREC / 嘉興星越包装材料

Contribution

45 Proposal of YUPO In-Mold Labels for direct antenna printing and IC mounting

-3rd Report

IKARASHI Takuya, TAKAHASHI Tomotsugu

YUPO CORPORATION

AIKAWA Mari, YAMAGA Erika

Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.

Intellectual Property

51 From dormant IP assets to strategic business capital: transforming IP operations

with AI

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