Print & Packaging
Three Japanese companies develop horizontal pillow wrapping machine with water-based IJ printing unit
FUJI PACK SYSTEM CO., LTD.
Marketing System Technology Co., Ltd. (MST)
KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
Printing
THINK LABORATORY goals business possibilities of ‘FXIJ’
THINK LABORATORY Co., Ltd.
Made-in-Japan gravure printing press for flexible packaging to save time, cost, and labor
Fuji Kikai Kogyo Co., Ltd.
Web Handling & Visualization
Automation of Bag-making Machine: Proposal for Stable Productivity by Quantification and Visualization of Processing Conditions
New IWASHO CO., LTD.
THE CONVERTER
The Comprehensive Manufacturer of Packaging Materials Supporting the Hokkaido's Foods Market
KYOKUTOU KOUBUNSHI Co., Ltd.
Circular Economy
Hagihara Industries aims to establish horizontal recycling of used blue tarps by collaborating with housing manufacturers
Hagihara Industries Inc. / J&T Recycling Corporation
PLASTIC FREE & REDUCED PLASTIC
Easy recycle and easy dissociation, Green Core made with starch adhesive
TANAKA PAPER TUBE CO., LTD.
Packaging
Environmental packaging for plastic-free, recycling, CO2 reduction or the like
Japan Food Packaging Association
COATING
Nippon Shokubai and Osaka University develop an antiviral coating agent with phthalocyanine metal complex
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
UC Rod, Rolling Coating Rod with Strength in Thin Film Coating
UNION TOOL CO., LTD.
Trade Show Report
Packaging tape and bag stopping tape utilizing biomass PE and Washi
RINREI TAPE Co., Ltd.
Paper manufacturer of citrus kingdom develops citrus based ‘MaCSIE’ made from waste Iyokan peel
Ehime Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Microwave selective heating system dries variable information printed by water-based IJ printing on flexible packaging
General Co., Ltd.
‘Special Micro Bingham Roll’ prevents floated center of the roller on pressing
Wakamizu Giken Co., Ltd.
Die engraving and special printing expand design expression
Tsujikawa Co., Ltd. / Navitas Machinery Co., Ltd.
Converting Products
Paper high barrier material has similar performance as deposition film
UTSU Co., Ltd.
Series
The Story of Polyimide Film
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The rapid growth of the PI film market thanks to laptops, mobile phones, and flat screen TVs
Dominique K. Numakura, DKN Research LLC