A convention to encourage reflection
GOGREEN The environmental sustainability of flexographic printing analysed and commented in a serious and concrete manner. Conceptual tools, technological contributions and success stories of a packaging compatible with the “green” world of the future.

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Obtain more using less
ECO-EFFICIENCY Sun Chemical - prime actor on the international stage of inks, pigments and lacquers - presented its first “sustainability report”. And for the benefit of its users it has drawn up a consultancy service to evaluate and deal with the environmental impact of its own processes and products.

UV-LED, green technology
Mimaki, the Japanese manufacturer of piezoelectric plotters, has redefined its environmental policy and, thanks to the reorganization of it production and management activities, at the beginning of 2009 obtained certification under international standard ISO 14001, prelude to an evermore environmentally and humanly friendly growth.

3 out of every 4 cellulose packaging recycled
Comieco has presented its annual report on the segregated collection of paper and cardboard. In 2008 the economic benefits for the Italian national system were quantified in 376 million dollars.

Printing
Digital and sustainable
AFFINITIES - A Kodak Nexpress S3000 is the first digital printer installed by the Italian lithography concern Gam Edit, supporting and completing a project which makes eco-sustainability the heart of its industrial model.

Recycling: 2008 on two fronts
In Italy in 2008 the packaging recovery and recycling objectives have been superseded by 8 percentage points, this despite less material being placed on the market for consumption.

Solvent recovery
Specific solutions
TREATMENTS  A plant system for each sector. The Donau Carbon “philosophy” for the treatment of pollutants and some of the latest achievements, with the onus on efficiency and energy saving.

Sustainable and profitable
SMALL AND MODULAR The extremely downscaled Donau Carbon Compact Solvent Recovery system slashes installation and management costs...

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Solutions for printing and converting
Irac Srl (Quattro Castella, RE) has devised and created solutions solving the problems associated with washing and regenerating solvents and processing water in various sectors of application.

Processing residue
Trimmings and production waste? A resource
PNEUMATIC AND STATIC On occasion of drupa Kongskilde launched a new heavy sheet grinder, ideal for the skeletons of dies, a paper or plastic trimmings suction system and a static separator to eliminate turbulence.