Printing
Gravure plate-making in China undergoing further automation
Shanghai Yuncheng Plate Making
Wuxi Fangcheng Color Printing & Packaging
Wuxi Inhon Laser Technology
Proposing surface printing on pre-laminated substrates using narrow-web EB offset printing press
Miyakoshi
AI printing inspection to eliminate ‘Over-detection’ visual inspections at sites
Siirius Vision
Applying single-layer laser-printable film for primary packaging
Kitashikoku Gravure Printing
FSR�� gravure printing machine enables automatic replacement of printing cylinders and furnisher rollers
Fuji Kikai Kogyo
Developing new business in package printing with 'SONORA,’ a completely process-less CTP plate
Godo, Kodak
Top Interview
Supporting Advancements in Cutting-Edge Industries with High-Precision Coating and Drying Technology
Techno Smart
Striving to be the 'Comprehensive Wrinkle Solution Provider' for Web Sheets - Establishing presence admist the shift to thinner and wider webs
Kansen Expander Industrial
Recycle
Thermally Expandable Adhesives Enable Recycling of Running Shoes
ASICS
A new organization was established with the aim of expanding the market for recycled plastics in Japan
SusPla
The Interview
Daiichi Jitsugyo signs distribution agreement with leading global T-die manufacturer
Cloeren, Daiichi Jitsugyo
Functional Paper
Development of a New Washi with Enhanced Water and Abrasion Resistance
Yamanashi Industrial Technology Center
Medical Packaging
High Barrier Paper Mono-Material Packaging achieves over 85% repulpability
Dai Nippon Printing (DNP)
3D Printing
3D printer for large furniture with outstanding flexibility
Nigata takizawa
YOKOITO strengthens mass production with introduction of Japan-fifirst high-performance 3D printer
YOKOITO
Technology Development
Turning clothing waste into cellulose microfiber pellets for architectural and auto applications
Shikibo
Contribution
Freshness Preservation Effects of Packaging on Horticultural Crops and Quantification Techniques
Professor Yoshio MAKINO, Department of Life Culture, Kagawa Junior College
On the principle of the wide range catalytic chemical vapor deposition of the films
Hiroshi NAKAYAMA, Emeritus Professor of Osaka City University
Shiro IKUHARA and Kohzo KOTANI, REIKO Co., Ltd.
Packaging
The top award went to Ajinomoto and Suntory
The 63rd Japan Packaging Competition
