MARKET OVERVIEW

Food & Dairy

In the food sector, a label must meet several requirements and communicating important information while having a captivating design – it must convey trust and be trustworthy.

We know the requirements and needs that the food and dairy industry places on packaging: Thanks to our up-to-date technology and valuable experience, we are able to guarantee high flexibility, short lead times and competent advice.

Summary &
Challenges

The food sector is characterized by food labeling regulations, safety and hygiene standards as well as environmental conditions. It’s therefore essential to choose the right substrate, adhesive, and package decoration technology for your application.

In order to realise this and to meet your requirements, we are FSSC 22000 and DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 certified, among other things. Therefore, we utilize different combinations of inks, which are strictly low-migration ones, and a wide range of materials, for each surface, packaging and application.

Special Products

LABELS FOR MEAT PACKAGING

Labels for meat packaging must withstand detailed requirements due to indirect food contact and different processing as well as storage conditions (moisture, heat, refrigerator, freezer, etc.). We offer labels for meat packaging that are designed to fulfill all requirements, adhere perfectly to PET/PVC substrates and wrap around any type of packaging.

BOOK LABELS

With our booklabels you have the option of accommodating the maximum amount of information in the minimum amount of space. Legally required declarations, product claims or instructions for use, even in multilingual versions, or a combination with a promotion feature like an inlay with tattoos, collectible stickers, lenticular / wiggle pictures, memory cards, sticky note pads etc. There is room for everything!

FUNCTIONAL LABELS

Functional labels carry out a wide variety of tasks incorporated directly in your packaging, helping to make your product more convenient and give it more functional added value. This range includes, among others, labels for reclosing and hanging packages as well as tamper-evident solutions. All you have to do is decide which function you need!

IN-MOULD LABELS

The label has this name because it is made to be put inside an injection or blowing mold in order to produce an already decorated package or bottle. Its advantages are greater durability and high resistance of the decoration, brand fixing, label inviolability, recycling possibility and process rationalizing because the bottler receives the package ready to fill.

SHRINK SLEEVES

The decoration of containers is one of the most exciting and popular packaging options nowadays. Shrink sleeves enable a perfect decoration of glass, plastic containers and a wide variety of bowls. The 360 degrees around-decoration gives your product a perfect appearance and enough space for your brand message. A promotion or tamper-evident solution gives your product added value.

FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

This packaging system is made with a multilayer film and a label that allows opening and reclosing. Used for the majority of solid, granular and powder foods, both fats and moist. Applicable on vertical packaging, flowpack and container. This solution permits you to open and close the packaging reducing the plastic waste and preserving the product longer.

FOLDING BOX

Multipacks, premium cases or clusters, packs with dispenser and wraparound bands are the most common folding boxes for the food sector. The folding boxes packages we offer are solid cardboard cases, coupled with plastic film or microwave and barrier lamination, created to fulfill protection requirements and contain a large variety of articles.

THERMOFORMED TRAY

Thermoformed carton trays made with special structural design, capable of withstanding sudden temperature variations and preserving the natural food features. Resist to aggressive temperatures of all kinds of freezers and ovens, including micro-wave ovens. We offer you thermoformed trays in a wide range of shapes and sizes for various applications in the food market.

Whitepaper on reclosable labels

With a reclosable label you can reclose your packs safely, easily and cost-effectively after opening in order to maintain the freshness, quality, originality and goodness of your products.

The whitepaper will be available for download soon.

Digital printing

Use digital printing for multiple touch points with your customers! Besides improved time-to-market and more economic short-runs, track & trace, brand protection, individual packaging, customer engagement and interaction as well as sustainability drives digital printing. Digital printing offers its own advantages for each industry – due to the special food properties the fast availability and on demand production must be mentioned.

PERSONALIZATION

Personalized packaging is a great way to offer your customers a unique and tailored brand experience. You can individualize your product to have limited editions, seasonal versions, mass customization, versioning and Multi SKUs – there are almost no limits. We help you to find the best solution for your products.

DIGITAL EMBELLISHMENTS

You want to refine your product but only need small quantities? No problem – we also offer digital embellishments for small- to medium-size runs. These embellishments range from partial glossy and matt varnish, digital printed silver to digital metallic and enable great visual effects.

BENEFITS FOR
OUR ENVIRONMENT

When producing the labels for your products in digital printing our environment benefits from it. This printing technology reduces waste, CO2 emissions, as well as energy consumption and does not need hazardous chemicals.

Quality is seeing
the details

Our approach for the food sector is focused on a clear organisational structure to ensure product safety, product legality, regulatory compliance, high quality and the operational controls for these criteria. With stringent procedures and controls as well as the use of low-migration inks, we fulfill all requirements and offer our customers the best quality at all times.

FOOD CONFORMITY

The fundamental requirement in this sector is the conformity of packaged food. The products must be free from unwanted contaminants (physical, chemical, biological and allergenic). Therefore, we use low-migration adhesives, inks and varnishes for your products. Furthermore, the products must comply with national and international food safety standards, regulations or legislations. Through regular training and courses, we ensure that our employees are regularly informed about the current status quo and developments in the area of food conformity.

PROCEDURES

All our processes comply with the current personnel and industrial hygiene regulations for food packaging to avoid any kind of contamination of the products on the production lines. We carry out hazard and risk analyses with regard to the end user’s risk based on our products and processes and derive preventive and corrective measures. This is strengthened by our established management systems based on GFSI, such as BRC or FSSC, to ensure compliance with product integrity, product legality and product safety.

CONTROL

Every step of the process, from incoming goods to the printing process and shipping, is controlled to meet your high-quality requirements. For each division, we are constantly investing in cutting-edge technology in order to automatically monitor our printing operations. In our food division, we ensure 100% controls with an inspection system in place. Due to the special food requirements, we offer laboratory work on food conformity carried out by accredited laboratories.

Sustainability

In this world of a growing population, the need for high quality, sustainable packaging solutions, which must be produced in a socially and environmentally responsible way, is increasing. We offer you customer oriented reducable, reusable, recycable and sustainable packaging solutions to lower our carbon footprint and minimize the environmental impact.

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