Category: Food packaging
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Individual training in the flexpack industry – from web seminar to modular in-house training
How INNOin turns standardised Innoform Coaching web seminars into modular in-house training (Modules 1–5) along the flexible packaging value chain – online or on site.
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Mineral Oil in Packaging: Current Status of MOSH/MOAH – Insights from the Web Seminar
Mineral oil hydrocarbons in food remain a central topic for the packaging industry. In our web seminar Mineral Oil/MOSH/MOAH Migration – Current Status, presenter Heike Schwertke provided a comprehensive overview of sources, analytics, assessment, and current regulatory developments. This article summarizes the key insights for you in a compact form. What are MOSH, MOAH and…
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PFAS in Packaging: Regulation and Measurement Methods – What to Do Now
PFAS Regulation: Ambition Meets Reality From August 12, 2026, new limit values for PFAS in food packaging will apply: These requirements are ambitious – and pose practical challenges for many companies. Dr. Ernst Simon (Flexible Packaging Europe) assesses the situation in the InnoTalk as follows: “The PFAS regulation for food packaging in the PPWR is…
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Digital Product Passport & Compass
At the 23rd Inno-Meeting in Osnabrück, Albin Kälin presented a topic that will be of key importance to the entire industry in the coming years: the Digital Product Passport (DPP) – expanded to include a “Compass” that supports businesses and consumers in assessing sustainability, circularity and material health.In conversation with Karsten Schröder, Kälin explained why…
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The World of Polyethylenes: Which PE for Which Purpose?
Key insights from our expert web seminar with Dr. Heiko Schenck Polyethylene (PE) remains one of the most important materials in the packaging industry—yet its diversity has increased significantly over the past decades. In the web seminar “The World of Polyethylenes – Which PE for Which Purpose?”, participants gained a comprehensive and practice-oriented overview of…
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Web Seminar “Sealing Layers and Sealing Properties PE & PP”
A follow-up report on the web seminar with Dr. Heiko Schenck On 10 March 2026, participants joined the Innoform web seminar “Sealing Layers and Sealing Properties PE & PP – Basics for Flexible Packaging Films to gain a comprehensive overview of sealing technologies for flexible packaging. Heiko Schenck, an experienced polymer chemist with more than…
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Paper hype vs. plastic facts: Who gets the cookie?
Have we already decided which side we are on in the “packaging war”? Do not worry, at Innoform we prefer to look at the whole thing with a pinch of humour and a healthy dose of data. Will our beloved biscuits be wrapped in high-tech film or stylish barrier paper in 2026? Here is a…
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Digitalization as the Key to PPWR Compliance
40th Inno-Talk with more than 550 participants The PPWR is fast approaching – and 12 August 2026, at the latest, shows that time is running out. In today’s Inno‑Talk, it once again became clear how much uncertainty and information overload are affecting the industry. At the same time, concrete ways were identified in which companies…
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Inno-PrintPack 2025
Two days, five trends, one goal: to make packaging printing efficient and recyclable. The 10th Packaging Printing Expert Meeting impressively demonstrated how modern technologies, from 7C fixed palettes and AI-supported real-time data analysis to robotics, inline inspection, anti-counterfeiting measures and recycling-friendly materials, are transforming production processes in a sustainable way. Dieter Finna The “Expert Meeting…
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Web seminar – Highlights: Japan Food Sanitation Act
1. Positive lists and new requirements since 2023 Since June 2025, the revised positive list system for plastics and additives has been in force in Japan. That means for packaging manufacturers and packers that only raw materials listed in the current lists may be used. It is particularly important to distinguish between the previous (2019)…