Will packaging designers soon be superfluous? At least that’s the impression you might get if you take a closer look at “Spring”, the new AI-based tool from British technology start-up “Sourceful”. Based on prompts and specific questions about the brand and desired packaging, it is designed to automatically generate.
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From tomorrow, the extended manufacturer obligations from the new Packaging Act will come into force. This means that all packaging will have to be officially registered in the future. We talked to Dr. Martin Schirmbacher, partner at Härting Rechtsanwälte and specialist attorney for IT law, about what the new regulations mean for (online) print shops and what operators must do now.
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Is packaging a business segment for all companies in the printing industry? Certainly, it is a business area with a compelling physical end product and great potential, as was demonstrated with impressive figures at Packaging Congress 2021. However, the print shop has to get involved in the supply chain and deal with the megatrend of sustainability in the process.
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Online retailing is booming. Yet it does so almost entirely without direct mail and printed advertising brochures. Providers such as the Dutch company, Publitas, enable retailers to publish dynamic and digital catalogues. The printing industry is nevertheless benefiting from the strong growth in e-commerce. The printing of packaging and a wide variety of inserts is worth its weight in gold.
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Elanders Print & Packaging has taken over the mass customization specialist, Schätzl Druck und Medien. As of July 6, 2021, the company from Donauwörth will join the Elanders Group. Elanders, one of the largest suppliers in industrial digital printing in Europe, is thus acquiring one of the German flagship companies when it comes to mass customization and print. Bernd Zipper had the opportunity to talk to Sven Burkhard, CEO of Elanders Print & Packaging, and Ulrich Schätzl, CEO of Schätzl Druck und Medien, regarding the background.
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Brothers Nils and Lasse Harder are launching packaging-warehouse.com, a new online platform for packaging solutions. “Our online store compares all available packaging manufacturers from our European network in real time,” the founders promise. For each customer’s customized packaging, the price and delivery time should thus be transparent even before the order is placed.
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CloudLab was launched seven and a half years ago. Marc Horriar speaks openly and honestly about entrepreneurial fortune and reveals the basis of his success. He emphasizes the reliability of his colleagues from the very beginning and captivates Bernd Zipper with his performance.
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Using the online platform, boxinc.com, the start-up company, Box Inc, wants to help companies to→
Autopilot is a programmed control system that automatically steers modes of transport without human intervention.→