2025 R2R Europe

Wrinkle Mitigation in Web Handling Members Public

Presented by Alice Baillie, armor As a world major actor in the design and manufacture of thermal transfer ribbons for variable data printing on labels and flexible packaging, ARMOR has developed a roller capable to anneal the emergence of wrinkles due to roller misalignment. This presentation will show the experimental

Kevin Lifsey
2025 R2R Europe

Web Handling in High-Speed Hot Melt Lamination Machines Members Public

Presented by Florentin Pottmeyer, ER-WE-PA GMBH The presentation titled "Web Handling In High-Speed Hot Melt Lamination Machines" gives an insight of the art of unwinding of non-woven including splicing and web transfer up to 1000 m/min with out of round rolls, splice tape detection and save cutting

Kevin Lifsey
2025 R2R Europe

Unlocking the Potential of Linerless Labels: Market Momentum and Manufacturing Insights Members Public

Presented by Szymon Ignarski, ETI Converting The linerless label market is gaining traction across industries, driven by mounting sustainability goals, cost-efficiency demands, and innovation in coating and application technologies. While the concept isn’t new, recent advances and global trends have accelerated adoption and opened new doors for converters. In

Kevin Lifsey
2025 R2R Europe

The Route to Circular Economy in Packaging : Recyclable Solutions Feasibility and Consistency for the Industry Members Public

Presented by Raffaele Guadagno, Nordmeccanica spa This paper illustrates the main steps and the preliminary results of a project, still in progress, to develop solutions for fully recyclable packages as requested by European legislation and pursued by all major actors in the field. Two aspects aim to make this project

Kevin Lifsey
2025 R2R Europe

Sustainable Reliability – Just got Serious! Members Public

Presented by Gary Tyne, Pro-Reliability Solutions In this keynote presentation Pro-Reliability Solutions will discuss how Sustainability and Reliability are interconnected, and how a reliable asset base provides the optimal foundation for attaining sustainability objectives in a manufacturing context. It is after all, hard to run a sustainable operation with unreliable

Kevin Lifsey
2025 R2R Europe

New EU Packaging Regulation: Navigate Knowns and Unknowns Shaping the Future of Packaging Members Public

Presented by Roberta Colotta, FPE The new European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (also called PPWR) has just entered into force in February 2025. Many important market access requirements will shape how packaging is designed and placed on the market, from recyclability, recycled content targets and PFAS targets. Roberta will

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2025 R2R Europe

New Era of Web Tension PROFILE Monitoring for Roll-To-Roll Processes Members Public

Presented by Giovanni Grassi, FMS Force Measruing Systems AG Measurement of tension in web materials is well known since decades. The development focus during this time was mainly set to precision of the loadcells and amplifiers with higher resolution, shorter cycle times and communication interfaces. State of the art is

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2025 R2R Europe

Integrated System to Manage Coating Parameters in a Coating-Laminating Process Members Public

Presented by Giancarlo Caimmi, Marco Mariani, Nordmeccanica, Nordson-NDC Coating on flexible substrates is a technology that is growing within the industry for flexible packaging, pharma and industrial applications in general. Either in the case of adhesive for lamination or for the application of functional coatings the number of installations is

Kevin Lifsey
2025 R2R Europe