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Siegwerk's circular solutions
Inks & Coatings
Supporting the development of circular packaging
The linear economy principle “take-make-use-dispose” is outdated. Today, we know that creating circularity is key to a sustainably shaped future. For packaging, this Circular Economy approach translates into the three levers of reduction, reuse, and recycling. Here, inks and coatings play an essential enabling role for the realization of circular packaging. Due to their technical functionalities, they concretely enable the implementation of all these three levers.
By selecting the right inks and coatings you can close technical performance gaps of certain materials, such as paper and mono-plastic, improve their properties and therefore allow their use for new applications. Inks and coatings enable for example the switch from multi-material plastic to mono-material plastic packaging while maintaining the functionality of the original packaging such as the protection of food and thereby create recyclability of packaging components.
Enhancing the performance & recyclability of packaging
We strongly believe in the benefits of a Circular Economy. That’s why we are focusing our development efforts on inks and coatings that concretely enhance the performance and recyclability of packaging and thereby enabling the design of circular packaging solutions. Today, we already have a broad track record in customer-specific ink and coating development projects for circular packaging solutions that - among others - increase recyclability, enable composting, and support packaging based on renewable materials. All our circular solutions are flexible regarding substrates, printing technologies and ink systems.
Whether you want to create recyclable mono-plastic packaging, fully bio-renewable packaging, or high-function paper packaging, our circular solutions provide you with a variety of benefits to help you achieve your individual goals.
We are constantly working on new sustainable ink technologies and functional formulations to further expand our circular solution offerings and enable new circular packaging applications. Thereby, all inks and coatings are always designed to meet your individual requirements unleashing packaging’s full potential and enabling its use in a Circular Economy.
Circular solutions
Circular solution examples for inks and coatings applications
Multi to mono-material
Multi to mono-material
Beverage brands aim at a 100% recyclability rate for their bottles, but the label needs to be removed before recycling can take place, a step which may prevent attaining the 100% target.
NC-free ink toolbox
NC-free ink toolbox
NC-free solutions for lamination and surface application enhance recyclability in flexible plastic packaging and meet the latest packaging design guidelines
Increase recyclability
Increase recyclability
The creation of packaging with increased recyclability (such as a 100% recyclable stand up pouch) necessitates the enabling of Surface Print on a monolayer PE stand up pouch to replace PET/PE…
De-inking technology
De-inking technology
During the recycling process of printed packaging materials, quality is often lost along the way, leading to recyclates that are not up to the standard required to create new packaging materials.
PET recycling optimization
PET recycling optimization
Beverage brands aim at a 100% recyclability rate for their bottles, but the label needs to be removed before recycling can take place, a step which may prevent attaining the 100% target.
Reducing structure complexity
Reducing structure complexity
In order to find a substitute for metalized board and foil stamping, inks and coatings for surface printing must be developed. Metallized film should also be replaced with lower cost printable…
Bio-related solutions
Bio-related solutions
Plastic waste is a global concern, and solutions are needed to avoid plastic packaging ending up in the environment, especially when effective recycling streams are unavailable.
Reducing eco-impact
Reducing eco-impact
As part of the growing global demand for more sustainable products and more sustainable packaging, there is also an interest in renewable raw materials in inks and caotings.
Barrier coatings
Barrier coatings
A more sustainable and efficient alternative to film and foil-based barriers is needed. Metallized substrate are often not efficiently recycled. Less complex packaging structures are more compatible…
Economical supply chains
Economical supply chains
Reduced stock levels and ongoing artwork changes require increased short notice supply of packaging materials.
Circular economy concepts
Circular economy concepts
A brand owner may want to achieve a 100% recyclable packaging structure, or achieve cradle to Cradle (C2C) certification.
Paperization
Paperization
Paper packaging can be limited in scope, which is unfortunate because it has a well-established waste and recycling stream.
Petrochemical-free eco inks
Petrochemical-free eco inks
Brand owners need inks that complement their sustainability objectives and aspirations of recyclable, compostable packaging, or a shift to paperization.