CCL hosts inaugural Sustainability Day Southeast Asia in Thailand
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Reinhard Streit, vice president and managing director for food and beverage at CCL, opened the event with a welcoming address. The agenda included a panel discussion on Thailand’s direction in plastic management, followed by interactive sessions and demonstrations of sustainable innovations.
Ronnapop Viraratt, general manager at CCL Label Thailand, commented: ‘The main purpose of this event is to show our audiences many aspects of sustainability in packaging, from label raw material to label applicator and from printing plate maker to plastic bottle recycler. Asahi always pushes the sustainability limit of plate making into the next step. We hope the audiences find the event educational yet interesting as we all contribute to our world.’
A key highlight of Asahi Photoproducts' event contribution was sharing findings from a recent study comparing flexographic and gravure printing regarding environmental impact.
The study demonstrated that flexo printing using water-wash plates and water-based inks can reduce carbon emissions up to 35 times than gravure printing with solvent-based inks. This reduction reinforces the environmental advantages of flexo technology and its potential to drive more sustainable packaging.
