Packaging

The new digital platform lets authorities monitor medicines and maintain records from production to patient use, providing end-to-end traceability against counterfeit and substandard products that often slip into supply chains unnoticed.

The regulations amend the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011, and took effect Monday, aiming to help consumers identify ingredient origins in cosmetics and toiletry products.

In response to steep, ongoing cost rises in kraft paper, duplex board, chemicals, inks, and lamination films, the association, covering hundreds of printing, packaging, and binding units across Punjab and neighbouring states, unanimously backed the increase.

Eska Leaf: less virgin wood fibre, same performance, municipal leaves diverted from landfill/incineration into value-added substrate.

Aptar Beauty’s Stephan Brandts called the natural marble integration a genuine technical feat, noting custom experts collaborated with BVLGARI on visual consistency and seamless assembly.

Bayer says the pack earned a 98.86% recyclable plastic content score, supporting recycling where infrastructure exists while preserving quality, safety, and user experience.

Shifting to finished/semi-finished goods demands investment in processing, packaging, cold storage, and logistics for perishables and packaged products bound for regional and global markets.

S.K. Offset CMD Agarwal: focused on integrated printing/packaging via tech upgrades, process optimisation, customer diversification, value-added expansion.

New line by late 2026: more Toppan capacity/efficiency, stable local supply for sustainable packaging demand.

The packaging update accompanied a box redesign; Mondi began by reviewing existing corrugated formats and choosing the brown corrugated board grade best matched to each product group.