Logistics & Supply Chain

The investment is part of a wider push to deliver global expertise locally to customers in a region marked by fast growth and rising metal packaging competition.

Skanem operates four Bobst flexo presses, and adding Durst’s digital inkjet lets it meet changing brand-owner demands while enhancing its flexo strengths.

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The ProPad Mini handles both one-ply and two-ply fanfold paper, ideal for e-commerce, 3PL, and distribution operations.

The press integrates into flexible packaging workflows and delivers a wider colour gamut, enabling conversion or co-production with analog flexo and rotogravure.

The new ranges give organisations more choice, based on volume, output, and workflow, with three colour and four monochrome models to suit different needs.

The move reflects the packaging industry’s broader shift to simpler, circular solutions, as brands cut material complexity while maintaining performance for commercial distribution.

The plastic saved depends on the punnet size and flow-wrap replaced, but the transition still represents a major reduction in single-use plastic across fresh produce.

India’s expanding e-waste stream and Japan’s advanced recycling technologies make for a natural partnership in recovering valuable materials from discarded devices.

The potential divestment follows Ardagh Group’s November restructuring, bondholders took control in a recapitalisation that converted US$4.2B of debt to equity and injected US$1.5B in fresh capital.