In a Word / Graphic Arts Industry Fast Facts - February 21, 2021

An industrial site for washing packaging, the 75th anniversary of The Little Prince, Sothys switches to cardboard packaging, Cinzano Spritz gets a makeover... This week's news.

An industrial site for washing packaging for reuse

Uzage, a company specialising in packaging reuse solutions, has just inaugurated its first industrial site for washing packaging for reuse in the presence of the Minister for Ecological Transition, Barbara Pompili. The plant installed in Neuilly-sur-Marne (93) will be able to wash 40 million packages per year. The company already has around fifty customers, including supermarket chains and restaurants.

Stamps and coins for the 75th anniversary of the Little Prince

Without doubt one of the most famous French literary characters, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince will celebrate his 75th birthday on 12 April. La Poste will mark this anniversary with the publication of an official stamp issued in 720?000 copies, as well as a booklet of 12 stamps with a print run of 3 million copies. Another French institution, the Monnaie de Paris, launched a new collection of gold and silver coins specially dedicated to the Little Prince on 11 February.

Sothys' bronzing powder goes into cardboard packaging

Paper and cardboard is gaining ground in the industrial packaging sector. Texen Beauty Partners, a manufacturer of packaging solutions for the beauty industry, has produced a paper-cardboard packaging for Sothys' bronzing powder. A 4-colour printed packaging with lamination for shine.

Cinzano Spritz gets a makeover

New recipe and new packaging for the Cinzano Spritz alcoholic beverage owned by Pernod Ricard France. The new packaging is intended to be more modern with a less sweetened and more natural recipe.

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