For converters, the key question is not only where these opportunities are — but how to unlock them with existing production capabilities. Two promising applications: 🔹 High-transparency glassine 🔹 Leak-proof paper cups without PE With SiOPACK®, suitable existing flexographic printing and converting infrastructure can become the foundation for new functional [...]

What happens when transparency becomes more than an optical property? For decades, transparency in packaging has primarily served one purpose: To make the product visible. But global supply chains are changing. Products are increasingly identified automatically. Codes are read by machines. Goods are tracked digitally. Production, logistics and retail are [...]

How much more value can converters create from production assets they already own? Across the global paper and packaging industry, significant capital has already been invested in flexographic printing, coating and converting equipment. These assets are in place. They are proven. They are producing every day. The strategic question is [...]

With SiOPACK® Technology, converters can use their existing flexographic converting infrastructure to transform suitable glassine papers into highly transparent paper-based packaging solutions. This creates an opportunity to do more with production assets that are already in place: New functionality. New products. Higher added value. New market opportunities. Without investing in [...]

New barrier technology stabilises dry-fibre geometries under humid processing conditions and improves downstream processing in industrial filling lines. By Dieter Schwindt, certified expert for nanotechnology and surface applications Dry-fibre packaging is regarded as a promising approach for reducing plastic-based packaging solutions. In industrial practice, however, one key problem becomes apparent: [...]

“Our truck looks exactly as shown in the photo during daily operations – not just immediately after washing. Even after three years, we clean our vehicles predominantly with plain water. In many cases, rainfall alone is sufficient to rinse dirt from the treated surfaces. For us as a logistics company, [...]

Saarland supports the use of Liquid Glass Technology in the hygiene concept of the new daycare centre With the opening of the new Pusteblume daycare centre in Schwalbach-Hülzweiler in April 2026, one of the largest facilities of its kind in Saarland officially began operations. Its hygiene concept also incorporates [...]

FACHPACK 2025 – Premiere for Glassine by SiOPack® Round cans with parchment paper windows – as transparent as plastic, 100% recyclable in the paper stream. The premiere at FACHPACK 2025 At this year’s FACHPACK, together with our partner Optima, we unveiled a genuine innovation: the first retail cans with [...]

Ancient walls, castles and cathedrals tell stories that reach far beyond our own time.They are symbols of our identity – and at the same time threatened by moisture, dirt and creeping decay.The central question of heritage conservation is therefore: How can we protect historic structures without falsifying them? The challenge [...]

Why genuine stone protection is more than just care. That moment when natural stone no longer looks new Once, the terrace was flawless. Now: small dark spots on and between the slabs. The kitchen worktop used to have a silky sheen – now there are grease stains that won’t come [...]