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The current March 2026 update from Advanced UV for Life addresses the further progress of the RoHS exemption procedure for UV technologies and the timeline for regulatory decisions at EU level.

The European Printing Ink Association (EuPIA) is closely monitoring the escalating situation in the Middle East and its consequences for global energy markets, raw material availability, and logistics for the printing ink sector across Europe.

The EuPIA Charter on raw material selection and exclusion for printing inks and related products marks a new chapter in protecting the health and safety of workers in the ink and printing industries, and consequently of end users of printed materials.

RadTech Europe is pleased to announce the appointment of Holly Steedman as its new President. Holly takes over the role from Angelique Runacre, following the successful completion of Angelique’s term.

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Since 2017 the “Swiss Ordinance” (Ordinance on Materials and Articles in contact with Food SR 817.023.21) sets standards for printed food packaging materials in Switzerland. With the revision from December 2023 the Swiss authorities implemented some major changes amongst which the requirement for a declaration of conformity (DoC). In line with the provisions of the EU food contact legislation and the relevant guidance documents of the Council of Europe, each actor in the value chain has to provide the information needed by the next actor for compliance work.

Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) is a central pillar for ensuring the safety of food contact materials. Since 2009 the EuPIA GMP stets standards and assists in controlling food safety hazards in the design and manufacture of inks, varnishes and coatings designed to be printed onto FCM inks and formulated for use on either the non-food contact or the food contact surfaces of food packaging and articles intended to come into contact with food.

The presented approach enables the calculation of CO2-footprints of prints. Epistemic errors are discussed. The approach presented proves that coatings can contribute significantly to the CO2-footprint of coated substances - the areal coverage of coatings (e.g. ink) has to be considered when CO2-footprints of prints are reported. In connection with market figures, the approach also proves that the most important variables to be taken into account, in addition to the area coverage, are the basis weight of the substrate and the conversion factors.