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Our industry's pan-European Awards 2023, comprising of the European Carton Excellence Award, Pro Carton Young Designers Award and Pro Carton Student Video Award, will take place during the ECMA Congress and Awards Gala in Seville, Spain from 21-22 September.

MLPS (Medical Leaflets = Patient safety) announces the launch of their new website www.mlps-leaflet.org.

The European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) has released Best Practice Guidelines for Pharmaceutical Secondary Packaging, demonstrating the core focus that the European pharma folding carton sector has on patient & consumer health & safety.

ECMA and its members regularly receive questions about the conformity of printing inks on packaging which comes into direct contact with food and about the use of appropriate inks for such specific applications. Some legislation and the terminology used, can lead to confusion.

On the 25th November, 2022, the Polish Chamber of Printing will celebrate their 30th anniversary at the Westin Hotel in Warsaw.

Pro Carton is pleased to announce Michele Bianchi (CEO of RDM Group) as the new President of Pro Carton. The appointment was recently confirmed at the Annual General Meeting in Krakow, Poland.

Bringing creative and sustainable packaging solution is the main goal of the Czech national packaging competition Obal roku. So it was this year when the results were announced. The Food packaging award went to Cardbox Packaging for Míša Multipack, developed for OLMA, a.s..

On 15 and 16 September 2022, 200 CEO’s and Senior Leaders from the carton board & folding carton industry attended the ECMA 2022 Congress in Krakow, Poland – all participants commented on how good it was to be meeting again after Covid forced the cancellation of the last 2 congresses.