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Shrink film can protect your products, and now you have an option that can protect the environment too – RB Shrink Film; recyclable and biodegradable.

Exclusively available via B&F and Accolade Packaging, RB Shrink Film is a clear film that is both recyclable and biodegradable (RB), unlike most other shrink films.

Expect the usual strength, product protection and ease of processing, but this Code 4 plastic can be recycled through Soft Plastics recycling programmes.

You can also landfill it with clear conscience because naturally occurring microbes will consume the plastic entirely in the moist landfill environment.

Our RB Shrink Film’s centrefold creates a basic pocket which you can shrink and seal according to your product size, making it ideal for many easy shrink-packaging applications.

RB Shrink Film is available from B&F and Accolade Packaging in 15 microns, with multiple roll width options ranging from 250mm to 500mm.

Flexible, reliable and a better environmental choice, RB Shrink Film delivers maximum function, with minimal impact.

TGIF. Even better – it’s International Beer Day!

And the best thing to go with a cold beer is a coaster, of course!

B&F can help with that. Drink Coaster Board is an uncoated board made specifically for coasters and bar mats. It’s white, so you can print on both sides, and it’s stiff, absorbent and durable – perfect for all your drink options.

Available in 275gsm and 345 gsm, and in larger format sheets, Drink Coaster Board also meets the highest European Commission eco-management standards.

+ feel good factor
+ stylish
+ brand promotion and
+ practical
= the perfect corporate Christmas gift?

Visual overload is everywhere. Just look around a typical inner-city street – every corner is jammed with bright, fast-moving digital billboards.

Amongst all the visual noise is where print can shine – in the quieter moments that are not flashing by. In the time spent sitting at a cafe table, in a waiting room, or at your kitchen bench. As you scan shelves at a store or shop, or search for experiences or information you can spend time with.

Print is sustainable (recyclable and/or reusable); lasting (in your sight line for more than eight seconds); connecting (it creates a personal and emotional link); sensory (both visual and tactile); and creative (with dozens of products, finishes and applications to choose from).

If you truly want to be remembered, Use Print.

Screen Inferiority – it’s not the latest Hollywood blockbuster, but the tendency of readers to understand and remember less when they read online, compared to hard copy.

Research has found that students of all ages consistently score better on tests when they study using print-based resources rather than via screens.

Why the difference? Digital reading leads to a tendency to multitask (which does not actually work in reality); lacks reference points that help memory (e.g. spacing or visual context, such as the bottom of a page); and is proven to lead to skimming, not reading.

Key takeaway? If you want to learn more, better and for longer, head to a library and check out the text book. ;)

Learn more at Love Paper - https://lovepaper.org/what-happens-when-a-generation-never-learns-to-read-on-paper/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=LPUK%20Mar%201&utm_content=LPUK%20Mar%201+CID_273fb81ed471d89fd0e1b6894ebc66d0&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=What%20Happens%20When%20a%20Generation%20Never%20Learns%20to%20Read%20on%20Paper

Do you know your SRA3s from your MQs? If you do, you probably work in design or print.

In our industry, size absolutely counts. But we like to add some mystique by expressing it in letters rather than numbers.

If that confuses you, you’re not alone, so here’s a handy guide you can save to ensure you always know exactly what you’ve asked for.

After meeting our Inda-based supplier Emami earlier this week, we thought we’d go to India.

Early Indian papermaking was only established from the 8th century onwards, and relied primarily on plant fibres. A paper industry was formally established in the early 15th century, when skilled papermakers - the Kághazis - were brought to Kashmir from Samarkand.

This Kashmiri paper was sought after for its durability and aesthetic qualities and, because it was often used for manuscripts and important documents, the Kághazis became important people within Indian culture.

All this changed with the industrial revolution, and with colonialism. Until the late 1880s paper was imported, and then mechanised domestic paper production began.

Today the pulp and paper industry is India’s fifth largest industrial sector, and many mills are increasing their focus on recycling and eco-friendly techniques, supported by the Government.

After 600 years, the craft of the Kághazis has also seen a revival, reclaiming its status as an important part of India’s unique culture.

We’re taking a virtual trip to India to pay a visit to Emami Paper Mill, a leading name in India’s paper industry, and a supplier of some of our MaxoFold HB and Glamkot packaging products.

India’s largest newsprint manufacturer, and the only paper producer in Eastern India, Emami Paper caters to a broad range of packaging and printing needs by specialising in the production of newsprint, writing and printing paper, and multilayer coated board.

Emami Paper prides itself on both innovation and sustainability, and its products proudly boast environmental certifications including FSC and ECF.

B&F offer several Emami’s MaxoFold HB (sustainability sourced virgin fibre mix) and Glamkot (virgin fibre-based paperboard designed for luxury packaging).

If you are looking for packaging board that will meet your practical needs and is also better for the environment, Emami products are a good place to start. Ask you B&F rep about your options.

We’re smack dab in the middle of plastic-free July: https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/, a good time to stop and think about more sustainable and ecologically friendly alternatives to plastic.

Paper-based packaging is the obvious example – renewable, reuseable, recyclable.

Many paper-based products are biodegradable, so they won’t destroy our oceans and waterways and the creatures that live in them in the way plastic does.

Look for icons on your packaging that tell you if you can compost and/or recycle; most paper-based packaging can be recycled and some can be composted.

Some of our favourite consumer choices are going the paper way too – now you can feel good about eating Nestlé Smarties (https://www.nestle.co.nz/creating-shared-value/nestle-packaging) and Babybel cheeses (https://packagingeurope.com/news/all-babybel-cheese-snacks-to-be-packaged-in-paper-by-2027/13694.article)

You can make a difference too - by choosing paper-based packaging over plastic.

Tomorrow is the official holiday marking Matariki, and it offers us all a moment to pause and mark our places in nature’s cycle and as part of a family / whanau and community.

In te ao Māori, the rising of the Matariki stars marked the end of the harvest and working season, and a time for rest, gathering together and preparation. That is why in marking Matariki we remember and honour the past, celebrate the present and anticipate and prepare for the months ahead.

The Matariki is at its peak today, but you can still witness it in its full brightness tomorrow and Saturday – find the best times for the North and South Island here: https://matariki.co.nz/

B&F offices will be closed tomorrow so that our team can spend time with family and whānau, and we hope that you can do the same.