News Archive

The future role of tape: Evert Smit’s message to you for 2023

Posted on: At our recent Valencia Conference, Afera President Evert Smit delivered the keynote speech, focussing in on important messages and advice about the future of the tape business.

Sticky workforce: sustaining the speed of innovation in VUCA times

Posted on: by Afera President Evert Smit, who is also director scouting at Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG. for DICHT! Magazine

Regulatory action: Afera addresses revised PPWD, Circular Economy Package Part 2 ultimately presented without negative list

Posted on: Negative list of packaging characteristics will prevent a circular economy for packaging

Afera Member spotlight: tape and films manufacturer Novacel

Posted on: Having recently rebranded itself, French producer Novacel continues its 40-year run of contributing to customers’ industrial efficiency and participating in Afera, as explained by Jean-Loup Masson

65th Annual Conference featuring adhesive tape supply chain challenges hackathon a great success

Posted on: Afera looks back on a work- and fun-filled yearly autumn meeting, which provided great interaction and learnings about “The Shape of Tape in 2030”.

ICAP SIRA launches its first bio-based adhesive

Posted on: ICAP SIRA, a leading manufacturer of emulsions and specialty polymers, launches ACRILEM ECO 5007, its first bio-based acrylic PSA polymer combining sustainability benefits with high performances.

Spotlight on Afera Converter Member Profitape

Posted on: The managing director and shareholder of the Czech converter discusses their goals to minimise labour-intensive processes by investing in new machinery to produce complex, higher-added-value products

Last call to reserve your spot: Annual Conference will deliver on more than networking

Posted on: Afera Secretary General Astrid Lejeune tells us what we can expect from this year’s Valencia congress from 28 to 30 September: 2 days of deep diving into hot tape business issues

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