News Archive

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

Posted on: 12 December 2022 Negative list of packaging characteristics will prevent a circular economy for packaging

Afera Member spotlight: tape and films manufacturer Novacel

Posted on: 11 December 2022 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: 11 December 2022 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: 07 November 2022 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: 14 September 2022 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: 14 September 2022 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

Foresight and futures intelligence in a business setting

Posted on: 14 September 2022 Using Afera Member Company survey results, the founder and CEO of FIBRES, creator of a software tool for building your own futures intelligence discusses how this can work well for tape-related companies

Auctus Capital in partnership with Matteo Pellegrini acquires the majority of PPM

Posted on: 14 September 2022 PPM Industries, founded in 1993 by Giuseppe Pellegrini, one the leading Manufacturer of masking tapes in the world, has entered in Partnership with Auctus Capital Partner that has acquired the majority stake of the company.