2021 – With digital printing on backsheet films RKW is opening up completely new marketing and advertising opportunities for its customers in the hygiene industry A newly designed system at the RKW plant in Petersaurach (Germany) now makes it possible to transfer highly individual high-quality print images onto backsheet films not only in very high quantities via flexographic printing virtually any conceivable idea can be implemented in a short time from a digital template - be it a PDF bitmap or similar formats," said Robert Koplin Head of R&D and Application Engineering Hygiene at RKW The system opens up previously unattainable flexibility in the variety of motifs While two alternating motifs are currently common in a diaper bag hundreds of different print images can be realized with digital printing technology this opens up many opportunities for advertising and marketing campaigns Next Olympic Games - why not print images of all disciplines Soccer World Cup - pictures of the stadiums There are virtually no limits to the imagination of branders here This unique digital printing technology expresses RKW’s ability to innovate and to create added value to its customers worldwide  RKW customers were able to take an exclusive look at the first samples last week at Index 2021 in Geneva (Switzerland) For more information about RKW, please visit: www.rkw-group.com RKW can now design highly individual motifs using digital printing The RKW Group is an independent private company headquartered in Mannheim and is one of the world's leading manufacturers of excellent film solutions RKW is the market leader in the areas of hygiene and agricultural films films for the beverage industry and packaging for powdery goods the company also supplies films and nonwovens for medical applications for the chemical and processing industries as well as for the construction sector The RKW Group's sustainable plastic-based films enable its customers to improve the daily lives of consumers worldwide RKW employs approximately 3,000 people at 19 locations worldwide In line with the company's slogan "When excellence matters" focuses on excellence in quality and service Respect and reliability are RKW's core values and form the basis of the company's success To supply the market with fully recyclable packaging solutions the new generation of sustainable PE plastic films based on state-of-the-art MDO technology The RKW ECORE® sustainability portfolio has been expanded to include mono-axially stretched PE films (MDO PE) which are marketed under the brand name RKW Horizon® It includes highly transparent MDO films and print carriers When MDO PE films are laminated with a functional PE sealing film the result is packaging made from a single raw material: polyethylene these are single-grade and therefore fully recyclable « Especially as a manufacturer of high-quality plastic films That’s why we have bundled our development resources and created a product portfolio that provides optimum protection for food « We are developing materials that meet the requirements for a smaller carbon footprint improved recyclability and increased use of recycled plastics RKW Horizon® films meet the high requirements of flexible packaging manufacturers in terms of tear resistance the films feature excellent machinability on conventional packaging equipment MDO films can be used for a wide variety of packaging forms pillow pouches and sachets or as lid films Areas of application are mainly the packaging of confectionery and snacks but MDO films can also be used in the non-food sector for the packaging of pet food personal care products or cleaning and detergents one of the largest investments in new multilayer blown film lines was made for this purpose A new five-layer extrusion film line and a new nine-layer extrusion line significantly expand the production capacities for high-quality sealing films and MDO-PE films The Petersaurach site is ISCC+ certified and offers sustainable MDO films as well as bio-based films and films with a high recycled content (PIR and PCR) for a wide range of applications Stäubli Fluid Connectors développe de nouveaux systèmes de préhension Relooking et extension des gammes pour Madame la Présidente RKW Horizon® – MDO-PE films complement the sustainable ECORE® product portfolio of the RKW Group 2023 – Fully recyclable packaging: RKW Horizon® is the new generation of sustainable PE plastic films based on state-of-the-art MDO technology Especially when it comes to plastic packaging for consumer goods consumers are demanding more sustainability as this is the only way they will be accepted in the long term the RKW ECORE® sustainability portfolio has been expanded to include mono-axially stretched PE films (MDO PE) The RKW Horizon® product portfolio of MDO films is unique worldwide and includes highly transparent MDO films and print carriers "Especially as a manufacturer of high-quality plastic films That's why we have bundled our development resources and created a product portfolio that provides optimum protection for food," explains Luc Hermans "We are developing materials that meet the requirements for a smaller carbon footprint improved recyclability and increased use of recycled plastics." Our RKW Horizon® films meet the high requirements of flexible packaging manufacturers in terms of tear resistance For more information about RKW, please visit: rkw-group.com The RKW Group is an independent family owned company headquartered in Mannheim and one of the world's leading manufacturers of sustainable film solutions the company also supplies films for the chemical and processing industries as well as for the construction sector The RKW Group's innovative plastic-based films enable its customers to improve the daily life of consumers all over the world RKW employs approximately 2,800 people at 18 locations worldwide