CONVERTECH International 2Q 2026 issue Now Available

Print & Converting

4 First installation of FXIJ water-based inkjet printer at Japanese packaging

converter for wide laminated paper surface printing

GEOPACK, THINK LABORATORY, PACK-YELL

Printing

10 “Girls Who Print Japan”: a new community connecting women in the

printing industry

Girls Who Print Japan

12 Proposing value-added printing with IJ printers, including gold leaf

embellishments and metallic finishes

Mimaki Engineering

Trade Show Report

15 Automating roll packaging with distributed layout, suitable for installation

even in small factories

FUJI TEKKO

18 Hot stamping as a plating alternative, enabling environmental and process

improvements in automotive component decoration

Tsujikawa, Navitas Machinery

21 Achieving both water repellency and high strength: AIPA explores new

markets for recycled pulp with cellulose microfifiber made from 100%

recovered paper

AIPA

Photovoltaics

24 The first publicly disclosed mass‑production coating machine for flexible

perovskite solar cells with a maximum coating width of 1,000 mm

Hirano Tecseed

Tech View

30 High-strength, self-healing bioplastic that repairs itself without external

energy

Ritsumeikan University, Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Technology

Micro Power Collection

32 Generating a small amount of electricity from discarded wind turbine

blades

OFF-GRID DESIGN CONSORTIUM

Propak Vietnam Report

34 ASEAN Packaging & Processing Exhibition Highlights Automation,

Sustainability, and System Integration