Refill packs using TOYO INK's peeling and recycling technology won the "World Star Award" at the World Star Contest 2026.

Jointly developed refill packs with improved recyclability with Lion Corporation

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TOYO INK CO., LTD. (President and Representative Director Hideki Yasuda, Chuo-ku, Tokyo) of artience group and Lion Corporation (Representative Director and President Operating Officers Masayuki Takemori, Taito-ku, Tokyo) have jointly developed the “Look Plus Bathtub Cleanser Clear Citrus Scent Large Refill Pack,” which has won the “WorldStar Award” in the Household category at the “WorldStar Contest 2026” organized by the World Packaging Organization (WPO).

Scene from the award ceremony (May 8, 2026, Düsseldorf, Germany)

Most plastic packages are printed with ink to display product names, ingredients, precautions, and to enhance aesthetic appeal. Furthermore, film packaging such as food packaging and refill packs for toiletries like detergents is often laminated by bonding films made from different materials with adhesives to meet different performance requirements depending on the application.
These essential "printing inks" and "adhesives" in packaging are designed not to easily peel off plastic, making them difficult to remove during the recycling process, and since high-quality recycled plastic cannot be extracted, the use of recycled plastic has been limited. The refill pack, jointly developed with Lion Corporation, is a practical application of "peeling recycling technology" that efficiently recovers recyclable single materials from this laminated film. This award was highly recognized for adopting a adhesives that allows multiple materials used in containers to be easily separated while maintaining quality, enabling efficient recovery of recyclable, high-quality "polyethylene film" as a single material. This was highly praised for its significant contribution to promoting the use of recycled materials in flexible packaging.

For more details about this initiative, please refer to the following announcement.

TOYO INK Joint development with Lion has achieved "horizontal recycling" from refill packs to refill packs. Proprietary peeling recycling technology regenerates leftover materials from manufacturing into products.
https://www.artiencegroup.com/ja/news/2026/26051901.html
TOYO INK 's peel recycling technology is used in Lion Corporation's refill packs
https://www.artiencegroup.com/ja/news/2024/24102101.html

artience group, which has the largest market share in Japan in packaging inks and adhesives, will continue to strengthen its efforts to recycle used plastics by establishing ink and adhesives removal technology and building a recycling system.

About the World Star Contest

Organized by the World Packaging Organization, this is the world's premier competition in the packaging industry, held since 1970 with the aim of developing and promoting packaging and technologies that excel in lifestyle and culture that meet the demands of the times and society. Only outstanding works evaluated in contests worldwide are eligible to apply, and experts from over 60 countries evaluate based on eight criteria, including protection, ease of use, sustainability, and creativity.
The refill pack for 'Look Plus Bathtub Cleansing Clear Citrus Scent Large Refill' won the Japan Star Award, the highest prize, at the 2025 Japan Packaging Contest, making it eligible to apply.

Peel & Deink Solutions
https://www. artience group.com/ja/products/solution/recycle/package.html

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