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At AMI Thin Wall Packaging Conference, TekniPlex Consumer Products Highlights Materials-Diverse Approach to Sustainability

(News | New Products)

July 11, 2023, ... of innovative solutions through materials science and manufacturing technologies, put materials diversity and sustainability front and center during a featured presentation at AMI Plastics’ Thin Wall Packaging ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

(Magazine)

March 31, 1996, ... take six months to get off the ground. It took three times as long and consumed every penny they had in their savings and individual retirement accounts. The first thing they learned was that banks ...

Schreiner MediPharm Enables Digital Adherence Monitoring with New Child-Resistant Smart Blister Wallet

(News | New Products)

November 29, 2023, ... result, data is generated at the instant the patient removes a dose from the wallet. The details, such as time and date of dose removal and specific cavity location, are stored within the electronics inside ...

Sabic and Partners Introduce First In-Mold Labeling Solution With Certified Polymers for Food Packaging Containers

(News | New Products)

September 28, 2023, ... specialists in the field of in-mold labeling (IML) to demonstrate the use of certified renewable polypropylene (PP) resins in high quality mono-PP thin-wall container packaging without compromising quality, ...

Sustainable Liquids Packaging Done Right

(Flexpack)

June 28, 2023, ... that belief, our company has pioneered a number of sustainability innovations in the area of liquid packaging. Here are some of the things that we have learned about creating a sustainable product in an ...

Thinking Inside and Outside the Coating Box

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... Research and development into alternatives is no doubt underway. Papers and paperboards are available in many grades and include materials ranging from thin tissues to thick boards with everything in ...

Trexel and Bockatech Partner to Increase Benefits and Scope of Foamed Packaging Applications

(News | New Products)

October 03, 2021, ... system designed specifically for fast-cycle packaging applications. The benefits include thinner wall molding from reduced material viscosity and substantially reduced injection pressure and clamp tonnage, ...

Digital Print for Corrugated – The Future Condition of Things

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2020, My great grandfather, Thomas Kirby, once said: “Wisdom lies not in regretting the inevitable but in adapting oneself to the altered condition of things”. By Nick Kircy My great grandfather, Thomas ...

Advancements of Bio-Derived and Bio-Degradable Technologies in the Flexible Packaging Market

(Flexpack)

November 25, 2018, ... as “frustration free” packaging and “ships in own container” enhance the consumer experience and they’re going to drive flexible into applications where it has not historically been. We’re seeing things ...

ProAmpac Acquires Gateway Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

May 09, 2018, ... unrivaled source for flexible packaging products within ProAmpac.” Omar Abuaita, president and CEO of Gateway, says, “Gateway’s talented team, multiwall bag converting expertise, and presence in pet ...

Protective Packaging | Add Value with Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... has been to dip metal parts in rust preventives before shipping them to their destination. This raises several problems. For one thing, dipping the parts adds at least two extra steps—one to dip the parts ...

Gilbreth Packaging Boosts Production with Titan

(News | New Products)

December 16, 2013, ... shrink sleeve marketplace. A forerunner within a group of flexography-focused US shrink sleeve converters, Gilbreth changed the market by introducing gravure printing on shrink films. This offering allows ...

Flexible Packaging | Exopack Wins FPA’s Top Award for Kraft’s YES Pack

(Flexpack)

January 21, 2013, ... Achievement Awards during its annual meeting at the Ritz Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, FL, on February 26. A total of 78 packages were submitted into the 2013 competition; 25 were honored within one or ...

Sustainable Packaging | Use Newspaper & Water

(Carton Box)

August 20, 2012, ... petroleum-based materials. The molded fiber packaging can be placed in curbside recycling with newspaper or paper products. In some cases, flower or herb seeds can be embedded within the packaging. In ...

Pet Food Packaging: Evolution, Revolution & Innovation

(Flexpack)

August 18, 2011, ... (PP) fabric (~10 strands/in. in each direction; think of the type of material in the ubiquitous blue tarp) created the most news and movement in this segment. This tough, lightweight material can be laminated ...

Packaging Paper: Better Days Ahead?

(Flexpack)

September 30, 2010, ... economic downturn coupled with increased interest in sustainability likely will change consumer buying and usage habits with respect to flexible/paper packaging materials in significant ways within some ...

Forensic Packaging

(Special Reports)

June 30, 2009, Counterfeiting is far from victimless; it's also nothing new. What is new is its scope and diversity, which is creating parallel markets in many product categories. Counterfeiting is far from victimless; ...

Less (Thinner) Film, More Uses

(Magazine)

May 31, 2004, How thin is thin? Well, it depends who you talk to. Actually, if what you're talking about is film, it depends on the process and the application. Eric How thin is thin? Well, it depends who you talk to. ...

Novel Method for Testing the Grease Resistance of Plastic-Based Dry Pet Food Packaging

(The Place)

March 30, 2004, Dry pet food packaging needing high resistance to staining from or migration of fat content requires rapid and reliable standardized tests for development and quality control purposes. New tests show high ...

Making Waves in Fragrance Packaging: Eastman Chemical's Glass Polymer Sleeve Creates Cool Effec

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2004, ... vessel—which holds the fragrance—and is encapsulated within an outer Glass Polymer sleeve. An azure blue liquid flows between the inner vessel and outer Glass Polymer sleeve to create the wave effect, ...